Kazaa Browser is a port scanner that will help you find other Kazaa users in your network segment, and download the files using MSIE or any download manager.

Download: Aldo's Kazaa Browser 1.0 (92KB)

ISO Producer is an small tool created by JNS that creates ISO images in a fast, reliable and easy way. Put in ePSXe directory to choose the plugins. New: Includes P.E.Op.S CDR 1.2 which adds the new caching mode "Smooth Read" for cd drives with psx cd reading troubles.

Download: ISO Producer 1.1a (69KB)

Adaptec has updated the ASPI drivers required by many emulators to run on Windows 2000 and XP.

New version of this cool multi-platform Playstation Emulator now 30%-40% faster. Download Windows version Linux version.

Driver by Ariel Scarpinelli to connect PSX, N64 and other pads to PC.

New: Replaced the screen capture algorithm (the old capture.dll was being reported as a backdoor virus).

New: Option to show a full screen graphic border around game display (requires to have configured Pete's GPU in window mode). This feature is inspired in MAME's bezels. Enable this option from "Command Line" window.

Download: ePSXe Launcher Pack 122KB

New release of Gens. You may use it with Gens Launcher (12KB).

New drivers: PPJoy 0.30 and PSXpad 0.8.2002.0606c

Small tool to capture live video and photos from any web cam using WDM. Use in same directory of AWeb for live photo web publishing.

Download: Aldo's Visual Capture 1.0 (134KB)

JoyToKey 3.7.6 is a pad to key mapper like VGSjoy.

Download: JoyToKey 3.7.6 Japanese (293KB)

This utility sets the process priority of your favorite application or emulator (ePSXe, Project64, MAME, MP3 encoders, etc.) to use more time of your CPU processor and let you kill processes not shown in the Task Manager to gain more memory and CPU time. This is great for low-end computers. New: Now is compatible with XP/2000/NT, changes in the GUI, new free resources button, updated the detection of popular emulators.

Download: Aldo's SpeedUp Processes 3.0 (36KB)

Wave file editor that let you merge wave samples, cut/edit wave FX and convert WAVE files produced with Aldo's Pianito MicroStudio into MP3 files. New: Frequency Analyzer, improved sample area selection, new keyboard shortcuts.

Download: Aldo's WAVEdit 1.2 (238KB)
Related Link: Aldo's Pianito MicroStudio 3.1

Willems davy updated his cool region hacker / cheater for Zinc 0.9.

New: Integration with iNET Grabber 1.1 for browse filtered sites, auto restart service if the winsock crashes, updated winsock control, more. Aldo's Web Service is a super-compact Web service daemon that not only let you share easily your files, it also acts as an advertisement or site blocker (to prevent kids access adult sites, accelerate load of web pages, avoid blinking/annoying/adult ads).



Download: Aldo's Web Server 1.5 (116KB)

Cool Pacman clone written in Visual Basic by Lord Pookie, I made it some improvements. Also available: 8 Enhanced levels by Pookie

This is a port of the script engine of Aldo's Macro Recorder for Pocket PC 2002 (aka Windows CE) ARM and i486. *not* for PC

Dr Hell updated his PSX cheat utilities cep and CVGSUtil to work with ePSXe 1.6 and added multi-language support.

Download: cep 0.2.4 (215KB) / CVGSUtil 0.4.4a (290KB)
Download: CVGSUtil 0.4.3 en Español (287KB)

Lot of fixes. Download it here.

New: Added support to map up to 24 buttons, added Gravis layout to joypad configurator.. VGSJoy adds joystick support to virtually any application not using DirectInput, including VGS 1.41 Demo.

Download: VGSJoy 1.10 for DirectX (71KB)

Use Boycott Advance/SDL for Win32 with Aldo's GBA/SDL Frontend.

Front-end for SMS+SDL.

Download: Aldo's SMS+SDL Front-End 11KB
Related Link: SMS+SDL 0.9.3R4

zeroburner sent this cool tip: ...with Aldo's MameFE you can launch Nebula without wait to load the main screen. Rename nebula.exe to Mame.exe and try to lunch any game with MameFE. It works with some other emulators too. The roms should be placed in .\ROMS directory under Nebula.

Download: Aldo's MAME Front End 55KB
Download: Nebula CPS1, CPS2, Neogeo Emulator

New front-end for NeoPocott/SDL.

Download: Aldo's NeoPocott/SDL Front-End 21KB
Related Link: NeoPocott/SDL 0.38b R2.1

New front-end for PSinex rev 5 that includes shortcuts to common used menu options. Just place the PSinex Launcher in the same directory of PSinex and run it.

Download: PSinex Launcher 9KB

Added 24 wave samples and effects for use with Pianito-MicroStudio. Now you can produce professional quality rythms using the 8 wave tracks + 16 midi tracks + interactive synthesizer.

