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From the home page:
August 20, 2007
Stella release 2.4 for Linux, Mac OSX and Windows is now available. Ports to other operating systems will be released as they become available. A partial list of features is:
* Added new video sub-system where fullscreen and windowed modes are treated differently. Windowed modes now use '-zoom_tia' and '-zoom_ui' arguments, while fullscreen modes can be specified by resolution using the new '-fullres' argument. * Widescreen video modes are now supported; Stella will simply center the image with surrounding black borders. * Many UI-related changes, including resizable ROM launcher and debugger windows, and a new UI palette (the previous 'classic' palette is still available). This is still a work in progress. * The locations of all major config files (statedir, palette file, cheat file, properties file, etc) are now configurable from the commandline and within the UI. * Updates to TIA palette support. Added SECAM support, and removed the built-in 'original' palette. Standard, z26, and user are still available. * Various bugfixes to some debugger commands. The 'run' command no longer causes a crash, and several others have better error-checking. * Added more complete cartridge auto-detection for Commavid (CV), 3E, 3F and Activision (FE) formats. * Removed XStart and Width ROM properties, since the forthcoming TIA rework won't be using them. * Reworked internal storage of ROM properties to be faster and take up less space. * Added several different ways of stretching the OpenGL image to the '-gl_fsmax' argument, for more flexibility. * Removed OpenGL aspect ratio setting favour of the previously mentioned video changes. We'll see how this goes. * Removed dirty-rect support from software rendering, since it was actually sub-optimal in Windows and OSX and defaulted to off in previous versions. * Added support for gzipped ROMs. * Re-added pause support. * Re-added support for Windows 98. * Removed support for 'STELLA_BASEDIR' environment variable, since each config file can be now configured separately. * Removed '-fastscbios' argument, since it must always be turned on. * Removed PSP support, since it hasn't been updated in over a year, and someone else is maintaining another port elsewhere. * For the Unix/Linux port; fixed 'make install' issues, and changed icon to PNG format.
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