z26 v2.13

posted in Emulator Release by narvick on May 24th, 2004

John Saeger has updated his excellent Atari 2600 emulator for Windows, z26. Also, the source code is now compatible with Linux. New in this version:

Converted MASM assembly code to NASM syntax, preparatory to the...
...Linux port! z26 can now be compiled for Windows, Linux, or just about any other x86 environment that supports a UNIX-like build environment with GCC. The Linux support is solid; preliminary testing has been done on FreeBSD and BeOS. There are a few Linux-specific command-line options. A Linux static binary is available for those who don't wish to compile z26 from source
Improved documentation. We now have a PDF manual and a main page for Linux
Added ability to selectively disable graphicsal objects. This feature is mostly intended for developers
We now lock the audio device before filling the sound queue. This should prevent the long startup times that were plaguing some Windows users. It also should allow z26 to run correctly on multi-processor machines
Also we made the INTIM timer random at the emulator start again. Berzerk should start with a different screen each time you play it now
Other than the audio device locking and the random INTIM timer, version 2.13 should behave identically to version 2.12. If this isn't the case, please let us know
Thanks to Brian Watson, Eckhard Stolberg, and James Wilkinson for help with this version!

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