Download: 24 Wave Samples for Pianito - MicroStudio 547KB
Download: Aldo's Pianito - MicroStudio 3.1

PsYcHoJaK have released a new beta of his Playstation emulator PSINEX with new CD decoder, SPU irq hack, change disk using Ctrl+F1 / Ctrl+F2, accurate timing on SIO interrupts, new help, icon 48 x 48 and more. Thanks Bobbi from NGEmu.com for the news.

Download: PSINEX Revision 5 (380KB)
Download: Plugins Pack 4.0MB (+90 plugins included)

Many users have upgraded to XP believing the BS from M$ marketing. Contrary to their claims, many Win9x applications do not run on XP (even with the useless compatibility mode). If you want PSX emulation on XP or in Windows 2000, install an ASPI Layer and use ePSXe, PSinex, FPSE, AdriPSX or PSEmu Pro. Other alternatives to play VGS under XP/2000 require that you install Win9x as secondary OS: a dual boot XP/9x (install 98/ME first, then install XP in another disk/partition), or use Connectix Virtual PC

*update July 16/2002* VGS is now playable using SaPu's CVGS Patch for Win2K/XP or CVGS Video Patch XP.

Effective past December 31, Connectix have officially suspended the support (and downloads) for Sony's Virtual Game Station (formerly Connectix VGS).

psxyke@msn.com have made "manifests" for ePSXe, ePSXecutor, FPSE Configurator, AdriPSX, Project 64 and WinKawaks which improve the GUI of these emulators on Windows XP. I also included PSinex manifest. You should put the manifest file in the same directory of the respective emulator. If you get more manifests for emus, just send them :)

Download: XP Manifests for Emus 4KB

This movie player made by Sony Computer Entertaiment Inc. also converts STR to AVI, XA to WAV, AVI to STR, and more. Very easy to use. It doesn't convert encrypted movies like FF9.

Download: SONY Movie Converter 3.1 330KB

Do you want to remove the disabled menu items in VGS or simply reorganize the enabled ones? Do you want to replace the default icon with your own? How about put your own wallpaper, change some dialogs or replace the test sound or replace the internal KLUG codes with the latest games.txt? Your answer: ResHack. You just have to open any hacked version of VGS (like PSytek's, 501xx LE2, Konemu or Emurayden). Note: You can use it to modify easily *any* Windows program.

Related Link: Resource Hacker

Nick have released external configurators for his NextGL and Next3D GPU's.

Download: External CFG for NextGL and Next3D

In the Spanish radio program SONIC & EMULATRONIA 94.4FM, Pepe from EMULATRONIA.COM every week has an interesting program about emulators. Aldo's Tools was mentioned there :) Thanks Pepe!!. Check it and previous radio programs in MP3, it's highly recommended.

Download: SONIC & EMULATRONIA in MP3 (Spoken in Spanish / En ESPAÑOL)

For all the owners of notebooks who asked the method, here it is: Just install the device "Standart Game Port" from Control Panel / Add New hardware / Add a new device / manual / sound, video and game controllers / Standart system devices. With this you install a virtual port where the drivers work on. The same applies for those who wants to use a game port joystick besides the NTPAD.

Download: NTpad 1.22 for Windows 2000/XP Spanish (24KB)

The PSX movie player PsxTulz have been updated. Thanks EmuHelp.com for the news.

Related Link: PsxTulz 0.03b

Added psmcu and CVGSUtils to the section of Memory Cards Converters.

Wormie from PSX Fanatics has posted a solution: remove subTsgMSCD16.dll and subTsgMSCD32.dll from Plugins folder and place them in the ePSXe folder.

New version of FlareStorm PSX emulator for Mac by 2510. Check Shin's home page for additional screen shots.

Related Link: FlareStorm Homepage (English)

Jens have posted some scans of the Thai Edition of the Future Gamer magazine from May 2001 which describe (in Thai) how to use ePSXe to play Final Fantasy 9, how to use [pec] to cheat in Final Fantasy 9 with GameShark codes and how to use Aldo's PECEdit to edit the [pec] Code list.

Related Link: PEC Homepage
Related Link: PEC Edit

Aldo's Pianito have been selected as TOP NUMBER ONE by TechTV in the recent article "Top Five Musical Instruments for the Desktop" of August 8, 2001. .

Related Link: TechTV's Top 5 Musical Instruments article
Download: Aldo's Pianito 3.1

People get confused with so many patches for FF9, so I made a new section to clearify things. Enjoy it.

Related Link: Final Fantasy 9 Patches Page

ggfox made a PPF patch to allow Final Fantasy 8 Japanese work in ePSXe using Pete's CDR 1.6. I haven't tried it, but ggfox says it works with disc 1-4.

