Daphne v0.99.4 released

posted in Emulator Release by bdlou on Oct 19th, 2001

Daphne, a multiple laserdisc arcade game emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.99.4. Here's what's new from the changelog:
  • Preliminary Badlands support added (woohoo!)
  • Preliminary Goal to Go support added (woohoo!)
  • Fixed VLDP hardware acceleration problem. ATI cards should now work as long as the mpeg video is not 720x480.
  • Super Don Quix-ote should now be totally playable (woohoo!)
  • Changed sound code so samples are only loaded if they are needed by the current game
  • Fixed small memory leak in VLDP when parsing new video
  • Caused VLDP to clear 'parsing status' line so you no longer see it when changing video files
  • Input can now be remapped (2 keys can be assigned to each input)
  • Default keys correspond more fully to MAME
  • Hotrod joystick support added
  • Samples added for Astron Belt, Galaxy Ranger, and Cobra Command
  • Added better Super Don samples
  • Improved PR-8210 interpreter so it translates commands based on elapsed CPU cycles
  • In Windows, Space Ace will use the keyboard LED lights to indicate the current skill level. Settings will be restored once DAPHNE exits.
  • DAPHNE can now run at any requested resolution from 640x480 and up
  • Flickering video overlay fixed for Astron Belt, Galaxy Ranger, and Cobra Command
  • Initial support for Firefox begun (not playable)
  • LD-V1000 strobe timing implemented for Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (more accurate scene lengths)
  • Almost all timers in DAPHNE (including IRQ, NMI, and current frame) now are based on elapsed CPU cycles rather than elapsed time. This fixes a ton of problems, mostly with Super Don Quixote.
  • Mpeg parsing speed has been significantly improved
  • Added a "-cheat" option to the command line. So far, it is only useful with Cliff Hanger (which does not include a dip switch setting for unlimited lives).
  • LD-V1000 "get current frame" and skipping functions improved to be more accurate
  • Added PR-8210 audio channel commands
  • Improved VLDP so you can now mix video files that are of different framerates and encoding types
  • Added support for mpeg2s that use fields instead of frames
  • Improved .DAT file format (all video will have to be reparsed, sorry! hehe) Grab it now in the Laserdisc Emulators area.