CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

Changed

• Memoised some of the class generation process

Fixed

• Issue related with DMA transfer being triggered while loading state

[0.10.7] - 2024-08-08

Fixed

• Unit test that was failing

[0.10.6] - 2024-08-08

Changed

• Improved Zippy format to include opaque feature support, for future proof

[0.10.5] - 2024-08-08

Added

• Licensee enumeration with the description of the publisher of the ROM
• Support for Zippy encoding format for fast compression
• New hashing crate that includes CRC-32 and CRC-32C implementations

Fixed

• Issue with the web frontend and hardReset() implementation

[0.10.4] - 2024-07-16

Added

• Support for cartridge region detection

Changed

• Bumped web packages

[0.10.3] - 2024-07-16

Added

• Support for SIMD based color space conversion - #45 (closed)
• Support for window.requestAnimationFrame() and game loop inversion of control - #26 (closed)
• Custom Boot ROM support for CGB - #34 (closed)

[0.10.2] - 2024-06-07

Fixed

• Removed binary distribution from PyPi

[0.10.1] - 2024-06-07

Fixed

• Bumped base rust version to fix issue with GitHub Action Deploy workflow

[0.10.0] - 2024-06-07

Added

• Initial support for the PyBoy compatibility layer - #36
• Support for PyPi registry for the PyO3 package - #43 (closed)
• Python interface file for base boytacean (boytacean.pyi)
• Interface to custom boot ROM loading in Python

Changed

• Better boot_dump.py script with support for other string output formats
• Improved error handling using the Error enum

Fixed

• Issue related to interrupt timing, reduce interrupt to 20 cycles instead of 24
• Libretro issue with the loading of the base emulator info retro_get_system_info()

[0.9.18] - 2024-01-02

Added

• Support for Python 3 API - #36
• next_frame() method for frame by frame navigation
• Support for palette switching option in Libretro - #37 (closed)

Changed

• Made part of the frontend code conditional on NODE_ENV = "development"
• Re-release of version 0.9.17

[0.9.17] - 2024-01-02

Added

• Support for Python 3 API - #36
• next_frame() method for frame by frame navigation
• Support for palette switching option in Libretro - #37 (closed)

Changed

• Made part of the frontend code conditional on NODE_ENV = "development"

[0.9.16] - 2023-10-30

Fixed

• Bumped emukit version to fix a bug with zip file handling

[0.9.15] - 2023-10-30

Added

• Support for ROM in zip files (Web frontend)
• Support for raw frame buffer
• Lazy evaluation of frame_buffer (on-demand) for DMG

[0.9.14] - 2023-08-24

Added

• XRGB8888 support for Libretro frontend, for better color fidelity and faster render
• Support for save state - #7
• LibRetro save state support - #7
• Support for fast mode in SDL frontend
• Support for GameShark cheat codes - #33 (closed)

Changed

• Made audio flush for libretro and sdl frontends flush by the end of the frame
• Improved MBC5 to support 9 bit ROM bank addresses

Fixed

• Breaking issue with Libretro frontend and Linux
• Fix window_counter issue in PPU
• Issue with BESS header testing

[0.9.13] - 2023-08-01

Changed

• Improved command line parsing with positional ROM path value
• Better CI/CD for releases
• Hidden test panel in Web UI

Fixed

• Small issue with command line arguments

[0.9.12] - 2023-08-01

Added

• New WASM build

[0.9.11] - 2023-08-01

Fixed

• Build of a new release

[0.9.10] - 2023-08-01

Fixed

• Issue with release life-cycle

[0.9.9] - 2023-08-01

Fixed

• Issue with release life-cycle

[0.9.8] - 2023-08-01

Added

• Better release life-cycle

[0.9.7] - 2023-08-01

Added

• Support for Libretro core - #14 (closed)

[0.9.6] - 2023-06-20

Added

• Support for image based testing
• Support for rumble, works for both mobile devices and Gamepads (web APIs)

Changed

• Bumped emukit to 0.8.8

Fixed

• CGB-ACID2 test passing - #30 (closed)

[0.9.5] - 2023-06-05

Added

• Support for the clock_m() function
• Benchmark CLI option in SDL

Changed

• Major performance improvements for the DMG specific code

[0.9.4] - 2023-06-04

Added

• Support for displaying speed at which the CPU is running in Web mode, for debug purposes
• Headless execution mode in Boytacean SDL
• Many more parameters added for Boytacean SDL

[0.9.3] - 2023-05-18

Fixed

• Small panic recovering issue

[0.9.2] - 2023-05-18

Added

• Support for auto emulation mode selection

[0.9.1] - 2023-05-18

Added

• Support for enabling and disabling audio channels

Fixed

• Issue with CH2 envelope initialization

[0.9.0] - 2023-05-18

Added

• Support for Game Boy Color (CGB) emulation! - #8 (closed)
• Support for CLI params in Boytacean SDL
• Support for GameBoyConfig structure that is passed to some comments
• New DMA component

[0.8.0] - 2023-04-20

Added

• Support for serial data transfer - #19 (closed)
• Support for printing of images using Printer emulation - #19 (closed)
• Support for display of logger and printer in Web panels
• Converted serial-sections strategy to event driven

Fixed

• ButtonSwitch issues by updating the value strategy nad bumping emukit
• AudioGB with display of canvas with no visibility

[0.7.5] - 2023-04-11

Added

• Support for variable clock speed for APU, means variable audio speed
• Moved debug into the base emulator (from emukit)

[0.7.4] - 2023-04-08

Added

• Support for audio channel 4 (noise)
• Better trigger support for audio channels

Changed

• Added CH4 public API method for WASM

Fixed

• Envelope support for both channel 2 and 4
• Issue related to the wave length stop flag

[0.7.3] - 2023-04-02

Added

• Support for CGB flag parsing
• Waveform plotting support

Fixed

• Major JoyPad issue with Action/Select read in register
• Small issue with channel 3 audio and DAC disable

[0.7.2] - 2023-03-04

Added

• Support for stereo sound