Nestopia 1.38 released

[Robert]

NES emulator

 

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1.38

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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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