MESS v0.83

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jun 8th, 2004

MESS, a multiple console/arcade emulator for various platforms, has been updated recently. Here is what's new:

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

Amstrad CPC6128 (French AZERTY keyboard)
Megaduck
Sinclair ZX-80 (fixed & readded)
Sinclair ZX-81 (fixed & readded)
Sinclair ZX-81 (2nd rev) (fixed & readded)
Sinclair ZX-81 (3nd rev) (fixed & readded)
Timex Sinclair 1000 (fixed & readded)
ASZMIC ZX-81 ROM swap (fixed & readded)
Your Computer - PC8300 (fixed & readded)
Creon Enterprises - Power 3000 (fixed & readded)
Lambda 8300 (fixed & readded)
Sanyo Laser 110 (Germany)
VZ-200 (Germany)
Sanyo Laser 210 (Germany)
Laser 310 (Basic V2.1)
Dick Smith Electronics VZ-300 (Basic V2.1)

System Driver Changes:

[A400/A800] Fixed cartridge loading and partial state save support.
[AMSTRAD] Added natural keyboard support.
[AMSTRAD] Interrupts, Gate Array and Video enhancements; a few demos work now.
[GENESIS] Split Genesis driver into gen_usa, gen_eur and gen_jpn drivers for different countries. Also fixed a bug that caused sound to be gone in certain games, and fixed Raiden Trad and Wani Wani World.
[PC] The speaker will now be silent if the 8253 is instructed to generate a waveform that is higher frequency than the emulation sample rate. Also corrected the CGA color set.
[VTECH1] Fixed graphics and added printer support.
[VTECH1] Added natural keyboard support.

User Interface Changes:

[Windows] Added a "Miscellaneous Inputs" menu item to the Options menu, allowing the user to configure miscellaneous inputs.
[Windows] Fixed tab order on custom input dialogs.
[Windows GUI] Fixed a small bug on the "Interface Options" dialog (bug #551)

Source Changes:

Added a "variable peripherals" feature that allows drivers to identify which inputs pertain to a given peripheral, like a gamepad or a lightgun. Changed A2600 and NES drivers to use this feature. (bug #550 was a related issue)
It is now possible to specify IP_NAME_DEFAULT in PORT_KEY declarations; the name of the key will be derived by the unicode values.

You can download this from our MESS for Windows/DOS section. Note that only the Windows build has been updated so far.

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