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Phantasy Star II updated translation

New ROM hacks, screenshots, and more!

October 17, 2026

  • Phantasy Star II PlayStation 2 remakeTo Phantasy Star II, the English translation for the PlayStation 2 remake was updated to v4.0! Now this translation successfully loads on real a PlayStation 2! And lots of typos were corrected.
  • To Shining Force, added the new “Turn Queue & Tactics” ROM hack and updated the Shining Force Alternate ROM hack with the latest version.
    Shining Force 2 Turn Queue hack- The “Turn Queue & Tactics” hack adds a bottom-screen queue bar using unit sprites to display the upcoming turn order for current and future combat rounds.
    - The update for “Shining Force Alternate” fixes a bunch of bugs and adds new playable characters.
  • To SaGa Frontier, added 60 high-quality scans of official artwork.
  • Final Fantasy IV DSTo Final Fantasy 4, added 48 new HD screenshots from the Nintendo DS version and 66 new HD screenshots from the PSP version. Previously, my Nintendo DS shots were low-res and low-quality. And I didn't have any shots for the PSP version.
  • To Final Fantasy 9, made a new world map + plus a print-friendly variant.
  • Terranigma Redux ROM hackTerranigma is going to be re-released in early 2027! I updated the history section in the shrine with this news. To the Downloads, I added the awesome Terranigma Redux ROM hack! The project improves the original with a more accurate and consistent translation, clearer dialogue and storytelling, better NPC guidance, improved interface and readability, gameplay and balance refinements, a reworked magic system, and various quality-of-life enhancements while preserving the spirit and feel of the original game. Lastly, unfortunately, I took down my ROM download of Terranigma due to the upcoming re-release.
  • Due to the growing number of emulators for iOS, I updated how I organize my iOS emulators page. I'm sorting the emulators by system to make it easier to find what you're looking for (instead of a single long list). I also updated the iOS emulators guide with the latest emulators.
  • To Anime Video Archive, captured 143 new screenshots for Lily CAT.
EarthBound Beginnings (SNES)

EarthBound Remake & Colorized FF Legends

June 16, 2026

This is a HUGE, monstrous site update. I'll start with the ROM hacks and translations that have been added:

  • MOTHER (SNES) and EarthBound Beginnings (SNES) ComparisonMOTHER on the NES has been completely remade into 16-bit! This was a MASSIVE project that spanned 19 years! They faithfully recreated the original game with the look, feel, music, and gameplay style of its SNES successor. I added it to the EarthBound shrine's Downloads. Additionally, I created a special page with more info and screenshots.
  • The PSP version of Tales of Phantasia now has an English fan translation! Finally, we can experience the best version of Tales of Phantasia in English. You can find the patch in my Tales of Phantasia shrine's Downloads.
  • The English translation for Phantasy Star Generation 2 (the PlayStation 2 remake of Phantasy Star 2) received a version 3.0 update. This update fixes the item drop crash, spelling/grammar corrections, and other minor fixes. Find it in my Phantasy Star 2 shrine's Downloads.
  • Final Fantasy Adventure DXAdded the DX patches for Final Fantasy Legend, Final Fantasy Legend 2, Final Fantasy Legend 3, and Final Fantasy Adventure. These patches completely colorize these Game Boy classics! To celebrate the release of these wonderful patches, I improved my shrines for Final Fantasy Legend 1-3 (more on that below).
  • Added “Embers of Mana”, an extensive ROM hack for Final Fantasy Adventure! It offers a brand-new story set in an original world with fully new dungeons and custom graphics, featuring a completely original soundtrack. It also includes thoughtful gameplay tweaks, Super Game Boy compatibility, Retro Achievements support, a hard mode, and more - essentially feeling like an entirely new Mana game. You can find it in Downloads.

Continuing the 'shrines improvement' project, the following shrines have been completely improved. What is this project? Back in 2020, I announced I would be going through each RPG shrine and improving its content. That includes rewriting pages (correcting speling/grammar errors), adding more HD art/wallpapers/box art, adding more maps, and in general making pages more helpful and accessible. So far, the work has been paying off! I've been seeing in my site's analytics that many pages I've improved have risen in popularity.

