FakeNES 0.5.1 RELEASED

**laynlow** · March 10th, 2006, 13:01

Ipher has also updated and released a new version of FakeNES. Changes include:

AUDIO: Added audio Delta-Sigma filter.

AUDIO: Fixed pseudo stereo mode 2 by disabling noise cycling.

CODE: Changed default minimum CPU requirement on DJGPP and Mingw32 compiled builds to i586 (Pentium class), up from i486.

CODE: Makefile improvements, including automagic dependancy list generation.

CODE: Centralized all save data functions into 'save.c' and 'save.h'.

CODE: Split 'misc.h' into 'common.h' and 'types.h'.

CODE: Renamed 'crc32.c' and 'crc32.h' to 'crc.c' and 'crc.h', respectively, to allow for future additions to the CRC generation API.

CODE: Fixed version number to read 0.5.1 instead of 0.4.0 - it was broken in the January 13th WIP release, which was supposed to be 0.5.0. x_x

CORE: Removed x86 optimized core since it's benefits these days are questionable compared to the overhead it induces.

GUI: GUI overhaul, partial Unicode support, and more.

GUI: Added GUI toggle for Zapper emulation.

GUI: Changed default GUI theme to 'Panta'.

GUI: Changed display method for backgrounds less than 200 pixels high from stretched to centered.

GUI: Fixed background drawing in color depths higher than 8 bits-per-pixel.

INPUT: Added support for using the mouse as an input device.

MISC: Added a CPU usage option and subsequently a GUI menu with which to configure it.

VIDEO: Added support for 24-bit video modes (fullscreen and windowed).

VIDEO: Removed outdated 2xSOE blitters.

VIDEO: Overhauled all remaining blitters and combined multiple blitter variants together.

VIDEO: Added new DES and DESii blitters.

VIDEO: Added makeshift support for HQ2X, HQ3X, and HQ4X.

VIDEO: Changed default display mode under windowed environments from fullscreen to windowed; use a platform-specific driver or the 'Force Fullscreen' option to override.

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