NeoDC, v2.3

posted in Emulator Release by flash on Apr 11th, 2005

Quzar has released NeoDC, v 2.3 an emulator of the NeoGeo CD for the Dreamcast Console. What's new in version 2.3: *Dreamcast specific -No longer uses SDL at all -Rewrote the sound driver to use spu dma -Sound is much faster ( less sfx are dropped ) -New draw_fix from fox68k (thanks fox!) -Faster video rendering (aside from the new draw_fix) -Up-ported to kos 1.3 (svn 165) -Rearranged sound timer functions for speed -Prepared the source code to use FAME -Sped up CD-ROM file loading slightly *Core Emulation -Increased accuracy in sound chips (you will notice better PSG sounds) -Fixed Read Upload which fixes the crash in Breakers (and may fix more) -Implemented Rudimentary Bios Vector/Game Vector switching -Partially fixed frame counter speed -Added timer read and write access by the 68000 *Misc -Rearranged main functions for expandability -Undid all the experimental things of v2.2 -'Poked' code everywhere (many small changes) -A lot of source cleanup You can get this updated emulator (and source code) at our Emulators for Dreamcast page. Many thanks to wraggster for the news.