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


How to install/run
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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
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Here are the mappings, I may make them user configurable later on

Xbox Joypad 	Snes Joypad

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



Things To Do
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Obviously there is a bit more work to do here, im looking at implementing the following for the next release(s):

- Controller (4 player controller support still not working)
- Color palette (needs tweaking, bugs)
- Fix issue with some SA-1 games that normally would work (i.e Mario Kart)
- Add in ZIP file support
- .ini file with settings
- Provide updates inline with new Snes9x and znes releases (where possible)
- Possibly network support, if its feasible at this time.


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



Remember to keep the xbox emulation dream a reality!

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


Peace out
