Another console I grew up on — NEC’s TurboGrafx 16. Others may remember this console as the PC Engine, whatever the case, it packed serious hours of awesomeness. And just today — ZX-81 delivers a few more hours with PSPHUGO v1.3.0 — a port of the famous Hu-Go emulator running on a variety of platforms.

PSPHUGO v1.3.0 changes…

• Audio Track support for CD-ROM (support only MP3 format with stereo 16 bits samples at 22k or 44k rate)
• CD-ROM TOC file format support.
• Using TurboRip, ripped CD can now be used directly with PSP-Hugo! See README file for explanations)
• Increase PSP clock speed when playing mp3 CD tracks
• Disable sound while saving states & screenshots (to avoid scratchy noise for few seconds)
• Fix sleep mode issue
• Replace SDL sound engine by direct PSP audio stuff to improve performances
• Fix issue when loading more than one CD image
• New backgrounds

My apologies to Mike D for frying your TG-16 power supply back in the day.

Download:
PSPHUGO v1.3.0 fw 1.50
PSPHUGO v1.3.0 cfw 3.xx/4.xx/5.xx
PSPHUGO v1.3.0 source code

- source: ZX-81’s web site

Deja vu… It’s that time of the week; time to update your memory stick with ZX-81’s latest. This week we again have two retrograded emulators: PSPHUGO — the NEC PC Engine or TurboGrafx 16, and PSPCAP32 — the Amstrad CPC home computer.

The download and the all too familiar change log for each are available following this short break.

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Yesterday ZX-81 shared another update to his NEC PC Engine / TurboGrafx 16 port known as PSPHUGO. From major speed boosts to bug fixes, the change log below details everything you should know concerning PSPHUGO version 1.0.5.

PSPHUGO v1.0.5 change log:

• Major speed improvement
• Text editor to write your own comments on games
• Display first comment line while browsing game files
• Improve cheat menu & memory monitoring engine
• Text editor to modify the global cheat.txt file
• Bug fix in unzip function (if you tried to unzip more than 10 files, it wasn’t able to open any other files, and you had to restart the emulator)

Download:
PSPHUGO v1.0.5 fw 1.50
PSPHUGO v1.0.5 cfw 3.xx/4.xx
PSPHUGO source code

- source: ZX-81’s web site

The Z-Man one version closer to perfection… That’s ZX-81 sporting two more updates — PSPHUGO, the TurboGrafx 16 or NEC PC Engine emulator, and PSPCAP32 — the Amstrad CPC emulator.

PSPHUGO v1.0.3 changes:

• Improve global emulation speed
• ISO file support but sound audio track are ignored
• Screen size 320×240 is now supported (required for games such as R-Type)
• Add two new sound engines: mono (fast 22K or 44K) and stereo (accurate 22K or 44K). You may have to reset the game when you change between mono and stereo, and save states may not work properly. (few games are now full speed using audio mono 22K at 222Mhz)
• Zip rom files are now decompressed in memory (much faster!)
• Bug fix with D-pad (didn’t work properly in previous versions)

PSPCAP32 v1.4.3 changes:

• Emulation speed (small improvements)
• Improve file requester with virtual keyboard to choose sequentially rom files beginning with a given letter
• Add documentation for settings in help menu

Download:
PSPHUGO v1.0.3 fw 1.50
PSPHUGO v1.0.3 cfw 3.xx/4.xx
PSPHUGO v1.0.3 source

PSPCAP32 v1.4.3 fw 1.50
PSPCAP32 v1.4.3 cfw 3.xx/4.xx
PSPCAP32 v1.4.3 source code

- source: ZX-81’s web site

We told you he’d be back, a little sooner than expected actually… But that’s nothing to complain about, nor is PSPHUGO version 1.0.2. Today ZX-81 shares his much-improved TurboGrafx 16/NEC PC Engine emulator for all the retro console lovers out there.

PSPHUGO v1.0.2 changes:

• Rewrite sound engine using part of code from Hugo-Wii port version, it is now much closer to real PC Engine sound.
• Fix sprites display glitches in Gunhead and several other games
• Fix save state issue in all games (it was a miracle if that worked)
• Improve global emulation speed (full speed in many games at 266Mhz!)
• Add a new overclock option resulting in a faster emulation speed (but if you encounter any graphical glitches then you may have to set overclock to 0 and increase PSP clock speed instead)
• Improve file requester with virtual keyboard to choose sequentially rom files beginning with a given letter
• Volume booster
• Bug fix in the keyboard menu (joystick keys)
• Add documentation for settings in help menu

Download:
PSPHUGO v1.0.2 fw 1.50
PSPHUGO v1.0.2 cfw 3.xx/4.xx
PSPHUGO v1.0.2 source

- source: ZX-81’s web site

As the weekend nears an end, ZX-81 nears complete and utter awesomeness with his NEC PC Engine port, or you may better know it as the dopest old school console ever, the TurboGrafx 16.

PSPHUGO v1.0.1 marks the initial release; thus, work still remains. You’ll likely experience slow downs or graphical glitches with certain roms. Rest assure — ZX will no doubt achieve complete awesomeness in future versions. Long live the TG-16!

Download:
PSPHUGO v1.0.1 fw 1.50
PSPHUGO v1.0.1 cfw 3.xx/4.xx
PSPHUGO v1.0.1 source

- source: ZX-81’s web site