[NES8] Nestopia Undead 1.53.1 23/03/2025

Life Force (1988, Konami)

Nestopia Undead 1.53.1 23/03/2025

Shell:

• Changes:
  • FLTK: Restored the --version command line option
• Additions:
  • FLTK: Add option to mute audio (HWXLR8)
  • FLTK: Optional High/Low Pass Filtering for audio output
  • win32: Add Sony CXA2025AS palette presets to the settings dialog
• Fixes:
  • FLTK: Remove unused code from the build

Core:

• Additions:
  • Sony CXA2025AS (JP/US) internal palettes based on datasheet
  • Add support for Mapper 289
• Fixes:
  • Kid Icarus (USA, Europe) (Rev 1) now defaults to NTSC region
  • Fix CHR mapping in Mapper 243
  • Fix PRG mapping in Mapper 15
  • FDS accuracy improvement based on new research
  • Code robustness fixes

Nestopia 1.53 24/12/2024

Shell:

• Changes:
  • FLTK: Major rewrite to become a Nestopia-specific "Jolly Good API" frontend
  • FLTK: Use libsamplerate directly instead of relying on SDL's abstraction
  • FLTK: Better looking theme
  • FLTK: Window is freely resizable and the image scales to the window size
  • FLTK: Codebase is now ISO C++17
  • FLTK: Far better support for macOS
• Additions:
  • FLTK: Support for significantly more input devices
  • FLTK: Joystick hotplugging
  • FLTK: All UI controls may be assigned to a joystick button
  • FLTK: Aspect ratio options
  • FLTK: OpenGL 3.1/GLES 3.0 renderer with shaders
  • FLTK: Configurable overscan masking on all edges
  • FLTK: Drag and Drop support
  • FLTK: Support FDS microphone using a real microphone/headset

Core:

• Additions:
  • Support for loading Virtual Console/NES Remix format ROMs
  • Support NES 2.0 Default Expansion Device field
  • Add support for Mapper 555 (EVENT2)
• Fixes:
  • Better support for MMC3 hacks with large WRAM, CHR RAM, or PRG ROM sizes
  • VRC heuristics improvement to help with VRC hacks and homebrew
  • Handle NES 2.0 Mapper 30 special battery flag case

Nestopia 1.52.1 29/03/2024

Nestopia UE 1.52.1 is released. This is not the most exciting release, but there are a few new mappers supported, and there are a few little fixes for the FLTK port. Included this time around in the win32 release is the huge collection of palettes that have been in the source code repository for years, but never distributed with the release. As far as core emulation is concerned, there are yet again some improvements to accuracy. This is also the first win32 binary release done on github rather than sourceforge.

Shell:

• Changes:
  • FLTK: Allow loading more compressed file types (xiota)
• Fixes:
  • FLTK: Fix text drawing time calculation (xiota)
  • FLTK: Only explicitly check for Darwin at build time (orbea)
  • FLTK: Clean up input code, use callbacks for polling input

Core:

• Additions:
  • Support for Mapper 81 (NTDEC N715021)
  • Support for Mapper 227.1 (BMC 120-IN-1)
  • Support for Mapper 354 (submapper 0 and 1)
  • Zapper support for Fruit Shinobi (EstebenZapataME)
  • New palettes from HighNES and FBX
• Fixes:
  • Pass sprdma_and_dmc_dma and sprdma_and_dmc_dma_512 tests
  • CHR banking in TxcPolicemanPoliceman (Spain) (En) (Gluk Video) (Unl)
  • Increase maximum PRG size for VRC2 to handle modern VRC2 hacks
  • Simplify MMC5 heuristics to better handle newer hacks and homebrew
  • Fix mirroring glitch in mapper 156

Might and Magic: Book One - Secret of the Inner Sanctum (American Sammy Corporation, Aug, 1992)

Nestopia 1.52.0 29/12/2022

Shell:

Changes:

• FLTK: Update to latest lodepng
• FLTK: Use NST prefix for data directories in build (cpasjuste)   - Correct implementation of PPU Open Bus

Fixes:

• FLTK: Better frame timing on non-60Hz screens
• win32: Fix minor code problems (mjunix)

Core:

Additions:

• Add support for Unlicensed MMC3 boards with PRG ROM over 512K
• Add support for Mapper 258 (UNL-158B)
• Add support for Mapper 400 (UNL-RET-X7-GBL)