Download: ggfox's FF8 PPF Patch for ePSXe (1KB)

Using SpeedUp to start emulators like ePSXe or FPSE, don't only increase its speed (by changing the process priority, /m freeing memory and /k killing unnecessary background tasks) but also hides the ugly debugging window in DOS mode.
For FPSE create a link with a command like this: C:\FPSE_009bin\SpeedUp.exe /x "fpse" /q C:\FPSE_009bin\fpse.exe
For ePSXe create a link with a command like this: C:\ePSXe\SpeedUp.exe /x /q C:\ePSXe\ePSXe.exe

Download: Aldo's SpeedUp Processes 3.0 (36KB)

Help to keep up to date the compatibility lists of ePSXe and VGS, posting the games that work (or don't) that are not listed in their databases.

Related Link: ePSXe Compatibility List
Related Link: VGS Compatibility List

This tool let you create your own list of PSX games with picture and description, organize them by genre and launch with your favorite emulator. Automatically mounts the ISO images with Daemon Tools and let you update the database by reading the ISO files in a directory. This is a must have if you have many games and want to have them well organized and accessible. New: Fixed to work better with Daemon Tools, support for language translation (English, Spanish, Italian).


Download: My Game List - PSX Launcher English (61KB)
Download: My Game List - PSX Launcher Spanish (62KB)
Download: My Game List - PSX Launcher Italian by Kingpin (63KB)

Related Link: Rare King Place - My Game List Screenshot Packs

AdriPSX has been updated recently. Don't miss this very nice FREE Playstion emulator. Thanks EmuHQ for this cool news!!

Download: AdriPSX for Windows 010615 (370KB)
Related Link: Plugins Pack 4.0MB (+90 plugins included)

Hansi have created a new section in his page with all VGSMod patches for Mac.
Related Link: Hansi's CVGS page

Probably many of you already know, and others not, that you can play MP3 in Windows Media Player while you play in VGS. I recommend that use mplayer2.exe from Start/Run for Media Player 6.x, due Windows Media Player 7 uses more system resources and causes heavy frame skips. This tip is very useful if you're using backups with sound ripped or when you're tired of the boring background music in your game.

*update* Danil Galimov (the cool co-programmer of [pec]) informed that this tip also works with WinAmp. You should to use the Nullsoft's DirectSound plugin and have configured the Primary Sound Driver.

New plugin that enables network play on the FREE Playstation emulator ePSXe 1.4.

Related Link: Cyberpad Home Page

New version of one of the best FREE PlayStation emulators for PC. Includes a new configuration wizard, mini picture on save states, preliminary netplay through Jens Cyberpad and more compatibility!!! Requires the PSX Bios scph1001.bin that you have to find somewhere else.

Download: ePSXe 1.40 (with ePSXecutor 1.04) 322KB
Download: Plugins Pack 2.43MB (+63 plugins included)

Related Link: New Design of ePSXe Home Page
Related Link: ePSXe 1.40 Installer 1.1MB (Emu + Popular Plugins)

In less than 1 week Aldo's Macro Recorder has been honored by 3 popular news sites: ZDNet, Telegraph.co.uk and today has been selected as "Daily Netjewel" by DigiToday in Norway.

Related Link: DigiToday's Daily Netjewel
Related Link: Aldo's Macro Recorder

New and better board. I hope this keep threads for more time and it should be more organized!!!

Related Link: New Aldo's Tools FORUM
Related Link: Old Aldo's Tools FORUM

This tip comes from Fresh_meat. It describes a "bug" that he found and apparently it could help you accelerate VGS in slow machines. Read his description:
1. I run VGS. 2. I pause gameplay. 3. Switch to windows desktop. 4. Connect to my ISP, with my 33.6k modem. 5. Check my mails with Outlook Express and close it. 6. Open ICQ. 7. Close ICQ. 8. Disconnect from my ISP. 9. Get back to VGS.

Result: VGS can no longer emulate sound for the rest of the time it's opened, and the speed doubles (aporximately)

I couldn't reproduce the "bug", but feel free to discuss about this topic in the forum.

I tested VGS in the new version of Virtual PC (PC emulator for Windows), and yes it worked using Windows 2000 as Host in a "Virtual PC" running Windows 95. It's highly recommended that you apply the Service Pack 2 for Windows 2000. However do not expect VGS to be fast. Virtual PC is also useful in Win9x/Me as a work around to have save state in VGS (the file is stored in C:\Windows\Application Data when you shutdown the "Virtual PC") meaning that you can save in *any game at any time* (even in VGS demo). Also you may run VGS in window mode :)))

Download: Connectix Virtual PC Preview 2

Linux kernel 2.4.0 alpha for PSX. Need to say more?

Pepe from Emulatronia.com has an EXCELLENT radio program all Wednesdays in Sonic. The program (in Spanish) is downloadable in MP3. This week is dedicated to Playstation emulators.