  • Final Fantasy Legend - Added a global navigation (no more 'back to the main page' links). Rewrote the About the Game and Characters pages; included more pictures and more helpful information. Replaced the world maps with four new high-res, fully labeled world maps. To Square's Art, added high-res 600dpi scans of the box. To Wallpapers, added 7 new HD 4K desktop wallpapers. All other pages had general improvements.
  • SaGa 2 for Nintendo DSFinal Fantasy Legend 2 - Added a global navigation. Rewrote the About the Game and Characters pages; included more pictures and more helpful information. Updated the Maps page with all areas from the game. Added a new Square's Art with 40 pictures of official artwork. As for the SaGa 2 DS content, I did some re-organizing - the DS screenshots are now in the general screenshots page and the DS official art is now in the general art page. Of which, I added 36 new high-quality art pictures and 64 new HD screenshots for SaGa 2 DS. All other pages had general improvements.
  • SaGa 3 for Nintendo DSFinal Fantasy Legend 3 - Added a global navigation. Rewrote the About the Game and Characters pages; included more pictures and more helpful information. Updated the Maps page with all areas from the game. As for the SaGa 3 DS content, I did some re-organizing - the DS screenshots are now in the general Screenshots page and the DS official art is now in the general art page. Of which, I added 12 new high-quality art pictures and 61 new HD screenshots for SaGa 3 DS. All other pages had general improvements.
  • Sword of Mana (GBA)Final Fantasy Adventure - Remade the main page, adding cool trailer videos. Rewrote the About the Games page, adding GIFs, new/better quality box art scans, and a prelude sequence video to make it a more interesting read. Added 7 HD 4K desktop wallpapers. For Sword of Mana, added 30 new screenshots and all maps for the game. For Adventures of Mana, added 4 new pieces of promotional artwork. All other pages had general improvements. Also, in my last site update, I already mentioned I added all maps for Final Fantasy Adventure.
  • Treasure of the Rudras - Added a global navigation. Rewrote the About the Game page and added high-res scans of the box art. Rewrote the Characters page and removed my adolescent sense of humor. Rewrote the Mantra Guide. Added 6 new world maps. Added the soundtrack in MP3. Made 7 new HD desktop wallpapers. All other pages had general improvements.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

New art for FF Tactics, FF6, Parasite Eve

December 3, 2025

Concluding 2025 with lots of goodies! Generally, this is a big artworks & scans update.

  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles official artworkTo Final Fantasy Tactics, added new official artwork made for the re-release, The Ivalice Chronicles. Also, I updated the Job Classes page to include updated translations and job requirements for Ivalice Chronicles.
  • To Phantasy Star 4, expanded the Main Characters page to include much more information and list all abilities. Plus, I added animated GIFs of certain attacks to make the page more interesting.
  • Final Fantasy 6 character art for Octopath TravelerTo Final Fantasy 6's Square's Art page, added character illustrations for the Octopath Traveler collaboration and high-res 600 dpi scans of the North American box (scroll to the bottom to see both).
  • To Shining Force 2's Sega's Art page, added high-res 600dpi scans of the North American box (scroll to the “Print Media” section).
  • To Earthbound's Downloads page, added version 3.0 of the famous Mother 2 Deluxe rom hack! This hack explores a rebalanced and enhanced version of EarthBound. It offers difficulty modifiers and fresh gameplay experiences.
  • Parasite Eve new CG character artTo Parasite Eve's Square's Art page, added 10 new scans of quality official CG art.

Lastly, I updated some of my emulation tutorials:

  • I updated the Game Saves Tutorial, which was long overdue for an update. Directions were updated to reference modern & popular video game emulators. Screenshot examples were updated for Windows 11.
  • Lunar IPSI rewrote the Patching Tutorial. It was also long overdue for a rewrite! I'm explaining better all the different patch formats, updated screenshot examples for Windows 11, and inserted more pictures to make it more visual. Also, I explained better how to patch on Mac and iOS.
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles

Ivalice Chronicles & FF Adventure maps

June 28, 2025

Lots of exciting news for 2025!

  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice ChroniclesI'm sure you heard the big news that an enhanced version of Final Fantasy Tactics will be released September 30, 2025 for all platforms. They're calling it Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles. To celebrate this announcement, I've made updates to the Final Fantasy Tactics shrine. To Screenshots, I added 48 screenshots from The War of the Lions and 15 screenshots from The Ivalice Chronicles. To Job Classes, I expanded the information to include updated translations and jobs from The War of the Lions.
  • Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice ChroniclesFor Final Fantasy Adventure, I added ALL maps for the game: a new overworld map, 10 'area maps', and 17 fully labeled dungeon maps. I'm the first and only website on the Internet offering labeled dungeon maps for the game!
  • The emulation scene for iOS has been slowly growing since allowing emulators a year ago. I updated my iOS emulators article covering newly added emulators.

