Changelog:
Version 1.4.2, Tue 16 Jun 2023
* Fix running with -ui null
Version 1.4.1, Tue 6 Jun 2023
* Fix composite colour switching in -ccr simple and -ccr 5bit [Keith Palmer]
Version 1.4, Mon 5 Jun 2023
* NTSC colour tweaks for slightly better "cyan"
* Initial support for middle-button paste
* Add brightness, contrast, saturation & hue controls to GTK+ and Windows UIs
* Add gain/volume controls to GTK+ and Windows UIs
* New options: -vo-brightness, -vo-contrast, -vo-colour, -vo-hue
* New tape control & drive control windows in Windows UI
* GIME: implement bug in 16-colour, 16 byte-per-row modes
* New option -vo-pixel-fmt specifies pixel layout and bit depth
* Old NTSC-only composite renderer renamed -ccr partial
* New composite renderer that handles PAL used for -ccr simulated
* WD279x: write sync bytes before DAM (fixes written-to DMK) [Michael Furman]
* New option: -no-vo-colour-killer
Version 1.3.1, Tue 14 Feb 2023
* Further GIME VSC tweaks
* Allow preemption of Control key (for CoCo 3)
* Fix GTK+ zoom in/out
* Work around build issues on Apple Silicon [Allen Huffman, Blair Leduc]
Version 1.3, Wed 4 Jan 2023
* Add -no-ratelimit option to start at maximum speed
* Further fixes to 6809 TFR/EXG involving CC/DP [Tim Lindner]
* Fix Delta density select [Phill Harvey-Smith]
* Track floppy disk 'dirty' state to avoid unnecessary image rewrites
* Important: disk write-back now defaults to ENABLED
* Better Vertical SCroll register behaviour in GIME [Ralph Serpas]
* 6309 timing fix for bit operations
Version 1.2, Thu 27 Oct 2022
* Fixed comma, lowercase 'm', lowercase 'ø' glyphs for GIME [Tim Lindner]
* Fix SDL-only builds
* 6809: flesh out some illegal instruction behaviours [David Banks]
* 6309: flesh out some undocumented behaviour [David Banks]
* Fleshed out T1-compatibility in CoCo 3 GIME [R. Allen Murphy]
Version 1.1, Thu 21 Jul 2022
* New GDB monitor commands [by Tormod Volden]
* New configure options to only build specific machine archs
* Support 1M or 2M in CoCo 3 [with Christopher Hawks]
* Support K7 cassette image files (read-only)
* Support UTF-8 block characters in -type for MC-10
* Type ASCII BASIC from file on MC-10
* Matra & Hachette Alice support (keyboard layout, built-in profile)
* New meta-options -machine-opt and -cart-opt
* New ide-addr=address cart-opt
* New abstract block device handling
* IDE support adjusted to use abstracted block devices
* MOOH/NX32 support adjusted to use abstracted block devices
* 6801/6803: fix some illegal instruction timings [George Phillips]
* Fixed uppercase 'G', lowercase 'j' and 'w' glyphs for 6847T1 [Tim Lindner]
Version 1.0.9, Tue 18 Jan 2022
* Close file after serialisation [Steve Rasmussen]
Version 1.0.8, Thu 13 Jan 2022
* Fix WASM audio for non-Firefox [Greg Dionne]
* Fix crash reading zero-length CAS file
* Fix joystick reads for Pacdude Monster Maze
Version 1.0.7, Sat 1 Jan 2022
* Fix Windows 11 video (set SDL hint to use different renderer)
Version 1.0.6, Fri 31 Dec 2021
* Fix SDL audio thread interactions
* Try multiple SDL video renderers in order
* Fix composite phase setting
Version 1.0.5, Thu 23 Dec 2021
* Open IDE images in binary mode under Windows [by Tormod Volden]
Version 1.0.4, Sun 12 Dec 2021
* GIME IO range fixes [Roger Taylor]
* Enable GDB for CoCo 3 [Michael Furman]
* Fix HD6309 TFM when W=0 [Michael Furman, L. Curtis Boyle]
Version 1.0.3, Mon 6 Dec 2021
* 6801/6803: many more illegal instructions [Greg Dionne, Ron Klein]
* Fix EXTMEM signalling for writes to RAM [Stewart Orchard]
* MC10: Constrain video to internal 4K RAM [Simon Jonassen]
* Default -ao-fragments changed for new SDL audio [Steve Bamford]
* MPI: return to selected slot on reset ["dragonnostalgia", Tim Lindner]
m68k(New): "Implement an instruction cache. Finally X68030 IPL can display corr
ect MPU clock speed."
