SMS Plus PSP changelog

A new version of the Sega Master System and Game Gear emulator for PlayStation Portable has been released by homebrew coder Akop Karapetyan.

Changelog:

Adds support for TMS9918-based display modes, making games like F16 Fighting Falcon and Rozetta no Shouzou playable
Saving changes to controls is now automatic (no longer need to press X to save)

SMS Plus PSP is a port of the SMS Plus emulator to the Sony PlayStation Portable platform. It’s written in C and uses GU (Graphical Utility toolkit) for rendering.New FeaturesVersion 1.2.55 (January 14 2009) * Time Rewind feature by DaveX – “rewind” recent gameplay (approximately 20 seconds). Map ‘Special: Rewind’ to any PSP button to enable this featureInstallationUnzip smsppsp.zip into /PSP/GAME/ folder on the memory stick.Game ROM’s may reside anywhere (the ROMS subdirectory is recommended, but not necessary). SMS+ PSP can load ROM’s from ZIP files.Time RewindingStarting with version 1.2.55, SMS Plus PSP includes a “time rewind” feature, which allows you to rewind recent gameplay (approximately 20 seconds). Map ‘Special: Rewind’ to any PSP button to enable this feature.ControlsThe emulator currently comes with the following default key mappings:During emulation:Analog stick Directional pad up/down/left/rightDirectional pad Directional pad up/down/left/right[ ] (square) Button 2X (cross) Button 1O (circle) Spacebar[L] + [R] Return to the emulator menuSTART Pause/StartBy default, button configuration changes are not retained after button mapping is modified. To save changes, press X (cross) after desired mapping is configured. To load the default mapping press ^ (triangle).CompilingEmulator’s source code is only available via a Subversion (SVN) repository. To check out a particular version, runsvn co version is the release version (for example, 1.2.1). Note that for this to work, you need to have Subversion installed.To compile the emulator, you will need zlib (svn://) and libpng (svn://).

SMS Plus PSP is a port of the Sega Master System Plus emulator to the Sony PlayStation Portable platform. It’s written in C and uses GU (Graphical Utility toolkit) for rendering.Changelog:Version 1.2.5 (December 08 2008) * When switching games, latest save state will be automatically highlighted * Rapid fire support – map any button to A or B autofire (‘Controls’ tab). Change the rate of autofire in the ‘Options’ tab * Snapshots are now saved to PSP’s PHOTO directory (/PSP/PHOTO), and can be viewed in PSP’s image viewer * File selector snapshots – while browsing for games with the file selector, pause momentarily to display the first snapshot for the game

It's been a while since we've picked up word from uberjack's SMS Plus PSP application, which is why we're happy to report that the coder's recently released a new update. In case you're wondering what SMS Plus is, it's a PSP-based emulator designed to play games from the Sega Master System and Game Gear consoles. It's based on Charles MacDonald's SMS Plus emulator. Getting back to our topic, here are v1.2.4's tweaks:

• Various bug fixes
• Added animations to the menu UI
• Fixed buffer overflow error affecting units without a battery

Installation and usage instructions for SMS PLus PSP v1.2.4 are available in the readme included with the file bundle. While you're here, make sure to visit uberjack's other emulator works, such as the PSP ports of fMSX and Atari8000. Enjoy the download.

PSP coder uberjack just announced that the SMS Plus emulator homebrew has received an update. This latest release has been labelled as v1.2.3, and features improvements such as enhanced emulation speed, and various other bug fixes:

• 20% speedup in emulation speed with new 8-bit video rendering
• Option to turn off FM emulation (an additional 48% improvement in emulation speed - all games now play at 100% speed with VSync enabled)
• Various small bug fixes

In case you're wondering, this application is actually uberjack's PSP port of Charles MacDonald's SMS (Sega Master System) Plus emulator, with this release coded in C. Installation and usage details should be available in the readme provided with the download - make sure to check that to know how to run SMS Plus. Also make sure to check out uberjack's other emulator's works, namely ColEM-PSP and fMSX-PSP.