xSnes9x Beta 2 - 07/16/2002
---------------------------

- 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 Black 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
---------------------------

- 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
------------------

Initial Release


How to install/run
------------------

First of all you need a modded Xbox. As I only have Xtender 1.1 i havent been able to test this on any other modded xbox machines though things should work. Those of you running EvolutionX should have no problems running this off your HDD.

Make a cd image and dump your roms into the \Roms subdirectory where your SNES roms will live. (AKA Mame-X).

Note : If you have a dvd-r with lots of roms on it it will take some time to load the menu. Please be patient.

Remember to Read the FAQ in this archive.

Run and enjoy!


Buttons
-------

Here are the mappings, I may make them user configurable later on

In Menu:

A 	   -> Start Rom
Black 	   -> Quit Emulator and Return to Dashboard

In Game:

Xbox Joypad 	Snes Joypad

Back	   ->	Select
Start	   ->	Start
X	   ->	Y
A	   ->	B
Y	   ->	X
B	   ->	A
LTrig	   ->	L
RTrig	   ->	R
Left Thumb ->	Back To Menu
Right Thumb->	Reset ROM


Bugs
----

- DSP-1 roms have MODE7 issues (Super Mario Kart).
- Some roms have misplaced/jumbled tiles. (Secret of Evermore, Metroid, DKC). I have some ideas about this issue and will try to address it soon.
- Sound on NTSC roms is slightly off.


Things To Do
------------


- Fix issues with some DSP-1 games that normally would work (i.e Mario Kart)
- Config support via menu/ini file
- Provide updates inline with new Snes9x and zsnes releases (where possible)
- Possible network support.


Credits
-------

Superfro for general coding advice and help with file saves.
Opcode for the menu stuff and some sound functions from Mame-X and assistance with file saves.
Opcode, Dr00py, phoem, Spiral for beta testing releases.
EvolutionX team for providing the tools to make coding/debugging much easier.
SunTzu7 for his useful debugging classes.
The Snes9x and Zsnes teams for providing the source, excellent Snes documentation and the inspiration.



PS - dont ask me if and when the next release will be out, it will be known via the relevant channels.

