Sunday, March 10, 2024

EmuPack Status 2024

I originally planned to broadly test and continue to develop EmuPack last summer to present a polished public release this year. As some of you may or may not know, I lost a lot of source code sometime since then, when I was trying to get things together for a beta release.

Since then, I've been trying to retrieve code bits from the last builds and figure out what I was coding on nearly a year ago. There were so many advancements that I can't even recall. I should have kept better backups. I knew I posted builds, but they are gone now somehow.

It's worth noting that I've also had concerns about EmuPack going forward development in the future. Concerning current events, there will no longer be any test builds in the foreseeable future. I've never received feedback or help while developing the scripts that install EmuPack.
I can't find the time to redevelop the installation scripts/system registry file associations like I used to. As a result of the mentioned setbacks, I'm stopping development on this project again.

Tuesday, November 28, 2023

EmuPack 2.0 Beta Testing

Everything had been looking pretty good lately. Icons are showing, weblinks are there for wiki, source, and runtime. As I was migrating code between the X64/X86 Component & Registry sections, I noticed an issue with missing a bunch of x86 Registry. Most likely an accident of my overuse of Cut&Paste / Copy&Paste. So.. like a dumbass, I hadn't kept any of the other recently compiled builds since everything was looking so good. These builds would have provided me with what I lost instead of having to recreate it, and from outdated code too; Lesson learned; save your backups.

Because some x86 registry is missing, most file types will not launch emulators directly.
Issues will be fixed with the next build coming in the new year when I should have more time for development to resume.

The latest test compile will contain the bugs previously mentioned:

https://www.mediafire.com/file/ckhlx8e2jd9bb2h/EmuPack_2.0.0.231118_Setup.exe/file

Once everything is ready for more stable beta development and testing, I'm going to reintegrate the CODE section into the script as Components on the setup page. I'll also update all emulators at that time before the launch of the official beta.

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

EmuPack status

Hi all. Still haven't had much time to put together a new release.
However, with Microsoft working on Windows 10, I did feel inspired to recreate icons styled for Windows 10. These icons will debut when I get around to putting together a new release.

Update 11/18/2023 : Pretty sure I lost these nice icons since 2015 due to data loss. :(
Update 11/28/2023 : Luckily I can use these PNG's to recreate them fairly easily. :)

Friday, December 21, 2012

EmuPack 2013


EmuPack 2013
Announcing the final version 1.9.1.1915 for EmuPack 2013.
EmuPack 2013 is an excellent upgrade from previous versions.

Download Links :
EmuPack 2013 Release Notes
EmuPack 2013 for x86
EmuPack 2013 for x64

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

EmuPack 2013

Welcome to the new EmuPack blog.

If you're new to EmuPack, it is an InnoSetup installer script that I've written for a collection of emulators. Its main purpose is to put icons and file associations to different filetypes that each emulator supports. An emulator attempts to reproduce the inner workings of a video game console, allowing you to play roms, which are backup image files of game cartridges or media. This helps preserve classic gaming when the real consoles and games become harder to find. Additionally, EmuPack can now optionally add a Roms Library (Windows Vista/7/8 and can install an Icon in My Computer (Windows XP/Vista/7/8)

http://www.mediafire.com/?wj7rsozw6b4a6

Lets not forget that EmuPack would not be possible without the many open source developers who contribute to the various emulators included with EmuPack. EmuPack is a non-profit project developed for educational and evaluation purposes.

More recently I've also been working on a frontend which will  show you a list of the emulators installed through EmuPack and helps you configure various file associations. Because many emulators offer SVN (Simple Version Numbering) builds that are compiled almost daily, EmuPack releases will also include fixes, enhancements and/or new features. The frontend will eventually serve as an easy way to keep your emulators up to date when new releases are made.