MSX emulator

28-05-09: 1.3

 

- VDP: corrected vblank interrupt timing, it was 1 scanline too early

- VDP: improved render timing, updating the surface at the start of hblank instead of at the start of the active scanline

- VDP: fixed screen 0 text colour 0 always being black

- Z80: if ld a,i/r is interrupted, the p/v flag is reset, thanks GuyveR800

- VDP: fixed a few small bugs with mode 3 sprite cloning

- VDP: fixed screen 0 border size

- VDP: corrected emulation of bogus mode 1+2(+3)

- Z80: made trace logger more user friendly, it's disabled by default though

- mappers: fixed Irem TAM-S1 (R-Type) mapper range

- mappers: added ROM mirroring quirk to Konami types

- mappers: common MegaROMs are autodected by finding mapper register writes, inspired from Marat's fMSX

- mappers: removed Zemina ZMB type, no dumps exist in order to test it

- mappers: added optional extra settings per type, instead of all mapper types being identified and auto-configured with a single id

- mappers: Konami Sound Cartridge can now be configured as Snatcher/SD Snatcher type, or a modified board with 128KB RAM

- mappers: merged simple no-mapper types into a single one, and made the page layout configurable, it's even possible to create a hybrid ROM/RAM board

- mappers: rewrote ASCII MegaROM emulation, with support for about 30 official boards, and any custom configuration, props to http://gigamix.jp/rom/ . Also thanks to OeiOeiVogeltje, Quibus, BiFiMSX, Haohmaru for testing their carts. You can help too: http://samor.nl/hap/crap/ascii_range_todo.txt

- internal RAM size and primary slot can now be configured

- mappers: added Al-Alamiah Al-Qur'an type properly (protected/encrypted)

- added lumi noise simulation, for an answer to "wtf is a lumi noise?" watch

- VDP: corrected interrupt request/acknowledge timing due to a small delay between that and accessing a VDP register

- VDP: added vblank interrupt/flag suppression quirk when reading the status register at the same time the vblank bit gets set

- VDP: added Toshiba T6950/T7937A model

- added a firmware downloader, for indirectly obtaining essentials, such as BIOS files, this will also check for meisei updates.

>> Get it HERE.

Runs old DOS games in Windows.

DOSBox 0.73 has been released!

 

Most noticeable changes:

 

- Support for more graphics modes and cards.

- Improved Vista support.

- New OPL emulation cores.

- Sound fixes and improvements for Mac OS X.

- Lots of compatibility fixes.

- Lots of cdrom detection improvements.

- Lots of memory (EMS/XMS) improvements.

- Various fixes and enhancements for the recompiling core.

- Support for evdev.

- Lots of DOS fixes.

- Slightly faster!

- More stable.

>> Get it HERE.

Front End

MAME Player 1.10.2

 

Just a small update as usual.

 

Either delete your existing mp.ini OR add sortfav=1 at the bottom on a new line. Thanks.

 

1.10.2

* Added 'Crosshair Files' to the Folders dialog.

* Fixed crash when verify set toolbar button is double clicked.

* Added 'Open Info. Online...' to the BIOS List.

* Added: option to sort the tray's Favourites menu. Default enabled. Your current favs list will be sorted the

next time you add a set. Uncheck it within preferences if you want sets added to the bottom of the list.

* Fixed: statusbar set count now subracts 1 after removing a set from favourites (with favourites list selected).

>> Get it HERE.

Gamecube and Wii emulator

Bi-Weekly Unofficial SVN build 3286

 

Yes, it's been nearly a month, but whatever

 

Notable changes since the last bi-weekly build:

- BBA has progressed a lot, close to working

- Wii 001 and 002 checks are now passed correctly, no more need to patch games

- Sonic Unleashed no longer hangs

- GCOS and other things with dvd drive trickery will now work

- Added Open Wii save folder menu item to GameListCtrl

- Cg upgraded to 2.2

- Fix idle skipping in JIT

- Progress with wiiuse on OS X

- Progress on DSP-LLE

- Fixed support for adding encrypted cheatcodes through GUI

- Removed MusicMod

- Depth copies work while using AA

 

New features:

- Wii games can now be compressed. The original image will be scrubbed before a .gcz file is made. Do not compress your wii games if you are not OK with this!

- Added ability to load custom textures

- Added NetPlay, which may still have bugs

- Added volume control to the DSP plugins

 

...And of course, a host of other bugfixes and smaller changes.

>> Get it HERE.