One of the most popular emulators, SNES9x, has received a new update. Now at version 1.56, a massive amount of minor things have been changed and added to the emulator's features, such as graphical error fixes, emulation improvements, and more.

The full changelog can be seen below.

- Increased the speed of SA1 emulation to match hardware (BearOso)
more closely.
- Fixed negative SA1 division (BearOso, Jonas Quinn)
- Changed the location where we poll input to potentially (Brunnis, BearOso)
reduce lag.
- Fixed the interlace fields being swapped after skipping (BearOso)
frames.
- More updates for BS-X support. (LuigiBlood)
- Updated xBRZ to version 1.6. (zenju, OV2)
- Added a DMA timing hack for rpgone's Koryu no Mimi (OV2)
translation.
- Updated HDMA to not update indirect addresses until after (BearOso)
transfers are completed.
- Improved cheats support. This stores cheats in a human- (BearOso, OV2)
readable and editable format as gamename.cht. Cheats are
converted from the old format on load. They can be added
in many different formats, but they will convert to the
simple address=condition?byte format.
Also, now included is mightymo's cheat database, and the
ability to match a game and automatically load cheats
from it.
- Don't reset a pending NMI on vblank end. Fixes Super (furrykef)
Punch-Out.
- Redo NMI timing. Fixes Secret of Evermore (PAL). (BearOso)
- Test for transparency before dithering on SuperFX. This (RedGuy(yyy))
fixes some graphical artifacts in Star Fox.
- Change some of the SDD1 guesswork mapping. Fixes a Tales (BearOso)
of Phantasia hack.
- Return PPU1 MDR for reads of $2137 instead of CPU MDR. (BearOso)
Fixes Mario's Time Machine graphical glitch.
- Memset less memory for sprite calculations. (Nebuleon)
- Don't spuriously update register 14 when running SuperFX. (BearOso)
Fixes graphical glitches in Doom.
- Added a SuperFX clock modifier variable. (BearOso)
- Write CPU MDR during some DMA and HDMA transfers. Fixes (BearOso)
Speedy Gonzales and Funaki Masakatsu Hybrid Wrestler.
- Calculate next IRQ time in advance instead of continously (BearOso, OV2)
checking for it.
- Added some IRQ timing quirks. Fixes at least Marko's (BearOso, OV2)
Magic Football.
- Fixed wrong tile selection in offset-per-tile mode. (BearOso)
- Advance the VRAM pointer even if VRAM writes at the time (kps501)
are invalid.
- Return 0x80 instead of 0xff in DSP1 simulation. Fixes (kps501)
Powerfest '94 Mario Kart.
- Initialize controllers on reset. Fixes Looney Tunes (kps501)
B-Ball multitap.
- Attached APU instruction tracer and made some additions (BearOso)
to debugging output.
- Fix line doubling in interlaced mode. (kps501)
- Added support for M.A.C.S. rifle peripheral. (kps501)
- Fixed a bug where the MSU1 channels were reversed. (qwertymodo)
- Win32: Added dynamic rate control support for XAudio2 (OV2)
- Win32: Added different volume level configuration for (OV2)
regular and turbo speed.
- Win32: Added option to disable EPX scaling for messages (OV2)
- Win32: Improve multi-rom loading. (OV2)
- Win32: Add libpng and zlib dependencies as submodules for (qwertymodo, OV2)
easier compiling from source.
- Win32: Fixed icon registration. (OV2)
- Win32: Better support for running while unfocused. (OV2)
- Win32: Changed icon. (BearOso)
- Win32: Report hidpi support. (BearOso)
- Win32: Added mute hotkey and hotkeys for saving/loading (OV2)
from file.
- Win32: Disabled hotplugging in favor of a menu option to (OV2)
reconfigure joysticks.
- Win32: Added a reduce input lag option. (BearOso)
- Win32: Added ability to use GLSLP shaders with OpenGL, (OV2)
including a dialog to tweak custom parameters.
- GTK+: Added dynamic rate control support for audio to (BearOso)
reduce buffer overflows and underflows.
- GTK+: Increased SDL requirement to version 2.0. This (BearOso)
improves joystick compatibility.
- GTK+: Improved GTK+ 3.0 support and made it the default. (BearOso)
- GTK+: Added ability to start from a snapshot on the (julien2512)
command line.
- GTK+: Added automatic input rate handling. (BearOso)
- GTK+: Use 16-bit 5-6-5 pixel format for better colors. (BearOso)
- GTK+: Now disables the compositor in fullscreen mode. (BearOso)
- GTK+: Changed icon. (BearOso)
- GTK+: Require libepoxy for OpenGL support. (BearOso)
- GTK+: Add full compatibility with GLSLP shaders, with a (BearOso)
parameters dialog to configure them.
- Unix: Add xinerama support and window position hints.

Source

 

[TheTrueDream42]

Didn't realized that this was to still getting updates, cool. What I like seeing the most is that the cheat file can be edited without a special program to view it, and that you can grab cheats from a online database in program. I usually don't use cheats unless it's to access a beta menu or something, but being able to just get the cheats easily and add them from a 3d's source is nice.

 

[bradzx]

I wonder this will update for Wii version too.

 

[AsPika2219]

Another Bugs Fix was released into version 1.56.2 right now!!! Change Log!

This is a another small bug fix and minor feature release.

• Fixed IRQ corner case that caused Umihara Kawase's water
  to cover the whole screen. (BearOso)
• Adjusted IRQ timing slightly. Fixes Dragon Ball Z - Super
  Butouden 2. (BearOso)
• Clear WAI when IRQLine is active. Fixes Top Gear 3000. (BearOso)
• Fix reading the wrong tile data in mosaic drawing. Gets
  rid of glitch at top of FF6 battle transitions. (BearOso)
• Break a specific opcode into cycles. Fixes Little Magic. (BearOso)
• Win32: Don't mix garbage into the last line with NTSC
  filter. (OV2)
• Win32: Allow disabling scanlines in NTSC filter. (BearOso)
• GTK+: Added an undo load state option. (BearOso)
• GTK+: Fixed compilation on big-endian systems. (OV2)
• Win32, GTK+: Added integer scaling option. (BearOso)
• GTK+, Unix: Preserve current joypad state when rewinding. (BearOso)

Download it here! https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/releases

 

[the_randomizer]

Another Bugs Fix was released into version 1.56.2 right now!!! Change Log!



Download it here! https://github.com/snes9xgit/snes9x/releases

Nice, glad to see these issues fixed so promptly

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

I dunno if this was a bug or not, but when using MSU-1 audio, the track restarts from the beginning every time you rewind the game. So if anyone can post this somewhere.... wherever it needs to be for the people to be aware of this.

 

[the_randomizer]

I dunno if this was a bug or not, but when using MSU-1 audio, the track restarts from the beginning every time you rewind the game. So if anyone can post this somewhere.... wherever it needs to be for the people to be aware of this.

What game is this? I would file a bug report on GitHub or ask Qwertymodo if he knows about it.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

What game is this? I would file a bug report on GitHub or ask Qwertymodo if he knows about it.

All games with MSU-1 mods. The audio plays from files. It works fine, but everytime I use the rewind function for the emulator, the music track starts from the beginning and not sync with the game. A easy way to notice this is Link to the past FMV intro.

 

[the_randomizer]

All games with MSU-1 mods. The audio plays from files. It works fine, but everytime I use the rewind function for the emulator, the music track starts from the beginning and not sync with the game. A easy way to notice this is Link to the past FMV intro.


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Like I said, I suggest filing a former bug report on GitHub, otherwise, the devs won't know of the issue.