This is a new semi-major release, with the following changes:
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IMPORTANT NOTES:
- Because of fixes to JSON handling, all remappings will be reset to defaults; if you had custom mappings, they will need to be re-entered again.
- Because of internal changes, all state files are now invalid.
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Completely reworked the file launcher:
- Redesigned user interface
- Added tracking of user favorites, recently played and most popular games
- Added virtual directories for selecting tracked games
- Added quick path navigation
- Added navigation history
- Added icons for files and directories
- Added option to show/hide file extensions
- Extended context menu and shortcuts
- Fixed sluggish behaviour when reading large and/or invalid files
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Added hotkey display to tooltips.
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Added option to automatically pause emulation when focus is lost.
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Added option to toggle autofire mode.
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Improved controller mappings for Paddles.
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Improved controller mappings for Driving controllers.
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Improved Mindlink support.
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Added another oddball TIA glitch option for score mode color.
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Enhanced TV jitter emulation.
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Enhanced support for CDFJ+ bankswitching type.
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Added 0FA0 bankswitching for Fotomania ROMs.
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Added ARM chip auto detection.
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Extended support for older BUS (experimental) ROMs that worked with an older, obsolete version of the BUS scheme; special thanks to SpiceWare for the code.
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Fixed Stella crash due to invalid ZIP files.
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Fixed TV mode auto detection in some ARM ROMs.
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Fixed color loss when switching TV mode from/to PAL.
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Fixed score mode glitch emulation corner case.
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Fixed state messages staying on screen forever.
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Added M1 support for the macOS build.
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Debugger improvements:
- added PlusROM information
- fixed patching code in ZP-RAM
- improved bank origin detection
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Updated internal ROM properties database to ROM-Hunter version 17 (thanks go to RomHunter for his tireless research in this area). Related to this, updated the snapshot collection.