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I´m working on an implementations of 7zip support (.7z) in emuControlCenter, so you can parse and start roms from within a 7zip package.
7zip is often used to organize rom collections because of the great compression for many similar files like in good sets. Take a look at tools like GoodMerge for an better […]

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For all new users we phoenix has added 4 step by step tutorials showing some basic functions of emuControlCenter.
Step 1: Adding roms
Step 2: Assign an emulator to platform
Step 3: Add ROM meta info
Step 4: Adding images
Also you can take a look on an older video tutorial

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We have succesfully changed the workaround of emuControlCenter so that it will now also run on Legacy Win32 systems, like, Windows 95, 98, ME.
You can find this ECC version on the downloadpage, Windows NT, XP or Vista users should download the WinNT edition.

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With many proud we present you the 0.9.6.R2 release of emuContolCenter.
This Rebuild 2 includes the eccLive updates 211-232, has been prepared to support multiple OS’es, and all tools have been updated also a new GTK engine and a beatifull theme give ECC a really nice look.
Download available here: Download 0.9.6 R2
(Choose between installer or rar-packed […]

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Yesterday, lordashram uploaded some new arcade imagepacks for emuControlCenter.
You can find them in the forum in the section user input. He will also release the matching emuControlCenter eccDat files the next days!
New emuControlCenter arcade imagepacks for:
Sega Model 1, Model 2, System 16, System 18
Namco System 11, System 22
Maybe you dont know, that you can […]

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This new WIP Version wil fix the broken GUI, if you are using an Screen resulution of 1024×768. If you have had problems with a strange looking or broken emuControlCenter User interface you should absolutely try this WIP-Version. Maybe this will fix all your problems using emuControlCenter!
Visit the forum and get this WIP!

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Today we made some serious GTK core updates via eccLive, the old core has been replaced by a new one, this took a while bacause a forum member had trouble running ECC with this new core (and there could be more people), so it was delayed, but since this is solved we finally made the […]

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Cyrille, the emuControlCenter gtk theme guru, has added an CREATE A NEW THEME Tutorial (Doc + Plain Theme) you can download in the eccTheme section. With this tutorial it should be easy for you to change the look of emuControlCenter as you like it. Als steps are described in detail!
Thank you for this great tutorial, […]

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This WIP-Version fixed a problem if you are using eccLive! updates. So please take a look at the forum and get this latest WIP-Version of emuControlCenter!
phoenix is also working on the emuControlCenter 0.9.6 R2. This Rebuild-Release will contain again all added features available via eccLive! and also support the old Win32 (Windows 98, Windows 2000, […]

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Do you know the For the Fujitsu FM-Towns? Its an great japanese homecomputer. Maybe you dont know, that you also can manage many Japanese computer systems with emuControlCenter. For the Fujitsu FM-Towns, we have added an detail page containing some informations, links for FM-Towns emulators + tutorials, videos and images.
read Fujitsu FM-Towns Details
SHARP X68000 […]

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