Nova 0.6

Nova is an experimental Sega Saturn emulator written by Steve Kwok.

The goals of the Nova emulator is to be:

• Fast
• Compatible
• As accurate as possible
• Runs smoothly
• User friendly
• Support rich functions like cheat, states save/load, debugging, recording, texture upscaling etc.

What's new v0.6

• 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).

• Nova 0.6 [Windows] [32-Bit Intel] Hits: 382 Size: 690 Kb