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Raging Dragon
is a Windows-based front end for multiple emulators.
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| July 1, 2002 | They changed the ini file in the
newest version of winamp..... They removed the entry that dj used to get the file extensions. For now users can add a extlist=mp3 in the winamp.ini for a quick fix. ~Howard
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| June 20, 2002 | The source code for the
Dragonator Jukebox 2.0 is now available on
the downloads page. The
compiled version download has also been updated to include the previously
missing backround.jpg file. ~Howard
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| June 19, 2002 | The Dragonator Jukebox 2.0 has
been released! Get it from the
usual place. If anyone gets an "msmask" error, please
contact me for a fix.
~Howard.
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| May 30, 2002 | The Dragonator JukeBox has been
released. Check out a screenshot
here, and
download it here!. It has also been added to
the Downloads page. Please
note that the jukebox is a Winamp frontend, and not a skin or standalone
app.
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| May 20, 2002 | "There comes a time when all
things must cease to be. And so it is time to lay to rest on such lost
soul, who's usefulness has ran out. Alas poor Dragon I knew ye well.
Thou shalt be missed. But fear not, for it is written that all things
magical can never be destroyed. It will return someday." As of this point Raging Dragon is officially a dead project. I no longer plan to support this front-end or it's support files in any way. Stay tuned for the rebirth. ~Howard
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| April 25, 2002 | Reminder: Please
only send Raging Dragon related email to my address
lazarus@oscarcontrols.com.
Thanks! ~Howard
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| April 24, 2002 | Update on the
skin contest for the re-release of Raging Dragon. First place wins a complete rom set and artwork packs for mame/zinc/modeler/ki1/ki2 on cd-rom. By the time the contest is ready to be judged, there may be more... so keep sending in the skins!
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| April 1, 2002 | A contest is going to be held
for the "official" skin for the re-release of the Raging Dragon front end.
At the present time, there isn't a fixed deadline for the contest and the
prizes are yet to be determined. This post is just to give some of you
graphic artists a heads-up in case you are interested. Keep watching
here for more details of the contest, but in the meantime: Rules/guidelines 1. Graphic does NOT include an actual skin file or sounds, (for now) but only consists of the background.jpg 2. Background.jpg must be 1024*768 or higher res. 3. The skin should at least include spots for the flyer, marquee, logo/status caption, and screenshot. 4. The skin should be designed to use list view. 5. The skin should incorporate a "dragonesque" theme. The skin MUST be submitted to lazarus@oscarcontrols.com First place wins ??? Upon my approval it will become the official rd skin and be included in further releases after it's been properly finished by the author of course. ~Howard
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| March 17, 2002 | Final Burn Alpha has added
command line support back in. This means that it is now supported by
Raging Dragon in the same manner as Raine. ~Howard
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| March 11, 2002 | "It has come time for the
young dragon to rest before growing into the next stage of it's life and
become more powerful..." Much of the core code is going to be re-written before the next release of the Raging Dragon front end, so it may be some time before a new version is available. ~Howard
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| March 3, 2002 | Beta 5 patch available on
the Downloads page. All
users of Raging Dragon Beta 5 should download this file! After you
install this patch, you must reload your skin by changing to a different
one, and then changing back. A new skin is available on the Skins page: Bad Dudes vs. the Raging Dragon. This skin takes advantage of the new logo element of Beta 5. Check it out! The skinner application was missing in the previous Beta 5 distribution. It is now included in the current Raging Dragon download, or available on it's own here. The primary Raging Dragon Beta 5 has been updated to version Beta 5a, which includes the above-mentioned patch and skinner application... just in case you would rather download a fresh copy of everything. [editor's note: The documentation for Raging Dragon will be moved totally online as soon as I get a chance to make the pages for it. In the meantime, you can download the .doc file here. --OSCAR] ~Howard
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| March 1, 2002 | Beta 5 released!
See below for the updates, fixes, bugs, etc...
