blueMSX v1.5.0

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jun 12th, 2004

blueMSX, an MSX emulator for Windows, has been updated today. Here is what's new:

The entire timing scheme of the emulation and DirectDraw is replaced. The result is higher frame rate on slower PCs (< 1.4 GHz) and less interruptions in the sound.
MSX1 emulation is improved : correct specific palette of colors, CMOS disabled in MSX1 mode - Full RTC implementation in MSX2/2+ modes, including test and alarm register
The system roms are no more embedded in the executable file and the emulator is released in two versions : one that includes the bios roms as separate files (as NLMSX or paraMSX) and one that only contains C-BIOS and no copyrighted roms.
Added two counters : frames per second and using of CPU resource by the emulator
Added pause and stop buttons to toolbar
Added finnish language
Added support for the different SCC/SCC+ mappers
Added support for zipped save states
Added rom type selection dropdown in rom open dialog box
Updated horizontal stretch
Correct sprite palette in screen 8
Fixed bugs with double click on a dsk or rom file : the emulator starts now with this file only (it ejects any inserted cartridges); if blueMSX is already running, the double click will have effect in the existing emulator
Fixed mouse lock when running at high frequency
Fixed lockups when running emu and dialogs are moved over emulation
Fixed bug with property page in full screen mode
Fixed bug in toolbar update when starting or stopping emulation
Made switch check boxes in options/emulation not restart emulation
Fixed VDP bug that made some Namcot MSX1 games fail in screen 1
Fixed bug in disk patch : it flushes VDP commands correctly (BGV #13 in Disk Station 17 and Rune Master III now show graphics correctly)
Fixed bug in machine editor dropdowns : clicking outside dropdown does not reset value
Fixed bugs in the mixer control (position of the balance slider, volume when selecting mono)
Fixed bugs in sprite emulation and screen 6 horizontal scroll
Fixed bugs in the graphical interface
Fixed bug in save states for MSX1 machines

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