UPDATE LOG INFO: HISTORY

After almost 2 years of keeping my update logs private, I've once again made them public so each update is publicly visible to all viewers, customers, and passer-bys.  This was previously halted due to the vast amount of cut-n-paste rip-off sites posting my update logs while still shipping 2-3yr old outdated drives. Update Log resumed on December 18, 2022

The current 16TB image has just over 29TB of retro content.

INSTANT

GAME LOADING

While heavy compression is used throughout 90% of the drive's contents. All titles instant load without the need to stare at long, boring, and frustrating loading screens.

March 3, 2023
This covers only about half of the latest updates...
Completely structure Mame's dats, hash, info, etc to allow for torrentsync
updates. This includes reworking the CRTLR file creation which adapts for 
stable controller IDs

Migrated quite alot of systems away from RocketLauncher. Launchbox's emulator
settings will now handle 70% of the systems launch settings. 

Completely recompressed several optical systems compression which saved around 
40gig of space. 

Popular english translations of Japanese titles were integraed directly into 
each games parent console. Adding roughly 1000 titles across 12 systems.

Completely redid Daphne, American Laser Games, WoW Action MAX. It now uses the
lastest hypseus with controller and bezel support. 4K upscaling, built-in cheats,
move display, hints, etc...

NEW: Over 100 new titles added to Playstation 3
NEW: Over 60 new titles added to Microsoft Xbox 360
NEW: Over 30 new titles added to Switch
NEW: Added the latest TeknoParrot Patreon tiles keeping the library count 100% complete
NEW: Added quite a few new Doom and Doom 2 titles

Added several new complex functions to the DriveSetup.exe that allows for more
detailed detection of the machine's hardware and will configure various controller,
video shader, plug-in, etc... and other parts of the arcade setup. 

Added 1 click vertical arcade configuration. 1 click and it will transform the 
arcade into vertical mode.

An enormous amounnt of media updates, additions, and fixes across sevceral systems for BigBox.

Updated Visual Pinball to latest VPX including a large list of tables from my own PinCab.
All VPX grfx, Physics, and mod plugins have been installled and configured as well. 
Every table has custom POV files and B2S for Marquee DMD display.

Updated Future Pinball to a custom build including 4G patch, Physics Mods, 
BAM desktop mode, and more. Added 500+ hand picked tables since there are alot of crap
tables for FP. Currently, I've added 400 tables. All of which are A-List recreations. 

Over 2200 Marquee images were addded across quite a lot of systems.

Multi-Monitor Marquee has been added allowing you to display current game info,
high score, online ranking and alot more on any display with a network connection
or direct connect. 

MP4 and other video formats can now be used for Marquee images allowing for video marquees. 

HBMAME was completely redone from scratch with the latest HBMAME emulator and rom set.

Pre-Rendered High Resolution textures were added to 90% of the Nintendo 64 game
library making each title look as if was being played on a newer generation console. 

// EMAULATORS UPDATED
 - Yuzu
 - RPSC3
 - Ryujinx
 - HBMAME
 - PCSX2
 - MAME
 - RETROARCH (inc cores, assets, info, controller, shaders, etc...)
 - TeknoParrot
 - CEMU (including Graphics Packs)
 - Singe 2.0
 - Sega Model 2
 - Sega Model 3
 - Flycast (stand alone)
 - Vita3k
 - Cirta
 - Dolphin
 - Duckstation (Stand Alone)
 - and other emulators....
 
Feb 2, 2023
GO INTO THE LIGHT...
 
THE GREAT FRONTEND HYPERSPIN PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING SURROUNDED
BY A LOT OF HIS LIFELONG COMPANIONS, MAME, RocketLauncher, FLV and SWF
TWINS, AND MANY OTHERS. OVER THE PREVIOUS 3 YEARS YEARS HYPERSPIN HAD
SUFFERED CURIOUSLY AS THE WINDOWS CANCER SLOWLY REDUCED THE ONCE
FLOURISHING APP INTO A SLOW & BUG RIDDEN STATE, ZONING OUT AT TIMES INTO
A ENDLESS WHITE VOID. 

WHILE NO EXISTING FAMILY SURVIVES HYPERSPIN, IT DID
LEAVE ITS MARK FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF FRONTEND 'S TO FOLLOW.  
LAUNCHBOX TOOK OVER THE  REINS A FEW YEARS AGO BREAKING THE MOLD'S
HYPERSPIN HAD SET YEARS EARLIER.  THE GATES HAVE OPENED IN 32BIT LEGACY 
SOFTWARE HEAVEN ALLOWING SHINE ONCE AGAIN.THERE HE IS HAPPY TO RUN FAST
AND FREE ALONGSIDE WINDOWS 7. Unfortunately, there will be no reunion 
with Adobe Flash. FLASH SOLD ITS SOUL TO THE DEVIL LONG AGO FOR AN EXTENDED
UPDATES LIFE BUT EXTENDED DIDN'T MEAN FOREVER... 


