The excellent RyanFB has today updated his vintage Sega Genesis Emulator for the DS, adding a few bug fixes and a new experimental 3MB ROM loading module which should allow you to play even more Genesis games on the go.

A lot of fans thought this emulator wasn't being updated anymore since the last time we reported about it was back in August, but there's no stopping RyanFB! If you like to play good old fashioned games when your commuting to work, then this is for you. Here's the changelog:

• Added Max Media Dock FAT support (thanks chishm/Bonic)
• Added EZ4 FAT support (thanks cory1492/Rudolph)
• Reduced memory usage, 3MB ROMs should work again
• Added EXPERIMENTAL support for using the additional RAM on SuperCard SD carts to load ROMs larger than 3MB. This comes with the standard warning that this feature may cause file corruption on your SD card. The SCSD may also keep the Genesis ROM in GBA ROM space after a reboot, causing PicoDriveDS to see it as an appended ROM and crash on startup - to fix this issue simply power down, take the SCSD out, and wait a few seconds.

Remember, take heed of the warning when using the experimental mode which runs ROMs larger than 3MB. Make sure you back up the data on your SD card before using this due to risk of corruption.

Download: [PicoDriveDS 0.1.6]

A few days ago, a Sonic homebrew game was made by Bonic - aaw, isn't that cute? Sonic and Bonic... - and at that time, it was on v0.1 Alpha. Today, he's got it up to SonicDS v1.2 Beta.

Yes, there's still no sound, but nonetheless, this version plays much beta better than the alpha. There's a very big improvement, and here's his list of changes just to prove that:

• Plays larger levels
• Improved the engine
• Has AI, but I didn't add it to the Sample files(If you want AI, build it with your level)
• You can jump from under platforms!
• Can play more music!
• Has death engine(Not in sample)
• Sonic has a faster jump
• Hold Y to speed up a little.
• Has rings!(Not in sample)
• Sonic The Hedgehog

That's a mouthful, huh? The whole jumping thing can still be a bit iffy at times, and there's been reports of Sonic hovering over platforms. Yes, there are a few glitches, but on the bright side, at the rate that Bonic is updating his game, there might be a new version very soon.

Download: [SonicDS v1.2 Beta]

If you think you can never have enough Sonic the Hedgehog games for the DS, you can add this homebrew from Bonic to your Sonic collection. Bonic's contribution is called SonicDS v0.1 Alpha.

This is Bonic's first attempt at making a homebrew game and we think that's a good enough reason to turn on the Applause Sign. The game is in its alpha state which is the code word for "buggy." Included in the list of bugs are:

• Route10 is messed up
• Game has location glitches
• Sonic can't jump like "a crazy idiot"
• AI has not been added

The top screen does nothing but simply displays the Sonic DS Demo image. The game takes place on the bottom screen. On the other hand, early adopters of SonicDS like it for its sound, no lag, level builder and just because it features Sonic the Hedgehog. Turn on the Applause Sign again.

You can wait for the coming updates if you don't like alpha versions but if you're a true-blue Sonic Fanboy how can you resist this game?

Download: [SonicDS v0.1 Alpha]