Changes:

• Remove options for 8-bit audio and sample rates below 44100Hz
• Improve heuristics for VRC2/4 boards 

Fixes:

• Fix IPS patching in cases where patches overlap ROM region boundaries
• Improve handling of fast sequential reads to 0x2007
• Improve opcode 9c and 9e timing

Nestopia 1.51.1 26/08/2021

Shell:

• Changes:
  • Unofficial support for macOS via homebrew
• Fixes:
  • FLTK: Better audio buffer management
  • FLTK: Fix bug related to system-wide NstDatabase.xml loading

Core:

• Additions:
  • Mappers 162, 302, 554 (UNL-FS304, UNL-KS7057, UNL-KS7010)
  • Add database entries for Micro Mages, Nong Chang Xiao Jing Ling
• Fixes:
  • Accuracy fix for MMC3 and MMC6 IRQ timing
  • Accuracy fix for DMC DMA read conflicts
  • Accuracy fix for CPU Exec Space PPUIO

Nestopia 1.51 18/05/2021

Galaxy 5000 (Activision, Inc., 1991)

Shell:

• Merged the win32 sources back into the main codebase
• Change versioning scheme
• Avoid possible trademark infringement in controller image
• Switch from GTK to FLTK for Linux/BSD port
• Use Legacy OpenGL (Compatibility Profile)

Core:

• Additions:
  • Mappers 306, 307, 312
  • Convert many UNIF boards to NES 2.0 mappers
• Changes:
  • Use Nestopia core from jgemu
• Fixes:
  • Timing and other accuracy fixes for CPU/APU
  • Revert changes that caused regressions
  • Fix Camerica mapper for Dooly Bravo Land
  • Improve MMC5 emulation for Sim City
  • Fix 8K PRG NROM games such as Galaxian
  • Full implementation of mapper 156
  • Fix SOROM saving/loading
  • Fix FDS IRQ behaviour
  • Improve RAMBO-1 timing
  • Fix support for Korean Igo (Korea) (Unl)
  • Implement mirroring for UNL-KOF97
  • Rewrite NAMCOT-175 and NAMCOT-340
  • Assign UNL-CC-21 to mapper 27 and fix CHR bank swapping

Nestopia 1.50 03/12/2020

Shell:

• Additions:
  • Added ability to output data from homebrew module (Phil Smith)

libretro:

• Additions:
  • Button shift option
  • Input bitmask support (TwinAphex)
  • Enhanced core options (TwinAphex)
  • Build in NstDatabase.xml

Core:

• Additions:
  • Homebrew module (Phil Smith)
  • Support for mapper 31 (rainwarrior)
  • Support for mappers 28 and 30 (retro-wertz)
  • Support for UNL-KS7031 (retro-wertz)
  • Support for MMC3 Big CHR-RAM Board
• Fixes:
  • Deterministic Save States (creambits)

Fist of the North Star (Taxan USA Corp., Apr, 1989)

Nestopia 1.49 24/06/18

Shell:

Additions:

• Added more palettes to extras
• Game-specific custom palettes
• Scale factors up to 8x
• Added option to enable overclocking
• Added rewind controls to gamepad
• Famicom Mic support
• Optional JACK Audio support (McKayJT)
• Added .wav sample loading

Changes:

• Separated GTK+ and SDL input settings
• Removed deprecated functions from UI
• Use GTK+ OpenGL widget for GUI (Wayland support)
• Reworked Alternate Speed/Fast-Forward
• Allow mapping more than 9 joysticks (Lou-Cipher)
• Restructured build system, separated SDL and GTK builds
• Cursor options split int normal and special cursor options

Fixes:

• Fixed automatic ROM patching, improved patching function (hugoarpin)

libretro:

Additions:

• Add support for multiline cheats and raw cheats (iLag)
• Add adapter autoselect using NstDatabase.xml (hunterk)
• Famicom Mic support
• Cheevos ram access support (meepingsnesroms)
• Add .wav sample loading

Fixes:

• Fixed heap corruption bug with crosshair (Arto Vainiolehto)
• Fixed black screen when non-existent custom palette is selected
• Fixed crosshair and overscan with blargg filter

Core:

Additions:

• Added support for overclocking (meepingsnesroms)

Fixes:

