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Prereq Installer
- Windows users, don't forget to run the prereq installer first!
- Anybody upgrading from 1.x to 2.0 MUST run the 2.0 prereq installer.
- Anybody trying to run 1.x must run the latest 1.x prereq installer
BizHawk 2.2.2
- Windows Binary
- Released March 16, 2018
- EmuHawk
- Fix Reboot Core crashing after Close ROM
- Cheats - Fix 2 byte return values. Fixes #1060
- Allow binding xpad triggers as analog controls. Fixes #1054
- Fix movie backup saving path
- Hex Editor - ability to swap bytes on multi-byte
- Core Config - dynamically resize description field to fit text
- ffmpeg writer - lossless avi command (ffv1, dolphin style)
- Hotkeys dialog - move autofire closer to autohold
- Fix #1126 (Autofire Hotkey broken)
- Improve 6502 trace logging
- Fix PXM converter #1109
- Ram Watch
- Lua
- When capturing OSD in A/V, capture gui.text() messages. Fixes #799
- Fix lua sockets, #1077
- Fix for #1094 lua mainmemory.readbyterange() issue
- Implement client.isturbo() and client.isseeking()
- Implement tastudio input functions and branch callbacks
- Fix multiline gui.text()
- Implement emu.getluacore()
- Fix #1119 (Lua with TAStudio (two host threads bug))
- Add context menus to Lua Functions window 1122
- New libraries for communicating with other programs #1080
- Fix client.openrom()
- TAStudio
- Smart greenzone decay algorithm
- Smart initial state gap for greenzone. Fixes #915
- Update input every new frame we capture greenzone
- Stop shrinking branch screenshot popup
- Fix #1072 (TAStudio savestate history settings error)
- Fix #1090 (Annoyance with follow cursor)
- Scroll to new marker and new branch
- Don't kill selection per marker removal
- Stop supporting branch greenzone
- Fix #916 (A last edited frame Greenzone)
- Fix #913 (Don't save Greenzone in backup files or when auto-saving)
- Add tooltips to playback control buttons
- Enable paste menu items when clipboard is available
- Fix analog values getting stuck in input port for new frames
- Macros: don't die from colons in paths when saving to file
- Fix greenzone not being created after you insert right on current frame
- Allow scrolling/jumping to marker 0
- TASEditor style controls
- Alt + column click draws pattern
- Alt + drawing pattern
- Selection - taseditor logic
- Shift/Ctrl keys restructure to taseditor
- Shift + PageUp/PageDown - move frame courser to next/previous marker
- Ctrl + Left/Right - add/remove selection at last selected row
- Ctrl + Shift + Left/Right - add/remove selection at first selected row
- Shift + clicking draws input from first selected row to clicked cell
- Lua columns
- Don't update float edit stuff or cell changes when its not needed
- N64Hawk
- Update GLideN64 video plugin to release 3.0, fixes #1053
- NESHawk
- FDS - IRQ timing fixes
- APU IRQ fixes
- APU Fix Triangle Channel
- FDS - Fix Behaviour of disk status bit
- Silva Saga to not think there are existing save games
- Implement Mapper 63
- Implement Mapper 43 and UNIF_UNL-SMB2j
- Fix Mapper 114
- Fix Kart Fighter (Mapper 116)
- Fix Pocahontus and Super Donkey Kong (Mapper 182)
- Various fixes to some unlicensed games
- Raise cap on cheats to include entire bus size. Fix #1127
- SMSHawk
- Add Korea BIOS support
- Disassembler fixes
- Fix SP display in debugger/lua hooks
- Savestate fixes
- QuickNES
- Blacklist Joe and Mac (#993)
- Fix mapper selection
- C64
- Fix Scanline IRQs
- Fixes 4-in-1
- Fix leaderboard Golf, but Serial Port interrupts need to be done correctly
- Fix mapper F
