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OpenMSX v0.8.1 RC 2 is released. OpenMSX is an open source MSX emulator which is free according to the Debian Free Software Guidelines, available under the GNU General Public License.For copyright reasons the emulator cannot be distributed with original BIOS ROM images. OpenMSX includes C-BIOS a minimal implementation of the MSX BIOS, allowing to play quite some games without the need to have an original MSX BIOS ROM image. You can also use your own BIOS ROM image if you please.

OpenMSX uses a distinctive emulation model to achieve the highest level of accuracy possible. It is available for multiple platforms including POSIX and Microsoft Windows operating systems and emulates a large amount of MSX (related) hardware.

New or improved emulator features:
- Added reverse: go back in time to correct mistakes or replay your actions
(use PgUp and PgDn to control, enable visualization of this feature with this
console command: set auto_enable_reverse gui). For more information on usage,
please see the (links in the) FAQ of the manual.
- Debugging:
- added information on last address/value written which triggered watch point
- added several new debuggables: keymatrix, joystick ports, romblock
- Windows unicode fixes
- Added possibility to link to Generation MSX from within scripts
- Various internal code cleanups
- Better SDLGL-PP TV scaler, sensitive to scanline setting
- Many speed and code size optimizations, developed in the context for the
Dingoo port
- Renamed "update" command to "openmsx_update" to avoid conflicts with the
native Tcl command
- Various tweaks to OSD menu: new colors (thanks Wolf), save states show date,
toys menu, ...
- Added new icon skin especially made for handhelds
- Added OSD virtual keyboard (only international QWERTY layout for now) for
devices without keyboard
- Added OSD mouse support, you can now easily create drag and drop of MSX
objects, for instance
- New scripts that demonstrate the OSD framework:
- experimental OSD script for tabbed MSXing (controllable from OSD menu)
- music keyboard (visualize notes of sound chips)
- SCC editor (edit SCC wave forms)
- Experimental (still primitive) support for TAS (http://tasvideos.org/)

MSX device support:
- Added emulation of Palcom Laserdisc games on the Pioneer PX-7/PX-V60 (note:
not visible in screenshots and video recording yet)
- Added support for balance per channel, including support for the "stereo"
effect of the FM Stereo PAK and the stereo PSG of the Pioneer PX-7
- Added new mapper: Arc
- Accuracy improvements:
- minor fixes in V99x8, V9990, YM2413 and YMF278 emulation
- Added emulation of the trackball (thanks n_n)

Build system, packaging, documentation:
- Added platform/CPU support for: PA-RISC, Dingoo, SuperH, Nokia N900/Maemo,
MacOSX 10.6 / 64-bit, GNU/kFreeBSD, Atmel AVR32
- For Laserdisc support (which is optional), added dependency on libogg,
libvorbis and libtheora
- Removed dependency on SDL_image

Download: OpenMSX v0.8.1 RC 2 x86
Download: OpenMSX v0.8.1 RC 2 x64
Source: Here