Nova v0.6.0

November 18th, 2019, 23:29 Posted By: wraggster

Nova v0.6.0 is released. Nova is a Sega Saturn Emulator(SS Emulator) for Windows. Nova is capable to run several commercial games, but it's still in its early stage.

Features:
1.automatically select regions.
2.automatically select cartridge types by editing cart.json.
3.automatically save backup memory.

Nova doesn't support:
1.save/load states
2.run games via a CD drive

Nova Changelog:
SH2: Implemented Cache and SCI.
SH2: Rewrote Power-On procedure.
SH2: Rewrote instruction TAS and TRAPA.
SH2: Fixed a bug of return value of reserved areas(Dark Savior).
M68K: Limited the address bus to 24 bits.
SMPC: Implemented commands queueing.
SMPC: Rewrote SMPC peripheral handlings.
SMPC: Rewrote the command SYSRES.
SMPC: Fixed a bug of RTC.
SMPC: Fixed timing issues of the command INTBACK.
SMPC: Fixed a bug of SNDON command(Steam Hearts).
VDP1: Fixed a bug of invalid command(DraculaX).
VDP1: Fixed a bug of LINK address(DraculaX).
VDP2: Rewrote handling of the VCNT register.
VDP2: Completed Cycle Pattern handlings.
VDP2: Restored Character Pattern cache.
SCSP: Implemented 1Mb RAM mode.
CDB: Removed MP2 decoder kjmp2.
CDB: Implemented MPEG1 Video and Audio Layer 1/2 decoding.
CDB: Implemented MPEG related commands.
CDB: Implemented commands CdClose and MpPutSctData.
CDB: Implemented a new sound buffer to provide better playback quality for CDDA and MPEG audio.
CDB: Supported Video CD playback(require MPEG ROM).
CDB: Fixed timing issues of the commands AbortFile, CdGetLastBuf, GetSctNum.
CDB: Fixed a crashing bug of SubcodeQ decoding.
CDB: Fixed HIRQREQ flag setting(EHST) and data size of the command PutSctData(Outrun).
CDB: Fixed a bug when there is no disc in the CD drive(crash in TITAN mode).
CDB: Fixed the default start/end positions of the command CdPlay.
CDDRIVE: Fixed a bug that seekinig function doesn't work while playing.
SYSTEM: Rewrote memory mapping, two SH2s and SCU now have different memory mappings.
PERIPHERAL: Implemented PAR(Preliminary), FDD and Stunner(Virtua Gun).
BIOS: Disabled Nova BIOS.
MISC: Supported 4 executable formats BAL, COF(COFF), CPE(Psy-Q), ELF.
MISC: Supported WindowsXP.
MISC: Added .img format for the cue parser.
MISC: Renamed cart.json to data.json.
MISC: Fixed a bug that the primary BUP is not saved properly at exit.
DATA: Fixed BUP type of "MARVEL SUPER HEROES VS. STREET FIGHTER"(Hector Tomazella).

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