vm(New): "Implement areaset and extended areaset features on X68030."
vm(New): "Implement an option whether to cut FC2 or not on X68030."
vm(New): "Implement a system port monitor on X68030."
vm(New): "Implement an access status monitor."
vm(Update): "Restrict memory size to 255MB when using PROM image on LUNA-I."
vm(Update): "Change memory size limit to 512MB on LUNA-I, LUNA-88K and X68030."
m68k(Fix): "Fix the problem that an address error while executing bus error han
dler does not cause double bus fault."
vm(Fix): Issue#131 "Correct interrupt levels from XP Processor on LUNA-88K."
GUI(Fix): Issue#133 "Fix the problem that the bitmap plane monitor did not supp
ort 256-color mode."
build(Fix): "Make util/mkcgrom buildable on OpenBSD."
MAME 0.261 will be the final MAME release of 2023, and it’s a real
ripper! We’re ending the year with a bang! Over a hundred pull
requests were merged this month, including several from first-time
contributors as well as many familiar names. Following up on the
work last month, two more Casio Phase Distortion synthesisers have
been added: the high-end CZ-1 keyboard and the unreleased MZ-1
module. The Yamaha MU50 XG tone generator module is also working
a lot better in this release.
Two home consoles with drawing features are now working: LJN’s
VideoArt from 1987 and Sega’s Advanced Pico BEENA from 2005. Although
they were both positioned as intellectually stimulating consoles
for children and both had drawing features, they couldn’t be more
different. The VideoArt was universally derided for its poor controls
and lack of entertainment value, drawing negative comparisons to
the popular Etch-a-Sketch toy. On the other hand, the BEENA was a
high-quality device using media combining a ROM cartridge with a
picture book, and featured dual pen digitisers. Its ARM CPU is
fairly demanding to emulate in MAME, so you’ll need a fast PC to
run it at full speed. We’re aware that the current scans of the
picture books are not perfect, but it’s still quite usable apart
from some peripherals that aren’t emulated yet.
On a completely different note, some of the Taito gambling and
medal games have started to come to life. The purpose of the games
is to separate you from your money, and there isn’t much gameplay
value, but they’re still interesting to see. Some of them feature
characters from popular Taito franchises. Speaking of gambling
games, a couple of Chinese-language mahjong gambling games from
BMC have been dumped.
Systems with AVR8 CPUs now run up to 50% faster, including the
Uzebox console, Linus Åkesson demos, and the homebrew Sega Master
System paddle controller. A means of dumping the microcontrollers
Jaleco used for protection in some Mega System 1 games has been
discovered recently, allowing the protection simulation code to be
retired for 64th St. - A Detective Story and Big Striker. Our
understanding of the gate array protection used for some other
Jaleco games has also improved. The internal Super A'Can now has
its main CPU’s internal ROM hooked up properly, improving the
accuracy of its boot process.
Of course, there’s far more in this release than we have time to
talk about here, including newly dumped Korean versions of arcade
games, bootlegs from Spain, support for PDS cards on the Mac
Quadra/LC 630 family, more Heathkit Terminal Logic Board variants,
and lots of new software list items.
It was just warning that the package, documented to contain shared
libraries, needs a kernel with COMPAT_80 to be useful. Add that as a
parenthetical remark in DESCR while explaining what the package
contains, making it clear that it doesn't also include NetBSD kernels.
