Emulation News 051: Updates for 5-16-11

Happy Monday! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for another exciting week. Be sure to check out today's emulation news.

MESS SVN r11555

"r11555
[VSC] Fixed input for the upper 6 buttons. (no whatsnew)"

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WinVZ300 (2011/05/15)

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Snes9x GX v4.2.8

"* Ported a few upstream game fixes for: Mutant Chronicles - Doom Troopers,
Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday, Big Sky Trooper, and Mechwarrior 3050 / Battle
Tech 3050
* Added Turkish translation"

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Visual Boy Advance GX v2.2.5

"* Added Turkish translation"

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DeSmuME SVN r4012

"r4004
wx: Make spu mode and audio driver changeable

From Jan Bücken (nooris), #3288648
r4005
NDS_LoadRom: Use gameInfo.romdata to store the rom for !WINDOWS

This makes NDS_FreeROM() works properly and avoid to
allocate the buffer for the ROM data twice.

Thanks to Jan Bücken for reporting the issue.
r4006
wx: white space cleanup

Taken from a patch by Jan Bücken (nooris), #3288648
r4007
wx: don't crash on pause if no rom is loaded

A different version of a patch from Jan Bücken (nooris), #3288648
r4008
NDSSystem: cleanup NDS_LoadROM()

Rearrange and update some code in !WINDOWS NDS_LoadROM() so
that it is easier to see the difference with the WINDOWS one.
r4009
NDSSystem: fixup indendation in NDS_LoadROM for windows
r4010
NDSSystem: call fillGap() after loading romdata in NDS_LoadRom !WINDOWS
r4011
iNDSSystem: fix call to DLDI::tryPatch in !WINDOWS NDS_LoadRom
r4012
NDSSystem: Merge NDS_LoadROM common code

Move the path stuff that is different between platforms
to an helper in order to share the common code.

The !WINDOWS should receive a bit more love though."

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Dolphin SVN r7546

"r7546
To me, the Free Look option wasn't really broken; for quite a long time, it simply required the SHIFT key to be held before pressing any of the WASD/R/0/9 keys.

So, clarify this by rewriting the "tooltip" for the Free Look option. This should close issue 2882 and its duplicates."

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DOSBox SVN r3712

"r3712
Stay within array limits"

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Altirra 1.9

"[features added]
* Debugger: Multiple memory access breakpoints can now be placed.
* Debugger: Added option to break on run address of loaded executable.
* Debugger: Conditional breakpoints (bx) are now supported.
* Debugger: Commands can now be run when a breakpoint fires.
* Debugger: Added ? (evaluate) and .printf commands.
* Debugger: Trace and assert statements can now be embedded in assembler listings.
* Debugger: Added vta, vtc, vtl, and vtr commands to control verifier OS entry point checking.
* Debugger: Added .dumpsnap command.
* Debugger: Memory access breakpoints can now be placed on an address range.
* Debugger: History window now has a Copy Visible context menu option.
* Debugger: Verifier modes are now configurable.
* Debugger: Verifier can now catch register corruption across interrupts.
* Debugger: .writemem now supports extended address syntax.
* Debugger: Added .sio command.
* Debugger: Added .sdx_loadsyms command.
* SoundBoard: Initial support.
* UI: Added emulator crash dialog.
* UI: Show FPS option now also shows CPU usage.
* Input: Added Amiga mouse support.
* Input: Added CX-85 keypad support.
* GTIA: NTSC and PAL modes can now have separate palettes.
* GTIA: Added option for PAL encoding quirks.
* GTIA: Added PAL high artifacting mode.
* Disk: Initial version of disk explorer.
* Serial: Inbound connections are now supported.
* Serial: Added support for A, L, M, P, Q, S, T, V, X, &C, &D, &F, &G, &P, &T, &V, and &W modem commands.
* Serial: Added DTR and CRX signal support.
* Serial: Added IPv6 support.
* Serial: Added option to force specific connection and DTE communication rates.
* Serial: Added option to bypass accurate serial port rate throttling.
* Cartridge: Two cartridges are now supported for 800 left+right and stacked cartridge configurations.
* Cartridge: 2K and 4K cartridges are now supported (as mirrored 8K cartridges).
* Cartridge: SIC! cartridge support.
* PCLink: Initial support.

