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A new version of the excellent multisystem emulator for Windows, RetroCopy, has been released. As always, a host of changes awaits those who use this new version, these include accurate Game Gear emulation, and support for multiplayer, as well as the usual bug fixes and improvements.
A more thorough list of changes follows:
A more thorough list of changes follows:
- [EMU] Added cycle accurate Game Gear emulation
- [EMU] Added multiplayer support (same machine) to NES, SEGA-E arcade and SMS drivers.
- [EMU] Fixed bug in NES PPU that was causing crashes for certain games upon loadup
- [EMU] Fixed a fews bug in NES APU that were causing slight issues with sound generation when DMC was used
- [EMU] Added korean mapper to SMS and corrected a few CodeMaster mapper games
- [EMU] Cleaned up the SMSVDP core (used by SMS, Gamegear and SEGA-E arcade cores) and made it more accurate using the new information found about the TMS9918 graphics processor.
- [CORE] Can now select whether to start playing on the emulated 3D television or in "fullscreen mode"
- [CORE] Added configurable input, you can now change every input to whatever you want including using key modifiers like SHIFT, ALT, etc.
- [CORE] Added joystick/joypad support. Up to 4 joysticks/joypads plugged in at once are supported.
- [CORE] Fixed issue with ENTER or SPACE causing the menu buttons to be pushed if you had focused a button while playing a game
- [CORE] Replaced most of boost::filesystem with own disk layer functions to reduce exception handling
- [CORE] Changed file functions to morph any "indirect" paths to a full path name to resolve any issues with working directory being set to something other than the RetroCopy directory
- [CORE] Added texture cache
- [CORE] Moved all system specific dat files to a dat subfolder to reduce main directory clutter
- [CORE] Added the emulator benchmark ROM internally into RetroCopy to avoid issues with not having the file
- [CORE] Can now run RetroCopy in a window on your desktop or fullscreen (default).
- [CORE] Every option is now saved in a config file
- [CORE] Now convert "unknown games" in the directory to a default GAME file so that they can possibly be played if valid
- [CORE] Fixed a few issues with GAME conversion, made it more reliable
- [3D] Added new 3D furniture into the Virtual Game Room
- [3D] Added a new 3D TV, it is more modern and has a widescreen aspect ratio to give more options for playing games accurately
- [3D] Added game gear 3D model upon which you can play games on. Even has a semi accurate LCD flicker effect.
- [3D] Changed shader code to only allow 5 active lights to improve performance.
- [3D] Fixed issue with camera tilting on Y axis after entering game room
- [3D] Added antialiasing and VSYNC options
- [3D] Fixed possible bug that may have detected shader capable cards when they didn't support all features needed
- [AUDIO] Can now change sample rate up to 192000Hz for those seeking insane audio quality. Minimum allowed is 22050Hz which gives a tiny speed boost over the default of 44100Hz.
- [GUI] Tweaked the 3D game browser to make it easier to use
- [GUI] Fixed a very random crash bug that was caused by scrollbars not being properly initialized in some instances
- [GUI] Now show a 3D arcade machine in the area gameboxes go when viewing the arcade games since they don't have gameboxes
- [GUI] Changed the theme of some buttons/windows to make a more cohesive looking interface
- [GUI] Added an animation effect when switching areas within RetroCopy
- [GUI] Added a random message generator on the main part of the interface that shows "witty" slogans.
- [GUI] Added login panel