Related Links: Emulatronia
Related Links: Emulatronia Radio Program in MP3

My tools are not only for games... AgentReader helps people with the following difficulties:
- Dyslexia or attention deficit disorder (ADD)
- Poor vision (Magnifier and Text-to-Speech)
- Helps learning foreing language pronuciation
- Spell, find synonyms or translate text from any program.
- May reduce Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by avoiding repetitive keystrokes (Macro).
- Save time listen to your email, jokes, help or documents while you do anything else.

- Aldo's Pianito is being used in Lebanon in a center for mentally retarded children as a tool for auditory discrimination treatment (where the children would differenciate between the notes).
- Also many children around the world is using Aldo's Pianito to be introduced into the music :) (over 64,000 downloads only in CNET's Download.com can't be wrong)

To make the page load faster I moved some older, but still very interesting news to the Old News section. A link is also in the top, under the ads.

Related Link: Old News

AutoBackup looks periodically a list of files (allow wildcards) and keep a backup copy. Useful for backup your documents and save states while playing.

Download: AutoBackup (9KB)

I just made a couple of quick updates for CDSesame (fixed opening/close using drive letter from command line if you have 2 or more CD devices). Added Copy and Print to Aldo's Screen Capture.
Download: CDSesame 1.0a 5KB
Download: Aldo's Screen Capture 1.0c (123KB)

New tool that capture screens and images from the clipboard (by using PrintScreen or Copy) and letting you choose which ones you want to save. Well yesterday I released 3 versions of this tool. New: Save all images in batch, support for saving in JPG format, use shift-click to open multiple windows, double click for view in full screen, browse with keys and more.


Download: Aldo's Screen Capture 1.0b (123KB)

This handy tool open/close the CD tray by software. Use the parameters: /A to open/close all CD drives, /C force close drives, /O force open drives, if all parameter are omited it will open/close the last CD-ROM. Example: CDSesame EF /O will open the drives E: and F:

Download: CDSesame 1.0 5KB

More psx tools: CVGS Configuration Selector (manage multiple configurations in VGS) and ePSXe Save State Tool (exports and imports memcards into a ePSXe savestate). Thanks Bgnome from www.psxemu.com/ for the link.

Related Link: DarkMan's Tools

A complete documentation of Aldo's Pianito - MicroStudio is available for download for all *registered users*.

Related Links: Aldo's Pianito Studio Registration Page

Manage the slots of your memory cards with this super easy to use Memory Card Manager. New: Improved support exporting memory cards to DexDrive format for use in a real PlayStation


Download: Memory Card Manager 1.3 (52KB)

Alvin Tamsir pointed me that the "performace is quite significantly improved" on his Pentium II 266mhz, using the VGS Video Patch at 800x600. Running VGS at the original 640X480, "even though the resolution is lower, the performance is decreased." Seems that certain laptops LCD screens perform much better at 800x600.

Mac Link: FrozenGame 0.32 Save State in VGS for Mac
Related Link: Final Fantasy 7 Save Converter PSX-to-PC

VGS Autorun automatically launch your PSX emulator only inserting your PSX disk on the CD-ROM, the same way your music CD autoplays. Additionally you can configure up to 3 additional utilities that may also start when you insert a game. This utility let you start the emulator that work better with specific games!!!

New in this version: Added support for ePSXe and let you configure which is your default emulator. It's recommended that you use -nogui -f when using ePSXe, but also you may want to start ePSXecutor instead of directly run ePSXe (or even better start it with C:\ePSXe120\SpeedUp.exe /q /m ePSXe.exe -nogui -f)

Download: VGS AutoRun 1.2 (41KB)

ePSXe 1.20 comes with a ton of command line switches. But many of them are not documented in the manual. Read about them in the links below.

Related Link: Undocumented Command lines in ePSXe 1.20
Related Link: ePSXe FAQ by Bobbi and CDrBuRnNoUt
Related Link: Emu FAQ by Operations

If PSEmu Pro is crashing when trying to configure the emulator, remove Pete's OpenGL Driver 1.45 and Kazzuya's Soft Driver 1.4beta from the Plugins directory and you should be able to configure PSEmu Pro again.

This is a very small update. VGS AutoMem now starts minimized in the system tray, so users with it in the StartUp don't have to close it every time that Windows starts.


