Chankast is a freeware Sega Dreamcast emulator for x86 platforms. It is the first Dreamcast emulator to successfully run commercial games. The emulation speed varies depending on the system the emulator is run on. The first release was on May 29, 2004. The current version, Alpha 0.25, is the last release from the team to date, and the last show of activity from Chankast Utilities. Using Chankast, commercial games can be played at a decent speed with a 2 GHz CPU.

Version History

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Alpha 0.10 (first release, May 29, 2004)

• Emulation of several commercial games

Alpha 0.2 (June 12, 2004)

• GFX core capable of games like Shenmue 1&2 and Soul Calibur
• Compatibility for Dead or Alive 2, Virtual On and others
• Support for PAD plugins

Alpha 0.2a (June 12, 2004)

• Vga/NTSC bug fixed
• Control pad input fixed
• Video rendering bug that caused games to crash fixed

Alpha "WIP" (June 17, 2004)

• Full screen implemented
• Compatibility for Windows 2000
• NAOMI Virtua Striker no longer causes crashes

Alpha 0.25 (July 7 2004)

• Full screen for multiple resolutions added
• CPU core bugs fixed
• LCD CMU support
• LCD VMU emulation
• Rumble pack emulation
• Control and CD plugin support
• ASPI driver (Windows 2000) support
• Command line support

Beta 0.25.7 (September 4, 2004) Spanish only version, shows Beta 0.25.7 in titlebar, Alpha 0.25.6 on credits

• Minimum requirements changed
• Overall speed improvement
• NOTE: No changelog was provided, so the above are just what users noticed in this version

External links

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• Developers' official site
• Chankast Forums

Windows emulation software | Dreamcast emulators

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