RockNES has been doing a lot of fixes and updating lately, below is information on the update from today.

- Fixed pAPU output divisor, making a clean sound again;

- Fixed 4017h register issue (SMB3 dash & cracking block sounds);

- Enabled proper gfx shutdown (was disabled due to debug);

- Changed default blitter to 256x240, plus minor config fixes;

- Recompiled 'alleg41.dll' module, fixing compiling warnings.

- Official Homepage

Byuu has been hard at work on his Super NES emulator. Below is a quotation of what he's said about this version (the WIP) on his site.

- Today, I fixed quite a few things. First was an issue with VRAM reads, I wasn't copying the reads to a buffer, instead I was returning the immediate results. This caused a lot of issues, resulting in screen sections appearing to move to the left as things were drawn / redrawn.

- Next, I fixed the sprites to start on scanline 1 instead of 0. Fixes paths clearing in Super Mario World. On the same line, I fixed the clipping of windows and color windows to be pixel perfect. I also removed the top scanline from the display (and two scanlines from interlaced modes 5/6). There's still a strange issue where every few hundred frames, there's one frame of garbled data. I also optimized the renderer by removing multiple passes over layers for each priority, and implemented a z-buffer instead. Sadly, there's no noticeable speed increase as a result.

- I also modified $4210 reads to not transition the NMI pin from low to high until the register is read twice. I don't know if this is the correct behaviour, but it does allow my Der Langrisser translation that relies on $4210 to work.

- I also fixed a bug where SRAM was not being written to a file when not in debug mode.

- Official Homepage

The Saturnin WIP has been making a lot of progress. Compatibility keeps on increasing all the time. Click here to read and see more!

http://haze.mame.net/

0.89u4

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General Improvements

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Added MVP dips [brian Troha]

 

Fixed Reset crash in decocass driver [Juergen Buchmueller]

 

Added support for alt bios set and changed games to use generic unknown

dips in decocass driver [David Haywood]

 

Cleaned up z80 core, removing the optional inexact emulation mode and

the leading underscores from macro names to comply with C99 naming

conventions [Juergen Buchmueller]

 

Additional 64-bit integer related cleanups in model3/ppc [Lawrence Gold]

 

Fixed a history list overrun in New Debugger when the down arrow key is

pressed when the history list is empty [Nathan Woods]

 

Added support for DASMFLAG_STEP_OVER and DASMFLAG_STEP_OUT flags in i386

core [Nathan Woods]

 

Fixed memory.c MAX BANKS problem [Nathan Woods]

 

Added difficulty dips in Scorpion [Chaneman]

 

artwork070u4 fix [bUT]

 

074u1ora.diff fix [Rene Single]

 

Cleanup of Jackal and Mikie driver [Curt Coder]

 

Fixed missing sprites in Steel Gunner [Phil Stroffolino]

 

New Games / Clones supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status:

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Desert Breaker (FD1094 317-0196) [Gerald, David Haywood]

 

Clones

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Alien Storm (US, 3 Players, FD1094 317-0147) [Gerald]

Tetris (Japan, System 16A, FD1094 317-0093a) [Thierry]

Shinobi (set 3, System 16A, unprotected) [Gerald, Thierry]

Wrestle War (FD1094, 317-0102) [Andy Conroy]

Greyhound Trivia (alt questions) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

Jump Coaster (Taito) [Thierry, Gerald]

 

New Non-working

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Jackie Chan in Fists of Fire

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