- Updated colour palette values to use the new (Feb 2017) Pepto Colodore values
- Explain sync settings in the C64 config dialog. Fixes #1091
- GBA
- Update mGBA to 0.6.1
- Support palette settings in mgba, fixes #1042
- SG-1000
- Keyboard support for Mark III
- ColecoVision
- Add Super Game Module Support
- Add Mega Cart Support
- Implement graphics mode 1
- Fix Turbo Controller
- Fix noise channel audio
- Fix audio quality
- PC Engine
- Add Cropping Option
- Fix Display Offset Register Function
- Gambatte
- Restore GPU Viewer Functionality
- Improve emulation and BIOS support
- A2600
- Add Driving Controller
- A7800
BizHawk 2.2.1
- Released October 29, 2017
- Windows binary
- SMS
- Use the new Z80 core
- Support EEPROM (93c46) for SMS
- Add perhipherals Support for Paddle, Light Phaser, Sports Pad
- Colecovision
- Use the new Z80 core
- Add support for the reset button #992
- SG-1000
- Use the new Z80 core
- Overscan support
- NesHawk
- Core improvements and speedups
- Fix Action 52
- Support mapper 114 (Aladdin Super Game)
- FDS Timer IRQ's
- Update FCEUX palette to FCEUX 2.2.0
- Fix Mapper 36, (Strike Wolf) #953
- PSX
- Fix bug where saving the state cleared the memcard dirty flags, Fixes #1031
- TI-83
- Use the new Z80 core
- Fix power on Behaviour
- Fix cycle timing
- Fix timer interrupt frequency
- PC-FX
- Improved detection of PC-FX discs
- bsnes
- fix SGB mode creates two entries for the WRAM domain (#1012)
- N64
- GB/SGB
- Printer support
- Gambatte
- Always update half carry flag
- Atari 2600
- Always end frames on vsync boundary
- Atari7800Hawk
- Implement POKEY support
- Remove Emu7800
- Saturn
- Port fix from Mednafen to fix Super Tempo
- Fix savestate hash match issue
- Fix exception when auto-loading a Saturn game
- Genesis
- Display lowpass filter range and backdrop color in hexadecimal
- Finetune lowpass value to 40%, which is what MegaDrive1 has
- EmuHawk
- MDS/MDF Disc format support
- Add an Auto SaveRAM feature (in Config -> Customize)
- Lua - Implement memory.hash_region()
- Hex Editor - Fix Cheat display, fixes #1026
- Cheats - Fix endianess display #1025
- Fix broken Jump List (#1015)
- Tastudio
- Don't trigger right button up events if left button is still held down
- Don't break if user cancels movie conversion on file open
- Fixes failure to color greenzone if a branch without input diff was loaded
- Do normal seeking while recording
BizHawk 2.2
- Released August 5, 2017
- Windows binary
- New Core: A7800Hawk
- Intended to replace the EMU7800 core for Atari 7800 emulation (though EMU7800 is still available as an option)
- EmuHawk
- SMS (various cores)
- Fix Andre Agassi Tennis (fix Z80 interrupts)
- NesHawk
- Fixes hard Drivin'
- Implement $2004 write glitch
- PPU: Fix OAMADDR
- Fix Warioland 2 (unl)
- Fix Don Doko Don 2
- PSX
- Add some more PSX bioses in firmware manager (#941)
- N64
- Fix crash in axis constraints application when not connecting any n64 controllers (fixes #946)
- Snes9x
- Fix crash when rebooting while paused
- Add CARTROM memory domain (#943)
- 32X
- Fix file chooser opening on unknown .32x files
- Fix auto-picking a .32x file when it is the only one in an archive
- Atari2600
- Fix bitmap demo atext.bin
- SGB
- Allow hiding of borders (#938)
- Saturn
- Fix Y axis of the 3D controller virtual pad
BizHawk 2.1.1
- Release July 23, 2017
- Windows binary
- SGB
- Switch from Pizza Boy to Sameboy for the GB emulations parts, fixes a number of sound bugs and other things
- mGBA
- Update to 0.6
- Saturn
- Add the Ultraman Cartridge Hash/Checksum.