Continuing the 'shrines improvement' project, the following shrines have been completely improved.

  • EarthboundEarthbound - The About the Game page was rewritten. The Characters page was cleaned up, rewritten, added PSI lists per character, and animated GIFs of attacks. For the Walkthrough, added a PDF of the official Player's Guide. The Screenshots page now has screenshots for Mother 1 and Mother 3. To the Maps page, added 28 new maps that cover all areas of the game. The Music page now offers the Mother 1 and Mother 3 soundtracks (as a bonus) in addition to now offering the EarthBound soundtrack in MP3. The Art page was cleaned up and added over a hundred new artworks. To the Wallpapers page, added HD 4K versions of the pixel wallpapers and my fan art wallpapers. All other pages were touched up.
  • Final Fantasy Tactics - The About the Game page was rewritten. To the Movie Clips page, I re-ripped all the original movie clips from the PlayStation 1 disc and did what I could to improve their quality. To the Art page, added hundreds of new artworks. All other pages were touched up.
  • Star Ocean character artStar Ocean - The About the Game page was rewritten; also added animated GIFs and an opening video to make it more interesting. Add a new Maps page (I didn't have one before) with all maps from the game. The Music page now has the soundtrack in MP3. To the Pictures & Scans page, added 7 pieces of high-quality character art, a new high-res Nintendo Power article scan, the Japanese manual in high-res, the Japanese strategy guide, and high-resolution scans of the box. To the Wallpapers page, added 7 new HD 4K wallpapers. All other pages were touched up.
Terranigma new official art

Lots of new official art, and more!

December 31, 2024

The last post for 2024! As always, I have more goodies for you.

  • Terranigma new artTo Terranigma, I added all the new official art by the game's original illustrator, Fujiwara Kamui.
  • To Secret of Mana, added the updated v2.0 Secret of Mana Plus rom hack! Have you ever felt like some parts of Secret of Mana were a little rushed? Well, Secret of Mana Plus intends to correct it by adding new content to the original game. The new v2.0 update adds two main new chapters, new dungeons, and new adversities.
  • I've been posting on the “Twitter alternatives” Threads, Bluesky, and Mastodon for about a year now. I've accepted them as stable presences for FantasyAnime. I post on them as often as I post on the other platforms.

Continuing the 'shrines improvement' project, the following shrines have been completely improved.

Emulators for iOS

iOS now has video game emulators!

July 31, 2024

iOS now has video game emulators! This includes Apple TV. I updated several parts of the site to reflect this.

  • Delta running on an iPhoneThe emulators page now lists the current selection of video game emulators for iOS. As I've done with the Android page, I specify if an emulator is 100% free or free with ads.
  • The dedicated help article on iOS video game emulators was completely rewritten. It lists all the available emulators with detailed explanations of their offerings. I also added directions on how to load ROMs onto an Apple TV. I took out all the information about Alt Stores since those aren't needed anymore in this new era of emulation on iOS.
  • It's awesome that Apple TV has emulators now, too. Seemingly overnight, Apple TV became a powerhouse video game system! On the other side of the fence, Android set-top boxes have been increasing in popularity for emulators, too. Hence, I updated the How to Play ROMs on Your TV article to graduate Android boxes higher up on the recommendation list as “Option 2”. Also, I added Apple TV as the new option under “Option 3”.

The world of emulation has more exciting updates!

  • Final Fantasy X running on PCSX2The #1 PlayStation 2 emulator, PCSX2, recently received a massive overhaul! It's exciting! The new v2.0 release introduces an improved interface (similar to DuckStation's UI), automatic game fixes, per-game settings, a big picture mode for couch players, support for community-sourced translation, improved patch format, and more. It introduces a couple of new features that improve emulation for all users, such as the Automatic Renderer, which automatically chooses which renderer works best for different GPU architectures. There are graphics and performance improvements. I completely rewrote my PCSX2 (Windows) tutorial to reflect the new v2.0 version.
  • Updated the DuckStation (Windows) tutorial. They changed around the main menus and how PGXP corrections work.
  • I updated the Recommended Video Game Emulators for Windows article. I looked to see if there were any changes to the top emulators for every system. Everything is the same except 3DS now has two top emulators: “Citra PabloMK7” and “Lime3DS”.

