New Version Of The Nes Emulator Nestopia

More news for penguin lovers with an update for the Linux version of this Nes emulator again I have very little I can add really so lets move onto the news:

Linux
• XML ROM support
• Archive browser comes up automatically if you select a zip or 7zip archive with multiple NES files in it
• Option to select favored console
• More flexible video configuration including OpenGL hardware scaling
• Input mapping in the GUI
• Core logging is now enabled to the terminal you start NEStopia from for easier diagnosis of problems
• Cheat Manager with flexible support and import/export capability (.xml cheat files will interchange with the Windows version just fine)
• Automatic soft-patching added
• Coin inputs added for Vs. system
• Audio filters added for fun
• [Release B] Fixed several crashy issues in the control configurator
• [Release C] Correct default nstcontrols file included
• [Release D] Fixed remapping “meta” controls (ie, non-player controls like “exit game” and “save state”) and fixed the default control list in README.Linux
• [Release E] Fixed quicksave/quickload path generation
• [Release E] Refactored UI code to be more separate from main logic
• [Release E] Added default SDL audio driver. This should be more compatible in some situations
• [Release F] Fixed keyboard issue with numlock and capslock interfering with reads
• [Release G] Settings window auto-hides during emulation [enik]
• [Release G] Taskbar description is set properly for the game window [enik]
• [Release G] Cheat Manager now shows descriptions on imported XML files. Also fixed a CM crash.

Core (includes changes from 1.38, 1.39, and 1.40)
Additions:
• ROM sets and external database support using new XML format co-developed with Bootgod.
• Mapper 36, 103, 104, 106, 120, 126, 175, 176, 223 and 224. Info from mad dumper, CaH4e3 and Temryu.
• UNIF boards GS-2013 and BS-5. info from CaH4e3.
• Emulation of bus conflicts for certain boards.
• Database entries.
• Core API documentation in HTML through cppdoc.
• UPS patching format support.
• Database lookup on soft-patching.
• Database entries. Info from Bootgod.
• More recognized boards. Info from Bootgod.
• Preliminary Dendy console support. Fixes Magistr (Subor) and some other ‘clone exclusives’. Info from Flamer and HardWareMan.
• DMC DMA read conflicts. Info from blargg and bunnyboy.
• Mapper 177, 179, 219 and 221. Info from CaH4e3.
• Database entries.

Changes:
• PPU power/reset timing and register states. Info from blargg.
• Misc IRQ/NMI/BRK/DMA special-case behavior. Info from blargg.
• NTSC/PAL switch during emulation will now force a hard-reset.
• Misc mapper emulation improvements. Info from Bootgod.
• NES-EVENT board timer more accurate.
• Board names. Info from Bootgod.
• Refactoring and mapper codebase overhaul.
• Speed optimizations (accuracy NOT compromised!).
• Mappers 21, 23, 25 and 185 no longer supported using plain iNES files because of format restrictions.
• FDS saves through UPS instead of IPS.
• Database entries. Info from Bootgod.
• Refactoring.
• Better and more flexible PPU address line implementation at the expense of some speed.
• Database entries.
• Refactoring.

Fixes:
• MMC3 soft-reset IRQ bug.
• Database entries.
• FDS file saving bug.
• NTSC burst phase incrementing bug.
• Potential memory leak in database loader.
• UTF16 to wchar_t portability fix in XML parser.
• Const-correctness bug caught by GCC 4.0.
• Wrong palette sometimes when switching to/from VS images.
• Wrong image information sometimes, e.g. battery when there isn’t any.
• Save state NTSC/PAL mode saving.
• Minor save state inaccuracy fix with tape recording.

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