Drop comment about NetBSD 9 still being in beta.
The MESSAGE content was just documentation about nvmm, which belongs
in upstream qemu docs. It is now in README.NetBSD on the assumption
that upstream docs are lacking.
Snes9x 1.62
- Fixed SA1 division with negative dividend again. (Atari2)
- Fixed timing on several instructions. (pi1541)
- MSU1 audio with no loop point will not repeat from start.
- Modernized some old memory-related code.
- Fixed a desynchronization in interlaced modes and reporting.
- Remove SA1 access to WRAM.
- Added second set of registers between S-DSP and S-SMP. Fixes
PAL version of Virtual Bart.
Gtk + Windows:
- Added a Vulkan graphics output method. Similar to OpenGL, this
can use libretro's slang shaders.
- Changed the automatic frame skip throttle to take place immediately
before showing the frame, making VRR work better.
- Add menu item to clear recent files entries.
- Add fixed window size changes up to 10x.
Gtk:
- Switched to CMake for build system. Removed meson.
- Fixed some keys not working with modifiers. (Gutawer)
- Removed graphics options most people won't understand or need.
- Improved wayland support. Handle fractional DPI properly.
0.10.2: (2023-04-23)
Emulation fixes:
- GBA Audio: Fix improperly deserializing GB audio registers (fixes mgba.io/i/2793)
- GBA Audio: Clear GB audio state when disabled
- GBA Memory: Make VRAM access stalls only apply to BG RAM
- GBA Overrides: Fix saving in PMD:RRT (JP) (fixes mgba.io/i/2862)
- GBA SIO: Fix SIOCNT SI pin value after attaching player 2 (fixes mgba.io/i/2805)
- GBA SIO: Fix unconnected normal mode SIOCNT SI bit (fixes mgba.io/i/2810)
- GBA SIO: Normal mode transfers with no clock should not finish (fixes mgba.io/i/2811)
- GBA Timers: Cascading timers don't tick when disabled (fixes mgba.io/i/2812)
- GBA Video: Fix interpolation issues with OpenGL renderer
Other fixes:
- Core: Allow sending thread requests to a crashed core (fixes mgba.io/i/2784)
- FFmpeg: Force lower sample rate for codecs not supporting high rates (fixes mgba.io/i/2869)
- Qt: Fix crash when attempting to use OpenGL 2.1 to 3.1 (fixes mgba.io/i/2794)
- Qt: Disable sync while running scripts from main thread (fixes mgba.io/i/2738)
- Qt: Properly cap number of attached players by platform (fixes mgba.io/i/2807)
- Qt: Disable attempted linking betwen incompatible platforms (fixes mgba.io/i/2702)
- Qt: Fix modifier key names in shortcut editor (fixes mgba.io/i/2817)
- Qt: Fix a handful of edge cases with graphics viewers (fixes mgba.io/i/2827)
- Qt: Fix full-buffer rewind
- Qt: Fix crash if loading a shader fails
- Qt: Fix black screen when starting with a game (fixes mgba.io/i/2781)
- Qt: Fix OSD on modern macOS (fixes mgba.io/i/2736)
- Qt: Fix checked state of mute menu option at load (fixes mgba.io/i/2701)
- Qt: Remove OpenGL proxy thread and override SwapInterval directly instead
- Scripting: Fix receiving packets for client sockets
- Scripting: Fix empty receive calls returning unknown error on Windows
- Scripting: Return proper callback ID from socket.add
Misc:
- Qt: Include wayland QPA in AppImage (fixes mgba.io/i/2796)
- Qt: Stop eating boolean action key events (fixes mgba.io/i/2636)
- Qt: Automatically change video file extension as appropriate
- Qt: Swap P1 and other player's save if P1 loaded it first (closes mgba.io/i/2750)
What's New
* Naomi F355 multiboard
* Sega SystemSP emulation
* Virtua Fighter 4 RFID card support. VF.Net emulation server