Lastly, I have some ROM hack updates:

  • For Arcana, Arcana: Seal of Rimsala was updated to v3.0. This ROM hack is the definitive way to experience this game. This v3.0 update was massive! They completely retranslated the script! The dungeon map was improved to show treasure chests, exits, events, and where bosses were fought. Shops were overhauled to have more interesting and powerful items. And a bunch of other small details were fixed or improved.
  • For Final Fantasy 5, added the updated Pixel Freemaster hack and the new Whirlwind hack. Pixel Freemaster bundles together all the most popular hacks. Whirlwind is an improvement hack that uses randomization with the job system for a unique way to experience FF5.
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night for Sega Saturn

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (Saturn) is translated!

March 13, 2024

New ROM hacks!

  • Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - Saturn version translated to English, and Chrono Trigger Plus rom hackThe Saturn version of Castlevania: Sympyhony of the Night was recently fan translated to English! It also added a bunch of bug fixes. You can find this pre-patched in the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Downloads. I also added 30 screenshots from it.
  • I added the awesome and new Chrono Trigger+ hack! This adds a ton of cut content back into the game. It allows access to previously unexplorable areas, fixes bugs, and offers some options to remove the linearity from the game. There are more Easter eggs and quality of life improvements. More stuff carries over like names, money, fair prizes, and cats. Additionally, the 1999 era is fully explorable, offering tons of stuff to do.
  • Secret of Mana Plus rom hackHave you ever felt like some parts of Secret of Mana were a little rushed? Well, the new and exciting Secret of Mana Plus hack intends to correct it by adding new content to the original game. This first version of the hack is dedicated to expanding the Moon, Gold, and Wind Palaces. These new quests offer new monsters, new bosses, new cutscenes, and secrets.

Updates to Anime Classics:

  • Streaming and downloading anime for freeLast year, I was forced to take down all of my retro anime videos that I had up for streaming :( In their place, I added links to Internet Archive and Nyaa. To help everyone navigate getting anime from those sites, I typed up a detailed help article: How to watch or download anime (for free!). I also covered how to use torrents, play anime with VLC, set up a local streaming server, and use video converters. I poured love into this article; it took me a couple of weeks to type it up and perfect it.
  • I captured Bluray quality screenshots from Record of the Lodoss War and Ninja Scroll. Additionally, I re-captured the Chrono Trigger shots and Final Fantasy 7 Last Order shots with the newer, better quality videos.

I'm sure you heard about Nintendo suing the top Switch emulator, Yuzu. I made some emulator updates per the news:

  • I updated the help article, Recommended Video Game Emulators for Windows. With Yuzu gone, Ryujinx is now the #1 Switch emulator. And with Citra gone, the second-best emulator, Panda3DS, is now #1 for 3DS. FYI, Citra was by the same team behind Yuzu.
  • The authors of “DraStic DS” on Android (the #1 DS emulator) got nervous. They recently changed DraStic DS from being a pay emulator to 100% free. They want to avoid Nintendo's Eye of Sauron. However, they added they plan to eventually remove it from the Play Store. Download it now while it's still up! My Intro to Android emulation article and Android emulators page were updated per the news.

And other site updates:

  • Final Fantasy Tactics artI updated the Final Fantasy Tactics Official Art page with HUNDREDS of new art pictures. This consists of art for characters, job classes, summon Espers, and monsters. I also added War of the Lions posters, in-game battle maps, store shots, in-game scenes, and more!
  • I found out that 'old' TurboGrafx16/PC Engine roms don't work with modern emulators. Hence, I updated all of my TG16/PCE roms with modern versions in RPG Lunch Break. As a bonus, I added the English pre-patched version of “Die Hard.”
New Magic Knight Rayearth translation

Magic Knight Rayearth, Earthbound, Treasure Hunter G updates

December 30, 2023

Updated Magic Knight Rayearth translation

My last update of 2023! I've added the following:

  • To Magic Knight Rayearth, added the updated fan translation. This project is an addendum to the original translation by LNF Translations and RPGe from 1999. It aims to improve the gaming experience by providing a more modern presentation (variable-width dialogue font, dual-line name routine) and a new retranslated script.
  • To Earthbound, completely re-worked the Nintendo's Art page, adding over a hundred new artworks.
  • To Treasure Hunter G, re-worked the Music page and added the soundtrack in MP3.
  • To Tales of Phantasia, updated the Movie Clips page to add high-quality HD movie clips of the SNES Opening and GBA Opening.
  • Kirby's Dream Land for Game Boy Classic in colorTo RPG Lunch Break, added a bunch of colorized rom hacks for Game Boy Classic games: Super Mario Land, Kirby's Dream Land 1 & 2, Spanky's Quest, and Mega Man 5. Note that the page already has colorized rom hacks for Super Mario Land 2 and Metroid 2.
  • As a reminder, this website is old! I started my FantasyAnime in 1998. I was in high school at this time. My crazy and highly inappropriate South Park-esk sense of humor was sprinkled all throughout the site. Now as an adult, I've taken out most of it. My latest sweeping update was to remove the word “SLUT” from my Final Fantasy Legend screenshots and Final Fantasy Adventure screenshots. Back in 1998, I thought it was hilarious to give your main character a name like that. But now, I realize it's not in the best taste. I hope it didn't offend anyone.
Vampire Hunter D

New walkthrough, new art, and a new anime site!

November 3, 2023

Super Mario RPG 3D Remake

I'm still sprucing up the Super Mario RPG shrine in preparation for the upcoming release of the 3D Remake:

  • I added a full walkthrough. The walkthrough includes maps, boss sprites, and some helpful instructional graphics.
  • To the Screenshots page, added 20 more SNES screenshots.
  • To the Square's Art page, added 15 pieces of new 3D official artwork.
  • Don't forget! The Super Mario RPG 3D Remake is coming out in about two weeks, November 17th! Make sure to get it :)

I finished re-working the Anime Video Archive into Anime Classics! It is now a normal, general anime website. In my last update, I know it was a bit dramatic to say the anime site was closed. But, I did mention I would re-work it into an anime reviews site. Anyway, here's what's new:

Other site updates:

  • Final Fantasy 9 artTo Final Fantasy 9, I updated the Square's Art page with 15 new pieces of official art. I updated the Desktop Wallpapers page with 5 HD 4K desktop wallpapers.
  • CD-based games in CHD format are increasingly becoming required for modern emulators. I updated my Castlevania: Symphony of the Night Downloads page to include the CHD format version for modern emulators (i.e. DuckStation, RetroArch, Mednafen). I am keeping the BIN/CUE format version for people still using older emulators (i.e. ePSXe, pSX). The download for the Saturn version of SotN was updated to CHD format as well.
  • DuckStation for Android has made big changes the past year. In turn, I made big updates to my DuckStation for Android tutorial and brought it up-to-date.
Super Mario RPG 3D Remake

Super Mario RPG goodies, and a site closure

August 14, 2023

Nintendo announced a 3D remake for Super Mario RPG! It'll be released for the Nintendo Switch on November 17th! To comemerate the 3D remake, I've updated the Super Mario RPG shrine with content from it. I also made general updates to the shrine. I added the following.

And other site updates:

  • To Video Game Emulation for Newbies, I re-wrote the Download & Setup article and made it more helpful. I added more pictures. I added tips on how to find the best games per system. I added an explanation about how emulators for PlayStation 1, Saturn, Sega CD/Mega CD, and TurboGrafx16-CD/PC Engine CD are sensitive with different types of ISOs, and how to resolve that. I also updated the Gamepads guide with the latest top gamepads.
  • To Dungeons & Dragons Arcade, I added 7 new gorgeous high-quality pieces of art. I organized the art better, too; it's now in three pages by category.

Finally, I have bad news. I'm sure you have felt the reprecussions of inflation. Costs have risen for everything. People have been laid off. Well, these problems have impacted web hosts. More and more web hosts are getting rid of the 'unlimited space' perk. My web host recently did away with it. Even cloud storage platforms such as Dropbox are dropping 'unlimited storage' perks (due to crypto goons abusing it).

The 'unlimited space' perk was key in allowing me to host video files and large ROMs. Recently, my web host sent me an email: “Hey, so... we have good news and bad news. The good news is we're upgrading your server. Your site is going to run 10x faster. The bad news is we're introducing a new pricing structure that puts restrictions on server space. Currently, your site takes up 240 GB. Your monthly fees will increase 6x. If you want to keep the same monthly fees, you need to keep your site below 60 GB.“ Well, I'm not willing to pay more for the site, so I must abide.