Whats New Known Bugs Future Releases It is important that you configure the heavily commented dragon.ini file to set your paths properly and unless you have at least one entry in the extra list, it won't run. I'll try to fix this very soon and it will be released as a patch shortly. Get Raging Dragon Beta 5 from the Downloads page! ~Howard |
| Feb 16, 2002 | A couple of previews of the
upcoming Beta 5. The first preview is
of the main screen, and the second shows
the mameinfo/history screen. Some very cool features in store for this
version. Stay tuned... ~Howard
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| Feb 14, 2002 | The CatSort utility has been
updated to version 3.0 courtesy SirPoonga from the BYOAC. This version
adds command line support which will make life easier for Front End
developers as they wont have to code rom sorting anymore. Instructions
are included in the download. Get it from
the Downloads page. ~Howard
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| Feb 12, 2002 | The CatSort utility has been
updated to version 2.0. This fixed the trailing slash bug and added
other the other suggestions that appeared on the
BYOAC message board. Get
the new version on the Downloads page.
~Howard
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| Feb 11, 2002 | A new utility called Cat Sort
has been added to the Downloads page.
It is a simple, yet useful utility for categorizing your roms. This
program is unsupported, so if somehow your roms are destroyed, don't blame
me. Really, it works very well and instructions are included.
~Howard
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| Feb 7, 2002 | A new skin has been added to
the Skins page:
Mr. T vs. the Dragon. Thanks to EnemyAce for this unique skin.
Enjoy foos! Also, a preview of Beta 5 showing an unreleased skin called Brick. ~Howard
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| Feb 5, 2002 | Three more skins added to
the Skins page... they are
Dimension,
Metal MAME, and
The Hunt. These skins were
created by Oscar. Check them out!
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| Jan 31, 2002 | Happy Birthday Raging Dragon!! Ok so it’s not its birthday really, (I don’t know though, 3 months has got to be a lot in dragon years.) but three months is a long time for a front-end to stick around and still generate as much traffic as the rd does. It’s came a long way and to celebrate I’ve worked very hard on trying to stabilize the code for a special release. I’ve also taken those original skins and re-vamped them to go along with rd’s new direction. This could be the last release for some time so I didn’t my best to wrap things up as they stand. I would feel guilty if I didn’t give thanks to all those who’ve helped me. First off, I should thank Ed for that wonderful ArcadeFx design. We’ve all ripped off his design, so I’d have to give him credit for it. Also Cyberpunk donated a very crucial part of the rd, namely the original cabinet picture. He also gave me this nice little resize applet that clears up a lot of my headaches. Lilwolf and Boris have also helped out a lot on little things when I have a question. They also give me a lot of healthy competiton. Peter of Emulaxion fame has also helped out a great deal. He knows his stuff and is willing to give advice whenever you need it. It seems we may be combining our efforts for certain portions of our front ends in the future as well, which will be wonderful for the community I think. There have also been a lot of users that regularly help me out, namely EnemyAce and Bluepoint. These guys in particular are always willing to give a suggestion or help me find new bugs. Of course I should thank Christian for mirroring all the files, which is always good. Oh yeah there’s one more guy too. Kelsey (You may know him as Oscar) has basically saved the Raging Dragon single handedly. He was generous enough to not only give the rd a home, but also design and administrate the homepage as well. Everything you see on this page is done by him, even those little posts with the “~Howard” at the end. He takes my incoherent babble and endless ramblings and makes it legible to the general public, which I’m sure, has become a full-time job. He does all the work of putting together the page and organizing all of the zips and packaging them up. He’s also my #1 beta tester. Maybe we should all thank him by buying some of those wonderful 4-way joystick plates that are available now on the parent site. :) ~Howard [editor's note: Thanks, Howard! -- Oscar] And Finally... S11 artwork has been added to the downloads page. All of the old skins have been updated to be used with the latest version of Raging Dragon. Twelve skins in all to choose from! Get them from the Skins page. If anyone would like to submit a skin, please feel free to send it in. Raging Dragon has been updated to Beta 4 FINAL! Get it from the downloads page. Here's what's new: Fixed all known bugs Future Features Known Bugs :-)
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| Jan 28, 2002 | Raging Dragon Beta 4B is now
available on the downloads page.
This version addresses various minor bug fixes, as well as a cosmetic fix
that hides the Windows desktop when a skin is loaded. Another new skin has been added to the Skins page. This one is called B.F.C., see if you can tell why. ;) ~Howard
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| Jan 27, 2002 | A new skin has been added to
the Skins page. Enter... Okama!
This excellent skin is courtesy of BluePoint. ~Howard
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| Jan 25, 2002 | Raging Dragon Beta 4 released!
