Kawaks v1.42 released

posted in Site News by bdlou on Mar 30th, 2002

Kawaks, a multi-arcade emulator for Windows, has been updated. Here's what's new:
  • New drivers:
    • Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (US 970904)
    • Pocket Fighter (Japan 970904)
    • Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (Asia 970904)
    • Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo (US 960620)
    • Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (Asia 931003)
    • Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers (Asia 930914)
    • Dynasty Wars (World)
    • Knights of the Round (Hack)
    • Neo Pong
  • Fixed The King of Dragons (bootleg)
  • A _lot_ of rewrites, notably in the video system and the general Kawaks architecture, which gives a significant speedup on 2xSai, SuperEagle, SuperSai, Scanlined 2xSai, will make the eventual addition of new systems easier, faster and more stable, and allows the following :
  • Added sprite transparencies, using Nebula tables. Tables should be named gamename.bld and put in the BLEND directory (ex: SFA3.BLD)
  • Added "Monitor dot matrix" blitter. Give it a try :)
  • Added support for ElSemi's Cheater program. Cheater must be started before Kawaks
  • Added menu items to control sound frequency. No need to edit WinKawaks.ini anymore for that.
  • Optimised 'Interframe blending' code. Should be significantly faster with most blitters, now
  • Rewrote DirectInput code: Hopefully fixes most controler problems (mail me if it fixes your controler problems or not)
  • Fixed Screenshot Factory blink and Tile viewer if Interframe Blending is enabled
  • Fixed Scanlines 50% for some video cards (S3...)
  • Hopefully fixed some screenshot issues
  • Fixed flash frames in Marvel Vs Capcom
  • Fixed ending in Marvel Vs Capcom
  • NeoGeo isn't affected anymore by correct ration settings. Meaning it now looks better if these options are enabled (espeacially with Normal blitter)
  • Changed the way the video blitter selection works. For example, now, Shift+F3 is a toggle between scanlines, 50% scanlines, and zoomX2...
  • Added some keyboard shortcuts to the Load game, Screenshot Factory, Cheat boxes
  • Added some keyboard shortcuts to the English menus
  • Fixed Shot factory window size
  • A few romset changes to match the latest conventions and dumps (affects CYBOTSJ, DDSOMU, SFAR1)
Kawaks can be downloaded from the Multi Arcade Emulators area.