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- This information is quickly modded from the test 01 and test 02 ReadMe,
- please check for my changes...
-
- Please note I know there are some bugs. Report them anyway :-)
-
- This is likely to be the last test release of ARM SNES9X.
-
- This is the second RISC OS version to support sound. To enable sound, ensure
- DACSpt8 is loaded. Please note that this is incompatible with the
- MameVox2/DACSupport module used by MAME 0.33 beta 7.1, and MESS 0.01.1.
-
- The sound support is about the only change for now...
-
- Sound is a lot better than the previous release, though will improve some
- more. DACSpt16 is not yet ready, so 16-bit sound support is currently
- unimplemented.
-
- The documentation currently provided refers to the MS DOS version. Different
- resolutions should work, but they are not well tested.
-
- The CPU cores are currently the C versions. Comparisons with other
- architectures is a bit silly as a result, though it fares surprisingly well;
- especially with the huge differences we have in memory access speeds and
- amounts of L2 cache.
-
- The ARM port is now based on 1.05 of the SNES9X code.
-
- To run, copy the SNES9X directory out of the release package and place on the
- media of your choice. Place SNES images into the roms directory. run SNES9X
- with 'SNES9X zelda/sfc' or whatever.
-
- For SuperFX transparency support, use -transparency or -sixteen. Games like
- Rare's Diddy's Kong Quest look quite amazing with swirling mist, etc.
-
- You'll need a Risc PC for the correct palette, and 16-bit support to not look
- really strange...
-
- Snapshot loading/saving (F11/F12), battery backup and compression should now
- work, as should the /0x extensions.
-
- What goes 'Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight! Pieces of nine!'? A parrotty
- error.
-
- Frameskip is forced at the moment as this requires timer support.
-
- This release is not optimal; actually it's compiled with instruction tracing
- etc enabled for debug purposes, and so on. See notes on speed above...
-
- Gareth S. Long (gatch@elecslns.demon.co.uk)