vbSMS+ v2.2 Released

[olaf]

vbSMS+, my Sega Mark III/Master System/Game Gear emulator for Microsoft Windows, gets another bug fix release today. Below are the changes in this release (version 2.2)...

 

- added in missing/fixed code for saving/loading of the pause button mapping on pc gamepads [olaf]

- added in blitting (back in?) while paused [olaf]

- changed the program-wide font back to simple windows' default (ms sans serif) [olaf]

 

it is recommended you reconfigure your inputs before playing, shared mapping may have occured with pc gamepads (the start and pause buttons)

You can visit the official homepage of vbSMS+ here, or simply download it here.

Edited December 2, 2006 by olaf

[Robert]

Can I get this topic moved to the front page news, please? Thanks ahead of time!

Done!

[Robert]

Tried this out, works well, no sound of course.

 

Zip support works - I simply pointed to the roms for HazeMD.

 

Some games, such as Astro Flash, have a black stripe on the left.

edit: Just checked with HazeMD, the black bit shows there too. Hmmm.

 

Is this for sms only? I tried games for Game Gear, System E and Genesis with no luck.

[olaf]

It's the same sort of "left column clipping" done on MMC3 games for the NES (such as Kirby's Adventure).

 

Private Sub blankcolumn(lineno As Long)

 

Dim colour As Long, row_precal As Long, X As Long

 

If LayerDrawBG = False Then

Exit Sub

End If

 

colour = CRAM(16 + (vdpreg(7) And &HF&))

row_precal = ShiftLeft(lineno, 8 )

 

For X = 8 To 0 Step -1

display(X + row_precal) = colour

Next X

 

End Sub

Edited December 2, 2006 by olaf