Download: VGS AutoMem 1.0c (42KB)

1. I have some ISO images that work better in ePSXe that in VGS. The best way to start the games by double-clicking the ISO and let DaeMount decide which emulator to use was adding the following code to C:\Windows\DaeMount.ini:
if image = "c:\cds\Fatal_Fury.ISO" then
  C:\ePSXe101\ePSXe.exe -nogui -loadbin c:\cds\Fatal_Fury.ISO
else
  vgs.exe
end if

2. When I need to set a GPU plugin for an specific game I can use the following code as example in C:\Windows\DaeMount.ini:
if gameid = slus-00000 then
  setregistry HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "\Software\epsxe\config\", "VideoPlugin", "gpuPeteSoft.dll"
  C:\ePSXe101\ePSXe.exe -nogui -f
else
  setregistry HKEY_CURRENT_USER, "\Software\epsxe\config\", "VideoPlugin", "gpuPeteD3D.dll"
  C:\ePSXe101\ePSXe.exe -nogui -f
end if

People that use both PSEmu Pro and ePSXe have noticed that you need your plugins duplicated, in ePSXe\Plugins and in PSEmuPro\Plugin directories. I hacked PSEmu Pro so now you place it in ePSXe directory and share the Plugins (and BIOS too), saving disk space (about 8MB in my case) and do not require to always update both plugins directories.

Download: PSEmu Pro 1.93 (Hacked for use in ePSXe folder) 70KB

Jens has updated [pec], the most wonderful PlayStation Emulator Cheater ever! Now with support for Windows 2000 and ePSXe 1.01. Remember that you can add additional cheats to its huge database using my PecEdit.

Download: [pec] 1.2 modified + Win2K fix by Jens Duttke

Officially DirectX can't be uninstalled, but DirectX Uninstaller will help you uninstall DirectX in case you have problems. Another alternative is using dx8to7.reg, but some DLL files may stay in version 8 after downgrade.

Related Link: DirectX Uninstaller

Daniel Göransson recomends a freeware tool for nVidia users: "I went in to the option on DirectX and I set it on ON and render frames ahead to 20 frames.. No more slow down for me. Don't now if this will work for everyone but i hope so."

Related Link: NVmax Tweaking Tool

Here you have some custom icons for the memory cards files used by the Memory Manager. Just unzip and execute Runme.bat. Thanks Firehawke for the icons.

Download: Icons for Memory Manager (8KB)

Did you know that you can chat online with friends and other players while you play VGS using the VGSBrowser 1.0? Just visit http://www.aldostools.org/chat.html when using VGSBrowser.

Related Link: VGS Chat

New plugin that integrates MSIE 5.5 with VGS, bringing a new and easy to use interface. Now you can browse your disk, mount Daemount ISO images, search the internet for tips, news and more without leaving your favorite emulator. Just small changes :)


Download: VGSBrowser 1.0 (21KB)

This is something completely different: This is a satellite SmartCard emulator for PSX. And it runs in ePSXe :)

Related Link: PSCX Home Page

MemConv 2.05 is a nice "do-everything" VGS tool by NEMO (useful if you understand Japanese). Also Alan has many other tools that you should check :)

Related Link: NEMO's Tools (Page/Tools in Japanese)
Related Link: Alan's Tools

I read in EmuForums.com in a post from Zidane_85 that a way of making some FF9 FMV's work in CD 3 is loading the saved game with the CD 1 first, then changing to CD 3. But if you're using Daemon Tools, you should do this procedure to change from disk 1 to disk 3: 1. Press Alt-Tab and eject the ISO (instead of unmount), 2. Return to VGS so FF9 interpret the disk was ejected, 3. Press Alt-Tab again mount the other disk and return to VGS. This procedure of changing ISO disks should work with other multi-disks games too. Thanks Zemus for test this ;o)

I fixed the link for ePSXe and the plugins pack now includes the latest updates from Pete. Now you don't have to look somewhere else to download and play with your favorite emulator !!!

Related Link: Free PlayStation Emulators

New in this version: A macro editor that let you edit, load and save the macros. VGS Macro is a tool that records the keystrokes on your keyboard and replay the keys in the "same" order/time you pressed them. It may be helpful for creating combos for fighting games, activate cheats and perform repetitive tasks found in games.

Download: VGS Macro 1.1 (24KB)

Shin informs me that the commercial software Virtual Surfer is another virtual CD-ROM driver that works with VGS for Windows, in addition to Daemon Tools. Thanks Shin for the info. *update* I couldn't configure Virtual Surfer because it's in japanese, so I can't confirm if it really works :o(

Download: Tomcat's Virtual Surfer 2,043KB - Japanese/Trial

The japanese VGSCheat for Mac has been updated again. Also Hansi has posted a FF9 patch for Mac, but that can't save :(

Related Link: VGSCheat 0.63b1 / 0.062R5 (Japanese page)
Related Link: Hansi's Web Site

I updated the VGSNet with nicer colors and icons, I was tired of the old toy-look. Also updated the links. VGSNet is a tool that enable network play on VGS and other emulators. Read its limitations here.


Download: VGSNet 1.0 beta 9 (92KB)

This new tool is a compilation of all my PSX memory converters in a single program so it should be easier to use. New in this version: Added support for Mad Katz's Data Deck memory card format.

