version2.25b
2.25b
PGM
AddedKnightsofValourSuperHeroes.ThankstoKOFBOBOandtherest
ofpeoleinBOBOKOVWORLD(http:kofbobo.chinae3.com)forthedonation
ofaPGMmotherboardandgameCartforkovshtoextracttheprotectionprogram.
AddedMartialMasters
AddedTheKillingBlade(onlyRev109works)
AddedinternalprotectionprogramforPhotoy2k，removedsimulation.
NEOGEO
（两个小时之后，就可以看正常章节了）
Fixedkof2002andMatrimeleedrivers
CPS1
FixedCPSQ&CPS_Extradatfiles
GENERAL
Addedsomecheats，transparencytablesandtracklists.
2.25
NEOGEO
Updateddrivers.ThankstoWesker，MR-Jandtherestofpeople
inspeksnk.netboards
UnlockedgamesuptoNewPowerInstinctMatrimelee
Fixedgarourastereffectmissinginpre-battletalk
Addedproperneopcm2decryption
NEOGEO-CD
Somecodehasbeenrewrittentoimprovecompatibility.Now
moregamesshouldwork(althoughtherearestillsomeproblems).
AddedanoptionintheEmulationmenufordirectloadofneocdISO
orCD.
PGM
AddedKnightsofValour2andKnightsofValour2:NineDragons.Thanks
toHappyASRforthehelpgettingthedumpoftheinternalcartridge
cpuprogram.Duetotheextraprocessorrequiredtoemulate，thegame
willrequireamorepowerfulPCtorun.Alsosavestateswon"twork.
(Internetrankingmodeforkof2ndhasbeenintentionallydisabled).
Musicspeedinkov2kov2ndisabitoff.
Fixedwrongspritezoomandshrinking(requiredforkov2nd)
Fixedspriteprioritieshandling(requiredforkov2&kof2nd)
AddedprotectionforPhotoY2k.
CPS2
Updateddrivers.ThankstoWesker，MR-Jandtherestofpeople
inspeksnk.netboards
2.24
NEOGEO
FixedalltheneogeoromstomatchMAMEromsets(Thanksto
WeskerfromSpeksnkforthework).
Fixedkof98protection(deleteoldkof98.srmfilesfrom
yourconfigfolder)
GENERAL
AddedHQ2xplugin(includessrcinpluginshq2xsrc.zip)
2.23d
NEOGEOCD
FixedbrokenneogeoCDinthepreviousversion
FixedsomeprotectionissuesinSoccerBrawl，Ihope
italsofixestheDiscIOerrors.
PGM
Fixedbrokenpgmsupportinpreviousversion
GENERAL
Hopefullyfixedthe.datfiles
2.23c
CPS2
Addednewcps2shockxortables
Added"CrouchingTigerHiddenDragon2003"game.
NEOGEO
Fixedsomeproblemswithmultislotemulationwhentherewere
emptyslotsbetween2usedslots.
SyncedgamedriversandbiosnameswithlatestMAME.
2.23b
CPS2
AddedMighty!Pang(Japan001011)
AddedSuperStreetFighter2(ETC930911)
NEOGEO
AddedJockeyGrandPrix.Thesoundprogramromis
encrypted，soI"veusedvlinerasparentandtook
itsm1romwhilewegetadecrypteddump.
GENERAL
Addedanewframeskipcode，itshouldperformbetteronslower
machines
2.23a
GENERAL
FixedtheNOREPEATflagnotworkinginwinampjukeboxlists.
2.23
CPS2
Added1944:Theloopmaster(US000620)
GENERAL
Improvedthewinampjukeboxfeature，checkthesample.trkfile
inTRACKLSTforanexplanation.
2.22a
Seemsthatthe2.22versionwasleakedbeforerelease
withsomebugsinthemaincoreandthed3dpluginso
I"venamedthisversionas“a“toavoidconfusion.
GENERAL
AddedaWinampjukeboxoption.Becarefulasit"sa
bitdifferentthanhowKawaksworks.You"llneedtocreate
amusicmappingtable(checkthesamplekof98.TRKfilein
TRACKLSTdirectory)andnebulawillreplacethe
soundcodesyouindicatebythemp3cdtrackoggwav...
youspecifyinthatfile.Youmusthavewinamprunning
beforeloadingagamethatyoucreatedtracklistsfor.
TheoptiontoenabledisableitisintheSoundmenu.
ItonlyworkswithWinamp2.x.
Improvedthevideoplugininterfacetosupportrendering
plugins.