• Fixed NSF and FDS in Dendy mode (Eugene.S)
• Fixed coding mistake in PPU (zeromus)
• Modified submappers for VRC2/VRC4 games (GeneralFailer)
• Fixed compilation error in SetRamPowerState (Arto Vainiolehto)
• Fix for McAcc games (joepogo)

Nestopia 1.48 03/09/17

Shell:

• Additions:
  • Remember previous ROM directory (fabiengb)
  • Added an option to disable the cursor
  • Added ability to load custom palettes
  • Added many palettes to extras (FirebrandX, BMF, others)
  • Added monochrome blargg NTSC filter
  • Added new build systems: CMake and Autotools (David Seifert)
• Changes:
  • TV Aspect Ratio changes depending on region
• Fixes:
  • Made the region selector more coherent
  • Fixed a bug that switches video modes rapidly
  • Revamped region selector code
  • Fixed fullscreen switching too fast
  • Fixed region selector when the XML database is not present

libretro:

• Additions:
  • Added ability to load custom palettes
  • Added turbo buttons
  • Added many palettes (Monroe88)
  • Added monochrome blargg NTSC filter (dalter)
  • Added Turbo A/B buttons

Core:

• Additions:
  • RAM Power-on State setting
  • Support for mapper 23.10

Fixes:

• VRC2 Mirroring bug (koitsu, lidnariq)
• Dendy timing and audio fixes (FHorse, Eugene.S)
• Removed unused code in APU
• Properly initialize RAM - fixes F-1 Race (koitsu)
• Silenced many build warnings (orbea)

Nestopia Undead Edition 1.47 Final 10/01/16

Shell:

Additions:

• On-screen text when saving/loading states
• Basic NSF player
• PNG Screenshots
• Quick State Save/Load menu items
• Open Recent menu item
• Ability to pause games when configuration dialog is open
• Customizable NTSC filter options
• Support for Mac OS X

Changes:

• Updated to modern OpenGL (version 3.2 minimum)

Fixes:

• Empty audio buffer when volume is set to 0
• Input config now accepts joystick buttons over 10

libretro:

Additions:

• Game Genie Sound Distortion option
• Region selection core option

Changes:

• Default to "consumer" palette
• Vertical and Horizontal overscan options separated

Fixes:

• Fixed FDS save path

Core:

Additions:

• Added support for MC-ACC (perilsensitive)
• Added NstDatabase.xml entries (clobber)
• Added support for NES 2.0 submappers
• Added support for mapper 4.1
• Added support for mapper 4.3
• Added support for mapper 23.15
• Added support for mapper 25.15
• Added support for mapper 32.1
• Added support for mapper 68.1
• Added support for mapper 71.1
• Added support for mapper 78.1
• Added support for mapper 78.3

Fixes:

• Reverted fix for Mapper 79
• Fixed Burai Fighter status area (perilsensitive)
• FME-7 IRQ Fix (lidnariq)
• Disabled buggy audio sync

Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (Milton Bradley Co., 1989)

Nestopia Undead Edition 1.46 Final 02/09/14 

Unix Shell:

Additions:

• Mask Overscan option
• Disable GUI option
• Command line interface
• Scale Factor and Filters can be changed while playing
• Zapper support
• Palette and Picture options
• Ability to turn Vsync on/off
• Alternate emulation speed
• libao audio output (handles ALSA, OSS, Pulse, etc)
• More volume controls
• Turbo Buttons A and B

Changes:

• Ported to SDL 2.0
• Completely rewrote config file handling
• Completely rewrote input config and input handling
• Completely rewrote cheats
• Removed ALSA and OSS audio output

Windows Shell:

Fixes:

• xBR dialog now updates video output when options change libretro:

Additions:

• Ability to load NstDatabase.xml (needed for some games)
• Overscan masking (themaister)
• Palette options
• Zapper support

Changes:

• Region detection based on NstDatabase.xml

Core:

Additions:

• Game Genie sound distortion option
• Mapper 210 (NAMCOT-175, NAMCOT-340)

Fixes:

• Hard Drivin' now playable (dragon2snow)
• Kaettekita Mario Bros. fix (dragon2snow)
• Fix for rewinder sound issue (steelywing)
• Typos and syntax error fixes (lioncash)
• Fix for Mickey's Safari in Letterland (joepogo, james)