wraggster
October 7th, 2012, 23:18
via http://www.aep-emu.de/
Martin Korth has released a new version of its NES (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) emulator no$nes (http://nocash.emubase.de/nes.htm) for Windows. Targeted at developers the emu features great debugging capabilities.
Quote:
30 Sep 2012 - version 1.1
a22i: assembler sample source code found in magicnes.zip (on nocash webpage)
a22i: assembler includes .pc10_xxx directives for generating PC10 games
a22i: assembler supports formulas with brackets, ALU ops and boolean stuff
arcade: emulates PC10 with Z80 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80) CPU and either secondary monitor or 4-digit LED
arcade: emulates VS Unisystem (ppu/palettes, special lightgun variant, etc.)
arcade/hotelbox: rougly emulates famicombox (menu only, without games yet)
controllers: support PC gamepads (button config, analog inputs, etc)
controllers: optionally emulates 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 joypads (both NES (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) and famicom (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html))
controllers: support for about 30 different special controllers and add-ons:
none
auto (by ROM checksum)
two keyboard variants
pointing devices (mouse, trackball)
three lightgun variants (zapper, hypershot, vs-system)
all the paddle variants (old and new famicom (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) versions, and nes (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) version)
oeka kids tablet, power pad dance mat and tap-tap mat
push-buttons (hypershot, party-tap, mahjong controller)
analog controllers (power glove, uforce, pachinko, racermate bicycle)
piano keyboards (miracle, doremikko)
barcode readers (battler and datach)
inflatable controllers (boxing bag, top-rider bike)
storage devices (battle box and turbofile)
arcade/hotelbox (coin inputs, rotating-switch, dip switches, etc.)
multitaps (implied in number of joypads option) (nes (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) and famicom (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) variants)
help: full specs on all of the above newly emulated controllers
help: full specs on further add-ons (r.o.b., data recorder, 3d glasses)
help: full specs on PC10, VS System, FamicomBox
gui: file menu: memorizes recent_files, and this or that other new detail
fixed battery backed sram saving (uses cartname.sav instead xxxx.sav)
debug: always executes illegal opcodes (even when warn-on-bad-stuff enabled)
speedup: suppresses freshen_video when rewriting -same- CHR-bank values
timing: uses 1024hz mmtime (smoother than 18Hz timer) (more CPU load though)
sound: optionally dummy stereo mode (for bugged Win98-Realtek-VIA mono-driver)
bugfix: MMC3 TQROM (mapper 119) emulates CHR-ROM/CHR-RAM selection
bugfix: MMC3 TLSROM (mapper 118) NT-select by bit7 of CHR-bank numbers
bugfix: Tengen RAMBO-1 (thanks scott nash for bugreport, kevtris for specs)
emu: cpu emulates all stable undoc opcodes, smaller read-modify I/O handlers
help/emu: dummy VRAM fetch on palette reads (stored in Port 2007h latch)
emu: emulates corrected MMC1 nametable stuff (required for R.C. Pro-Am PRG1)
help: added info on MMC1 E000h/Bit4, corrected MMC1 nametable BLK0/BLK1 info
emulation: fine-adjusted PAL cycles per scanline (106.56 instead 106.53)
help: corrected PAL clocks (osc/16=1.66MHz=50Hz instead osc/15=1.77MHz=53Hz)
help: corrected nocash sram circuit exchanged Q0-3 and D0-3 on 74173
help: added "Nocash syntax:" notes to each CPU opcode description
Martin Korth has released a new version of its NES (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) emulator no$nes (http://nocash.emubase.de/nes.htm) for Windows. Targeted at developers the emu features great debugging capabilities.
Quote:
30 Sep 2012 - version 1.1
a22i: assembler sample source code found in magicnes.zip (on nocash webpage)
a22i: assembler includes .pc10_xxx directives for generating PC10 games
a22i: assembler supports formulas with brackets, ALU ops and boolean stuff
arcade: emulates PC10 with Z80 (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zilog_Z80) CPU and either secondary monitor or 4-digit LED
arcade: emulates VS Unisystem (ppu/palettes, special lightgun variant, etc.)
arcade/hotelbox: rougly emulates famicombox (menu only, without games yet)
controllers: support PC gamepads (button config, analog inputs, etc)
controllers: optionally emulates 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 joypads (both NES (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) and famicom (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html))
controllers: support for about 30 different special controllers and add-ons:
none
auto (by ROM checksum)
two keyboard variants
pointing devices (mouse, trackball)
three lightgun variants (zapper, hypershot, vs-system)
all the paddle variants (old and new famicom (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) versions, and nes (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) version)
oeka kids tablet, power pad dance mat and tap-tap mat
push-buttons (hypershot, party-tap, mahjong controller)
analog controllers (power glove, uforce, pachinko, racermate bicycle)
piano keyboards (miracle, doremikko)
barcode readers (battler and datach)
inflatable controllers (boxing bag, top-rider bike)
storage devices (battle box and turbofile)
arcade/hotelbox (coin inputs, rotating-switch, dip switches, etc.)
multitaps (implied in number of joypads option) (nes (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) and famicom (http://www.aep-emu.de/Sections-req-viewarticle-artid-16.html) variants)
help: full specs on all of the above newly emulated controllers
help: full specs on further add-ons (r.o.b., data recorder, 3d glasses)
help: full specs on PC10, VS System, FamicomBox
gui: file menu: memorizes recent_files, and this or that other new detail
fixed battery backed sram saving (uses cartname.sav instead xxxx.sav)
debug: always executes illegal opcodes (even when warn-on-bad-stuff enabled)
speedup: suppresses freshen_video when rewriting -same- CHR-bank values
timing: uses 1024hz mmtime (smoother than 18Hz timer) (more CPU load though)
sound: optionally dummy stereo mode (for bugged Win98-Realtek-VIA mono-driver)
bugfix: MMC3 TQROM (mapper 119) emulates CHR-ROM/CHR-RAM selection
bugfix: MMC3 TLSROM (mapper 118) NT-select by bit7 of CHR-bank numbers
bugfix: Tengen RAMBO-1 (thanks scott nash for bugreport, kevtris for specs)
emu: cpu emulates all stable undoc opcodes, smaller read-modify I/O handlers
help/emu: dummy VRAM fetch on palette reads (stored in Port 2007h latch)
emu: emulates corrected MMC1 nametable stuff (required for R.C. Pro-Am PRG1)
help: added info on MMC1 E000h/Bit4, corrected MMC1 nametable BLK0/BLK1 info
emulation: fine-adjusted PAL cycles per scanline (106.56 instead 106.53)
help: corrected PAL clocks (osc/16=1.66MHz=50Hz instead osc/15=1.77MHz=53Hz)
help: corrected nocash sram circuit exchanged Q0-3 and D0-3 on 74173
help: added "Nocash syntax:" notes to each CPU opcode description