For the most part, stuff that won't be missed was taken down:

  • Removed all WAV versions of soundtracks. This is not a huge deal because you can easily make your own WAV soundtracks. My Extracted Game Music tutorial has directions with that.
  • Removed several 'bonus' ROM downloads such as Tactics Ogre (PSP) in the Ogre Battle MotBQ shrine and Castlevania Chronicles (PSP) in the Castlevania SotN shrine. This is not a huge deal because you can easily find them on ROM sites.
  • In RPG Lunch Break and Classic CD RPGs, I removed all ISO downloads for Sega CD/Mega CD and TurboGrafx16-CD/PC Engine CD games. This is also not a huge deal because ROM sites.

The biggest blow is to the Anime Video Archive. With a heavy heart, I took down ALL video files. It's no longer a video archive. I don't want to completely take this site down because of this. It still has value with its hundreds of screenshots and soundtrack downloads. I suppose I will try to rebrand it as an anime reviews website. I could even put back up the content I had removed when I received the DMCA takedown notices for Record of the Lodoss War, Ninja Scroll, the Sailor Moon movies, and others.

Anyhow, I'll figure this out. I don't need video files to keep the spirit of retro anime alive. My FantasyAnime.com initially started in 1998 as a massive anime gallery. Perhaps it's time to bring that spirit back?

Final Fantasy 6 Pixel Remasters

Pixel Remaster goodies & big emulation updates

June 20, 2023

To celebrate the release of the Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters, I added lots of Pixel Remaster content to the Final Fantasy 4-6 shrines. I also took the time to beef up the screenshots pages with shots from other releases. Here's what I added:

  • Final Fantasy 6 shrine: Added Pixel Remaster release info. To the screenshots page, added 83 GBA screenshots, 34 screenshots from the 2014 remake, and 38 Pixel Remaster screenshots. And added two official Pixel Remaster wallpapers.
  • Final Fantasy 5 shrine: Added Pixel Remaster release info. To the screenshots page, added 65 GBA screenshots, 21 screenshots from the 2014 remake, and 44 Pixel Remaster screenshots. And added two official Pixel Remaster wallpapers.
  • Final Fantasy 4 shrine: Added Pixel Remaster release info. To the screenshots page, added 75 GBA screenshots, 38 WonderSwan Color screenshots, and 62 Pixel Remaster screenshots. And added two official Pixel Remaster wallpapers.
  • I did some general housekeeping with the shrines to make it clearer that the GBA Final Fantasy 4-6 bonus content is exclusive to the GBA and 2014 Remakes. I don't want to confuse people into thinking that the bonus content is included with the new Pixel Remasters.

Started the new year with big updates to Video Game Emulation for Newbies:

  • I reviewed Emulation Wiki's early-2023 updates and updated my #1 Video Game Emulators for Windows guide with the latest and greatest emulators for 2023.
  • I added 3 new tutorials! I now cover RMG (the #1 N64 emu on Windows), Mesen (the #1 NES emu on Windows), and MAME4droid (the #1 arcade emu on Android).
  • RetroArch is now a great option for Sega Saturn emulation because it uses the same high-quality core as Mednafen. This is very important to highlight. I updated the RetroArch (Windows) tutorial to help you get started with Saturn emulation.
  • I realized the PCSX2 tutorial was quite outdated. I pruned through every feature and I updated the entire tutorial. I also added important information on upscaling and improving graphics. PCSX2's defaults are barebones and don't enhance much. Neither is it obvious exactly what video settings you need to tweak to improve them. So, my tutorial is here to help you with that!
  • For the Introduction to Emulation guide, I made a video showing how to install portable emulators. I also placed the same video in other tutorials where the emulator is portable.
  • Aside from my emulation help site, in FantasyAnime's emulators page I added new sections for Switch, Wii U, and 3DS. In the Genesis category, I'm emphasizing RetroArch as the 'best' option. Kega Fusion and Gens are quite outdated now for Genesis emulation.

And a few miscellaneous site updates:

  • To the Shining Force 1 Secrets page, I added a full collection of reference maps to show you exactly where the secrets are located. I re-wrote the page, too, correcting spelling and grammar errors.
  • Snes9x EX+ on Android changed the way it works with hacks that rely on folders. This impacts Moon Healing Orchestration (the awesome hack that replaces the soundtrack with full audio tracks). I updated my Moon Healing Orchestration page with directions on how the new process works.
  • To the Downloads page for Magic Knight Rayearth, I added the recently released Magic Knight Rayearth 1 Game Boy Classic English fan translation. Yay, now we have yet another Magic Knight Rayearth game that we can play in English!