News March 2007

Nintendo 64 emulator Project64 moved to a new server and changed the domain. The new site was completely redesigned. Here you can find the new site: www.pj64-emu.com. Check it out.

Nintendo DS emulator iDeaS 1.0.1.2 released.

What's new in 1.0.1.2:

Added LZ77UnComp function.
Fixed a bug in EEPROM management.
Fixed a bug in CpuSet function.
Fixed a bug in Texture management.
Fixed a bug in Extend Palette.
Fixed a bug in BGxCNT register.
Fixed a bug in 3D stacks.
Fixed a bug in MMU functions.
Fixed a bug in load roms.
Fixed a bug in IRQ routines.

Atari 5200 emulator MESS (Multi Emulator Super System) has been updated to 0.113.

What's new in version 0.113:

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

- Sega Saturn (USA) (not working) [R. Belmont]
- Sega Saturn (PAL) (not working) [R. Belmont]
- JVC V-Saturn (not working) [R. Belmont]
- Hitachi HiSaturn (not working) [R. Belmont]
- Sega Gamegear (Japan) [Wilbert Pol]

System Driver Changes:

- [A7800] Fixed regression introduced in 0.112. (bug #1064) [Dirk Best]
- [CGENIE] Changed some variables to initialize at startup. (bug #1055) [Nate Woods]
- [COCO3] Fixed a subtle GIME timer problem. (bug #1065) [Nate Woods]
- [COUPE] Fixed regression introduced in 0.112. (bug #1062) [Nate Woods]
- [GAMEBOY] Rewrote video hardware timing. Rewrote rendering code to support mid-scanline effects. [Wilbert Pol]
- [IP22] Fixed regression introduced in 0.112. (bug #1045) [Nate Woods]
- [MPF1] Fixed regression introduced in 0.112. (bug #1077) [Nate Woods]
- [N64] Fixed start button mapping. (bug #1050) [Justin Kerk]
- [SMS/GG] Improved PSG, FM, and CPU clock frequencies [Andre Cotrim, Wilbert Pol]
Fixed triggering of the VBlank interrupt. (bug #1097) [Wilbert Pol]
Added support for zoomed sprites and fixed VDP control/data port behaviour. (bug #794) [Wilbert Pol]
- [SORDM5] Fixed regression introduced in 0.112. (bug #1082) [Nate Woods]
- [SVISION] Many improvements and fixes. [PeT]
- [VECTREX] Fixed inadvertent marking as a raster driver. (bug #1099) [Nate Woods]

User Interface Changes:

(none)

Imgtool Changes:

- [Windows] Fixed problem opening and deleting files contained within directories. (bug #1066) [Nate Woods]

Source Changes:

- The core is based on MAME 0.113. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team]
- [Windows] Fixed a crash that can happen when doing a hard reset when devices are mounted. (bugs #1036, #1084) [Nate Woods]
- [Messtest] Added the ability to script hard resets. [Nate Woods]

Nintendo 64 emulator Sixtyforce 0.9.0 was released.

What's new in 0.9.0 since 0.9.0b1:

Lots of bug fixes and improvements to the core emulation. Many things run now that did not before and even more things just plain run better. Here's a short list of games that now run properly: Zelda: Majora's Mask, Star Fox, Banjo Kazooie, Conker's Bad Fur Day, Turok 2, Turok 3 and more. (These are not all playable due to graphics issues.)

You can now enable autosaving when loading a freeze state. (This will copy any saved game from the freeze state to your autosave.)

Fixed some bugs in the dsp emulation to improve sound.

Fixed a bug that could cause sixtyforce to freeze on launch.

Fixed a bug that caused some USB devices to crash sixtyforce on launch. (For ex: Some Wacom tablets.)

Changed the default keyboard settings to map better to MacBook keyboards.

Fixed the default settings for Xbox and Xbox 360 controllers.

Playstation 1 emulator pSX 1.11 was released.
New features include:

Ported to Linux
Log window keyboard controls
Added Arabic, Croation, Norwegian, Persian and Russian translations
Fixed bug in CD not usable error message dialog
DEP no longer needs to be disabled in Windows for pSX to work
Added aspect ratio correction
Centred framebuffer when it doesn't cover the entire screen
Fixed controller config dialog bug (pressing button fills all controls)

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