* Naomi touchscreen (Manic Panic Ghosts, Touch de Uno 1 & 2, Touch de
zunou)
* Hopper for Kick'4'Cash, Shootout Pool and Club Kart Prize
* F355 Deluxe and Touch de Uno 1 & 2 printer
* Sega Driving Simulator
* Android Scoped Storage
* SH4 under/overclock option
* Mushiking series
* Naomi Alien Front worldwide ranking server
* NetDIMM 3.7 networking high-level emulation
* Racing Controller, Fishing Controller, Maracas, Densha de Go
controller, Pop'n'Music Controller (@AltoRetrato)
* Real time Video Routing for streamers (@vkedwardli)
* SystemSP RFID chip emulation: Dinosaur King, Love & Berry
* Dreamcast 32 MB RAM option (@cepawiel)
What's Improved
* Support for Windows CE games on 32-bit x86 arch
* Hotkeys for Save and Load State
* Force feedback info netcast to Boomlangnz's FFB plugin: F355, 18
Wheeler, Club Kart, King of Route 66
* Use a gamepad with arcade lightgun games
* Per-game VMU A1 option
* Improved detection of Windows CE games
* Latin-1 and Asian fonts support in HLE BIOS
* Video centering support (San Francisco Rush 2049, Street Fighter III -
3rd strike, Metropolis Street Racer)
* Daytona USA networking
* Eldorado Gate 4 to 7 compatibility
* Implement dithering in Full Framebuffer Emulation mode
* Upgrade dependencies, build improvements, and more thanks to @scribam
* And many, many, many bug fixes thanks to @kihato and all bug reporters
Broken with newer compilers and there's so much change in Dolphin
in the past 5 years that it's worth starting over - apparently NetBSD
support is even available upstream now...
DuckStation is an simulator/emulator of the Sony PlayStation(TM) console,
focusing on playability, speed, and long-term maintainability. The goal is
to be as accurate as possible while maintaining performance suitable for
low-end devices.
A "BIOS" ROM image is required to to start the emulator and to play games.
You can use an image from any hardware version or region, although mismatching
game regions and BIOS regions may have compatibility issues.
DISK: Do not allow to emit any "footers"
PDP11: RP11: Implement delayed CS_DONE for "initiation" commands (SEEK/HOME)
SCP: SOCK: Increase backlog in the listen() syscall
Remove files symlinked to /Library
PDP11: 11/70 read-only registers must not return NXM on write
PDP11: RP11: Major update after XXDP
PDP11: TS11: Fix help output for BOOT command
SEL32: Do general code cleanup to remove unused code. SEL32: Update Ping and ICMP support code to use correct packet size. SEL32: Update SetupNet script to support latest Fedora release. SEL32: Improve disk write speed. SEL32: Add .tap file reassignent support in sel32_mt.c.
KA10: Fixed OWGBP on KL10B.
KA10: Allow single step over XCT, byte and extend instructions.
KA10: Add -m option to load .exe files to load monitors.
KA10: Fixed nopage read/write to always refer to memory.
KA10: Moved over older changed to ITS and WAITS devices.
KA10: Fixed depositing symbolic into register and symbolic of reg 17
KA10: Fixed PUSH for extended addressing on KL.
KA10: Fixed to allow EDDT to work correctly on KL10.
KA10: Fixed save command on Tops 10 7.0x.
SIM_CARD: Fixed to better detect mixed binary and ascii decks.
SCP: Fix correctly loading simh.ini when user HOME not defined
TX-0: Make ^E work in readin mode.
Stop ptp_svc from setting the ios bit; sim_instr never clears it and simulation loops.
Before, when the simulator decoded pad, it handled pad without cry and pad with cry. When it decoded cry, it printed a "TO DO" message.
