Version 0.6 February 4th, 2005

• zapper now changes cursor to crosshair in game
• rom browser part of main window, auto selects last rom, recent dir list
• fixed mutex for video dialog
• major cheats rewrite and database update, support for PAR codes
• automatic region setting (uses GoodRom name convention)
• added some simple mappers: 32,71,79,113
• fixed sleep in background issues introduced in last release
• support for ppu monochrome mode
• input now supports Z,Rx,Ry,Rz axis
• turbo buttons are mappable separately
• slot menu now has the timestamp of the state

Version 0.5.3 June 4th, 2004

• fixed browser with zip files
• netplay now caches rom list, useful if you have thousands of roms
• fixed auto full screen preference saving bug from 0.5.2
• fixed audio graph performance on XP
• fixed NSF playback timing
• palette open default current dir, and saving fixed
• added support for PAL 50fps
• updated dinput from 6.0 to 7.0
• fixed windows 98 compatibility bug from 0.5.2
• updated documentation slightly
• modified audio timing slightly to reduce lag

Version 0.5.2 November 4th, 2003

• Added 48x48 icon for Windows XP view
• Now supports play/stop on some multimedia keyboards
• Fixed windows message queue handling problem
• Rom Browser separates path now
• Full screen resolutions can use Super 2x SaI
• A stretched version of Super 2x SaI added to 3x and 4x

Version 0.5.1 February 28th, 2003

• Fixed multiple audio thread creation (woops)
• Centered full screen non-stretched screen updates
• Joypad reads now have correct upper 4 bit bus data
• Fixed joypad configuaration bug
• Added turbo fire for buttons A & B option
• Kaillera rom directory is now global, and supports .ZIP files
• Fixed some MMC5 things, still doesnt work great tho
• Updated direct draw to newer interface

Version 0.5 January 17th, 2003

• Audio thread now runs all the time, stopping emulation is faster
• Full screen clears all buffers for triple buffering, and correctly saves window position
• Fixed some minor user interface bugs
• Fixed NSF screen and made look nicer
• Implemented more input axes such as POV and slider
• more cheats, dbase also works better on win9x
• changed dpcm frequencies slightly, older style

Version 0.5 beta 2 July 19th, 2002

• Fixed recent menu saving to registry
• Fixed status bar when rom is opened
• Windowed blitter now has choice adds Super2xSai and Scanlines
• Fixed mask generation, more roms should work
• Main window and rom browser positions saved on exit
• Cheats window moved around, multi-line cheats in dbase supported
• Packed more into each 24bpp xlation write, hopefully improves speed
• Fixed 15 bit color mode
• Cheats file has seen some enhancements

Version 0.5 beta 1 July 9th, 2002

• Fixed Deady Towers, Mapper 34
• Fixed an issue with palettes that affected Archon
• Added code toggling to the game genie interface (usually works without reset)
• Cheats are now a single file, and some popular ones are included
• Game genie usage in MMC3 games is now fixed
• Tweaked noise a little bit, more like 0.30a which was better
• Added a NES stereo sound option, usually pretty nice!
• Better menu handling while files are not active
• Recent menu is a little nicer, stamping is better, also deletes invalid entries
• Fixed bitmap capturing in triple buffer full screen
• Rewrote Direct Draw locking logic
• Direct Sound library used is same as other projects
• Using accelerators now, keyboard shortcuts improved and more reliabile
• PPU rendering rewritten for palette based rendering (slower, more accurate..)
• Added network play support via the Kaillera 0.90
• Added a video timing option to allow and extra line of vblank (fixes graphics glitches in bubble bobble 2, blades of steel, etc)
• Window position remembered when returning to windowed mode from full screen
• Put back 24-bit rendering (works?) and removed 8-bit from full screen
• Rom Browser added, sort by name, mapper, and battery saves
• j6502 was ported back to C from X86 assembly (hopefully no difference... maybe slower on old computers)
• New settings dialog: file association (thanks zilmar), IPS patching functionality, directory paths
• Direct Input library has improved error detection for disconnected joypads on load, and tabbed dialog
• New video dialog, replaces the old series of menus, also adds enumeration of full screen display modes
• Brand new help file (thanks to smiff for the inspiration)
• ZIP file support using ZLIB 1.1.4 DLL, only for NES roms
• Almost every other aspect has seen rewrites and cleanups over time..

Version 0.4 beta 2 January 20th, 2001

• Put a cap on direct input error handling during game play
• Rewrote some window handling routines for full screen
• Fixed a bug in the window size menu-check handling
• Initialized the task variable to zero correctly, hopefully this fixes problems people experienced with save states doing odd stuff!

Version 0.4 beta 1 January 5th, 2001

• Implemented audio updates 4 times per frame via queue, might slow down performance so I waited this long to do something drastic like this, sounds great
• 16-bit audio and mixing
• Raw PCM emulated nicer now..
• Noise and Pulse volume enveloping corrected I hope
• Tri counters fixed? (Thanks to Matt Conte for the doc on nesdev a while back)
• Pulse freq sweeps rewritten finally, put this off a long time
• DPCM rewritten from scratch, big difference in beat style
• Vertical scroll problem fixed in TMNT
• Changed the scanlines back to 262, this makes a game I know not work right but I feel having correct timing is the right way to go
• Another NSF loading problem fixed
• Sunsoft Mapper fixes and speedups
• Implemented an accurate real-time zapper read handler, didnt realize necessary..
• Small transparency fix for some games (Windowed only)
• Added ability to load external palettes or keep default, 3-byte RGB triplets
• Integrated NSF support into the j6502 main cpu core, via small hack
• Rewrote sign flag, and IP handling in j6502, speedup
• Window 3X mode added
• Added an option for NES 8-pixel clipping emulation
• Sprite0 hits tweaked a little
• Rewritten Game Genie from scratch, max codes is 64 per game
• Rewritten PPU Rendering, which removed MMX/ASM speedups, still fast tho
• Rewrote direct draw frame locking technique, dangerous when jnes crashes..
• Removed 24bpp rendering support, useless, slow etc, use 16/32
• Rewritten entire banking system for cpu and ppu, speed boost
• Added a recent menu into the interface, quite nice
• Rewrote every mapper, less memory used, faster speed, save state friendly
• Rewrote sound graph, more friendly to direct draw these days
• Rewrote bitmap capture code from scratch, faster and nicer.
• Finally released the partial MMC5 support, not the most accurate emulation, but it is good enough to play Castlevania III US well, which is good enough..
• Tweaked save states to save the new structures as well
• Rewrote ppu mapper tile handling, works right now, no hack
• Started allocating and releasing large chunks of memory nicely
• Direct Input 2-Player code rewritten, smaller, easier to maintain, as well as the option to completely? tweak the devices
• Changed quick-save to F7 key, F6 was too close to F5 really, you could hit it accidently
• Added save slots selection to the Cpu menu, it might of been confusing because it was previously only accessible on the keyboard