Arcade emulator

raine (0.51.4)

 

* Reset game in "Game Options" in the gui now immediately returns to the game

 

* gui: The font size is checked every time the video mode changes now, which avoids a glitch where the dialogs might be unreadable after changing the video mode.

 

* Improvements to the gui, fixes some display bugs, and the file/dir selector gains a title.

>> Get it HERE.

Front End

28th March, 2009 - GameEx 9.94

 

I've tried to perfect and optimise a few things with this release mainly the input system. There's also a new merge feature for lists.

 

Input:

 

- ALL keyboard controls are now configurable, that means you can specifiy specific keys for volume and page up/down among others. This is of course welcome for control panels, but should also allow a wider range of remote controls to be used

- Directions are now customizable for game pads. Useful for control panels and if you want to navigate the interface with a d pad

- As with keyboard controls, now multiple buttons can be set to perform the same navigation functions with gamepads

- The global gamepad exit combo is now read and set in custominput.ini instead of previously being fixed

- If using an advanced emulator config, and not mapping the gamepad exit combo within that, GameEx will now check for the global exit combo

 

Merge feature:

 

- There is a new merge feature for emulators that will list distinclty only one item for all clones with the same file name. When selecting the parent, the clones will be displayed on the info page. This can work in conjuction with the existing zip/7-zip support if wished. In addition Flag icons for merged and goodmerged games now work with NoIntro and Tosec format on the game info page

 

Other changes:

 

- The MAME only mode now also allows access to favorites, last played, most played, and random game

- The MAWS live list is now working again

>> Get it HERE.

Fixed in Firefox 3.0.8

 

- MFSA 2009-13 Arbitrary code execution through XUL element

- MFSA 2009-12 XSL Transformation vulnerability

>> Get it HERE or via auto-update.

Atari 2600 emulator

Stella release 2.7.5 for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows is now available. Ports to other operating systems will be released as they become available.

 

- After about 2 years, finally fixed the infamous 'red screen' issue when using ATI video cards in OpenGL mode in Windows. In the end, it was determined to be a bug in the ATI drivers.

 

- Fixed bug in TIA SCORE mode emulation when the Priority bit is also set. This fixes a very noticable graphical glitch in 'Swordquest Waterworld', as well as minor glitches in several other ROMs such as 'Space Shuttle'.

 

- Treat spaces as normal characters in the ROM launcher. This means that ROMs with spaces can be located with quick selection (ie, typing characters will automatically jump to a ROM with that name, and typing 'space' won't cause the launcher to jump back to the top of the list).

 

- The debugger window can now have a minimum height of 620 lines (previously the minimum was 690), but you lose access to the TIA 'RAM' bytes when using this resolution. This should allow it to work better on devices with small displays.

>> Get it HERE.