[MiSTer FPGA] New Cores & MAJ

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06/06

Arcade: Turkey Joust, Mystic Marathon, and Joust 2:
- Updated framework to support wickerwaka's new HDMI pixel repetition method.
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Game and Watch:
- Fixed reset between games.
- Renamed to "GameNWatch" for MiSTer.ini. Please rename your game directory!
- Moved load file to top menu option.


Compukit UK101:
- Updated framework
- Fixed menu.


New Core: SNK TNK III (Beta) Core:
Published as standalone core while be in beta status. Eventually will be fusioned into SNKTripleZ80 Core.
- Original core and MiSTer port by @RndMnkIII

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07/06


S32X:
- Fixes from srg320.
- Updated framework.


New Core: SNK Athena (Beta) Core:
Published as standalone core while be in beta status. In the end it will be merged with the core SNKTripleZ80
- Original core and MiSTer port by @RndMnkIII
- Includes MRA's for: Athena, Super Athena and Athena bootleg.


Update: SNK Athena (Beta) Core:
- Fixed user input.


Update: SNK TNKIII (Beta) :
- Added T.A.N.K_Japan.mra, many thanks to funkycochise and
wark91 for supporting the alternative versions of the game.

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09/06


Update: SNK TNKIII (Beta) :
- I have finally fixed a small bug with the display of sprites that sometimes manifested as a ghost sprite that had been dragging since the creation of the core. It is necessary to update both the core file and the MRAs.


Update: SNK Triple Z80 Arcade hardware
- Added support for two game controllers.
- Some code cleanup.

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10/06


Ondra SPO 186 core
- Ondra SD implemented in core - faster and more convenient SW (games) load (from SD card in secondary slot)

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12/06


New Core: Watara SuperVision
-Originally by Pierco, reworked by me
-Budget handheld, fully library is supported
-60hz refresh is suggested for CRT's (on by default)
-Flickering is normal, the original handheld's video output was.. quaint.

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14/06


New Core: Bit Corporation Gamate
-Cons: Another rare Gameboy clone handheld
-Pros: Better than SuperVision

This core requires a bootrom to work, see the readme for details.

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14/06


Update: SNK Athena (Beta) :
- Added experimental support for Screen Flip as a new core OSD menu:
CODE: SELECT ALL

HACK (Only for Upright cabinet) > Core Screen Flip: Off, On.
Only intended for CRT users than cannot flip the screen (this option don't exist in the Arcade DIP switches).

This feature has been added at the request of several users who are unable to display the game correctly on their CRT screen. It does not exist on the original hardware and is not thoroughly tested, so graphical glitches may occur in certain phases or parts of the game. If you use HDMI or VGA output with the scaler enabled you do not need to use this feature.

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15/06


Added alternative MRA file with a ROM patch to Fix the inverted screen issue
CODE: SELECT ALL

Athena_Screen_Flip_Fix_ROM_Patch.mra
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Updated the Readme.md that now includes a better explanation of the different options available and in which cases to apply them to reverse the screen.

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24/06


SNES:
- Normalize volume in MSU1 mode.

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26/06


Genesis, MegaCD:
- Updated PSG (jt89) and FM(jt12) modules.
- Re-added ladder effect to FM (birdybro).
- MegaCD: fix PAL timings (retrorepair).
- Genesis: Add support for Miracle Piano (greyrogue).
- Updated framework.

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28/06


Universal Cosmic series games:
- Add Devil Zone.
- Updated framework.

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02/07


PSX:
Games affected by fixes:
Tetris with Card Captor Sakura, Casper, Tomba 2, Elementan Gearbolt, Robbit mon dieu(Jumping Flash 3), Akuji the Heartless, Gex2+3,
Evil Dead - Hail to the King, Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Reel fishing, Persona 2, Aquanaut no Kyuujitsu 2, Gunbird, Crash Team Racing

All changes:
- Hack for PAL games to run at 60Hz without being cut off vertically (up to 256 pixels height)
- add horizontal crop option
- Rename Datacache option to Turbo. It activates Data Cache now as well as fast GTE commands
- add mapable pause and dualshock modeswitch buttons
- revert exp1 bus response to 0xFFFFFFFF
- Convert to new status bit addressing (birdybro)
- GTE timing fixed
- fix operand forwarding when executing load to reg and load to gte in a row
- add dotclock timer
- fix gpu pausing for DDR3 -> fixes random crash when saving memcard to sdcard
- fix commands for Pocketstation SNAC (blue1)
- adjust async video out pixel divider reset at line start
- SPU: ignore repeat address writeback from voice channel if repeat address was written from CPU after first block of voice has been completed
- CD: ignore doubled CD command in special circumstances
- GPU: never read more than 1024 pixels from VRAM
- GPU: don't forcefully fetch full lines from VRAM when rendering transparent horizontal lines
- remove memcard for about 1 second when swapping to another card
- reset internal memcard status when card is removed
- CD: don't skip existing seek delay, e.g. from softreset, when executing new seek
- CD: add seek time when executing softreset
- fix transparency mode 0

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03/07


Universal Cosmic series games:
- Add No Mans Land.

