DarcNES: Valiantly resisting the light.
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2000 Aug 4:
A new release (version dn9a0804).
Fixed a bug in the Makefile that broke cross compiles.
Changed the cpu6502 core to use lazy flag evaluation.
Changed the NES PPU to draw sprites from the tilecache.
Added a bitdepth-independant generic palette system.
Added CD audio playback to the PCD CD driver (only works on FreeBSD).
2000 July 10:
A new release (version dn9a0710).
Fixed ("this time for sure") the GTK (tested), Allegro, and SVGAlib versions.
Fixed the instruction cycle timings in the cpu6502 core.
2000 July 1:
A new release (version dn9a0701).
Cleaned up the per-driver menu interface somewhat.
Started adding support for multilevel per-driver menus.
Started adding menus for the Disk ][ drives (not working yet).
Added dummy per-driver menu implementations to GTK, SVGALib, and Allegro versions.
2000 Jun 27:
No new release (another status update).
Fixed the Makefile to work on my BeOS system (hopefully it will work everywhere else now).
Moved FDS emulation out to it's own file (it's a little on the large side for mappers.c).
Added preliminary FDS disk write emulation (doesn't save the changed disk, but whatever).
2000 Jun 26:
No new release (just a status update, haven't done a non-release status update in a while).
Discovered that the Makefile doesn't appear to work with GNU make 3.77 (which, of course, is what BeOS and mingw32 use). I'm working on a fix that will allow me to continue cross-compiling easily.
Added preliminary FDS timer IRQs (still need write support, but most of my test images are playable now).
2000 Jun 25:
A new release (version dn9a0625).
Fixed minor problem with GTK configuration.
Added driver-specific menu support to the X version.
Broke all non-X versions (what, you didn't see this coming?).
Added a reset menu item for the Apple ][ driver (it's now somewhat usable).
Fixed unix sound and CD interfaces to automatically detect what type of system to compile for.
Added support for Inserting/Removing FDS disks, and changing which side is up.
Fixed "Error 24" problem reading many FDS disks (still need write support and timer IRQs).
2000 Jun 17:
A new release (version dn9a0617).
Fixed GTK version (yes, this one is tested).
Fixed Makefile to allow overriding gtk-config (nessecary for my system).
More tweaks to the 68000 core (no it doesn't work).
Cleaned up mapper 23 code (untested).
Removed mapper vsync hooks (they weren't being used).
Fixed NES palette mirroring (longstanding oops).
More untested fixes to the Allegro and SVGALib ports (let's hope they work this time).
2000 May 30:
A new release (version dn9a0530).
Fixed (hopefully) the Allegro (DOS), SVGALib, and GTK versions (I don't have any systems that will run these, so I couldn't test the fixes).
People not using one of the above listed platforms need not upgrade this time.
2000 May 29:
A new release (version dn9a0529).
There are a lot of changes in this release, so don't be suprised if I forget some.
Moved some event queue code out from pce.c to event.[ch].
Added automatic dependancy support to the Makefile.
Cleaned several things up to make porting easier.
Cleaned several things up to make cross-compilation easier.
Changed a couple headers to compile cleanly with a C++ compiler.
Added support for expansion cards to the Apple ][ emulation.
Added support for the language card to the Apple ][ emulation.
Added code to load more roms to the Apple ][ emulation.
Added preliminary Apple ][ disk support (can't use it without gdb, though).
Fixed color on Apple ][ text mode.
Added Apple ][ hires graphics mode.
Added a first approximation of Apple ][ lores graphics mode.
Added IRQ support to the emu68k core (no, genesis emulation still doesn't work).
Added a new 6502 core (only used on NES right now, may be slightly buggy).
Made many improvements/fixes to the emu68k core (no, it _still_ doesn't work).
Fixed genesis memory access to mask down to 24 bit addresses.
Fixed Apple ][ space bar key.
Removed the (unused) m6280 core.
Changed most NES mappers to not need to know how large the PRG ROM is.
Cleaned up the NES sprite renderer slightly.
Changed the video interface to not use procpointers.
New BeOS port (see link above).
2000 March 5:
A new release (version dn9a0305).
Added keyboard support to Apple ][ driver (only works under X).
Added a couple more instructions to the emu68k core (and still nothing runs).
Added range checking to ROM accesses in the genesis driver.
Disabled I/O logging of FM chip writes in the genesis driver.
Fixed a bug with MMC3 IRQs (SMB3 fortress now works correctly).
Cleaned up the NES PPU code somewhat.
Cleaned up the SMS sprite renderers somewhat.
Rebuilt command line parsing for X version and added (but failed to document) a command to override system detection (needed to access the Apple ][ driver).
2000 Feb 26:
A new release (version dn9a0226).
Fixed bug in cd_unix.c that prevented compiling on Linux (I hope).
Fixed some problems with GG sprite clipping and tile rendering (only affects 8-bit mode).
Fixed X toplevel window to resize properly.
Cleaned up some of the X video code.
Added (untested) 24bpp support to X video code.
Cleaned up the FDS emulation code.
Added a lot of (inaccessible) extra FDS functionality.
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