Some of the highlights: Check out the What's New file for a comprehensive list of all the changes and new things to come. Get the new Raging Dragon from the downloads page. ~Howard
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| Jan 23, 2002 | A
preview of a new skin for Beta 4! Coming soon to a MAME cab near
you... :) ~Howard
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| Jan 20, 2002 |
The FAQ page has been updated to version
2.0. BTW, I am aware of the label shifting bug in the skins...
I'm looking into it and hope to have a fix soon. ~Howard
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| Jan 18, 2002 | Preview of the upcoming
Raging Dragon Beta 4 menu system.
Special thanks to Just Michael for helping out with a few things.
~Howard
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| Jan 15, 2002 | A couple of people have
reported harmful results when they try to install the skinner... It has to
do with vb's install routine... When installing the skinner you should ignore any errors, and that you should NOT let the app overwrite any of your system files. ~Howard
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| Jan 12, 2002 | Raging Dragon Beta 3C has been
added to the downloads page.
This version fixes some minor bugs. Thanks to Cedar C.! ~Howard Raging Dragon has been updated to version Beta 3B and has been added to the downloads page. Anyone having problems with Beta 3 should download the new version. Some people are getting 480
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| Jan 11, 2002 | Raging Dragon Beta 3 released!
Get it at the downloads page.
- Any exe/game can be added to Rd in the custom list via the “extra.lst”
file… New skins and other cool features with this release. Check it out! Special thanks to EnemyAce for compiling the VP table lists. Please note that upon first run of this version, you must hit 'Tab' and set the default skin. If you don't, you will get a plain black screen because no skin has been loaded. ~Howard
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Dec 28, 2001 |
The skinner app is almost
finished. Here's a preview screenshot
of Raging Dragon Beta 3 in the default skin with the flyers turned on, a
new skin called Ice Dragon, and a
pic of the skinner application itself.
~Howard
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| Dec 25, 2001 |
A better documented "What's New" is available for Raging Dragon Beta 2. The readme file included in the zip didn't get updated with many of the new features. Version 1.1 of the ListGen program is available on the downloads page. This version fixes a sorting bug. A Holiday surprise! A patch for Beta 2 is available on the downloads page. The patch gives a 15-30% speed increase for game scrolling. There are no bug fixes or other new features with this patch. Just overwrite the existing Raging_Dragon.exe file with the patched version. Also, the screenshot page has been updated to reflect Beta 2, and the website has been revised slightly for easier navigation. ~Howard
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| Dec 19, 2001 |
Here it is... the new face of the Dragon. As already posted, the next release of Raging Dragon will be released on Dec 23rd, and the Screenshot page will be updated with the latest look at that time. ~Howard
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| Dec 17, 2001 |
Watch
for the new release of Raging Dragon on Dec. 23rd at the usual time.
I finally got around to a ListGenerator program.
You MUST read the readme file before running it since the list must be
pre-configured before the execution of the program. You can get
it on the downloads page.
~Howard
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| Dec 16, 2001 |
New screenshot... The gamelist has been revised and the transparent list seems to be working. Again, please let me know what you think, and thanks for all the emails received so far! ~Howard
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| Dec 14, 2001 |
Here's a screenshot of the upcoming release of Raging Dragon. I would welcome any feedback on the new layout. ...oh, and the game list won't be a small list like in the screenshot. I'm thinking it would be semi-transparent and range from the top to bottom of the screen. I'm still working on technical issues with the design, so that may change as well. ~Howard
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| Dec 9, 2001 |
There will be another release of Raging Dragon soon. The new release will be mostly coding and stability fixes, and perhaps additional emulator support. ~Howard
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| Dec 8, 2001 |
Modeler image pack has been added to the downloads page. Special thanks to Xray1 for help with the flyers. ~Howard
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| Dec 2, 2001 |
Impact image pack has been added to the downloads page. An undocumented feature of the latest release allows you to place these in "MAME-style" image directories under your Impact directory. ~Howard === There won't be any updates made to the front end for the next 1-2 weeks. I have other work that needs some attention right now. :) ~Howard
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| Nov 30, 2001 |
--
Update -- -
Mute function Things to look for in the next release... -
Special display switcher for ATI video cards ~Howard
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