YEAR 2010

January 31st, 2010
I wish to thank good ol' Vaz for telling me about a serious bug in the latest game I released, two days ago. Bug was fixed, and the game:

- Monkey Jump (VTech, Arcade Time & Fun) S4/1.04 (Standard 4, serious bug-fix)

is now available, as well as the "MADrigal CD Collection" 53.7, at the usual download page.

January 29th, 2010
Seven years ago I released the first version of a simulator for a handheld game I really love - it was given me by my friend Vaz. Today I'm releasing a completely new simulator for the same handheld game.
Why rewriting an apparently perfect simulator? Well the reason is: it was not perfect at all! Graphics and sounds were not as realistic as I wanted, source code was an almost undecipherable mess, there was no instructions manual included, etc. It took me a full week to set the new graphics, and almost the same time to actually write the new source code.
In my opinion, the result is very good, and I'm quite proud of it. The game is a single screen Donkey Kong-style one:

- Monkey Jump (VTech, Arcade Time & Fun) S4/1.03 (Standard 4, complete rewrite + manual added)

Go get the new file and the "MADrigal CD Collection" #53 now updated to version 53.6 from the download page. Enjoy!

January 22nd, 2010
I originally planned to stop releasing new files for a while, due to lack of time. But then I found a nasty bug (my fault!) in the instructions manual included in a recently released simulator. That's:

- Chicky Woggy (VTech, Arcade Time & Fun) S4/1.01 (Standard 4, minor bug-fix)

Game archive and the new "MADrigal CD Collection" #53 (release 53.5) are available in the usual download page.

January 15th, 2010
I'm finally done with updating all the handheld games from the classic "Time & Fun" series by VTech. Today's update is more a complete rewrite of source codes than just applying fixes or doing minor optimizations. The games are:

- Banana (VTech, Time & Fun) S4/1.05 (Standard 4, total rewrite)
- Sleep Walker (VTech, Time & Fun) S4/1.02 (Standard 4, total rewrite + manual added)

Source codes are finally available for these simulators (Banana was first released 10 years ago and was "closed source" since then!). And Sleep Walker finally features an instructions manual browser.

I'm also updating:

- Hippo Teeth (VTech, Tooth-Sporty Time & Fun) S4/1.05 (Standard 4, graphics bug-fix)

The new files, source codes and the "MADrigal CD Collection" #53 (release 53.4) are available for download.

January 8th, 2010
More updates to electronic games by Video Technology. This week's game is:

- Tennis Menace (VTech, Time & Fun) S4/1.02 (Standard 4, more accuracy)

I'm also releasing an update to a recently released game, which had a minor graphics glitch (thanks to Hitman of the Handheld Remakes website for letting me know):

- Safari (VTech, Time & Fun) S4/1.01 (Standard 4, minor graphics fix)

Get the new game archives + source codes and the "MADrigal CD Collection" #53.3 from the popular downloads area.

January 1st, 2010
Here's the first news of this year, and it's about simulators for very popular electronic games by VTech:

- Pirate (VTech, Time & Fun) S4/1.02 (Standard 4, more accuracy)
- Monkey (VTech, Time & Fun) S4/1.02 (Standard 4, more accuracy)
- Defendo (VTech, Explorer Time & Fun) S4/1.02 (Standard 4, more accuracy)

The new game archives, source codes and the updated "MADrigal CD Collection" #53.2 are available for download.