VICE 1.8 for Windows, DOS, Linux, and BeOS
posted in Emulator Release by slein on Feb 5th, 2002VICE, the Commodore emulator has updated from 1.7 to 1.8. Here's what's new: ** General ---------- - Added '-h' as alias for '-?' and '-help' ** C64 changes -------------- - Added support for Retro Replay cartridge. - Frankie goes to Hollywood may work now. ** C128 changes --------------- - VDC has been improved a lot (but not ready for RFO now). - Added support for C64 type cartridges. ** VIC-II --------- - Fast PAL emulation has been added. - Added VIC-II reengineered palette. - Added also command line switches for: brightness, contrast, saturation, gamma - New style luminance signals - Using internal/external palette ** SID changes -------------- - Stereo support has been added (not available on all architectures). ** Drive changes ----------------- - Odd sized d64 images are supported now. ** MS-Windows changes --------------------- - The filter settings of the file selector boxes are persistent now. - Support for drag & drop (dropping an image autostarts it) - Disassembly window of monitor now has a context menu for every every disassembled line - Breakpoints can be set and unset by just clicking on the respective line ** OS/2 changes --------------- - Added dialog and menu entries to use a emulated PAL palette (Alt-I) - Implemented drag'n'drop for vsid mode. - Added stereo support - Added support for 'Fast PAL Emu' - Added a color dialog (like a TV set) - Added support for cartridges in x128 - Changed the video/DIVE support internally (in case of problems please report!) - Added support for Double Size / Double Scan - Fixed a bug which made the emulator crash if you press '1' in the file pop-up menu ** Unix changes --------------- - New italian translation. Credits to Andrea Musuruane - PAL Control UI in the Gnome port - Triple buffering DGA2 direct-into-fb-rendering support (root privileges needed) DGA2 XImage rendering currently not supported. Fullscreen is still in beta status; x128 fullscreen is broken. ** Miscellaneous changes ------------------------ - Fixed monitor hang if an unknown opcode is entered. - The monitor can assemble a JSR to a ZP location now. - Added '-h' as alias for '-?' and '-help' - Added a NLS-Howto to guide new translators. Credits to Andrea Musuruane You can get it at the following pages: Commodore 64 Emulators. Commodore 64 Emulators for Unix. BeOS Console Emulators. Thanks to Mark Evans for the news.