Emulator Updates: NES, GBA/GBC, SNES
November 19th, 2008
Posted by nedthehead
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
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
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!)
