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Insignia @insignia.live · 10/08/2026

We've been working hard behind the scenes on EA and Xbox 360 B.C. for quite some time; to prevent burnout and for a change of pace, Luke took a short break over the past few weeks to work on something completely different, and has managed to restore Final Fantasy XI on the PS2. youtu.be/VAfy5wBSYXo

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Final Fantasy XI PS2 restoration via Insignia (Early Alpha Footage)

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DiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 20/06/2026

Happy to announce the public build of PCSX2-reliquary. Now with full Konami Python 1 + 2 support. Enjoy talking to virtual dogs in dogstation or stepping to Vanilla Ninja in dancing stage fusion. The mysterious Python 1 is now open for all! github.com/DiscoStarsla... Enjoy!

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Release v1.5-reliquary · DiscoStarslayer/pcsx2-reliquary

Initial support for Konami Python 1 titles. Tested and working games Pro Evolution Soccer the Arcade World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style 2003...

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DiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 30/05/2026

With my python 1 emulator launching soon, I need to test new titles to improve it. As part of that, we need cleaner dumps than what is indexed today. So here's a new P1 dumping tool for real hardware. Just need a sd2psx and usb drive I call it "Snake Charmer" Reach out if interested in testing!

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DiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 22/05/2026

SUCCESS, WORLD FIRST KONAMI PYTHON 1 GAME RUNNING ATTRACT MODE! 🎉 🎉 🎉 🎉 Trips up some security when starting a game, but I'm so happy I got it to this point

Winning Eleven 2003 arcade game title screen

Winning Eleven 2003 arcade game attract mode

Winning Eleven 2003 arcade game service menu

Winning Eleven 2003 arcade game security error

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

The next release of my Bug!er-Up patcher will still support Bug! and Bug! Too, but also add support for Baku Baku Animal, Comix Zone, Ecco the Dolphin, and Panzer Dragoon. Why? I genuinely have no idea. At least I’m limiting myself to “SEGA PC” titles. Anything beyond that would be pure madness.

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DiscoStarslayer @disco.camp · 11/11/2025

Big 🧵time! Lets talk about my new friend, the Konami Python. It's kinda the odd duck of the family. The middle child between the Konami Viper and the Konami Python 2. The system was a short lived platform.

Konami Python arcade machine all bundled up and ready to play 2003 era soccer

Python 2 all opened up showing the PS2 and a bit of the IO board inside

Caution text on the top of the machine humorously saying you need to be a qualified engineer to open this box or else you'll die of electricity

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Insignia @insignia.live · 10/09/2025

We appreciate we've not announced anything in quite some time, so we'd like to share our current development progress. Our main focus has been getting EA's online services working so we can restore Xbox Live functionality in EA titles. Here's where things stand right now: (1/6)

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

I may have a problem (Why stop at just Bug!?)

A screenshot of the 1996 port of Comix Zone working on Windows 11.

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Today we have released ares v146. This release is significant because it introduces emulation for the Pioneer LaserActive, which has never been emulated successfully in the past. Read more at ares-emu.net/news/ares-v1... Get ares at ares-emu.net

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

For absolutely no real reason whatsoever, I spent the weekend creating a patch for Bug! and Bug Too! to run on modern Windows Bug!er Up fixes Windows 11 compatibility; adds support for XInput controllers, removes the CD-ROM requirement and allows custom soundtracks. github.com/LukeUsher/bu...

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

MegaLD support in ares has been brewing for a while; I built a skeleton that could run the bios a long while back; Nemesis then took over and fixed the rest, and did an excellent job too! This will be upstreamed after we’ve ironed out some details; the dump format used is not final and may change.

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

And it's here! ares v142 has been released with support for SETA Aleck 64, and more great changes, get it from ares-emu.net Release notes: ares-emu.net/news/ares-v1...

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Luke Usher @lukeusher.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Nintendo 64-based Aleck 64 arcade system emulation, is coming soon to ares!

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