AddedapreliminarygraphicsrendererbasedinDirect3D.Ihighly
recommendusingitifyouwanttorunin32bitdesktop
orplayrotatedgames(19xx，dimahoo)asitisalot
fasterthantheHardwareBlitoneinthesecases.
Alsoithassomeprojectionfeaturesandanybright
scanlines.Scanlinesdoesn"tworkwellwithrotated
games.
You"llneedavideocardwiththefollowingfeatures:
-nonsquaretextures
-nonpowerof2textures
-texturesbiggerthan256x256pixels(sorry，novoodoo)
NEOGEO
-Fixed“StepFrame“buttonintheshotsfactory
-AddedKingofFighers2001driver
CPS1
-Fixed“StepFrame“buttonintheshotsfactory
-FixedMegaTwinsmusicspeed.
-FixedmissingspritesinForgottenWorlds
-Fixedgamescrashingon32bitdesktop
CPS2
-AddedMarxMatrixdrivers.
-FixedwrongflashframesinMvsC.
-FixedsomeDimahoocheatsnotworking(from
thelatestMike_Haggarcheatcollectionfile)
-Fixedgamescrashingon32bitdesktop
2.21b
GENERAL
Fixedaseverebuginthestartupcodethatcausednebula
toallocatehugeamountsofRAMforabsolutelynouseon
startup.ThiswascausingcrashesinWinXP2kandwrong
graphicsdecryptioninbigneogeogames.
CPS1
FixedcrashinginPunisherinthe2ndstageboss.
CPS2
ImprovedVBlanktiming.FixessomeproblemswithSFA3.
NEOGEO
AddedsupportfortheUniverseBIOS.GotoGame-;NeogeoOptions
andenable“UseUniverseBIOS“toloadit.Thebiosmustbein
azipnameduni-bios.zip(intheROMSfolder)andtherom
MUSTbenameduni-bios.rom.Whenusinguniversebios，allneogeo
optionsandcheatsinnebulawillbedisabled，usethebiosbuilt-in
region，machinetypeandcheatsoptions.Whenusinguniverse
biosyou"llseegarbageduringinitialtests，don"tworry，that"s
normalanddoesn"tcauseanyotherproblem.
Fixedslowdownsins1945p.
GENERAL
Fixedcrashingsifyouhavemorethan4joysticksconnected.
2.20
CPS2
FixedsomespriteBGdesyncsinGigawing.
FixedSFA3crashingwithlatestMikeHaggar"scheats.
CPS1
AddedabunchofSF2hacks(notallfullyworkingthough).
GENERAL
AddedhighscoresavingforCPS2games.Notallgamesareaddedyet.
AlmostallCPS2gamesaresupported，andsomeCPS1too.
Itwilluseanexternaldatabasetostorethehighscoredata.
YoucanconvertaMAMEHiscore.datfiletonebula"sinternalDB
withthecommand“nebula-hiconv“havingthehiscore.datfileinthe
nebuladir，itwillbuildHISCORES.DBintheHISCORESdir.Youshould
deleteallthe.HIfilestoavoidproblemswhenyouchangetheHISCOREDB.
Toturnoffhiscoresaving，justdeleteHISCORES.DBfromtheHISCORESdir.
1.19c
CPS1
FixedallCPS1+QSoundgamescrashingafterload.
CPS2
Addednewdecryptiontables
-GigaWing(US990222)
-GigaWing(Japan990223)
1.19b
NEOGEO
FixedFatalFury2protectionnotworking
FixedVLinernotworking
FixedAlphaMission2missingsounds
Added6slotsupportforMultislotMVSemulation.
AddedBangbeadencryptedromset.
CPS2
Newxors
-Megaman2:PowerFighters(US960708)
-StreetFighterZero2Alpha(Asia960826)
-X-Men:ChildrenoftheAtom(Asia941217)
CPS1
Fixedwrongtileson1stfloorofMagicSword
2.19a
PGM
FixedgfxglitchesinDragonWorld2
Fixedzooming(verynoticeableindragwld2intro)
Fixedmissingpartsofsomesprites(KOVflashes)
CPS1
Fixedsomeremainingmusicspeeds...
NEOGEO
FixedGaroumissinganimations(esp.someGrantmoves).
Selectbuttonshouldbeworkinginallgamesnow(notonlygarou).
Addedthegameslotswitchbuttontoswitchgames
forwards(key9=switchbackwards，key0=switchforwards)
GENERAL
Fixed(hopefully)RomcenterDatgeneration.
