olafnes v0.2.0 Released!

[Lefteris_D]

A new version of the Nintendo NES emulator olafnes is now available. Here is what is new in version 0.2.0:

• added various amounts of support for the following mappers: 12, 26, 41, 46, 51, 53, 61, 73, 74, 79, 85, 86, 87, 95, 99, 107, 113, 115, 130, 151, 158, 184, 185, 188, 200, 201, 226, 229, 231, 232, 234, 245, 255
• added more support for the following mappers: 1, 4, 22, 23, 24, 64, 66, 68
• added mapper # substitution support
• added game genie support (6 letter codes only)
• added 2 player support
• added audio channel disabling
• added rewinding (up to 10 seconds)
• added multiple sram support
• added snapshot support (bitmap)
• added higher frame skips (4 through 9)
• added an "auto saver"
• added detection of emulation when close button is clicked, it will now stop emulation if clicked while emulating
• added directory memorization to the 'load rom' dialog, it will now go to the directory last accessed
• added ability to recenter the window on screen
• added command line input support (rom filename only, no switches yet)
• added gamepad support
• added a palette editor
• added a midi instrument configuration window
• added video mode for ntsc (and a switch for ntsc or pal)
• added an automatic frame skip option
• added video layer disabling
• added one screen b mirroring (thanks disch)
• added screen stretching
• added column clipping to the ppu core
• changed key configuration window
• changed configuration loading/saving to windows registry accessing (also, it now saves all configurations, not just controls)
• changed audio output to stop after emulation is stopped
• changed how resets are handled
• changed default palette to my averaged palette (averaged palette of 3 different palettes)
• changed the executable's icon
• changed the way palette selection is performed (it is now a dialog)
• changed default palette to be hardcoded (no .pal file needed)
• changed the rom information window
• changed the way mapper numbers were calculated
• removed execution speed toggling/code
• removed 'new scroll code' toggling/code
• removed 'tilebased' toggling/code
• removed the status bar
• removed the "unsafe" optimization option
• removed compression/decompression of save states
• removed clearing of wram before it's saved
• removed the initializing of the 6502 processor every time a rom is loaded
• removed preliminary support for certain mappers: 5, 8, 18
• removed the black border from the emulated screen

You can get it from here.

[Zach]

I'm gonna have to give this one another shot.. I did interview the coder, but the emulator itself was still pretty bare.. perhaps I'll be able to revise my interview with him and show a more favorable end product..