Download: Memory Converter 1.01 (23KB)
Related Link: 120 Saved Games Pack - in Data Deck Format (1.1MB)

First VGSCheat 0.62JR4 for Mac has been updated. Also here you have a new source more for Mac tools, including new cheaters Easygame 1.91, CodeSearcherVGS 1.4 dev 1 and Softpar 0.3. And many more...FOR MAC ONLY

Related Link: VGSCheat 0.62JR4 for Mac *updated 11/25/2000*
Related Link: Memory Converters, Cheat Tools, Mods and more all for Mac

VGSCheat FOR MAC has been translated from Japanse to English. Thanks Hansi's Website for the news.

Download: VGSCheat English - Application Only (143KB)
Download: VGSCheat English - Full (244KB)

The tools that all VGS users for Mac have been waiting for. I don't understand japanese but if you're a Mac user you should check these links.

Related Link: VGSCheat 0.61 for Mac
Related Link: X-PAR-VGS 1.1
Related Link: VGS OS Check Disabler

This page contains all available Mod patches for the Connectix VGS 1.0 to 1.4. Only for Mac users.

Related Link: Unofficial CVGS Page for Mac

Finally I patched the CVGS 1.41 demo and it's running at a resolutions of 800x600 and 1024x768 in full screen (I mean *not* in window mode). The graphics area is still displayed at 640x480, but the pixels are much smaller. Note: At 1024x768 may be too slow for low-end computers. The graphics will appear at a 1/4 of the screen, not the full screen!!

Download: CVGS 1.41 demo running at 800x600 Patched by Aldo Vargas
Download: CVGS 1.41 demo running at 1024x768 Patched by Aldo Vargas

Bobbi today posted an (old, but very interesting) news about it's possible to use the OpenGL renderer for Impact emulator in ePSXe (and PSEmu Pro). Well the good news is that the other Impact graphic renderers (D3D & Glide) also work with ePSXe & PSEmu Pro, and ultra fast too!!! Just rename the renderer.ipc to gpuImpact3D.dll or gpuImpactGlide.dll

Download: Impact Direct3D Renderer for ePSXe (67KB)

Today I received an email from Morlac, who created a new ModChip patch for VGS 1.41. I'm not sure if it works as all my games are working fine in VGS 1.41, but at least VGS doesn't crash after the patch. Thanks Morlac for this nice tool!!

*update* This patch really *WORKS* but some computers may hang when exiting from VGS, so be careful and save all your work before using it. Thanks Eta Carina for the report.

Download: VGS ModChip Patch for 1.41 (4KB)

It's highly recommended that you keep *all* your previous versions of VGS installed. Then, use VGS 1.4 or VGS 1.3 (mod patched) if VGS 1.41 ejects your backup CD. You may configure VGSAutoRun to run automatically VGS 1.4 or VGS 1.3 for specific games ejected by VGS 1.41, using the Bleem or PSEmu Pro slots in the program. Also DaeMount users may configure the daemount.ini to run VGS 1.4 or VGS 1.3 on specific games too using daemount's scripting capability (see the example in the zip file).

Memory card tools to convert to/from the new Playstation emulator ePSXe (and for PSEmu Pro too) to Virtual Game Station and Bleem.


Download: ePSXe Memory Card Tools (47KB)

This release is for registered users only. It now plays Legend of Mana and FF9, runs in Windows ME, fixed the black gap in PAL games among other small bug fixes. Note: Use the VGSMod141 from Morlac.

Related Link: Connectix VGS 1.41 Full Upgrade

This time the experimental tool is a PlayStation emulator sound recorder. It records the sound of your games using your microphone, then save it as WAV. It may be used for recording your voice too. I personally don't recommend it as a real tool for recording games, but it's great for playing with your mic :)

Download: PSX Sound Recorder (15KB)

I have created this small registry fix that allows you to mount ISO, CUE and CCD images (not necessarily PSX games) by double-clicking on the image file icon. Also add the Edit option to CUE files. Requires Daemon Tools 2.x. *UPDATE: It's highly recommended that you use DaeMount instead if you're using Daemon Tools 2.2 or above.

Download: Daemon Tools 2.2 Easy Mount Patch (1KB) (Modified by thew0lf)
Download: Daemon Tools 2.0 Easy Mount Patch (1KB)

*Updated because broken link* These PSEmu Pro's plugins are *not* new but very useful now with so many PSX ISOz available in the net. It let you run PSX games directly from your hard disk using .ISO or CDRWin's BIN+CUE image files, without a virtual CDROM. They should work with other PSX emus that use the plugins.

Download: ISO Image Driver 1.0 (ISO & CUE/BIN) (7KB)
Download: |Zink88|'s Disk Image Driver (CUE/BIN) (10KB)
Download: DAO Image Driver 0.4 (CUE/BIN) (6KB)

Did you know that the standard length of 74 minutes of CD's was chosen because CD designers wanted to have a format that could hold Beethoven's 9th symphony? Do you want to learn the ABC of CD recording? Don't miss this excellent FAQ article.