Jan 9, 2023
Lots of new goodies
 
 - Integrated my custom developed Emulator Updater system wide
   - Update any emulator in use without modifing your custom presets
     controls, graphics, or any other pre-set values you may have configured.
 - Updated a ton of Art packs for various systems 
 - Added all new TeknoParrot releases
   - Super Mario Bros Coin World
   - SiN
   - X-Games Snowboarder
   - Infinity Blade FX
   - Primeval Hunter
   - Action Deka
   - and others. 
 - TeknoParrot library is complete including PAtreon titles
 - Updated PCSX2 to Nighlty build (integrated into Emualtor updater)
 - RetroArch, Cores, Shaders, Plugins updated (integrated into Emualtor updater)
 - Cemu Updated + Graphics pack (integrated into Emualtor updater)
 - RPCS3 Updated (integrated into Emualtor updater)
 - Added roughly 15 new PS3 titles
 - XEMU Updated (integrated into Emualtor updater)
 - Xenia Updated (integrated into Emualtor updater)
 - Integrated custom developed Launchbox restore and backup utility
   - 1-Click restore to any LB system date. 1-Click Backup
 - Bunch of other goodies
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 - PREPARING TO DELETE HYPERSPIN AND MAKE IT A FREE DOWNLOAD
   : HYPERSPIN IS LEGACY, BUG RIDDEN, AND CONSIDERED OUTDATED
   : IT WAS GREAT WHILE IT WAS HERE, BUT IT'S TIME TO LET GO. HS SET 
   : A HIGH STANDARD OF VISUAL EXCELLENCE THAT NEWER FRONT ENDS HAD TO 
   : ACHIEVE BEFORE THEY WERE CONSIDERED RELEVANT AND PROMISING. 
   : THAT MARK WAS HIT 2 YEARS AGO WITH LB. RIP HYPERSPIN. 
December 28, 2022
Currently detailing a massive update integrated over the past 7 days
 
 - Sitting in my private GIT for almost a year now, 3 routines I perfected 
 - Added 27 new Xbox 360 games 
 - Added 16 new Switch games
 - Updated Yuzu to latest early release (updated firmware / keys)
 - Migrated ALL Daphne, American Laser Disk and Singe games to 
   Singe 2.0 with all available versions and enhanced editions
 - Update Mame to a fresh 0.1.50 merged release, hashes, software, 
   Bios, and no-nag mame.exe
 - Added recently added public and patreon Teknoparrot titles 
   (THIS INCLUDES THE RARE: THE ACT)
 - Over 30 new PS3 titles added / Currently testing 140 others
 - Deleted "MAME" from the main BigBoxc wheel migrating to the new 
   "ARCADE" standard.
 - Updated HBMame to a fresh merged rom set (1.50)
 - Updated HBMAME emulator to same version (1.50)
 - ...
 - ...
 - A WHOLE LOT MORE WHICH I'LL UPDATE THIS LOG TOMORROW.
 
December 18, 2022
 
 - Updated LaunchBox and Media (ALL INSTALLED THEMES)
 - Updated CEMU (Experimental 1.24.1)
 - Updated CEMU Graphics Packs
 - Updated and Tested DuckStation to (0.1-5415-g3f5552d6 (master))
 - Added BigPEmu Atari Jaguar Emulator + RL Module
 - A LOT shader work and adjustments over 130+ systems 
 - Updated ReDream to v1.5.0-1045-g9f00768ec
 - Adjust Redream Module settings in RL
 - Updated RetroArch to 1.14.0
 - Completly resetup and restructured Xemu to be portable,
   latest version, new bios, eeproms, etc...
 - Updated Xenia to nightly Master and adjusted RL Module
   (Master@0b4f5ef28 on Dec  3 2022)

DID YOU KNOW?

In 1986, Nintendo released a special Disk System peripheral for the NES in Japan. Among its features was a microphone in the controller, which certain games used, including an updated version of the original Zelda. You could only destroy a certain enemy by shouting into the mic.

UPDATES & ADDITIONS

These are no longer publicly published due to cut-n-paste rip-off sites. Updates are contained within HAS newletters. These are sent only when time permits.

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