MEKA v0.66

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jan 22nd, 2004

MEKA, the Sega Master System/Game Gear emulator, has been updated! The DOS and Windows builds have been updated, but Mekanix has not. Here is what's new for this release:

Blitting & synchronisation are still very bad in many cases. This is my top priority but I still cannot find a good solution to improve it and please everyone (slow and fast computers). I can't sleep! :( Use the "smooth" blitter if possible.
Updated default blitters (MEKA.BLT).
Video mode is not reinitialized anymore when switching blitters with the same resolution/refresh rate. This saves a bit of time.
[Windows] Fixed page flipping, for those using it (see MEKA.BLT file).
[Windows] Sega 3-D Glasses support is now properly working in MEKAW! If you build the simple 3-D Glasses to COM adapter (as described in the TECH.TXT file), it is possible to plug original 3-D glasses and enjoy 3-D games as they were meant to be played - and additionally, damage your eyes due to intense flickering :) Best results are achieved by enabling page flipping or vsync.
[DOS] Sega 3-D Glasses support now also works under a Windows 95/98 command prompt.
Increased maximum number of joystick buttons to 32 (instead of 16).
Partly fixed incorrect joystick axis reporting. It was a problem for many people, and made it impossible or difficult to configure joysticks using the interface. One extended joystick axis may be missing now, until I can find a solution to this other problem.
Tile viewer can now be configured to displayed all 512 tiles, instead of the first 448 only. The bottom tiles looks awful with most SMS/GG games but some games use this area so it's good to see them.
Tile viewer now allows to select all 15 colors to display tiles in TMS9918 video modes (used by SG-1000, SC-3000, Coleco Vision, etc.).
Loading a ROM now display the full name in the message box.
[Windows] Upgraded MSVC compiler from version 5.0 to 7.1 (might bring a small improvement on performance). Removed ZLIB.DLL from the distribution and statically linked it to the executable.
[Windows] Fixed mekaw.cfg saving location. It was saving in a wrong place in some cases (depending how you run it).
Updated Danish translation (by Mark Klemp).
Added and modified entries in the checksum and compatibility lists.

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