[NES] RockNES v5.51 [09/07/2017]

What's new for version 5.51 (07/09/2017)

New release! RockNES 5.51 brings a fix in the CHR bankswitching in the mapper 64. Now Rolling Thunder (U) works.

• Fixed a CHR bankswitching bug in the mapper 64 (Rolling Thunder works).

What's new for version 5.50 (07/07/2017)

• New NTSC default palette, including color emphasis, by Joel Yliluoma.
• All palette-related core was rewritten and fixed.
• Fixed palettes for VS games, including GUI dialog for selection.
• Fixed problems in the GUI 'general settings' dialog.
• Fixed PPU left clipping on/off setting.
• Fixed GUI alert box colors.
• Fixed a bug in the "Olive" and "Nocturne" color styles.
• Fixed gfx frame pointer reset, an obscure bug found by accident.
• Fixed emulation reset if an invalid opcode is found.
• Fixed mapper 64 IRQs (Hard Drivin' works again).
• Fixed mapper 90 IRQs and savestates.
• Fixed Famicom Disk System savestates, system RAM and PPU IRQs, major bugs!
• Fixed initial scanline (fixes Time Lord).
• Fixed an obscure bug setting file loading path.
• Fixed ROM corruptor, it wasn't restoring changes.
• Fixed a bug setting the CPU address range in the CPU state display.
• Fixed a few bugs in the config file parsing.
• Fixed resetting to the default settings.
• Custom fullscreen mode is now disabled if the last video mode was windowed.
• Improved color emphasis effect & MMC3 IRQs.
• Improved $2006 behaviour, old hacking removed.
• Removed restriction for running only 1 instance of RockNES.
• Frame rate (FPS) is no more displayed in the program window.
• Added mappers 190 (Magic Kid GooGoo) and 206.
• Added full NES palette viewer, including all the color styles palettes!
• Added 5 new color styles, related to R-G-B swapping.
• Added Game Genie codes, up to 10.
• Added NSF track number display on-screen.
• Another huge code cleanup and fixes, plus minor changes and improvements.
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 What's new for version 5.66 (04/09/2021)

fds driver

• Disk inserted/ejected status is no more set to "true" on soft-RESET.
• Improved disk information, added CRC32.

cpu

• RAM is now completely filled with zeros.

apu

• Fixed a bug in the APU reset.
• Fixed a bug in the stereo sound downsampling calculation.
• Fixed NSF driver, major cleanups.

graphics

• Fixed windowed mode when out of focus.
• Fixed color calculations for various color styles.
• Color style "sepia #2" was changed to a new non-monochrome calculation.
• The loaded .NES filename is now displayed in the "File info" GUI option.
• Minor cosmetic changes in the GUI.

general

• Removed value $40 ORed at every joypad read.
• Keyboard is now polled before checking keys.
• Fixed emulator startup, several rewrites in the code, minor fixes.
• Fixed a memory leak problem.

R.C. Pro-Am II (Tradewest, Inc., 1992)

What's new for version 5.65 (03/11/2021)

• Fixed PPU soft reset.
• Fixed sprite address clearing again (RC Pro AM II works).

Who-Framed Roger Rabbit (LJN Toys, Ltd., Sep, 1989)

What's new for version 5.64 (10/02/2020)

gfx

• Default palette is restored on new ROM loading (fix when a VS palette was selected).

ppu

• Sprite address is always cleared on VBlank end, fixing a few unlicensed games.
• [menu/GUI]
• Now you can select GUI colors for menus.
• Video options were separated from [Misc] menu.
• Fixed custom fullscreen setting (on General settings), saves the current video mode.
• Fixed a bug setting on/off percentage of FPS.
• Fixed "general settings" and "set directories" GUI dialogs not "closing".
• Fixed "sound options" GUI dialog (all options are working ok).
• Fixed a few mapper/board names in order to be shorter, avoiding glitching the GUI.
• General tweaks, cleanups and minor improvements.

Rockeeter (Bandai America, Inc., May, 1991)

What's new for version 5.63C (09/19/2020)

•  Fixed bitmap clearing in triple buffering mode, no more screen flashing.
•  Fixed some GUI colors and other minor tweaks.

What's new for version 5.63B (09/16/2020)

•  Fixed a bug setting up CRC32 values.

What's new for version 5.63 (09/13/2020)

mapper

• Fixed a bug in the MMC3 PPU IRQs (fixes Mega Man VI and others).

apu/nsf

• Added an option for DMC reversed bits decoding order.
• Fixed NSF track change in triple buffering mode.
• NSF mode no more allow changes to screen aspect ratio, or scanlines.

graphics

• Fixed palette setting if an external palette was loaded.
• Fixed a problem with triple buffering (should run at normal speed).
• Rollback for color style calculations.
• Changing the video resolution (using GUI dialog) now sets the game screen to 240p.
• Vertical retrace is now enabled by default.

general

• Fixed program version number in the binary.
• Fixed a few obscure errors in the config file parsing.
• Added display of the percentage of frames per second.
• Code revision and rewrites for GUI dialogs.
• Removed a few debug leftovers, plus minor improvements and cosmetic changes.
• Documentation updated.