2.19
PGM
AddedDragonWorld2(ithassomegfxglitchesduetosomemissingpartsin
theprotectionemulation)
Textlayershouldnowbecorrectlyaligned(itwas1linetoohigh)
CPS2
Fixedssf2xjtimingthatwasstillwrong.
NEOGEO
Fixedsmallautoanimationproblems
AddedneogeomultislotMVSemulation.
Usage:
intheromloadingscreen，you"llseeadropboxto
selectinwhichneogeoslotyouwanttoloadthegame.
Justselecttheslotandhitload，thenafterloadinga
game，youcangoandloadanotherinadifferent(orthe
same，overridingit)slot.
Notethatyou"llneedalotofRAMtoholdallgamesin
memoryatthesametime.
Toswitchfromgametogame，usethebuttonmappedas
Button5intheinputoptions(defaultkey0)
Thecurrentbiossupports4gameslots.
Thedefaultbiosconfigonlyallowstoswitchgamesafter
insertingacoin.Tochangeit，pressF2，goto“setthesoft
dips“，then“settingthecabinet“，andchange“Gameselection“
to“Free“.
Usingsavestateswithmultislotgamesmayhaveunpredictable
results.
ALWAYSLOADINTHE1STSLOTFIRST.
2.18b
NEOGEO
Fixedsomesoundtimmingissueswithlongsamples(DandyJstageinwakuwak7)
SwitchedthememorycardformattoMAMEone(oldmemcardsstillwork).
CPS1
Fixedslowmusicinpang3andmegaman.
2.18a
NEOGEO
Fixedmslug3nddrivercrashingnebula.
Fixedkof99ddriver.nowitloadsthedecryptedCromsinsteadof
theprototyperoms.
2.18
PGM
Improvedsoundvolume(checkedwithZ80volumetables).
Improvedmusicspeed(checkedwithrealsoundsamples.ThankstoBillyJr).
FixedsomewrongobjectsinKOV.
CPS1
Fixedincorrectmusicspeedinsomegames(stillsomeremaining)
DipswitchesinallCPS1gameswerewrong.Theyare(should)be
correctnow.(rememberthatCPS1dipsarechangedintheCheatsmenu)
Fixedsomespriteclippingproblems.
CPS2
AddedVampireHunter2andtherestofthelatestCPS2Shockreleases
NEOGEO
Fixedgarouselectbutton
Fixedgarou3rdTerrystagebackgroundanimation(requiresrastersenabled)
Fixedgarourandomcharacterselection.
Fixedsoundproblemsinssidekicks4andneobomberman
ImprovedrasteremulationwiththeinfofromtherealHW.
Nownebulashouldnotcomplaingaboutwrongng-lo.romfiles.
Fixedsoundproblemsninjacombat，ninjacommandoandothers.Bigthanks
toAchoA.Tang.
FixedKOF94Japanstageintro.
Recentneogeogameshavebeenlocked.Youshouldgotoanarcade
ifyouwanttoplaythem.
Fixedkof2kndC7rom(seemsthatonlyIhadthatrom)
Addedanadditionalsengoku3romsetforthenewP1(it"snot
clearwhat"sthecorrectone).
NDromsetsnolongerusetheencryptedProms，theyare
fullydecrypted.
GENERAL
AddedanoptiontoautoswitchtoFullscreenafterloadingaROM(Miscmenu)
CorrectedNebulaconfigloopingintheoptionsscreen.
2.17
PGM
Improvedsoundemulation:
Volumeshouldbecorrect(oralmost)now.
Notepitchimproved.
FixedmissingbackgroundinaKOVstage.
Addedanoptiontocapturethecurrentmusictoafile
toloaditinjukebox(PZMfiles).
Calendarisdisabledwhennetplayorrecordingmovies.This
will(should:))avoiddesyncs.
CPS2
Fixedsomefinishspecialsbeingwronginthebottomof
Manhattanstageinmshvsf.
CPS1
Fixedmissinghelicoptersandbuildingsincawing.
NEOGEO
Fixed(again)sengoku3decrypteddriver.
FixedIrritatingMazecontrols.Youcanusethemouseto
movetherod(thisgamecabinethasatrackball).
Fixedmissing2linesatthebottomofthescreenofgames
usingrasters(mostnoticeableinmslug2，galaxyf，mosyougi)
GENERAL
Addedsomelanguagetranslations(Italian，Korean，Chinese，Dutch)
Fixed50%scanlinesat640x480
Addeda“StepFrame“buttontotheshotfactories(windowmode)
AddedsomeForceFeedbacktablesbyIronMan.
