gnuboy v0.8.4
posted in Emulator Release by swampgas on Feb 7th, 2001
Gilgamesh let me know about the new version of gnuboy, the open source Gameboy emulator. Here's the changes:
updated README to cover new features
fixed off-by-one-line visual error introduced in 0.8.2
gbspec.txt is wrong, ram size code 0 != no ram, big suprise... (!)
workaround for undocumented 512 byte ram size, won't necessarily work
changes in saved state format
slight improvements to asm cpu core
cleaned up HDMA code
removed outdated comments
more changes to lcdc/cpu timing interaction, fixing harmless bugs
this may slightly impact performance, i'll compensate later
hopefully fixed bug in svgalib interface that corrupted console on exit
updated HACKING to reflect new code, detail more internals
workaround for a bug that would never happen but could lock the emulator
fixed another visual glitch introduced in 0.8.2
optimized i386 cpu.s to keep PC in a register at all times
changed install dir from $prefix/games to $prefix/bin
fixed major bug in ramsize lookup table (!)
updated HACKING to note that it's outdated
implemented saved states!
Most notably...SAVE STATES are working! Snag a copy from the Gameboy emulators.