[bugs fixed]
* UI: Pane dragging is less twitchy and no longer undocks a pane as soon as you click on the caption.
* UI: Fixed undocked panes getting lost on exit when no other panes were docked.
* UI: Optimized Direct3D9 code to reduce flickering when switching artifacting modes.
* UI: Fixed current beam position indicator not updating properly when stepping with interlacing enabled.
* UI: Auto-size command now works when menu wraps.
* HLE: Fixed crash when NMI handler is invoked with no NMIs pending.
* HLE: Added support for XL OS PENTV vector.
* HLE: E: device now excludes prompts from data returned by get-line commands.
* HLE: Increased HLE kernel compatibility with SpartaDOS X.
* HLE: Fixed BASIC ^ operator with HLE kernel or floating-point acceleration.
* HLE: Fixed AFP not accepting leading spaces (which broke the Atari BASIC READ statement).
* Simulator: Default kernel mode now prefers ROM images properly again.
* Simulator: BOOT? and DOSINI are now set at the beginning of EXE/XEX loads to support more WARMSV tricks.
* Cheats: Enable checkbox on cheats was broken.
* CPU: Added missing SHA abs,Y ($9F) instruction.
* CPU: Fixed CMOS BIT #imm ($89) instruction.
* CPU: Fixed 65C02 $FC instruction.
* CPU: Back-to-back interrupts are no longer allowed.
* CPU: Added emulation of BRK/NMI bug.
* CPU: Added option to emulate masked NMIs (off by default).
* CPU: Fixed dp,X, dp,Y, and (dp,X) page wrapping behavior in 65C816 E=1 mode.
* ANTIC: DMACTL bits 6 and 7 are no longer reflected in .dlhistory output.
* ANTIC: Fixed CPU not being halted when playfield DMA occurred on cycle 10.
* ANTIC: Fixed timing of when VSCROL affects DLIs.
* Debugger: Optimized History pane.
* Debugger: Avoid re-requesting the same source file when it is not found on disk.
* Debugger: Improved reliability of source-level stepping.
* Debugger: Added XL OS entry points to default entry points allowed by verifier.
* Recorder: Fixed crash on recording errors.
* Recorder: Fixed incorrect format on video stream when using ZMBV compression.
* Disk: SIO receive speeds are now validated for more reliable high-speed SIO detection.
* Disk: VAPI (ATX) images can now be loaded from .zip files.
* Disk: Fixed problems binding disk images to D9:-D15:.
* GTIA: NTSC high artifacting mode now respects artifact phase setting.
* GTIA: Fixed trigger state sometimes being initially wrong when enabling latching.
* GTIA: Improved accuracy of transitions from mode 8 to mode 9/10.
* GTIA: Fixed hires lines not artifacting correctly with the extended PAL height setting enabled.
* Serial: Telnet emulation now reads out of band data.
* Serial: Telnet emulation now handles incoming WILL and WONT commands.
* Serial: Telnet server now attempts to turn off local echo on remote end.
* Serial: Fixed sporadic missing newlines on modem status messages.
* Serial: Control line state is now reported in non-concurrent mode.
* Serial: Ring pattern adjusted to match US standard (2s/4s).
* Serial: Re-opening the R: device now flushes buffered data.
* Serial: Closing the R: device deactivates concurrent mode to make subsequent status requests work.
* Serial: Fixed crash in R: when invoking GET BYTE with an empty input buffer or PUT BYTE with a full output buffer.
* Serial: Fixed BASIC GET command failing after XIO on R:.
* Serial: Fixed erroneous CR-to-CRLF conversion on transmit path.
* Serial: XIO commands to R: instead of R1-R4: now work properly.
* Serial: Closing R: waits for queued output data to flush.
* Printer: Fixed close command not actually closing IOCB.
* VBXE: VBXE memory no longer overlays extended memory in 1088K mode with shared memory disabled.
* IDE: Cold reset now also resets the emulated IDE device.
* IDE: Addressing is now restricted to offsets $00-07 to avoid conflicting with OS PBI scan.
* Cartridge: Corrected banks 1 and 2 for OSS 034M cartridge type."

