Mupen64 v0.2 for Windows, Linux, and Mac

posted in Emulator Release by spacetiger on Aug 1st, 2003

There's a new version of Mupen64, the great multi-platform, open source N64 emulator. This version has been given many updates and it's claimed to be much faster. Here's what's new:

    Core
  • Better sound plugin integration
  • Optimizations in interrupt handling
  • A totally new interpreter core (half of a compiler => much faster) it caches the opcodes when they're decoded
  • Self modifying code detection code for the new interpreter and the compiler when it'll be implemented
  • RSP plugin integration
  • Pif2 implemented for banjo tooie

    RSP hle plugin
  • The first version of this plugin based on uhle sound code
  • 3 main audio ucode implemented (based on uhle)
  • Mp3 ucode implemented (direct asm to c translation)
  • Jpeg ucode (direct asm to c translation)
  • Boot code for btooie and dk
  • On windows: ability to use the hle part of a sound plugin while using another to output the sound

    Sound Plugin for linux
  • A new lle sound plugin that's using the OSS api

    Windows port
  • Major cleanup of gui code and bug fixes
  • Gui improvements in rombrowser
  • Gui changes in configuration sheets and about dialog
  • Updates in language support and template Dialog with proper credits to translators
  • Support for screenshots from menu (depends on video plugin)
  • Added some shortcuts for gui functions to accelerators
  • Option to choose directories of plugins,screenshots and save states in sheets
  • Auto limit VI/s according to game region (60 or 50)
  • Ini updated with latest N64 releases

The Windows,Linux, and Mac versions are available at their respective pages.