Nestopia 1.36 released

[Robert]

NES emulator

 

February 27 2007

 

Version 1.36 released. What's new:

 

Shell Additions:

 

* Joystick calibrate button in the input dialog.

 

Shell Changes:

 

* Now possible to make save states (slots only) during netplay.

* Some error messages more descriptive.

* Log file now enabled by default.

* Lazy loading of some resources, notably the launcher file database.

* Various aesthetic GUI fixes and improvements.

* Refactoring.

 

Shell Fixes:

 

* Lightgun trigger no longer registered if screen is occluded by a window.

* Various things, subtle and not-so-subtle.

 

Core Additions:

 

* Power Glove peripheral support.

* Mapper 38, 108 and 173. Info from Ca4He3.

* UNIF boards: TF1201, KS7038 and GS-2004. Info from Ca4He3.

* Mapper 150 reset-triggered DIP switch toggling.

* Database entries.

 

Core Changes:

 

* Speed optimizations (NO accuracy trade-off).

* blargg's nes_ntsc updated to version 0.2.2.

* HSB/RGB calculation method.

* 8bit video mode rendering removed.

* 2xSaI filters removed. Use hqx or ScaleX instead.

* Even stricter ANSI/ISO compliance.

* More compiler options and detections through the preprocessor. Refer to "NstApiConfig.hpp" as starting point for porting work.

* Board names. Info from Pongbashi.

* Refactoring.

 

Core Fixes:

 

* Mapper 234.

* Mapper 242. Fixes "Dragon Quest VIII (Ch)".

* Database entries.

* Various things, subtle and not-so-subtle.

Changelog / Download

[Agozer]

Wonderful news. Nestopia is one of the best NES emulators out there.

[Mooney]

Amazing emulator with kaillera support. I was playing against Diso on kaillera the other day with the previous release and there was a lot of lag... probably not the emulator's fault, but still.