Monster in My Pocket (Konami, Inc., Jan, 1992)

What's new for version 5.62 (09/06/2020)

•  Fixed compiler flags, no more DLLs (again).
•  Fixed a few more references for setting up Allegro's gfx driver (AUTODETECT).
•  Other minor fixes and tweaks.

What's new for version 5.61 (09/04/2020)

• Fixed frequency value in the DMC sound driver reset, raw playback is fine.
• Fixed a nasty bug in the PPU $2007 reads.
• Fixed mouse as NES input device, you can adjust the movement sensibility.
• Changed Allegro's graphics pseudo-driver to AUTODETECT for compatibility.
•  A few cosmetic changes in the GUI.

Shadowgate (Kemco/Seika, Dec, 1989)

02/09/2020

What's new for version 5.60 (09/01/2020)

[general]

• Partial code rewrites, some optimizations and tweaks.
• Savestate version is now 7 (old saves are not compatible).
• Data at CPU $6000-$7FFF is now saved into savestates (SRAM/WRAM).
• Fixed a few problems parsing the config file.
• Fixed path for FDS BIOS loading (same of RockNES.exe folder).
• Fixed a deadlock bug on application window close (X at corner).

[cpu]

• Fixed CPU opcode $20 (JSR).
• Fixed CPU branch timings.
• Fixed a bug in the DMA operations of sprites and DMC sound channel.
• Fixed a potential crash in the CPU schedule system.
• Revision in the CPU opcodes.

[ppu]

• Fixed sprite RAM data saving in savestates.
• Fixed sprite refresh (R.C. Pro AM II works).
• Added a check for expected CHR ROM/RAM in each mapper.
• Revision in the PPU frame timing and CPU opcodes.

[graphics]

• New NTSC palette.
• Fixed a bug saving palettes (incorrect warning).
• Fixed bitmap clearing in triple buffering mode.
• Fixed switching to VS palettes.
• Fixed loading an external palette file.
• Fixed wallpaper loading path (should look at the binary folder too).
• Scanlines effect code rewritten from scratch.
• Reworked most of the color styles palette calculations.

[inputs]

• Added missing joystick turbo settings on config file parsing.
• Fixed incorrect assignment for BACKSPACE key.
• Fixed support for joysticks, now D-pad works again!

[sound]

• Fixed APU noise channel reset (fixes Ghostbusters) and sweeps.
• Fixed a bug in the APU mono/stereo switching.
• Fixed sound startup and configuration.
• Fixed DMC channel initial state.
• Reworked the audio rendering a bit.
• Changed the sound sample rate from 48000 back to 44100Hz, works on low-end PCs.
• Reduced drastically the sound cache for minimal latency.

[nsf driver]

• Fixed a bug in the NSF savestate block.
• Fixed NSF track selector, works for player 1 only.
• If a NSF file has no game title, it's now replaced by its filename.

[mapper]

• Added proper support for Acclaim's MC-ACC IRQs.
• Added savestate data for mappers 46 & 187.
• Revision in the MMC3/Acclaim PPU IRQ codes.

What's new for version 5.54 (09/23/2017)

• Improved Famicom Disk System PPU IRQ timing (thanks Sour).
• Fixed "Skip Disk System license screen" option, working ok.
• Fixed scanlines in NSF mode (while playing a tune & drawing circles).
• Fixed version number in the file properties.
• Minor fixes and improvements.

What's new for version 5.53 (08/08/2017)

• Improved mapper 64 IRQ timing.

Rolling Thunder (Namco Limited, 1989)

What's new for version 5.52 (07/14/2017)

• Fixed mapper 19 (Rolling Thunder (J) works).
• Internal cleanups and minor tweaks.
• Documentation updated.

Solar Jetman: Hunt for the Golden Warpship (Tradewest, Inc., Sep, 1990)

What's new for version 5.41 (01/20/2017)

Yes, another release. A couple of major bugs were fixed. Even a huge beta testing wasn't enough, sorry. I'm on vacation, so I work almost 12 hours a day in this emulator. New updates may occur during the day/week.

• RockNES 5.41 released! Your feedback, please?
• Custom fullscreen mode should be working again.
• Fixed input devices GUI dialog.
• Fixed a few problems with the wallpaper.
• Switching to fullscreen mode should look at custom fullscreen settings, instead of using the current desktop resolution! Problem fixed!
• Switching to fullscreen mode should reset the upscaler to the original (256x240) if its height is greater than the screen height. Problem fixed!
• Added a blitter checking on GUI init routine to avoid blitting problems.
• Fixed blitting position on video resolution change.
• Fixed a few annoyances in the upscaler stuff.
• Added colors to a few GUI alert boxes, plus minor cosmetic changes.
• Documentation updated with new information.