MEKA v0.67

posted in Emulator Release by narvick on Mar 15th, 2004

MEKA is an excellent Sega Master System/Game Gear emulator. The DOS and Windows versions have been updated, but MEKA for Unix (Mekanix) is still at v0.65. New in this version:

Updated documentation
Tweaked the auto-frame skipper. Please let me know if you notice any improvement or new problems
The analog Paddle Control is now usable using a digital keyboard or joystick input, although it is HIGHLY recommended ot use a mouse. Playing with a keybard or joystick may sometimes be frustrating and does not allow fast movements
Updated debugging mode:
- Scrapped old, buggy, and unusable MS-DOS only text mode debugger
- Added new debugger, well integrated into the GUI and functional with all versions of MEKA. It is a primitive debugger, but it can be helpful and it is definitely better than nothing. Supports step-into, step-over, breakpoint, jump, disassembly and memory dump. Expressions are now evaluated and syntax is primitive. Enable with the /DEBUG command line parameter
- [Windows] Data dumping facilities are now working
Updated patching system:
- Updated syntax
- Support for long awaited RAM patches! One of the side effects to that is that you can now apply PRO ACTION REPLAY codes easily. This feature is unfortunately not backed up by a a full-featured interface and cheats database, but it is helpful and better than nothing - while waiting for advanced cheating functionalities to be added in the future
- Support for CRC32 to specify the game to apply patches on, as well as using MEKA proprietary checksum format
- Putting * in the CRC field will apply a patch to all games
- Minor bug fixes
Inputs:
- [Windows] Fixed joystick sliders support (DirectInput < 8.00 usually reports the fourth and fifth axis of a joystick as being sliders, which is a weird little known behavior)
- File browser now takes exclusive inputs to the emulated game is not affected by keypresses
Fixed file browser "Load Names" feature. It was broken in v0.66, and sometimes (not always) went into an infinite loop in earlier versions
[Windows] Command line parameters help is now displayed in a message box
Closing a box now automatically focuses the next one in the focus order
Various other fixes
Updated Dutch translation
Added and modified entries in the checksum and compatibility lists, on the road to perfection. Added many missing (J) flags in the Game Gear compatibility list. Added a few missing accents.

Download it at the Sega Master System & Game Gear Emulators section

Emulators For:
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QNX
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