Version 2.5 of blueMSX has been released globally 8.7 at 14:00 GMT !
The big launch event has been arranged today at the MSX Info Update
2006 party in Helsinki. Daniel Vik presented new features to all party
visitors on video.
After almost 10 months since the previous release, the new version of
blueMSX is a big update, full of very advanced features :
- The implementation of a new controllers and keyboard editor gives
still more comfort to the gamers and will allow to support easily
other computers or consoles in future versions.
- Requested since a long time by the MSX developers, the hard disk
emulation is now a reality and besides the well-known Sunrise IDE hard
disk controllers, blueMSX has also implemented the Beer IDE and GIDE
supports.
- In the musical domain, blueMSX is the first emulator that is capable
to support the Yamaha CX5M, CX5M-128 and CX7M-128 computers by
emulation of the YM2151 sound chip and the YK-01, YK-10 and YK-20
music keyboards. The MIDI part of the Yamaha SFG cartridges is not yet
available.
Which are the other changes ?
In the emulator :
- Added support for the MHT Ingenieros Gunstick and the ASCII Plus-X
Terminator Laser
- Added support for two 80 columns graphics cards on MSX1 : Microsol
VMX-80 and SVI-737
- Added support for Video In, Sony HBI-V1 digitizer and the
digitization part of the Philips NMS-8280 computer
- Added superimpose and external video source support in V9938 emulation
- Added support for PNG screenshots
- Added support for creating new disk images of various size on MSX
and SVI-328
- Added support for undocumented screen mode (screen 0 with screen 2
style name table addressing)
- Added a new display synchronization method
- Added a video option to blend consecutive frames and get smoother
picture
- Added support for the YM2149 PSG
- Fixed the MIDI-IN support in the Turbo-R machines
- Added new rom mappers for SFG-01 and SFG-05 (used in the Yamaha
music computers), the F&M Direct Assembler System and the SG-1000
version of The Castle
- Improved SRAM enable/disable handling in FM-PAC
- Restructured Keyboard and Joystick input
- Optimized the video rendering
- Added support for running blueMSX from read only media
- Added support for running blueMSX without storing any data on local
machine
- Fixed addressing in Konami mappers
- Fixed bug in 1kB ram mapper used in ColecoVision and SG-1000
- Border rendering is now cycle accurate
- Fixed HREFRESH timing in VDP
- Fixed bug in XVRAM emulation
- Fixed sprite status bug
- Fixed VDP timing in Turbo-R and MSX2+ machines
In the debugger :
- Added find dialog to search for strings or values in the memory
- Improved editing in memory window
- Added debugging support of OPL sound chips
In the trainer :
- Extended the cheat database to 396 MSX games
You can find this emulator here : http://www.bluemsx.com
ersion 2.5 of blueMSX has been released globally 8.7 at 14:00 GMT !
The big launch event has been arranged today at the MSX Info Update
2006 party in Helsinki. Daniel Vik presented new features to all party
visitors on video.
After almost 10 months since the previous release, the new version of
blueMSX is a big update, full of very advanced features :
- The implementation of a new controllers and keyboard editor gives
still more comfort to the gamers and will allow to support easily
other computers or consoles in future versions.
- Requested since a long time by the MSX developers, the hard disk
emulation is now a reality and besides the well-known Sunrise IDE hard
disk controllers, blueMSX has also implemented the Beer IDE and GIDE
supports.
- In the musical domain, blueMSX is the first emulator that is capable
to support the Yamaha CX5M, CX5M-128 and CX7M-128 computers by
emulation of the YM2151 sound chip and the YK-01, YK-10 and YK-20
music keyboards. The MIDI part of the Yamaha SFG cartridges is not yet
available.
Which are the other changes ?
In the emulator :
- Added support for the MHT Ingenieros Gunstick and the ASCII Plus-X
Terminator Laser
- Added support for two 80 columns graphics cards on MSX1 : Microsol
VMX-80 and SVI-737
- Added support for Video In, Sony HBI-V1 digitizer and the
digitization part of the Philips NMS-8280 computer
- Added superimpose and external video source support in V9938 emulation
- Added support for PNG screenshots
- Added support for creating new disk images of various size on MSX
and SVI-328
- Added support for undocumented screen mode (screen 0 with screen 2
style name table addressing)
- Added a new display synchronization method
- Added a video option to blend consecutive frames and get smoother
picture
- Added support for the YM2149 PSG
- Fixed the MIDI-IN support in the Turbo-R machines
- Added new rom mappers for SFG-01 and SFG-05 (used in the Yamaha
music computers), the F&M Direct Assembler System and the SG-1000
version of The Castle
- Improved SRAM enable/disable handling in FM-PAC
- Restructured Keyboard and Joystick input
- Optimized the video rendering
- Added support for running blueMSX from read only media
- Added support for running blueMSX without storing any data on local
machine
- Fixed addressing in Konami mappers
- Fixed bug in 1kB ram mapper used in ColecoVision and SG-1000
- Border rendering is now cycle accurate
- Fixed HREFRESH timing in VDP
- Fixed bug in XVRAM emulation
- Fixed sprite status bug
- Fixed VDP timing in Turbo-R and MSX2+ machines
In the debugger :
- Added find dialog to search for strings or values in the memory
- Improved editing in memory window
- Added debugging support of OPL sound chips
In the trainer :
- Extended the cheat database to 396 MSX games
You can find this emulator here : http://www.bluemsx.com
