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WinZip
Most of the files on this site are ZIP files. ZIP files are archive files which can contain lots of other files. It
also uses compression, which greatly reduces the download time by making the files smaller. To "unzip" these files there are many tools
available, but one of the must popular and userfriendly tools for Windows is WinZip.
Note: WinZIP is shareware (not free) software, however the evaluation version can be used "for free" for an extended amount of time.
To get rid of the nag screen however, you'll need to register or find an alternative freeware ZIP file manager.
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| WinZip 9.0 |
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Simplyzip
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From the developer: "Simplyzip is a multi archiver.
Can open:ZIP,ACE,CAB,RAR,TAR,GZIP,LZH, BZ2, UUE,XXE, Base64 and ZIP-SFX,RAR-SFX,ACE-SFX.
Create: ZIP, Cab,LHA,TAR,TGZ, UUE,XXE, Base64. and ZIP-SFX/LHA-SFX and RAR- SFX.
This complete program is 760kb No installation required.
No write in the registry or anything else.
This program is FREEWARE.
Further features: MULTI-ZIP.
Backup to disk (CD or so).
ZIP-REPAIR Filecrypt: Rijndael AES/Twofish(256bit keysize and Blowfish (448bit Keysize) and a archiv convert dll (public freeware without copyright
resp: i don't found any): Convert: ZIP, ZIP SFX, ZOO, ZOO SFX, RAR, ARJ, ARJ SFX, ARC, ARC SFX, CAB, JAR (JavaSoft jar format), LHA, LHA SFX, LZH SFX, TAR, GZIP, Z, BH, BH SFX to any of the following archive types:
CAB (Cabinet), LHA, ZIP, TAR, GZipTar. some other think.
English and german version."
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| Simplyzip |
Windows |
Freeware |
N/A |
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DirectX
Most emulators for Windows require a recent version of Microsoft DirectX. DirectX is a special library which
allows programmers easy and fast access to your PC hardware. As such it is used mostly by games, but other programs which require
fast graphics and sound, such as video players and emulators also make use of it.
By default DirectX 5 is included with Windows 98, DirectX 6 with Windows 98 SE and DirectX 7 with Windows 2000
and Windows ME. All versions of Windows can however be upgraded to the latest version of DirectX,
with the exception of Windows NT and CE. Windows NT can be upgraded to DirectX 3 by installing the latest service pack, but
as this is a rather old version of DirectX it may not work properly with many emulators.
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| Microsoft DirectX |
Windows |
Freeware |
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Good Tools
Cowering's Good Tools is a collection of utilities which can verify your ROM collection to make sure they're good "dumps"
and to rename them uniformly. All tools are command line only, but fortunately there are a few "frontends" you can use to help you.
Due to a license change made by the GoodTools author no emulation site other than the official one may host any downloads of them. If you wish to get the latest version feel free to visit the official site located at allgoodthings.us.
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GBA-Renamer
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GBA Renamer is a ROM renamer for Gameboy Advance ROMs just like GoodGBA.
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| GBA-Renamer 3.1.0.1 |
Windows |
Freeware |
Jun 22, 2003 |
978 Kb. |
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| GBA-Rename DAT file 1.0734 |
Windows |
Freeware |
Jun 22, 2003 |
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Romcenter
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Taken from the official website: "RomCenter is an application written for 32-bit Windows operating systems, designed to help you maintain and organize your emulators roms collection for various gaming systems including computers, consoles, arcade, calculators and handheld. You can add additional systems through external datafiles available on a lot of sites.
RomCenter can audit your games and report which are working or not. It can fix problems such as bad name, missing roms available elsewhere, and clean your set by removing useless or bad roms and files."
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| Romcenter |
Windows |
Freeware |
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ClrMame Pro
Taken from the official page: "ClrMamePro is a so-called ROM-manager. If you use M.A.M.E. you know the problem. With every new release a lot has been changed. New gamesets have been added, some have been removed, etc. ClrMamePro helps you to keep your ROM collection up-to-date."
Here is a small list of what ClrMamePro can do:
- Finding missing games, roms, samples
- Find and rename wrong named roms, samples
- Find and resize wrong sized roms
- Find wrong checksums (bad dumps, etc.)
- Find and remove unneeded files
- Merge and unmerge roms
- Rebuilding gamesets
- Add new sets
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| Clrmame Pro |
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Freeware |
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