AddedasmallskinoptiontothewindowedGUI.AnyPNGfilein
theSKINSfolderwillberandomlychosenanddisplayedinthe
nebulawindowonstartupwhennogameisloaded.
IMPORTANT!!I"vereceivedalotofmailsaskingaboutneo-geo.rom，
ng-lo.romandng-sfix.rom.ThosearetheneogeobiosandMUSTbe
ZIPPEDinafilenamedNEOGEO.ZIPintheROMSfolder(oranyroms
folderyouhaveconfigured).
2.16
PGM
Z80isfullyemulated，thatmeans，correctsoundsandmusic
ingames.Thesoundchipemulationisnot100%accurateso
somenotesinmusicarewrong.I"veaddedanoptiontodisable
themusicintheOptionsmenu.
FixedsavestatesinKOVgames.(oldsavestateswillstillnot
work，onlynewoneswillbecorrect).
Fixedtextlayerpositionbeingwrongby1line.
Addedshotfactory(F8)
CPS2
Fixedapalettesyncproblemthatcausedpartofthecharlie
stageinsfa2flashoutofsync.
Scanlinesin640x480arenowcorrect(again).UseNostretchgo
getthemcorrectly.
NEOGEO
Fixedsengoku3decrypteddriver.
GENERAL
Addedlanguageswitchforthemenus(checktheenglish.lng
fileintheskinsdirforatemplatefortranslation)
2.15a
PGM
FixedKnightsofvalourmissingplatformandbridgesinsome
stages.
Someromrenamings.Tomatchmamenames
sango1-;kov
sango1_5-;kov115
sango1_9-;kovplus
orlegend-;orlegend(thesame)
orleg112-;orlegnde
orleg12e-;orlegndc
FixedchinaandtaiwanregionsswappedinKOV
NEOGEO
FixedsavagereignV2romCRC
AddedSengoku3andZupapaneogeodrivers.
GENERAL
PGMresolutionisverywide，soifit"scutinthe
screen，playabitwithstretchoptionstillyoucan
getitfitting.
2.15
PGM
AddedKnightsofValourandKnightsofValourPlus
(seeKOVROMS.TXTforthecorrectromsCRCandsizes).
SpecialthankstoBillyJrforhishelptogetthis
gamerunning.
AddedSoundemulation.Well，it"snotcompleteemulation，but
it"senoughgogetsoundsworking.OnlySFXworksandsome
soundsmaybewrong.
Addedregionswitchtoorlegendandkov
Fixedorlegendcrashes.
NOTE:PGMgameshaveaverywideresolutionso
doublesizemodes(scanlinesandmostimageenhancement
modes)requireresolutionshigherthan800x600towork
properlywithnostretch.
GENERAL
FixednetplaycrashingwithKonamiandPGMgames.
2.14b
CPS1
Fixedwronglayeroffsetsinsf2yycandkouryu(=blackbelt?)that
appearedduetothenewtiming.
FixedQuizandDragonsUSAgfxproblems
FixedsoundproblemsinADPCMaudio(oops，myfault，I
leftsometestcodeinside).
GENERAL
FixedNebulahanginginawindowwhenexitingagame
intheclassicGUI.
FixedtheVideomenucrashiftherearenotransparencytablesin
theCONFIGfolder.
2.14a
CPS1
Fixedloopsinsomedrivers(cworld2j，qadandqtono2)
thatwerecausingtheromscanningcrash
2.13a
NEOGEO
FixedSpinmastersgfxerrorsonthebottomlines(rasterbug)
CPS1
AddedSF2KouRyudriver
CPS2
ImprovedCPUtiming.ThatmakesSSF2TSSF2Xsmoother.
FixedSSF2Xdriver(nomoregfxorsoundproblems)
PGM
Fixedcrashingafterafewminutesplaying.
GENERAL
AddedSuperScaleblitter(similartoa*Scaleblitter
ofotherCPS2emu:)).Itlooksgreatandit"svery
fast(ifnotthefastest)imageenhancementmode.Fullsourceincluded.
Thebestblitterinnebulawithoutanydoubt.Itonlyworks
in16-bitdesktopmodes.
Addedauto-transparencies.Itwillmakeflickeringobjects
andmeshesbecometransparentwithoutblur.The50%frameblend
blitterisnolongerneeded.Unlikespritetransparencies，
thiswillcauseaperformancehit，sobetterdon"tenableit
ifyouhaveaslowcomputer.
