diff --git a/desmume/src/version.cpp b/desmume/src/version.cpp
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+/*  Copyright (C) 2009 DeSmuME team
+
+    This file is part of DeSmuME
+
+    DeSmuME is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    DeSmuME is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with DeSmuME; if not, write to the Free Software
+    Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301  USA
+*/
+
+#include "types.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
+//todo - everyone will want to support this eventually, i suppose
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(WXPORT) && !defined(_XBOX)
+#include "svnrev.h"
+#else
+#ifdef SVN_REV
+#define SVN_REV_STR SVN_REV
+#else
+#define SVN_REV_STR ""
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#define DESMUME_NAME "DeSmuME"
+
+#ifdef _WIN64
+#define DESMUME_PLATFORM_STRING " x64"
+#else
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#define DESMUME_PLATFORM_STRING " x86"
+#else
+#define DESMUME_PLATFORM_STRING ""
+#endif
+#endif
+
+#ifndef ENABLE_SSE2
+	#ifndef ENABLE_SSE
+		#define DESMUME_CPUEXT_STRING " NOSSE"
+	#else
+		#define DESMUME_CPUEXT_STRING " NOSSE2"
+	#endif
+#else
+#define DESMUME_CPUEXT_STRING ""
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DEVELOPER
+#define DESMUME_FEATURE_STRING " dev+"
+#else
+#define DESMUME_FEATURE_STRING ""
+#endif
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define DESMUME_SUBVERSION_STRING " debug"
+#elif defined(PUBLIC_RELEASE)
+#define DESMUME_SUBVERSION_STRING ""
+#else
+#define DESMUME_SUBVERSION_STRING " svn" SVN_REV_STR
+#endif
+
+#ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
+#define DESMUME_COMPILER " (Intel) "
+#define DESMUME_COMPILER_DETAIL " (Intel) "
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+#define DESMUME_COMPILER ""
+#define DESMUME_COMPILER_DETAIL " msvc " _Py_STRINGIZE(_MSC_VER)
+#define _Py_STRINGIZE(X) _Py_STRINGIZE1((X))
+#define _Py_STRINGIZE1(X) _Py_STRINGIZE2 ## X
+#define _Py_STRINGIZE2(X) #X
+//re: http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:HG-okth5NGkJ:mail.python.org/pipermail/python-checkins/2002-November/030704.html+_msc_ver+compiler+version+string&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5
+#else
+// TODO: make for others compilers
+#define DESMUME_COMPILER ""
+#define DESMUME_COMPILER_DETAIL ""
+#endif
+
+#define DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC 90600
+#define DESMUME_VERSION_STRING " " "0.9.6" DESMUME_SUBVERSION_STRING DESMUME_FEATURE_STRING DESMUME_PLATFORM_STRING DESMUME_CPUEXT_STRING DESMUME_COMPILER
+#define DESMUME_NAME_AND_VERSION " " DESMUME_NAME DESMUME_VERSION_STRING
+
+u32 EMU_DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC() { return DESMUME_VERSION_NUMERIC; }
+const char* EMU_DESMUME_VERSION_STRING() { return DESMUME_VERSION_STRING; }
+const char* EMU_DESMUME_NAME_AND_VERSION() { return DESMUME_NAME_AND_VERSION; }
+const char* EMU_DESMUME_COMPILER_DETAIL() { return DESMUME_COMPILER_DETAIL; }