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DS Pack v1.8

"* Renaming of sets:
- Former mschamp .* should be renamed mschamps .* (thank you Another World)
- Supports new set mschamp
* Management settings added"

"Supported Roms
Ali Baba and 40 Thieves
Beastie Feastie
Cannon Ball (Pacman Hardware)
Caterpillar Pacman Hack
Crush Roller (bootleg)
Crush Roller (bootleg?)
Crush Roller (Kural - bootleg?))
Crush Roller (Kural Esco - bootleg?)
Crush Roller (Kural Samno)
Crush Roller (Kural TWT)
Crush Roller (Sidam bootleg)
Dream Shopper
Eggor
Eyes (Digitrex Techstar)
Eyes (Techstar)
Gorkans
Hangly-Man (set 1)
Hangly-Man (set 2)
Hangly-Man (set 3)
Joyman
Jr. Pac-Man (Pengo hardware)
Jr. Pac-Man
Korosuke Roller
Lizard Wizard
Magic Brush
Make Trax (set 1)
Make Trax (set 2)
Mr. TNT
Ms. Pac Attack
Ms. Pac-Man (bootleg)
Ms. Pac-Man (bootleg, (encrypted))
Ms. Pac-Man (with speedup hack)
Ms. Pacman Champion Edition
Ms. Pac-Man Plus
Ms. Pac-Man
Naughty Mouse (set 1)
Naughty Mouse (set 2)
New Puck-X
Newpuc2 (set 1)
Newpuc2 (set 2)
Pac-Gal
Pac-Man (Hearts)
Pac-Man (Midway)
Pac-Man (Midway, harder)
Pac-Man (Midway, with speedup hack)
Pac-Man Plus
Paint Roller
Pengo (bootleg)
Pengo (set 1 rev c)
Pengo (set 2 not encrypted)
Pengo (set 2)
Pengo (set 3 not encrypted)
Pengo (set 4)
Penta
Piranha (hack)
Piranha (older)
Piranha
Ponpoko (Venture Line)
Ponpoko
Popeyeman
Puckman (Falcom?)
PuckMan (Japan set 1 with speedup hack)
PuckMan (Japan set 1, Probably Bootleg)
PuckMan (Japan set 2)
PuckMan (Japan set 3)
Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware) German
Super Glob (Pac-Man hardware)
Super Zola Pac Gal
The Glob (Pac-Man hardware)
Van-Van Car (Karateco)
Van-Van Car (set 3)
Van-Van Car
Woodpecker (set 1)
Woodpecker (set 2) "

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FCE Ultra GX v3.2.6

"* Fixed audio skipping (thanks thiagoalvesdealmeida!)
* Added Turkish translation"