- 32X
- Add region select. fixes #929
- Vboy
- allow loading savestates made with different non-sync settings
- PC-FX
- Implement Pro Pixel mode
- EmuHawk
BizHawk 2.1.0
- Released July 16, 2017
- Windows binary
- New Cores:
- 32X (using PicoDrive)
- PC-FX (using Mednafen)
- Uzebox (using Uzem)
- SGB
- Improved support
- Atari 2600
- Paddle support
- Saturn
- Multi-disc support
- Better error message when user tries to load a .bin file directly
- SNES
- bsnes - Ignore the "crop SGB frame" setting if SGB is not active
- Fix some games that require extra bios files by routing them to the bsnes core, fixes Megaman X2 & X3
- Lua
- Convert to NLua, fix memory leaks and corruption
- Allow LuaInterface as an option (Customize -> Advanced) and revert its behavior to what 1.12.2 had
- Add support for Lua scripts via the command line
- implement forms.pictureBox()
- Lua canvas
- add setLocation()
- implement getMouseX & Y functions
- createcanvas now takes additional parameters that specify where the window should be created
- EmuHawk
- TraceLogger - Turn off trace logging when closing the tool, fixes #911
- Fix crash in SNES virtualpad when mouse is used
- Capture Game Gear flag in movies (fixes tasvideos submisison parser detection)
- GB
- Make DualGB run again (been broken since GB bios files were added)
- Fix pocket monsters
BizHawk 2.0.1
- Released June 29, 2017
- Windows binary
- Saturn
- Fix aspect ratio correction logic
- SNES
- snes9x - port byuu's s-cpu fix
- Make it clear that Game Genie codes are not currently supported
- SMS
- Fix various graphical issues in some games, fixes #893
- Genesis
- Fix memory domains
- Fix Sega-CD
- Virtual Boy
- Fix frame 0 size
- Neo-Geo Pocket
- Correct mark this core as released
- EmuHawk
- Fix NES and GBA core picker menus
- TAStudio - Fix crash loading bitmap thumbnails
- Lua - add new SQL lua library see documentation for details
BizHawk 2.0
- Released June 25, 2017
- Windows binary
- Upgrade to .Net 4.6.1, You must run the new 2.0 prereq installer!
- Upgrade to 64-bit only
- Windows OS pre-Windows 7 no longer supported
- New Core: Neo Geo Pocket
- New Core: VirtualBoy
- Saturn
- Replace Yabause with the Mednafen saturn core
- Peripheral support
- SNES
- Replace performance profile with Snes9x 1.54 (Same nags as before, bsnes is preferred for movie recording!)
- Deterministic hacks removed, (compatibilty profile is no longer slower than native bsnes, emulation bugs gone)
- Reliable savestates
- Genesis/Sega-CD
- Savestate instability fixed
- N64
- GLideN64 update
- Jabo dropped (unfortunate consequence of going 64-bit)
- Cxd64-rsp-lle plugin support dropped (possibly temporarily)
BizHawk 1.13.1
- Released June 25, 2017
- Windows binary
- Mac binary
- EmuHawk
- Fix exception when A/V capturing at custom sizes
- Fix exception when selecting Reboot core with no rom loaded, Fixes #865
- Lua - add more drawing methods for Lua canvas
- Update statusbar on Loadstate Slot 7
- Hotkeys for toggling Gameboy Obj and Bg layers
- NESHawk
- Fix numerous unlicensed games
- Improve loading headerless ROMs
- Fix APU triangle channel (passes APU mixer tests)
- Fix APU Length counter (passes test_apu_2 tests)
- Fix a PPU timing bug
- Code cleanup (~5% faster)
- SNES
- Add 'crop SGB frame' option, #871
- C64
- Fix mnemonics for previous and next disk buttons
- Dual GB
- Fix input
BizHawk 1.13.0
- Released June 3, 2017
- Windows binary
- Mac binary
- Commodore 64 core officially released!
