MEKA v0.66

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jan 22nd, 2004

MEKA, the Sega Master System/Game Gear emulator, has been updated! The DOS and Windows builds have been updated, but Mekanix has not. Here is what's new for this release:
  • Blitting & synchronisation are still very bad in many cases. This is my top priority but I still cannot find a good solution to improve it and please everyone (slow and fast computers). I can't sleep! :( Use the "smooth" blitter if possible.
  • Updated default blitters (MEKA.BLT).
  • Video mode is not reinitialized anymore when switching blitters with the same resolution/refresh rate. This saves a bit of time.
  • [Windows] Fixed page flipping, for those using it (see MEKA.BLT file).
  • [Windows] Sega 3-D Glasses support is now properly working in MEKAW! If you build the simple 3-D Glasses to COM adapter (as described in the TECH.TXT file), it is possible to plug original 3-D glasses and enjoy 3-D games as they were meant to be played - and additionally, damage your eyes due to intense flickering :) Best results are achieved by enabling page flipping or vsync.
  • [DOS] Sega 3-D Glasses support now also works under a Windows 95/98 command prompt.
  • Increased maximum number of joystick buttons to 32 (instead of 16).
  • Partly fixed incorrect joystick axis reporting. It was a problem for many people, and made it impossible or difficult to configure joysticks using the interface. One extended joystick axis may be missing now, until I can find a solution to this other problem.
  • Tile viewer can now be configured to displayed all 512 tiles, instead of the first 448 only. The bottom tiles looks awful with most SMS/GG games but some games use this area so it's good to see them.
  • Tile viewer now allows to select all 15 colors to display tiles in TMS9918 video modes (used by SG-1000, SC-3000, Coleco Vision, etc.).
  • Loading a ROM now display the full name in the message box.
  • [Windows] Upgraded MSVC compiler from version 5.0 to 7.1 (might bring a small improvement on performance). Removed ZLIB.DLL from the distribution and statically linked it to the executable.
  • [Windows] Fixed mekaw.cfg saving location. It was saving in a wrong place in some cases (depending how you run it).
  • Updated Danish translation (by Mark Klemp).
  • Added and modified entries in the checksum and compatibility lists.
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