blueMSX v1.4.1

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on May 10th, 2004

blueMSX, an MSX emulator for Windows, was released today. The source code does not appear to be uploaded yet. Anyways, here is what's new:

General video improvement :
- Addition of horizontal and vertical stretch on all monitor modes for a still more better MSX experience
- Implementation of a DirectDraw Hw Acceleration driver that combines video and system memory for optimised performance
General sound improvement :
- Better sound mixer
- Updated Moonsound (less bad noises)
- Support of the MSX-AUDIO cartridges (including the switch of the　Panasonic cartridge)
- Improved SCC support
New default machine configs : MSX2 French and German
Support forsmaller sound buffer sizes in performance
Added support for di1, di2, mx1, mx2 file types
Added registration of file types in settings, so double clicking a file starts blueMSX
Added romdb.dat database (created in blueMSX root directory if not exist)
Added support for Kanji roms in cartridge slots
Added support for Korean 90-in-1 rom
Added support for PAC and Megaram in special submenu
Added Drag and drop of .sta files
Mouse / Joystick config saved in save state
Fixed mouse issues
Mouse as joystick when left button pressed at start
Changed "Joystick in Port #1" to "Port #1"
Possibility to disable Windows menu keys
Correct screen split to screen 0 (Boring scroll in Anma's Relax)
Updated Disk Patch to synchronize pending VDP commands (XAK Tower of Gazzel)
Updated sprite addressing
Fixed bug in set position for zipped cas files
Added support for NT4 and Win95

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