MESS 0.117

[Wilbert]

MESS 0.117 has been released.

 

Here is a summary of the changes to the a2600 and a2600p since 0.116:

- The crashing of a lot games in 0.116 has been fixed.

- Sound improvements

- More graphics fixes

- Improved RIOT emulation

- Preliminary DPC support (sound has issues and some enemies disappear every now and then)

 

Known bugs:

- Quadrun has some background noise, possibly other games too

- An invader demo from Thomas Jentsch does not display properly

- Atoms in Meltdown are slightly off (will be fixed in 0.118)

- Video Chess has some artifact on the left side of the screen (will be fixed in 0.118)

- Snoopy and the Red Baron has artifact in the mountains (will be fixed in 0.118)

- Some games use different screen refresh times and don't display properly (most notably Acid Drop and PAL60 games)

- Supercharger emulation is still not 100%

 

Thomas Jentsch has been kind enough to help us do some extra testing/verification which made it possible to find and fix the harder bugs. Thomas, thank you for that.

[atwwong]

I'm really impressed at how the 2600 MESS drivers have improved in recent versions. The last time I tried out 2600 games in MESS back in December 2006, it was a mess. Now MESS properly emulates a lot more (including HAT ). Well done, MESS team! Keep up the great work!

[Wilbert]

Supercharger support will be much improved in the next MESS version. The disappearing enemy issue in Pitfall 2 will also be fixed in the next version.

Edited July 24, 2007 by Wilbert