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VICE v2.3.7

"Changelog 15.05.2011
2011-05-13 Marco van den Heuvel
Fixed signed/unsigned mismatch.
2011-05-13 Marco van den Heuvel
Added missing include.
2011-05-13 Marco van den Heuvel
Fixed the windows acia dialog.
2011-05-13 Christian Vogelgsang
macosx: added x64sc to x11/gtk launcher
2011-05-13 Christian Vogelgsang
make sure to link CoreVideo in every ui
2011-05-13 Christian Vogelgsang
macosx: use a monotonic clock for vsync, too
2011-05-13 Christian Vogelgsang
cocoa: fixed sync draw display freeze bug
2011-05-12 Jesse Lee
Updated.
2011-05-11 Ulrich Schulz
special video timings for dingoo removed from generic header, because of this, some #ifdef DINGOO_NATIVE are removed
2011-05-10 Ulrich Schulz
dingoo native: unneeded macro removed
2011-05-10 Ulrich Schulz
c64dtvflash.c: DINGOO NATIVE removed
2011-05-10 Ulrich Schulz
allocate rombanks dynamically. DINGOO_NATIVE removed
2011-05-10 Ulrich Schulz
* src/arch/sdl/menu_video.c: VICE_DINGOO_NATIVE ifdef removed
2011-05-10 Ulrich Schulz
* src/resources.c: clean up reasources.c
2011-05-10 Jesse Lee
* po/ko.po: Updated.
2011-05-10 Christian Vogelgsang
* src/c64/cart/c64acia1.c: fixed default value for Acia1Base resource and fixed Turbo32 cart selection
2011-05-09 Marco van den Heuvel
* src/c64/cart/c64acia1.c: Added base address setting to the c64/c128 acia/swiftlink/turbo232 carts.
2011-05-08 Marco van den Heuvel
* src/c64/cart/warpspeed.c: For the warpspeed cart, peek is the same as read, dump is useless because of no details.
2011-05-08 Marco van den Heuvel
* src/c64/cart/supersnapshot.c: Added peek and dump support to the supersnapshot(5) code.
2011-05-08 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/prophet64.c, src/c64/cart/ross.c, src/c64/cart/supergames.c: Added dump support to the supergames cart code.

2011-05-08 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/ocean.c, src/c64/cart/prophet64.c, src/c64/cart/rexutility.c, src/c64/cart/ross.c, src/c64/cart/snapshot64.c, src/c64/cart/stardos.c: Updated some carts.

2011-05-07 groepaz

* data/C64/x11_pos.vkm, data/C64/x11_sym.vkm, data/VIC20/x11_pos.vkm, data/VIC20/x11_sym.vkm: cleaned up and fixed x11 c64 and vic20 keymaps, fixes bug 3188237

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/mikroass.c: For the mikroassembler cart, peek is the same as read, dump is useless because of no details.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/magicdesk.c: Added dump support to the magicdesk cart code.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/mach5.c: For the mach5 cart, peek is the same as read, dump is useless because of no details.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/isepic.c: Added dump support to the isepic code.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/gs.c: Added dump support to the gs cart code.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/gamekiller.c: For gamekiller, peek returns 0 and dump is useless because of lack of details.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/funplay.c: Added dump support to the funplay cart code.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/finalplus.c: For fc+, peek is read.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/final3.c: Added dump support to the fc3 code.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/final.c: For fc1/2, dump is useless, no details.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/epyxfastload.c: For epyx fastload cart, io2-peek is the same as io2-read, dump is useless because of no details.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/dinamic.c: Added dump support to the dinamic cart code.

2011-05-07 groepaz

* src/c64/cart/expert.c: fix IO1 and mapping in ON mode

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/digimax.c: For digimax peek is the same as read, and dump support is useless, since they are no real details to dump.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/rexep256.c: Added dump support to the rexep256 code.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/delaep256.c, src/c64/cart/delaep64.c, src/c64/cart/delaep7x8.c: Fixed and added dump support to the delaep256 code.

2011-05-07 groepaz

* src/c64/cart/c64cart.c: do not try to (re)attach cart when changing "CartridgeReset". fixes bug 3183435

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/delaep64.c: Fixed a typo.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/delaep64.c, src/c64/cart/delaep7x8.c: Fixed the delaep64 code for loading into rawcart and copying to roml_banks.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/delaep7x8.c: Fixed the delaep7x8 code for loading into rawcart and copying to roml_banks.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/delaep64.c, src/c64/cart/delaep7x8.c: Added dump support to the delaep7x8 and delaep64 carts.

