GameMite v1.2.0

Version 1.2.0 - 20-Feb-2024

• Updated to use PicoMite firmware v5.08.00.
• Updated "Circle One" => v1.1.1 fixing bug where if a button was being held
  down when one of the players won then the game would pause until the button
  was released before announcing the winner.

Version 1.2 RC 2 - 7-Jan-2024

• Updated PicoVaders => v1.1.3 fixing bug where the game would slow
  down and become unplayable once most of the aliens were destroyed.

Version 1.2 RC 1 - 21-Dec-2023

• Updated to use standard PicoMite firmware v5.08.00b5.
  Required options are:

     OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP6,GP3,GP4
     OPTION AUTORUN 1,NORESET
     OPTION CPUSPEED 252000
     OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341,RLANDSCAPE,GP2,GP1,GP0
     OPTION TOUCH GP5,GP7
     OPTION SDCARD GP22
     OPTION AUDIO GP20,GP21
     OPTION MODBUFF ENABLE 192
     OPTION PLATFORM "Game*Mite"

• Changed menu program to support multiple pages and be configurable via the "A:/.gm-menu" file:
  • This file will be created on startup if not present.
  • CSV file with entries of the form:
    <menu-text>,<file-path>
    e.g.
    PETSCII Robots, B:/mmbasic-robots/robots.bas
  • If the <file-path> is not absolute then the program will look first
    in "A:/GameMite" and if not found there, in "B:/GameMite".
• Changed startup screen to include image/logo
  • and made easier to configure via ".startup" file.
• Added @Volhout's "Circle One" game (v1.1.0) to the program suite.
• Updated program suite to use latest version of 'splib':
  • System software => v1.2 RC 1
  • PicoVaders => v1.1.2
  • Yellow River Kingdom => v1.1.1
  • 3D Maze => v1.1.1
• Reduced size of program suite through better pre-processing.

GameMite v1.2 RC 2

Version 1.2 RC 2 - 7-Jan-2024

• Updated PicoVaders => v1.1.3 fixing issue where the game would slow down and become unplayable once most of the aliens were destroyed.

Version 1.2 RC 1 - 21-Dec-2023

• Updated to use standard PicoMite firmware (5.08.00b5).
  Required options are:

     OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP6,GP3,GP4
     OPTION AUTORUN 1,NORESET
     OPTION CPUSPEED 252000
     OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341,RLANDSCAPE,GP2,GP1,GP0
     OPTION TOUCH GP5,GP7
     OPTION SDCARD GP22
     OPTION AUDIO GP20,GP21
     OPTION MODBUFF ENABLE 192
     OPTION PLATFORM "Game*Mite"

• Changed menu program to support multiple pages and be configurable via the "A:/.gm-menu" file:
  • This file will be created on startup if not present.
  • CSV file with entries of the form:
    <menu-text>,<file-path>
    e.g.
    PETSCII Robots, B:/mmbasic-robots/robots.bas
  • If the <file-path> is not absolute then the program will look first
    in "A:/GameMite" and if not found there, in "B:/GameMite".
• Changed startup screen to include image/logo
  • and made easier to configure via ".startup" file.
• Added @Volhout's "Circle One" game (v1.1.0) to the program suite.
• Updated program suite to use latest version of 'splib':
  • System software => v1.2 RC 1
  • PicoVaders => v1.1.2
  • Yellow River Kingdom => v1.1.1
  • 3D Maze => v1.1.1
• Reduced size of program suite through better pre-processing.

GameMite v1.2 RC 1

Version 1.2 RC 1 - 21-Dec-2023

• Updated to use standard PicoMite firmware (5.08.00b5).
  Required options are:

     OPTION SYSTEM SPI GP6,GP3,GP4
     OPTION AUTORUN 1,NORESET
     OPTION CPUSPEED 252000
     OPTION LCDPANEL ILI9341,RLANDSCAPE,GP2,GP1,GP0
     OPTION TOUCH GP5,GP7
     OPTION SDCARD GP22
     OPTION AUDIO GP20,GP21
     OPTION MODBUFF ENABLE 192
     OPTION PLATFORM "Game*Mite"

• Changed menu program to support multiple pages and be configurable via the "A:/.gm-menu" file:
  • This file will be created on startup if not present.
  • CSV file with entries of the form:
    <menu-text>,<file-path>
    e.g.
    PETSCII Robots, B:/mmbasic-robots/robots.bas
  • If the <file-path> is not absolute then the program will look first
    in "A:/GameMite" and if not found there, in "B:/GameMite".
• Changed startup screen to include image/logo
  • and made easier to configure via ".startup" file.
• Added @Volhout's "Circle One" game (v1.1.0) to the program suite.
• Updated program suite to use latest version of 'splib':
  • System software => v1.2 RC 1
  • PicoVaders => v1.1.2
  • Yellow River Kingdom => v1.1.1
  • 3D Maze => v1.1.1
• Reduced size of program suite through better pre-processing.

GameMite v1.1.0

Version 1.1.0 - 1-Oct-2023

• Updated GameMite firmware to PicoMite 5.07.08 RC4.
• GameMite firmware now sets OPTION MODBUFF ENABLE by default to provide a 128K buffer for playing .mod files.
• Startup screen now highlights when non-GameMite firmware is being used, or when the versions of the GameMite firmware and MMBasic program suite differ.
• File browser now supports 500 files per directory, previously it supported a maximum of 100.
• File browser now plays .flac, .mod and .wav files when they are highlighted and SELECT / A is pressed.
• Fixed bug in PicoVaders that caused it to crash if its intro screen was allowed to run to completion.
• Partially crunched MMBasic program suite to make room for 128K MODBUFF on the flash storage.

GameMite v1.0.0

Initial public release.