PDP11: RF11: Fix DAE computation in service routine
Fix apple silicon build problems Issue #294
AltairZ80: M2SIO, CPU, SIO and PMMI additions and fixes
PDP11: RP11-C (RP02/03) disk implementation
DISK: Fix VHD to Ensure that the CHS capacity exceeds the disk length
AltairZ80: Add CTS command to M2SIO device
MAME 0.260
Some long-anticipated updates landed in October, making MAME 0.260
a very exciting release! Firstly, there are some general updates
to MAME itself. After a few false starts, MAME now supports bgfx
video output with Wayland on Linux. As requested by users, you can
finally use delta CHD files for clone systems and software items.
This allows for major disk space savings in some cases when you
have multiple versions of a system or software item. There’s also
an updated version of PortAudio included.
Two very different systems from Casio have been promoted to working
this month. The first is the CZ-101 compact keyboard synthesiser.
It used Phase Distortion Synthesis, which was Casio’s patent-avoiding
answer to Yamaha’s DX series. To help you load patches, MAME can
now feed SysEx files to emulated MIDI input ports. The other is
the Loopy, a game console released exclusively in Japan and marketed
primarily to girls. While sound output, the sticker printer, and
the frame grabber accessory are not emulated (yet), you can try
out the system’s entire library of eleven software titles.
Several Korean arcade games were added this month, including a
Solitaire card game from F2 System that uses a dedicated control
panel and features some rather disturbing pre-rendered 3D animations.
A few Merit games were added as well. Other improvements include
more emulated NuBus and PDS cards for Macs, Cumana DFS disk image
support for the Acorn Electron, and support for an MSX Flash
cartridge.
MAME 0.259
It looks like MAME 0.259 just squeaked in before the end of September!
As usual, it’s packed with exciting stuff. One thing we know some
of you have been patiently waiting for is emulation of Namco System
12 games using the CDXA board and CD-ROM storage: Truck Kyosokyoku
and the interesting but unsuccessful Um Jammer Lammy NOW! The work
to support these games also puts us in a better position to support
systems that use SH-2 CPUs with different combinations of onboard
peripherals. Also added this month are two Konami LCD games, Bandai’s
two-player tabletop U-Boat game, and three arcade games on dgPix
hardware.
On a completely different front, VME-based systems in MAME have
had a major overhaul. The system of backplanes and cards is more
faithfully reproduced. Speaking of cards, another ZXBUS storage
interface card has been emulated for enhanced ZX Spectrum derivatives
with a suitable slot. In other card-related news, work on PC video
cards is still progressing, with the added benefit of fixing
MegaTouch XL 6000 graphics this month. While we’re talking about
graphics, the Sharp X68000 had a few glitches fixed, too.
Initial support for built-in Ethernet has been implemented for
several Macintosh Quadra systems, and some bugs in the onboard
video emulation for MC68040-based Macs were fixed. Also in Apple
news, the Apple III now runs at a more realistic speed, and there’s
been a little progress on the first-generation PowerMac family.
MAME now has support for hard-sectored floppy formats, which were
a thing back in the days of big 8" drives, and a few issues with
how TD0 format disk images are handled were fixed. Also related to
floppy disks, the poorly-received TIB Disc Drive DD-001 that attached
to the Commodore 64’s cartridge port is now emulated. Finally,
players curious about CPS-2 games can now twiddle the debugging
DIP switches that were apparently present on development systems.
Instead of depending on one of the removed packages (that are now included
in the base Python packages), include batteries-included.mk to require
a Python version that supplies them.
Remove now included packages.
Bump PKGREVISION.
pkgsrc changes:
- specify QMAKE_ARGS+=DEFINES+="DELAY_TIMER_MS_DEFAULT=10" on NetBSD,
assuming most major Tier-I ports have HZ=100
Upstream changes:
* The timer precision can now be changed to suit the environment.
Now netbsd-9 binaries should work against netbsd-10 again. Also switch from
bz2 to xz distfiles (a significant space gain).
Tested by installing and running lxqt desktop using netbsd-9 binaries on
a netbsd-10 amd64 system
Bump PKGREVISION
