Mupen64 v0.2 for Windows, Linux, and Mac
posted in Emulator Release by spacetiger on Aug 1st, 2003There'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.