- EmuHawk
- Hex editor - Find box - remember Hex vs Text radio selection
- Fix problems where keybindings arent automatically applied when loading a configfile. Fixes #851
- When key priority is Hotkey over input, account for special hotkeys such as frame advance, turbo, fast forward, rewind
- Add Toggle Key Priority hotkey
- Drag & drop - default unknown file extensions to ROM
- Fix rewind crash when cancelling out of archive file picker dialog
- Check if save ram exists before writing it (Fixes TAStudio Ctrl+S crash)
- Lua
- Fix memory leak causing crash after a few dozen script loads/resets
- Implement emu.getboardname
- Add lua canvas methods to documentation
- TAStudio
- Fully replicate taseditor behavior when editing input by clicking column header
- Don't draw column reordering icon when clicking column header (happened when several rows were selected)
- Don't record marker edits to history when branch backup is created
- NesHawk
- Support some headerless Roms
- Fix Tagin Dragon
- Fix Faimly Basic
- Fix Armadillo (J) graphics Fixes #848
- UNIF_BMC_FK23C - Dipswitch support
- SNES
- Fix frame 0 loadstating
- Support Trace logging GB and SMP cores
- Disable trace logger on the Performance profile
- Code-Data Logger support for SGB
- PSX
- Fix multitap flaking out after reboot core
- Atari 2600
- Fix Ram tools not updating after Hard Reset Fixes #838
- Apple II
- Add default binding for the Return key
- Remove default bindings for keys that don't exist
- Genesis
- Disassembler fix
- Add missing buttons on the menacer
- Colecovision
- Virtualpad support for peripherals
- Mnemonic names for peripheral buttons
- SMS
- Fixes to Korean boards
- Fix Xyzolog
- PCE
- Fix frame 0 loadstate window size bug
BizHawk 1.12.2
- Released May 3, 2017
- Windows binary
- Mac binary
- mGBA
- Update mgba to latest 0.5.2 (71ee4a64b36b1256dbf6193b1087ff60a4656369)
- Virtual Pad - support tilt controls (Fix #830)
- Fix broken GB sound channels
- Limited debugger support
- Intellihawk
- Sound emulation improvements
- Debugger support
- Capture mapper info into movie headers
- SNESHawk
- fix bug savestating SA1 hung in STP or WAI. fixes panic bomber.
- Multitap support
- Peripheral support
- PSXHawk
- Multitap support
- NeGcon support
- GPGX
- NesHawk
- Apply changes to MMC5 specified by https://sourceforge.net/p/fceultra/bugs/787/
- Fix more then 8 sprites option
- AV Super Real Pachinko (Unl)
- Atari 7800
- Fix savestates made on frame 0 (fix #815)
- EmuHawk
- Allow rewinding during movie recording
- Stop hotkeys from getting sucked up by absent tool windows when hotkey-over-game priority is enabled
- Fix flickering when toggling vsync on/off (e.g. while fast forwarding).
- Flush saveram hotkey
- TAStudio - Tweak editing selection by clicking column header instead of reverting every button state, apply the reverted state of the first selected frame to all the selection
- Lua
- Add horizalign and vertalign parameters to gui.drawText()
- Implement tastudio.getselection(), tastudio.insertframes(), tastudio.deleteframes()
- Implement client.saveram() (flushes save ram to disk)
BizHawk 1.12.1
- Released April 2, 2017
- Windows binary
- Mac binary
- IntelliHawk
- Major sound emulation improvements
- General emulation improvements
- Add Power/Reset buttons
- Fix aspect ratio
- NESHawk
- Timing and audio emulation improvements
- Fix Micro Machines
- Fix Huge Insect
- QuickNES
- Fix Ms. Pac Man (Tengen)
- ColecoHawk
- Turbo controller support
- N64Hawk
- Use mupen64plus built-in debugger to avoid major slowdowns when breakpoints are set
- Fix audio in AVI recording
- Genesis+GX
- Add options for "Always double size"
- EmuHawk
- hex editor: add import binary tool (quick and dirty way to effect .sav importing in many cases)
- add a toggle all cheats hotkey
- Cheats - Set default compare type to "equal" not NOTHING, fixes NES game genie codes generated through the cheat converter
- fix Tools -> External Tools menu item throwing an exception
- TAStudio
- Add branch undo feature
- Add jump to branch frame
- Fix autohold not being latched when recording frames
- Fix #534 (Disabling autohold is halfworking)
- Dynamically resize usertext column
- Make branch screenshot popup fade in and out
- Allow exporting a named state
- Branch text edit popup follows mouse pointer
- When reopening tastudio and restoring its position, tolerate slight offscreen by resetting to 0 instead of ignoring the saved pos
- Fix input being erased when frames are added
- Fix rewinding that was turning rec mode off
- Lua
- tastudio.getrecording()
- tastudio.setrecording()
- tastudio.togglerecording()
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