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JKKDARK
April 11th, 2008, 10:54
New version of the NES emulator (http://nestopia.sourceforge.net/downloads.html) for PC.

Changelog:


Shell:

Additions:

- Option to select favored console in preferences dialog.

Changes:

- Some video filtering work offloaded to the GPU.
- Most settings now stored in XML format.
- Misc launcher dialog display properties.
- Refactoring.

Fixes:

- Netplay input communication.
- Netplay movie recording bug (menu item accidently grayed).

Core:

Additions:

- ROM sets and external database support using new XML format co-developed with Bootgod.
- Mapper 36, 103, 104, 106, 120, 126, 175, 176, 223 and 224. Info from mad dumper, CaH4e3 and Temryu.
- UNIF boards GS-2013 and BS-5. info from CaH4e3.
- Emulation of bus conflicts for certain boards.
- Database entries.

Changes:

- PPU power/reset timing and register states. Info from blargg.
- Misc IRQ/NMI/BRK/DMA special-case behavior. Info from blargg.
- NTSC/PAL switch during emulation will now force a hard-reset.
- Misc mapper emulation improvements. Info from Bootgod.
- NES-EVENT board timer more accurate.
- Board names. Info from Bootgod.
- Refactoring and mapper codebase overhaul.
- Speed optimizations (accuracy NOT compromised!).
- Mappers 21, 23, 25 and 185 no longer supported using plain iNES files because of format restrictions.

Fixes:

- MMC3 soft-reset IRQ bug.
- Database entries.


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