Related Link: CD-Recordable FAQ (Large page)

Idem to VGS Statistics but with bleem! in mind.

Download: Bleem Statistics 1.0 (22KB)

Well seems that I'm not having much bright ideas lately... well here you have a new tool for your collection. VGStat maintains statistics of VGS usage: times you start VGS, time you play, days you play it more, total of time you played, times you play games, last time you played the games and how long you played it.



Download: VGS Statistics 1.0 (22KB)

Many people have been asking how to convert PSX music to WAV!! Well here is a link where you'll find a couple of tools that should help you. Also you may want to try PSMConv 0.91a.

Download: XA2Wave
Related Link: MP3 Encoders (Convert WAV to MP3)

Still hungry for PSX tools? The links below are some sites where you will find tons of additional PSX tools for download. Enjoy!!

Related Link: dev.paradogs.com
Related Link: Zophar.net
Related Link: Hitmen tools
Related Link: Pure Pure PSX Utils
Related Link: psx-modshop.co.uk

This tools is identical to VGSCapture 1.0 except that captured images are in BMP instead of JPG. The images are bigger in file size but it doesn't lose quality on resolution.

Download: VGSCapture 1.0 BMP

Emu 4 PSX is back with many emulators for PSX, that include GameBoy, NES, MSX, ZX Spectrum and many other stuff. Well I wouldn't play them in any PSX emulator, but it's cool for playing in a real PSX when daddy is using the PC :) Thanks bwb for the news!

Related Link: emu4psx.emusphere.com

Bleemer has released a saved game that is supposed to make Seiken Densetsu 4 (Legend of Mana japanese) work with VGS. Also bleemer has released a new save game for Final Fantasy 9 (japanese too) for use *ONLY* with PSEmu Pro.

Download: LoM_jap.mem by bleemer
Download: FF9 save game for PSEmu Pro by bleemer

PSMConv 0.91a is a new version of this DOS program that play PSX videos, convert PSX videos to AVI and XA audio files to WAV.
PSXplay 1.45 is a shareware PSX player that works on Windows.
PSmplay 0.4 is a freeware PSX player developed by Segu the creator of many plugins for PSEmu Pro.

Related Link: PSXplay 1.45
Related Link: PSmplay 0.4
Related Link: PSMConv 0.91a

Hungry for PSX tools? The links below are some sites where you will find tons of additional PSX tools for download. Enjoy!!

Related Link: www.hitmen-console.org
Related Link: www.gamefreax.de/toolz.html
Related Link: www.psxemu.com/
Related Link: extremebleem.emu2k.com
Related Link: megagames.com

Use the PEC Database Editor to import cheats from GSCCC and convert them to Cheet! with the new Convert PEC Database to Cheet!.

This tool converts the cheat database from [PEC] for use on Cheet!. As Cheet! does not have all the advanced features found on PEC, the joker codes and extended codes cannot be imported.

3 files are generated from [pec]'s codelist.inf: pale.dat, jap.dat, us.dat. Replace these files on Cheet! directory. Remember to backup the cheet files before any change!!



Download: Convert PEC to Cheet! (13KB) (BETA)

For an easier access, I created a page dedicated to all the VGSMod patches for Windows, Mac and DOS versions.

Related Link: VGSMod Page

The VGSJoy 1.8 is now in French language, in addition to English, Spanish, German, Norwegian, Italian, Polish and Portuguese. Thanks Sebastien Tournier for the French file! Remember that you may translate it to other languages. I will give you here the credits for the translation :o)

This is not new, but a very interesting report from Emulatronia that you must read. It explains how to connect by yourself a PSX pad to your PC.

Related Link: Connect a PSX Pad to PC

I didn't program this patch, but it may be useful for some Mac users that are still using the VGS 1.2. Thanks SK for the file.

Download: VGSMod 1.2 for Mac (200KB)

This is another Windows port of the VGSMod created by SunTzu7. This one is for the VGS 13.

Download: VGSMod 1.3 for Windows (10KB)

Over MacIntoast message board I found these interesting post from a guy with the handle: MaRk.
"The SCPH-1001 had the ROM chip which allowed imports to be played with the Swap Trick. Later on, Sony Re-wrote the SCPH-1001 ROM chip and disabled the Swap Trick. The SCPH-1001 also had BAD heating problems and poor Lense Calibration. Then they made the SCPH-5000 series and the 7000 series. This fixed the Heating and Lense problem. They made the 7500 series to make it Harder to MOD Chip, but they figured out." "... [SCPH-9001] the Audio CD PLayer has the Sound Scope function when you play audio CDs. This function started with the SCPH-7xxx series... [Sony] took out some useless components to save cost. That's why there is NO Parallel I/O port... also made the logic board smaller to make it harder to MOD Chip."

