NES Hacks

We have three new emulator updates today. All of them for retro Nintendo systems, so let’s kill three birds with one stone!

We’ve got ourselves the v2.07 update to our NES Emulator, FCE Ultra GX. Pretty big list of changes, and a very worthwhile update:

[What's New 2.0.7 - November 18, 2008]
* Special thanks to eke-eke & KruLLo for contributions, bugfixes, and tips
* Video code rewritten - now has original, unfiltered, filtered modes
* Zoom option
* 16:9 widescreen support
* Full widescreen support
* SDHC support
* SD/USB hot-swapping
* A/B rapid-fire
* Turbo option
* Video cropping (overscan hiding) option (thanks yxkalle!)
* Palette changing fixed
* Fixed audio ‘popping’ issue
* Wii - Added console/remote power button support
* Wii - Added reset button support (resets game)
* Wii - Settings file is now named settings.xml and is stored in the same
  folder as the DOL (eg: apps/fceugx/settings.xml)
* GameCube - Added DVD motor off option

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Moving along, we have a VisualBoy update (v1.0.5) that features another impressive changelog:

[What's New 1.0.5 - November 18, 2008]
* SDHC works now
* Frameskipping tweaks
* Fixed snapshot loading issue
* Full widescreen support
* Changed scaling
* Zooming fixed (thanks eke-eke!)
* PAL timing changes - EURGB60 mode forced
* Wii - Added console/remote power button support
* Wii - Added reset button support (resets game)
* Wii - Settings file is now named settings.xml and is stored in the same
  folder as the DOL (eg: apps/vbagx/settings.xml)
* GameCube - Added DVD motor off option
* GameCube - Fixed GBA loading issue

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And finally, our SNES9X emulator has been given it’s 007th (sorry) revision, with the biggest changelog yet!

[What's New 007]

* added: SDHC support
* added: SD/USB hot-swapping
* added: zoom saving
* added: IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
* added: Qoob modchip support (thanks emukidid!)
* added: Added console/remote power button support (Wii only)
* added: Added reset button support - resets game (Wii only)
* changed: Settings file is now named settings.xml and is stored in the same
           folder as the DOL - eg: apps/vbagx/settings.xml (Wii only)
* fixed: swc, sfc file support
* fixed: inverted sound channels
* fixed: some game crashes
* fixed: snapshot saving for games with SPC7110, BS, DSP, or CX4
* fixed: justifier support
* fixed: superscope turbo button
* fixed: widescreen support
* fixed: ActRaiser 2 issues
* fixed: Invalid memory accesses in C4 and OBC1. MMX3 Toxic Seahorse stage
         now can be emulated with HDMA. (zones)
* fixed: Updated snapshot to prevent desync. Added some variables related to
         APU and HDMA. (gocha)
* fixed: zoom issues (thanks eke-eke!)
* fixed: original modes (thanks eke-eke!)
* fixed: vertical scaling for filtered/unfiltered modes (thanks eke-eke!)

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DCelso has modified the code for the N64 emulator to introduce support for the WiiMote and Nunchuk. The emulator itself has been repackaged as a .dol file to better suit the new HomeBrew Channel.

We are not sure of any other improvements that may have been made to the emulator because no changelog or readme is released with this file. Either way, feel free to download it and check it out.

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Thanks to a tip from slaphappygamer

Here’s a new version of Visual Boy Advance GX - 1.0.4. VBA GX is now a full port of VBA-M - this version adds blaarg’s new sound core, and the latest changes to the GB core. I’ve also made some significant changes to the audio/video porting code - the overall experience should be much improved. Other notable changes include a per-game settings configuration (automatic) that will improve game compatibility - saving problems should be gone. Gamecube users, I haven’t forgotten you - Gamecube support is back!

Warnings/Notes:
(1) Using Save or state files from older versions may cause this version to CRASH or other strange side effects (no sound)! If you’re having problems, delete your old save/state file, and/or turn off auto-load. Save/state files created/loaded with this version work fine.
(2) GameCube support is SD only!
(3) Patch support is for SD/USB/SMB only. Name the patch file the same as the ROM name (except the extension) and place it in your ROM folder.

Full changelog:

[What's New 1.0.4 - October 28, 2008]
* Complete port of VBA-M - now uses blaarg’s new audio core, latest GB core
* Frameskipping improvements
* Sound processing improved - L-R channel reversal corrected, skipping fixed
* Saving problems fixed, game compatibility improved
* IPS/UPS/PPF patch support
* SD/USB hot-swapping! (Wii only)
* SDHC support
* Zoom setting saved
* Widescreen correction option
* GameCube support is back, including Qoob support!

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[What's New 2.0.6 - October 21, 2008]
* Right audio channel corruption fixed (thanks cyberdog!)
* Low pass audio filter turned off (muffles audio)
* Changed to alternate audio filter
* PAL Timing corrected
* Cheesy/2X video filters fixed
* Qoob Pro modchip support for GameCube (thanks emukidid!)

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[What's New 2.0.5 - October 19, 2008]
* Sound bug fixed - thanks eke-eke!
* High quality sound enabled, lowpass filter enabled
* Video threading enabled
* Fixed timing error (incorrect opcode)

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[What's New 006 - October 15, 2008]
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- added: 480p for GameCube
- added: Sound sync
- added: 7z support
- changed: Faster SD/USB access (readahead cache enabled)
- fixed: Video offset issues
- fixed: BS-X games work now
- fixed: Wii DVD works now
- fixed: DVD re-enabled for GameCube
- fixed: Nunchuk analog stick issues
- fixed: Many crashes, memory leaks, etc
michniewski
- added: Video shift options
- changed: Turn DVD motor off option re-enabled for GameCube

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[What's New 1.0.3 - October 15, 2008]
* New timing / frameskip algorithm - should (hopefully) work 100% better!
* Performance improvements - video threading, PPC core partly activated
* Video zooming option
* Unfiltered video option
* 7z support
* Loading progress bars added 

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