History
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xSnes9x Beta 4 - 08/03/2002
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Whats New in this release :


- Fixed memory leak which was causing Mario Kart, Lemmings 2 and selected other roms to lock on exit. Big thanks to  The Joker for his assistance and advice.

- Added SDD-1 Rom support for Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Star Ocean. You'll need the Graphic's Packs from  www.dejap.com to run Street Fighter Alpha 2 and Star Ocean. Unpack the SFA2 graphics packs to the  FreezeFile/SFA2SDD1  directory and Star Ocean graphics packs to FreezeFile/socnsdd1 direcotory.

- Added screen resizing and movement with both analog sticks while in game. Left Stick controls x,y movement, Right  Stick controls stretching/scaling. Upon exiting a game your screen settings will be saved at the last set position.

- Proper NTSC/PAL/PAL60 support implemented.

- Fixed bug where some games would never create a valid SRAM save file. (Super Mario All Stars & World)

- Added Turbo Button - default is XBOX_WHITE . This is useful for speeding up intro scenes and large text passages in  RPG's. The Turbo button can be mapped via the .ini file and is only active while the button is held down. Once a  button is released default emulation will continue.

- Fixed a sorting bug with the rom list. For example if your list contained Mario.ZIP and Mario Kart.ZIP it would  sometimes load the incorrect ROM.

- Added RomPath=<pathname> in the .ini file where pathname is the directory to scan for ROMS. E.g

RomPath=ROMS
RomPath=SnesRoms

etc

are valid paths. You cannot use absolute paths (RomPath=D:\ROMS is invalid)

The RomPath MUST exist as a subfolder under the main xSnes9x directory.
 

- Added *experimental* HDTV support. To enable this set one of 480p, 720p or 1080i to 1 in the .ini file. Since i have  no way of testing this please provide feedback/screenshots of the output.

- DPAD Up and Down enabled in the rom list for more accurate selection.


xSnes9x Beta 3 - 07/25/2002
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- Fixed issue with DSP-1 games. Super Mario Kart, Pilotwings etc now run correctly.

- Fixed Jumbled tile/misplaced pixel issue with some games (DKC, Secret of Evermore, Metroid).

- Added preliminary .ini file support. Read the .ini file section below.

- Gamepads can now be configured in the ini file. Read the 'Buttons' section below  on how to perfom this.

- Removed unzipped Rom Header extraction code. Was creating more problems than benefiting. Roms will now be displayed  by filename only.

- Roms are now sorted properly in the menu.
 

Authors Note : 

I've spent almost a solid week fixing the compatability issues. xSnes9x should equal that of the Windows version in  compatability.

Enjoy this release - Im off to play some Mario Kart :)



xSnes9x Beta 2 - 07/16/2002
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- Added in zip file support for roms.

- 4 Player Controller Support.

- Menu loading speedup. Booting up to the menu should be quicker now.

- Some minor color palette tweaks.

- Mapped White button to quit xSnes9x and return user back to dashboard. This will only occur at the menu and not  during gameplay.

- Moved reset button to right thumb.

- Added DPad left, DPad right fast scrolling via menu (Props to Superfro)



xSnes9x Beta 1 - 07/12/2002
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- Menu now works properly with scrolling working correctly.

- Moved Soft Reset function to left Thumb control. People were resetting their games by accident once too often.

- SRAM save support is in. All you RPG freaks can now load/save your games.
 
- Added an awesome new background for the menu. Big thanks to Spiral for the image.

- 2 player controller support. 4 player was promised this release, we found some last minute bugs in testing but  decided to go ahead with this beta release. It should be ready for the next release.

- Proper memory cleanup when going back to menu and selecting different roms (emulator would lock eventually).

- Scaled the display to fit better on a whole screen.

- High Res display modes implemented and display properly now.



xSnes9x Alpha 0.14
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Initial Release