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This is a Windows port of the VGSMod 1.4 created by SunTzu7 that should be easier to use than the DOS interface. All the credits should go to SunTzu7, who is the real cracker. I made a slight modification to reduce the patch code, so files patched with SunTzu7 version will not be 100% identical to mine.



Download: VGSMod 1.4 for Windows (11KB)

Added the questions about ISO and the black gap on VGS 1.4 and another possible solution about the VxD problems. Added a new site to the list of save game sites.

Related link: FAQs

Not my tools, but in this link you will find a lot of very interesting tools for converting images, videos, from PAL to NTSC, PSX speech, CD version of GameShark, PSX Menu, etc. I do *not* support these tools.

Related link: Gamefreax.de

I added to FAQs useful links to some sites with saved games for use with VGS and other PSX emulators.

Related link: FAQs

According to Lockergnome's newsletter, adding CPUPriority=1 in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VxD\BIOS may help speeding up the CPU priority. However it may not be noticeable on some systems. You may try this tweak downloading the Speedup.reg and double-click it. The changes are done after rebooting.

Download: Speedup.reg (1KB)

I added the Mac version of the ModChip for VGS 1.4 to the FAQ. Notice that I haven't tested it (I don't have a Mac). I just added it because all requests from Mac users.

Related link: FAQS

If you're experiencing problems with the VGSJoy 1.8 using it with 2 or more joypads, download it again. I did a small bug fix and added the option to disable the joypads. Note. The file has been available for download since June 26.

Download: VGSJoy 1.8 for DirectX7a

I updated list of IGN reviews and sorted them by Title/Rating/Genre. It's very useful to find which are the best games to rent/buy/borrow from a friend/download from "backups" sites. IGN only provide this list sorted by title :o(

Related link: IGN Reviews sorted by Title/Rating/Genre

VGSJoy adds joystick support for the emulators Connectix Virtual Game Station and virtually any application that not use DirectInput. New in this version:

- VGSJoy now supports up to 8 joypads.

* By default all joypads have the same keys, so you can play as player 1 with any joystick.
* You must config the keys for the joypads 2 and above for player 2.

- Joypad config display the assigned keys
- Small bug fixes in the joypad config :)

Download: VGSJoy 1.8 for DirectX7a (158KB)

This tool records the keystrokes on your keyboard and replay the keys in the "same" order/time you pressed them. It may be helpful for creating combos for fighting games, activate cheats and perform repetitive tasks found in games.




Download: VGS Macro (15KB)

I have setup an online chat room so you can meet of other users around the world wishing to try netplay with VGSNet.



Related Link: VGSNet Players Room

I just added this message board for sharing your problems, suggestions, frustrations with my tool. It's way uggly, but worse is nothing :o)

Download: Tools Message Board

I updated the list of games for VGS AutoMem with more than 900 codes. This is included in the VGS AutoMem 1.0b. Remember that you have to create the memory card file in order VGS work properly with the selected game.



Download: VGS AutoMem 1.0b (42KB)

I just included a comparison of VGS AutoRun vs VGS AutoLauncher, so you can see the differences and advantages of using VGS AutoRun :o)

Related link: VGS AutoRun 1.1

A very simple and easy to use front end for those users undecided of what emulator want to use :o)



Download: PSX Selector 1.0 (14KB)

I added the SideWinder Profile page and updated the file with a better layout of the buttons, more similar to the one of the PSX pad.

Related link: SideWinder Profile for VGS 1.02

All the memory cards conversion tools are now together with a very easy to use front-end.



Download: MemTools (75KB)

I just created a list of answers for Frequent Asked Questions found on some forums. This is not an official FAQ and it's not supported in any way by Connectix. It's intended only to help users solving some problems.

Related link: FAQs

This is a special version of VGSjoy that display the status of the joypad buttons and D-Pad. Use this program to verify if your joypad is working properly.

If the values change when you press the buttons, then VGSJoy should work with your VGS. If you're still having problems with your joypad, send to me by email the different values displayed when you press each button in your joypad and I'll try to find a way to fix it (if possible).




Download: VGSJoy 1.6b Debug Version

The features that Connectix forgot to include: VGS AutoMem tool auto-selects the appropiate memory card when you insert a PSX game in your CD-ROM. Forget having several games mixtured in a single memory card, VGSAutoMem keeps your memory cards clean and organized! Ideal for keep an inventory of your memory cards. New in this version: Monitors multiple CD-ROMs and fixed a bug related to changing PSX disk with VGS running.



Download: VGS AutoMem 1.0b

This new site is dedicated exclusively to all the tools that I have programmed for helping emulation. Here you will find all the updates and new releases of my tools. Bookmark it now and enjoy my new site!

Thanks Bobbi and Thorgal for the space :o)

Related link: www.aldostools.org