Fixedfullinterpolationmode.
2.13
NEOGEO
Improvedrastereffectsemulation.
Mostgamesarecorrectnow，andothers
havebeengreatlyimproved:
mosyougititle
ssidekickspitch(stillnot100%correctbut
heh，atleastyoucanseeit)
samsho3“3D“flooreffects
wheroesfloors
karnovrfloors
mslug3lastbossredskydistortion
galaxyfightbetteralignment
CPS2
AddedlatestCPS2Shockreleases
Fixedwronglayerpriosonnwarrcharacter
selectionscreen.
KONAMI&CPS1
Fixedmusicspeedthatwaswronginsomegames.
PGM
Optimizedspritedrawing(morethantwice
fasternowinsomecriticalparts)
Fixedspriteshrinking
Addedspritezooming
Addedlinescroll(orlegendstage4and6)
Fixedsomemissingsprites(clippingproblems)
MainCPUisrunningatthecorrectspeednow
GENERAL
AddedDSPpluginssupport(includingaDSP
wrapperforwinampplugins.It"sstillbeta
sobecareful，anddon"tchangetheplugin
whileagameisrunning)
Theplugin.hfilehasbeenupdatewiththe
DSPplugininterface.
ForcefeedbacksupportisdisabledasI"m
improvingit(andit"sstillnotfinished:()
2.12
CPS1
Fixeddynastywarsromsetnames
Fixedspritesdisappearing.
NEOGEO
Fixedmslug3ndromset.
GENERAL
FixedScanlineswhenusing640x480.
2.11
KONAMI
AddedBuckyO"Hare
FixedZooming.
Fixedsomespritegfxproblems(2ndlevelboss
inmoo)
CPS2
Ifyouareonlyseeing2buttonsinCPS2games
deletethe.datfileforthatgameinthe
CONFIGfolder.
CPS1
AddedSF2YYChack
NEOGEO
IntheROMDATAfolderyou"llfinda
filecalledNeogeo.new.Deletethe
Neogeo.datandrenamethe.newto.dat
tousethenewMAMEromnames.
It"sagoodmomenttorememberthatif
youhavenebulareportingmissingneo-geo.rom
ng-sfix.romorng-lo.rom，you"llneedtoput
theneogeo.zipfile(BIOS)inaroms
directory(folder).
GENERAL
FixedVerticalgamesnotdisplayinganything.
2.1
KONAMI
Mooooo!!
BUGFIXES
FixedoldGUIcrashingonstart
Fixedtitlebarcorruption
FixedAspectratiowithKeepaspectoption
Fixedverticalgameson32bitsdesktop.
Fixedingamemenuletterswhenusing32bit
colordepth
Fixedxmvsfcrashonstartbug.
AddedshotdisplayonRomListwhenmoving
witharrowkeys
AddedaSwitchtoFullscreenoptioninthe
VideoMenu，assomepeopledidn"tknowhow
toswitchtofullscreen(ALT-Enter)
Addedmanytransparencytables.Thanksto
Darksoul，Bad_crc，Razoola，kyo_99and
Ken_Masters.
SomethingsIforgottomentioninthereadme:
-Tousetheoldgui，youcanalsolaunch:
Nebula.exe-classic(-windowifyouwantto
runitinawindow))
-Youcanclickonthecolumnnamesintheromlist
tosortthelistusingthatcolumn.
2.0
GENERAL
Lotsofchangesinthisversion，butthemost
noticeableoneisthenewWindowmode
GUI(YoucanstillusetheoldGUI).Notethat
thewindowmodewillworkinsystemswith32bpp
desktopcolordepthbutonlyHardwareblitwillwork.
IfNebularunsveryveryslow，trydisablingstretchand
Switchingtosystemmemoryallocation.
DuetothebigamountofchangesI"drecommend
thatyoureadallthedocs.
SomekeysbehavedifferentlyinwindowmodeGUI
checktheGENERALdoc.
Majorrewriteofthemaincore.Allsystems
emulationhaveexperiencedaspeedupand
thememoryrequirementshavebeenlowered
alot.
Newshotsfactories，thatallowschangingalmost
everyparametersprite.Please，readthedocabout
this.
Newmacrocode，thatallowsmacrostoworkwithout
knowingthecharacteraddressesandalsoadds
“global“macrosthatcanbeusedwithanycharacter
(readmacrosdocumentation).
NEOGEO
Added4-pointinterpolationforDelta-Tsamples.
Addedadecryptionprogressindicationfor
latest(encryptedGFX)games.