Atari 2600 emulator

August 20, 2007

 

Stella release 2.4 for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows is now available. Ports to other operating systems will be released as they become available. A partial list of features is:

 

* Added new video sub-system where fullscreen and windowed modes are treated differently. Windowed modes now use '-zoom_tia' and '-zoom_ui' arguments, while fullscreen modes can be specified by resolution using the new '-fullres' argument.

* Widescreen video modes are now supported; Stella will simply center the image with surrounding black borders.

* Many UI-related changes, including resizable ROM launcher and debugger windows, and a new UI palette (the previous 'classic' palette is still available). This is still a work in progress.

* The locations of all major config files (statedir, palette file, cheat file, properties file, etc) are now configurable from the commandline and within the UI.

* Updates to TIA palette support. Added SECAM support, and removed the built-in 'original' palette. Standard, z26, and user are still available.

* Various bugfixes to some debugger commands. The 'run' command no longer causes a crash, and several others have better error-checking.

* Added more complete cartridge auto-detection for Commavid (CV), 3E, 3F and Activision (FE) formats.

* Removed XStart and Width ROM properties, since the forthcoming TIA rework won't be using them.

* Reworked internal storage of ROM properties to be faster and take up less space.

* Added several different ways of stretching the OpenGL image to the '-gl_fsmax' argument, for more flexibility.

* Removed OpenGL aspect ratio setting favour of the previously mentioned video changes. We'll see how this goes.

* Removed dirty-rect support from software rendering, since it was actually sub-optimal in Windows and OSX and defaulted to off in previous versions.

* Added support for gzipped ROMs.

* Re-added pause support.

* Re-added support for Windows 98.

* Removed support for 'STELLA_BASEDIR' environment variable, since each config file can be now configured separately.

* Removed '-fastscbios' argument, since it must always be turned on.

* Removed PSP support, since it hasn't been updated in over a year, and someone else is maintaining another port elsewhere.

* For the Unix/Linux port; fixed 'make install' issues, and changed icon to PNG format.

 

Have Fun!

Changelog / Download

Rom Manager

This replaces 3.103b which has bugs.

3.104

 

fixed: clone chds in full merged mode weren't found in 3.103b

misc: changed default value for "deeper check for fixable missing files"

>> Get it HERE.

PSX emulator

>> Get it HERE (bottom of page).

IMPORTANT: agree with LICENSE.TXT conditions before installing the program.

 

Changes in M33-4 (mainly bugfix)

 

- Fixed the bug that caused CRC error when writing to flash usb in the XMB. Now writing

is OK.

- Added the new speeds to vshmenu and core, because we forgot in recovery.

 

AS we didnn’t want to release a new update without something new, we worked in making

3.10/3.11 to work with popsloader, and that’s it, the new popsloader plugins supports them.

Instruction for 3.10 and 3.11 are same as 3.30: you need pops.prx, popsman.prx and pafmini.prx

with the correct names in popsloader directory. And remember that savedata of 3.10-3.30 are incompatible

with those of 3.40+. We’ll research if a solution for this is possible.

 

Team M33

 

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As for yankee paranoids, a little word about the “brickers” issue.

We repeat it again: THERE IS NO MALICIOUS CODE inside M33.

Some of the files of this update are protected by encryption schemes to protect ourselves

from that page that annoys homebrew developers.

The keys for the decryption: the own update file.

So if the file is changed, the decrypted data is not the original one, and this causes the

wrong data to be written. There is no way you can call this malicious code as there is no explicit

code to brick nothing, it is the corruption of the update what actually causes the bad decrypted

data to be written.

 

Anyways in this update we check if decrypted data is wrong and in that case we write a recovery

warning the user what happened. It will activate usb, and it will allow you to execute a recovery

eboot.pbp… in a curious path (”ms0:/PSP/GAME/PS3NEWS_ARE_STEALERS_I_AM_NOT_GONNA_VISIT_THEM/EBOOT.PBP”)

which is not at sight of an hex editor

Source and Downloads: m-33.narod.ru

Alternate TRUSTED Site: eXophase

As usual, you choose to install this custom firmware update AT YOUR OWN RISK. Always remember that there is a slight chance your PSP could become bricked.