2011-05-07 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/actionreplay2.c: Updated the ar2 code a bit.

2011-05-07 pottendo

* po/de.po: Updated.

2011-05-06 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/comal80.c: Added dump support to the comal 80 code.

2011-05-06 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/actionreplay3.c: Added dump code to the action replay 3 code.

2011-05-06 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/sfx_soundexpander.c, src/core/fmopl.c, src/core/fmopl.h, src/snapshot.c, src/snapshot.h: Added snapshot support to the sfx sound expander code.

2011-05-04 Jesse Lee

* po/ko.po: Updated.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/sfx_soundsampler.c: Got rid of the 'fix me' comment.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/sfx_soundsampler.c: Added snapshot support to the sfx sound sampler cart.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/dqbb.c: Added dump function to the dqbb code.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/aciacore.c: Fixed a typo.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/ramcart.c: Added peek and dump functions to the ramcart code.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/plus256k.c, src/c64/plus256k.h: Added peek and dump functions to the plus256k code.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/plus60k.c, src/c64/plus60k.h: Added peek and dump functions to the plus60k code.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c128/c128mem.c, src/c128/c128mmu.c, src/c128/c128mmu.h: Added peek and dump functions to the c128 mmu code.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/c64_256k.c, src/cartridge.h: Added peek and dump functions to the c64_256k code.

2011-05-04 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/actionreplay.c: Added peek and dump functions to the action replay code.

2011-05-03 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/georam.c: Added peek and dump functions.

2011-05-03 Marco van den Heuvel

* src/c64/cart/sfx_soundexpander.c: Fixed a typo.

2011-05-03 Jesse Lee

* po/ko.po: Updated."

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RetroCopy v0.960

"[SG1000/SC3000] Added SG1000 and SC3000 emulation.
[SMS VDP] Added TMS9918 gfx mode 1. Fixes Super Boy 2
[SMS VDP] Changed TMS9918 palette to be a bit more accurate
[SMS VDP] Fixed how the graphics modes were selected
[SMS VDP] Fixed issue with vcounts in non 192 line modes (fixes GG Turrican)
[SMS VDP] Fixed no vscroll in last 8 column bug (fixes Fray Shugyou)
[SMS VDP] Fixed small bug that wouldn't reset CRAM to 0 in all cases

[GAME GEAR] Fixed a few issues with gear-to-gear cable link emulation. All games should work now
[GAME GEAR] Implemented SMS Mode for the few titles which use it on Game Gear. With an emulated LCD scale effect similar to real system
[GAME GEAR] Moved cartridge system over to SMS one, fixes a few games
[GAME GEAR] Fixed an issue in the mapper dealing with SRAM over 16KB and less than 32KB. (Fixes Shining Force 2 and Moldorian)
[Z80] Improved handling of NMI

[CORE] Added SK-1100 keyboard emulation
[CORE] Implemented 16bit memory map system that can be used by any core. Has some tight low level code for speed. Makes Z80 about ~5% faster
[CORE] Many bug fixes to small emulation related things

[GUI] Removed default RetroCopy 3D game boxes and replaced it with garage door type animation
[GUI] Completely new configuration area, graphical based with right click menus.
[GUI] Can now see visually and configure input for games before you run them
[GUI] Added ability for cartridge/card scans to be used in the interface for all systems
[GUI] Fixed a few issues with stretched blits
[GUI] Fixed small mouse scroll issue with scrollbars
[GUI] Added bg click functionality to scrollbars
[GUI] Added better image scaling, box sampling, bilinear and bicubic used when appropriate
[GUI] Now remove textures when windows are hidden, not just deleted, to save VRAM
[GUI] Fixed issue with non client area mouseenter/mouseleave
[GUI] Changed mouse behaviour when in Windowed mode. Can now leave the window during when no game is played"

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