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Version 5.1

28 Feb 11:22
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V5.1 : 27-Feb-2025 by wavemotion-dave

  • 7800 BIOS is now supported. Place bios exactly named '7800.rom' in /roms/bios, /data/bios or same directory as the emulator itself.
  • New internal database with many cleanups and corrections. Now compliant with Trebor Pro-Pack v8_16 from early 2025.
  • New configuration option to allow mapping both both X and Y buttons.
  • Maria and CPU cycle counting are much closer to real hardware - all of the DMA Cycle adjustments/hacks have been removed.
  • This fixes a number of small problems such as Pole Position II joystick selection of track when game loads.

Version 5.0

21 Feb 12:06
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V5.0 : 21-Feb-2025 by wavemotion-dave

  • Kangaroo mode fixed and fully implemented. Cleans up some small graphical glitches on a number of games.
  • Composite Artifacting implemented for Tower Toppler and Jinks.
  • Sound handler fixed so that drop-outs of sounds are eliminated (or at least greatly minimized).
  • The X button on the NDS is now configurable to a range of joystick/console buttons.

Version 4.9

17 Feb 14:02
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V4.9 : 17-Feb-2025 by wavemotion-dave

  • High Score (HSC) auto-save improvements - no longer write the backing .hsc file if the write didn't actually change HSC data.
  • Improved Sally emulation accuracy and optimization pass to render the games 3-4% faster.
  • Improved Pokey emulation - missing sounds on games like Ballblazer are now much better.
  • Improved memory emulation for more accurate mirror handling - 7800 Utility cart now shows this as a PASS.
  • Improved memory caching to help with the really big games (those 512K or larger).
  • All but two games on the DSi are now rendered without any form of frameskip. Older DS-Lite/Phat reduces frameskip due to new optimizations.

Version 4.8

15 Feb 22:25
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V4.8 : 15-Feb-2025 by wavemotion-dave

  • High Score (HSC) now auto-saves the .hsc file after it is written by the game. The HSC button is gone.
  • Smoother console button operation so that a press is registered more consistently and with better debounce.
  • Improved magnifying glass icon debounce so that it registers more consistently and with better debounce.
  • New game icon to align with the other emulators in the Atari lineup on the DS.

Version 4.7

11 May 11:49
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V4.7 : 11-May-2024 by wavemotion-dave

  • X and Y buttons now shift the screen down/up by 16 pixels so you can position the score off-screen and use these to pan up/down to see it.
  • Fix for Supercarts so that they start in bank 0 (Legend of Silverpeak should now load)
  • Internal database tweaks for the latest homebrews and ports.
  • Other minor tweaks and improvements as time permitted.

Version 4.6

06 May 13:03
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V4.6 : 06-May-2024 by wavemotion-dave

  • Each game that utilizes a High Score Cart (HSC) gets its own 2K .hsc file
  • Improved High Score Cart (HSC) emulation - improved initialization of the SRAM contents.
  • Sanity checks added so that carts marked as 'NORMAL' (or selected as such) but are larger than 48K will not corrupt memory.
  • New magnifying glass icon to ZOOM (and center) the display 1:1 with real 7800 output. This will crop on a DS/DSi since it only has 256x192 but very useful to toggle the 1:1 zoom for High Score Entries, etc.
  • Support for .a78 V4 headers (will fall back to V3 if not available)

Version 4.5

18 Nov 15:43
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V4.5 : 18-Nov-2022 by wavemotion-dave

  • SNES2Atari adaptor supported.
  • Improved display output to smooth over the fonts a bit.
  • Small tweaks to internal database to ensure everything looks as good as possible.

Version 4.4

14 Nov 13:51
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V4.4 : 14-Nov-2022 by wavemotion-dave

  • New palette options from the Trebor 'Pro Pack' of colors. COOL, WARM (default), and HOT allow you to shift the color temperature slightly on a per-game basis.
  • Improved sound channel mixing so as not to halve the volume when mixing POKEY + TIA.

Version 4.3

11 Nov 14:37
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V4.3 : 11-Nov-2022 by wavemotion-dave

  • Full support for the new Banksets scheme including the upcoming Attack of the Petscii Robots game!
  • Added the stable "illegal" opcode support for the 6502 CPU to ensure all games run properly.
  • New Maria cycle handling is more accurate than it's been in any previous version. More games run closer to perfect.
  • Improved rendering and a bit more optmization to make almost every game playable on the older DS-Lite.

Version 4.2

06 Nov 11:14
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V4.2 : 06-Nov-2022 by wavemotion-dave

  • Added support for bankswitched RAM (32K of RAM switched in 16K chunks). This makes the Ex version of 1942 playable.
  • Added alternate way of handling bankswitched RAM the same way as the DragonFly cart or SN board: via writes to 0xFFFF.
  • Fix graphical glitch for Ballblazer (just hiding it off screen).
  • Numerous small updates to the internal cart database to ensure game run with the proper settings (mostly High Scores)
  • New 8x density on the High Score Cart - transparent to the user but provides more slots so the HSC won't fill up.
  • Flat 32K plus RAM cart type supported.
  • Pokey @800 supported for upcoming homebrews.