Kawaks v1.43

posted in Emulator Release by bdlou on May 1st, 2002

Kawaks, a multi arcade emulator, has been updated. Here's what's new:
  • New drivers:
    • Bang Bead
    • Night Warriors: Darkstalkers Revenge (US 950406)
    • Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers Revenge (Japan 950316)
    • Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers Revenge (Japan 950302)
    • Dungeons and Dragons: Tower of Doom (Hispanic 940125)
  • New "KScale" blitter. This is a new edge enhancement blitter with zero blur. It's also insanely fast compared to the traditionnal 2xSai/Super2xSai/SuperEagle. Comes in 4 variations: Plain, and 25%/50%/75% scanlines. I personnally feel KScale+75%Scanlines is the best blitter in Kawaks, try it :) (MMX only)
  • Shiny new "Smart Interframe blending" mode. (MMX and non MMX versions) This new blending mode replaces all flickers (Samurai Shodown 4 life bars, King of Fighters shadows, etc ...) by transparencies; and the rest of the picture retains all its sharpness (no blurry scrollings)
  • Made it so interframeblending occurs before the video processing stage (speed boost)
  • New keyboard shortcut : Alt+B toggles between Interblending modes
  • New sound option : Low pass filter
  • Fixed ShumaGorath's Chaos dimension in Marvel Super Heroes
  • Rewrote Kaillera support. Now, emu will accept to run if you don't have Kailleraclient.dll, and noone should see Kaillera errors on startup anymore.
  • Sound logging option now saves a WAV, not a RAW
  • Ctrl Numpad + and Ctrl Numpad - now control volume
  • Fixed Cheater support
  • Minor changes to Batcirc & Csclub to accommodate the latest CPS2 conventions
  • Changed driver for NeoPong to use NeoPong 1.1 roms instead
You can download it from the Multi-arcade emulators area.