News May 2007

Nintendo DS emulator Dualis 20.4 was released today after more than a year since the last version.

What's new in 20.4

CPU: Fixed a bug in the division SWI
CPU: Improved IRQ handling a bit
CPU: Added emulation of GetCrc16, GetSineTable, GetPitchTable and GetVolumeTable
GPU: Fixed a bug in the backdrop color selection that would sometimes occur
GPU: Fixed a bug in the rendering of 256-color r/s BGs (mode 4)
GPU: Modfied palette offset calculation for 256-color textures
GUI: Fixed a bug where the emulator would occationally freeze for a couple of seconds
GUI: Fixed a bug where CFlash initialization would sometimes fail when loading a ROM through the File menu
GUI: CFlash emulation is now automatically disabled when a compressed ROM is loaded (.zip/.7z)
GUI: Added a dummy sound emulation mode that works on computers with no DirectSound (EmulateSound=2 in dualis.ini)
GUI: Fixed a bug related to loading a ROM by double-clicking it in explorer
GUI: Added a "Recent" menu
GUI: Fixed some bugs in the map viewer
MMU: Fixed an LZ77 decompression bug

Nintendo DS emulator iDeaS 1.0.1.5 was released today.

What's new in 1.0.1.5

Added LDRD and STRD opcodes.
Added HuffUnComp BIOS function.
Added Square Root BIOS function.
Added command line options.
Added zipped rom support (the emulator slows down).
Added basic frameskip.
Added support for M3, Supercard CF and Supercard One files.
Added Run to Cursor(F6) and Step Over(F8) in debugger.
Added support for Shadow Polygons.
Added support for .ds.gba and .sc.nds files.
Added Rotation feature.
Added Save/Load game capability.
Fixed unaligned memory access on LDRH opcode.
Fixed a bug in textures management.
Fixed a bug in 3D matrices management.
Fixed a bug in LIGHT_VECTOR register.
Fixed a bug in NORMAL register.
Fixed a bug in GXSTAT register.
Fixed a bug in Extended Draw Mode management.
Fixed a bug in microphone support.

Sega Genesis emulator Gens32 Surreal 1.76 Girl was released today.

What's new

1)Some update on sound stuff.

2)Fixed a bug,which caused slient while dump audio.

3)Update render plugin Gens32 Antialiasings to Gens32 Antialiasings II

4)^_^ I just forget update what...toooooo long since I finshed this stuff.

Warning: This version request a powerful PC.

Nintendo DS emulator DeSmuME 0.7.0 released.

What's new in 0.7.0

General:

- Added support for *.duc files [cyberwarriorx]

GPU:

- Added support for sprite rotation/scaling [shash]
- Added support for the 3D core (openGL and null plugins) [shash]

Windows port:

- A bunch of fixes [Dmitry Krutskih]
- Fixed a bug in sound that was causing it to still not work for some people [cyberwarriorx]

GTK:

- Added 3D emulation
- Added command line options.
- Added option to use OpenGL to render window (allows resizing).

GTK-Glade:

- Added 3D emulation

MESS updated to 0.115.

What's new in 0.115

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

- Mac 128k, Mac 512k (not working) [R. Belmont]
- Telmac 2000 (not working) [Curt Coder]
- X68000 [Barry Rodewald]
- Pokemon mini (not working) [Wilbert Pol]
- 3DO (not working) [Wilbert Pol]

System Driver Changes:

- [AMSTRAD] Fixed sprite order. [Barry Rodewald]
- [MAC512/MACPLUS] Fixed video timing, booting from SCSI harddisk works once again. [R. Belmont]
- [SATURN] Preliminary CDROM, backup, & input support. Fixed sound. Still marked NOT_WORKING as only a few games do anything. [R. Belmont]
- [STUDIO2/VIP] System is now working and playable. (bug #1098) [Curt Coder]
- [VTECH1] Fixed snapshot loading on big-endian systems and added correct interrupt emulation. [Dirk Best]

User Interface Changes:

(none)

Imgtool Changes:

(none)

Source Changes:

- The core is based on MAME 0.115. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team]
- Added support for noting default RAM options in -listxml. (bug #1147) [Nate Woods]
- [Windows] Factored out handling of standard file dialogs, to centralize handling of UTF-8 conversions and compatibility with old versions of Windows. [Nate Woods]
- Fixed border colors for systems that use the MC6847 video chip and a custom palette. [Dirk Best]