no$nes release notes
23 Oct 2018 - version 1.2 - web: created no$project patreon page, https://www.patreon.com/martin_korth - mapper 218: updated magic floor (ntsc fix, bigger boulder, smaller floors) - mapper 218: ported herve couppe's starfight to nes - apu: mutes all sound channels on apu reset - a22i: refuses bytes >FFh (eg. important range check for 'mov [nn+x],y') - xed editor: fixed scrolling upon backspace in first some lines (thanks yuki) - apu: fixed PAL sound frequencies (nes_sound_factor) (thanks Dwedit) - debug: vram viewer fixed missing invalidate's on each 2nd obj in oam-screen - gui: changed icon (higher contrast, inverse/white plug, 12/16/32/48-pix sizes) - fixed intcount on F2/F4 breaks (showing correct scanline in debug status bar) - emu/help: added mapper 28 emu/specs (action 53 homebrew X-in-1 multicart's) - emu/help: added some MMC5 details (irq,chr_bank_msbs + info on sound/multiply) - help: added note on Orb-3D glasses (pulfrich effect with dark/clear glasses) - added aspect ratio option (square pixels, or real PAL/NTSC ratios) - gui: setup uses asia-compatible TabControl instead of unreliable PropertySheet - gui: created own help engine (instead of microcrap's suicidal windows .hlp) - added donate button in help dropdown, added uforce in controller summary 30 Sep 2012 - version 1.1 - a22i: assembler sample source code found in magicnes.zip (on nocash webpage) - a22i: assembler includes .pc10_xxx directives for generating PC10 games - a22i: assembler supports formulas with brackets, ALU ops and boolean stuff - arcade: emulates PC10 with Z80 CPU and either secondary monitor or 4-digit LED - arcade: emulates VS Unisystem (ppu/palettes, special lightgun variant, etc.) - arcade/hotelbox: rougly emulates famicombox (menu only, without games yet) - controllers: support PC gamepads (button config, analog inputs, etc) - controllers: optionally emulates 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 joypads (both NES and famicom) - controllers: support for about 30 different special controllers and add-ons: - none - auto (by ROM checksum) - two keyboard variants - pointing devices (mouse, trackball) - three lightgun variants (zapper, hypershot, vs-system) - all the paddle variants (old and new famicom versions, and nes version) - oeka kids tablet, power pad dance mat and tap-tap mat - push-buttons (hypershot, party-tap, mahjong controller) - analog controllers (power glove, uforce, pachinko, racermate bicycle) - piano keyboards (miracle, doremikko) - barcode readers (battler and datach) - inflatable controllers (boxing bag, top-rider bike) - storage devices (battle box and turbofile) - arcade/hotelbox (coin inputs, rotating-switch, dip switches, etc.) - multitaps (implied in number of joypads option) (nes and famicom variants) - help: full specs on all of the above newly emulated controllers - help: full specs on further add-ons (r.o.b., data recorder, 3d glasses) - help: full specs on PC10, VS System, FamicomBox - gui: file menu: memorizes recent_files, and this or that other new detail - fixed battery backed sram saving (uses cartname.sav instead xxxx.sav) - debug: always executes illegal opcodes (even when warn-on-bad-stuff enabled) - speedup: suppresses freshen_video when rewriting -same- CHR-bank values - timing: uses 1024hz mmtime (smoother than 18Hz timer) (more CPU load though) - sound: optionally dummy stereo mode (for bugged Win98-Realtek-VIA mono-driver) - bugfix: MMC3 TQROM (mapper 119) emulates CHR-ROM/CHR-RAM selection - bugfix: MMC3 TLSROM (mapper 118) NT-select by bit7 of CHR-bank numbers - bugfix: Tengen RAMBO-1 (thanks scott nash for bugreport, kevtris for specs) - emu: cpu emulates all stable undoc opcodes, smaller read-modify I/O handlers - help/emu: dummy VRAM fetch on palette reads (stored in Port 2007h latch) - emu: emulates corrected MMC1 nametable stuff (required for R.C. Pro-Am PRG1) - help: added info on MMC1 E000h/Bit4, corrected MMC1 nametable BLK0/BLK1 info - emulation: fine-adjusted PAL cycles per scanline (106.56 instead 106.53) - help: corrected PAL clocks (osc/16=1.66MHz=50Hz instead osc/15=1.77MHz=53Hz) - help: corrected nocash sram circuit exchanged Q0-3 and D0-3 on 74173 - help: added "Nocash syntax:" notes to each CPU opcode description 03 June 2005 - version 1.0 - first release - emulator, debugger, vram viewer, most mappers, famicom disk system - everynes.txt and everynes.htm specs 08 Oct 2004 - no$nes project started