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Changes

This version is backwards compatible with save states from SameBoy 0.14.3 and newer, as well as save states from any BESS compliant emulator

New/Improved Features

  • SameBoy for watchOS is now available:
    • Transfer ROMs and saves to and from the iOS frontend (App Store only)
    • Two customizable control schemes optimized for a small screen
    • Fast Forward and Rewind support
    • Settings and synced from the paired iPhone
    • Available to active supporters or via a one-time payment
  • The Cocoa frontend is now digitally signed and notarized
  • SameBoy on Open Desktop platform can now generate thumbnails in file browsers via theXDG Thumbnails API
  • Improved AirPlay Mirroring support in the iOS frontend
  • Full-screen mode is now supported in the iOS frontend if a controller is used
  • The Cocoa and SDL frontends now support automatic model selection
  • Cheat Search is now available from the Cheats menu in the Cocoa frontend
  • The user interface for the Cheats window has been improved in the Cocoa frontend
  • The Cocoa and SDL frontends can now associate keyboard or joypad buttons with Rapid A or Rapid B
  • Game Boy Printer can now be emulated in the iOS frontend
  • Cheats can now be used in the iOS frontend
  • iCloud support was added to the iOS frontend (App Store release only)
  • The palette editor was added to the iOS frontend; it can now import, export and create its own palettes
  • 7 new palettes were added to all frontends
  • The horizontal layout on iPhones that have a notch has been improved
  • 3 new interface themes were added to the iOS frontend (App Store release only)
  • Improved ISX file compatibility
  • The Cocoa frontend and now select a monospace font to be used in the debugger and other development windows
  • The cartridge icons have been retouched and visually improved
  • The SDL frontend on Windows can now associate itself with supported ROM files, and provide them with icons
  • The box filter used for audio downsampling has been replaced with band-limited synthesis, vastly improving audio quality in all frontends
  • A warning is now shown when loading a ROM with a RAM size smaller than a single bank
  • iPhones that have x4 and x5 cameras can now pick a virtual x2 zoom factor when emulating a Game Boy Camera
  • Improved the OAM viewer in the Cocoa frontend so it correctly show objects even when the object palette is all set to a single color
  • Quick Look has been updated to support the newer thumbnailing and previewing APIs, required by macOS Sequoia

Accuracy Improvements/Fixes

  • Improvements to OAM accessibility timings
  • Improvements to PPU timings in CGB revisions 0 to C
    • These revisions are no longer marked as “Experimental”
  • More accurate emulation of SCX write conflicts on all models
  • More accurate PPU fetcher timings, fixes visual glitches in in “Mr. Chin’s Gourmet Paradise” and “Turrican”
  • Improved accuracy of cases where WX is 166 on pre-CGB models
  • Improved accuracy of window edge cases, including emulation of a newly-discovered CGB window glitch, and improved accuracy in double speed mode
  • Improved accuracy of LYC edge cases when emulating CGB revisions 0 to C in double speed mode
  • Improved emulation of LCDC OBJ_EN write conflicts

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed a bug that caused the Mute menu item to incorrectly appear marked while a ROM is paused in the Cocoa frontend
  • Fixed a bug that made keyboard shortcuts affect the wrong ROM in certain cases where multiple ROMs and debug windows were open in the Cocoa frontend
  • Fixed a bug that prevented macOS 10.13 and older from using Link Cable emulation in the Cocoa frontend
  • Fixed a bug that made importing palettes in the Cocoa frontend glitchy
  • Fixed a bug that made Game Boy Camera emulation in the Cocoa frontend sometime incorrectly stretch the camera input to incorrect aspect ratios
  • Fixed a bug that made audio output too low in the iOS frontend under certain conditions
  • Fixed a bug that caused the Library in the iOS frontend to crash if ROMs were modified in the Files app while it was open

Misc Internal Changes

  • The core now supports outputting 2MHz audio (without downsampling)
  • The Quick Look plugin and the main application now share the same code on disk, making the Cocoa frontend slightly smaller
  • Fixed a bug that caused certain APIs to return success values despite failing
  • Improved thread and context safety assertions in the core
  • make lib builds SameBoy as a dynamic library now, in addition to the previously available static library
    • This includes Windows support, which remains unsupported for static libraries
  • Improvements to the core APIs. The API is now stable and documented