byuu says:
- bsnes: added video filters from bsnes v082
- bsnes: added ZSNES snow effect option when games paused or unloaded
(no, I'm not joking)
- bsnes: added 7-zip support (LZMA 19.00 SDK)
[Recent higan WIPs have also mentioned bsnes changes, although the higan code
no longer includes the bsnes code. These changes include:
- higan, bsnes: added EXLOROM, EXLOROM-RAM, EXHIROM mappings
- higan, bsnes: focus the viewport after leaving fullscreen exclusive
mode
- bsnes: re-added mightymo's cheat code database
- bsnes: improved make install rules for the game and cheat code
databases
- bsnes: delayed construction of hiro::Window objects to properly show
bsnes window icons
- Ed.]
[This is specifically a release of bsnes, not the whole higan suite, even though
it contains all the higan source. -Ed.]
byuu says:
Today I am posting the first release of the new bsnes emulator.
bsnes is designed to be a revival of the classic bsnes design, focusing
specifically on performance and ease of use for SNES emulation.
In addition to all of the features of higan, bsnes supports the following
features:
- 300% faster (than higan) scanline-based, multi-threaded graphics renderer
- option to disable sprite limits in games
- option to enable hires mode 7 graphics
- option to enable more accurate pixel-based graphics renderer
- option to overclock SuperFX games by up to 800%
- periodic auto-saving of game save RAM
- save state manager with state screenshots
- several new save state hotkeys such as increment/decrement slot#
- option to auto-save states when unloading a game or closing the emulator
- option to auto-load aforementioned states when loading games
- save state undo and redo support (with associated hotkeys)
- speed override modes (50%, 75%, 100%, 150%, 200%)
- recent games list
- frame advance mode
- screenshot hotkey
- path selection for games, patches, saves, cheats, states, and screenshots
- dynamic video, audio, input driver changes
- direct loading and playing of games without the use of the higan library
- ZIP archive and multiple file extension support for games
- firmware folder for unappended coprocessor firmware (see documentation for
more)
- compatibility with sd2snes and Snes9X MSU1 game file naming
- compatibility with higan gamepaks (game folders)
- soft-patching support for both BPS and IPS patches
- menubar that does not pause emulation when entered
- video pixel shaders (requires OpenGL 3.2)
- built-in game database with over 1,200 games to ensure perfect memory
mapping
- (Linux, BSD only:) audio dynamic rate control to eliminate stuttering
- and much more!
The one feature I regret not being able to support in this release is Windows
dynamic rate control. I put in my best attempt, but XAudio2's API is simply not
fine-grained enough, and the WASAPI driver is not mature enough. I hope that DRC
support can be added to the Windows port in the near future, and I would like to
offer a large cash bounty to anyone who can help me make this happen.
byuu says:
Changelog:
- fixed a few TLCS900H CPU and disassembler bugs
- hooked up a basic Neo Geo Pocket emulator skeleton and memory map;
can run a few instructions from the BIOS
- emulated the flash memory used by Neo Geo Pocket games
- added sourcery to the higan source archives
- fixed ternary expressions in sfc/ppu-fast [hex_usr]
byuu