That is all the Z80 based games now included.

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12/07


Main:
- Support for HDMI pixel repetition (used in 2560x1440 mode) and some video tweaks (Martin Donlon).
- input: enable vibration test by holding L button (then press X/Y in Menu core).
- input: Added Gun4IR lightgun support (JB).
- Cheat menu tweaks (arit).
- menu: system menu defaults to exit (to prevent unintentional switch to USB).
- video: send freesync/VRR enable frames if the display supports it (zakk).
- added experimental VRR logic (cores require update).
- menu: update minimig joystick mode option.
- menu: fix name scroll overlap with help scroll.
- video: support for fractional frame rate in short version of video_mode.
- menu: alternating info between battery and resolution if battery available.
- SNES: adjust MSU1 data buffer for bigger video buffer (fixes 512px video modes with HQ2x enabled).


SNES:
- Increase video buffer size (fixes 512px video mode with HQ2x enabled).


NES:
- PPU fixes (Kitrinx).
- FDS fixes (paulb-nl).
- MMC5 fixes (paulb-nl).
- Add SNAC support for 3d glasses (Kitrinx).
- Updated framework.


Minimig:
- Add support for analog joystick.
- Updated framework.

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16/07


Update: SNK TripleZ80 :
- ASO/Alpha Mission/Arian Mission: permanently fixed the ghost sprite glitch (no more strange things on the title screen). This has been a side effect of the core development process for Ikari Warriors (still in testing phase).


New Core: Super Game Boy

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17/07


New Core: Tomy Tutor

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18/07


SNK TripleZ80:
- ASO/Alpha Mission/Arian Mission: added SNAC DB15 support (tested with DB15 Splitter for official MiSTer by Antonio Villena).

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20/07


Arcade: Mystic Marathon, Turkey Shoot, Joust 2:
- Updated Framework (Variable Refresh Rate support added)

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23/07


Main:
- MGL: add setname tag to make a separate profiles for same core.
- Video mode switching optimizations (Martin Donlon).
- other fixes and tweaks.

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27/07


PSX:

Games affected by fixes:
Gouketuji Ichizoku 2, Eggs of Steel, Dragon Ball Z, Final Fantasy VI, Final Fantasy IX, Ape Escape, Aconcagua,
Slam Dragon, Rascal, Time Bokan Series - Bokan GoGoGo, Final Fantasy Tactics, Vigilante 8, DoDonPachi, X2 - No Relief

new features:
- added pause from CD slow -> will pause the core if data delivery from e.g. SDcard is slow instead of possibly crashing the game (can be disabled in OSD)
- add function for autoincrement savestate slot when saving
- add 24bit dithering option for VGA out

changes/fixes:
- Mixed: updated sys/framework
- Mixed: remove start button from savestate save/load combo
- Mixed: Digital pad can now use left Analog Stick as virtual DPad
- Mixed: improve timing closure for spuram to savestate readback (second sdram only)
- Mixed: added timeout to still pause the core if a game requests CD or SPU but doesn't read the requested data
- Mixed: show saving info overlay if OSD is closed
- Mixed: removed pause from heartbeat
- OSD: option for CD slow overlay: show only slow reads or slow reads and seeks
- OSD: autosave when opening OSD is now renamed and default
- OSD: show save status in OSD (not saved, saved, saving)
- CD: always accept reset cmd, even with second response irq pending
- CD: don't ignore pending speed change time when going into seek or read
- CD: don't ignore pending seek time when read/play is started while seek is still ongoing
- CD: remove periodic driveDelayNext where it's not required
- CD: don't fetch sector from HPS again if last fetch was from same sector
- CD: allow commands to execute while CD sector fetch from HPS is ongoing (fixes hangs when HPS is busy)
- MDEC: fix softreset from CPU write
- CPU: fix design flaw that didn't allow to pause CPU for DMA when CPU is constantly doing memory accesses
- GPU: clear texture cache when drawmode texture width changes
- DMA: increased CPU to DMA working ratio when transmitting data from VRAM to RAM
- GPU: fix video out read offset when framebuffer in vram is not 4 pixel aligned
- GPU: wait for previous draw calls pixels to be fully written before next readback
- GPU: write pixels to 64bit word aggregation timeout can be skipped if pipeline is done(speedup)
- GPU: allow output of videodata while core is paused(fixes glitches when unpausing)
- GPU: restructure most GPU modules to complete VRAM request even when core is paused
- GPU: don't reread fetched vram data after unpausing
- GPU: skip drawing line primitives that are fully outside the drawingArea