Game Launcher Change Log

Version 0.9.8 - 14 May 2002

• Ported to Win32 and Unix.
• Created rudimentary screen saver.
• Added keys to restart and skip current MP3.
• Added pre-/post-commands that are run before/after a game is run.
• Added mouse (trackball and trackwheel) support.

Version 0.9.7 - 22 Nov 2001

• Added turbo scrolling to allow much faster scrolling of large numbers of games.
• Added a debug mode to help diagnose configuration problems.
• Log files are backed up and rotated to aid in debugging.
• MP3 volume is now configurable.
• Fixed a number of file name comparisons that should have been case insensitive.
• Ignore "use_extension" if a ROM file is used.
• [SOURCE] Changed MP3 library.
• [SOURCE] Changed JPEG library.
• [SOURCE] Upgraded Allegro library.
• [SOURCE] Upgraded TrueType font library.
• [SOURCE] Upgraded PNG and ZLIB libraries.

Version 0.9.6 - 10 Jan 2001

• Fixed crash if no joystick is detected.

Version 0.9.5 - 25 Dec 2000

• Added joystick support, thanks to Dean Bear.
• Added a utility to generate Game Launcher config files for MAME.
• No longer crashes if an invalid config is given.
• No longer crashes if ROM files are removed between invocations.

Version 0.9.4 - 28 Aug 2000

• Added JPEG support for screen shots.
• Handles long file names properly.
• Speed up initial loading time by as much as 15 times.
• Added option to control volume of sound effects.
• Moved saved state information out of config files and into one state file.

Version 0.9.3 - 29 Jul 2000

• Added support for TrueType fonts. The font and size are fully configurable.
• Added non-integer scaling of screen shots as an option.
• Made the screen resolution fully configurable.
• Fixed a bug in rotated configurations.
• Fixed a SIGSEGV when no ROMs where found.

Version 0.9.2 - 14 Jun 2000

• Support for rotated (vertical) monitors.
• Added an optional icon next to games with a screen shot available.
• Added options to control menu colors.
• Added options to control animation.
• Added more control over key repeat delays.
• Fixed a bug where the "use_extension" option was being ignored.
• Fixed a bug where "rom_extension" only worked with 1 extension.
• Upgraded to UPX v1.0.1.
• [SOURCE] Cleaned up and re-arranged just about everything.

Version 0.9.1 - 22 Feb 2000

• Made all key mappings configurable from glaunch.cfg.
• Fixed segfault on exit when running on slower machines with really low frame rates.
• Added path_prefix configuration parameter in glaunch.cfg.
• Edited the samples to sound louder.
• Added HTML documentation.
• Updated version number to 0.9.1 as it's pretty stable and 1.0.0 should be close.
• [SOURCE] Cleaned up CD_Background class.

Version 0.0.2 - 15 Jan 2000

• First public release.
• Added playlist support for MP3s instead of repeating the same one.
• Added support to play audio CDs instead of MP3s.
• Changed resolution from 1024x768 to 800x600. Wells-Gardner U3100 doesn't do 1024x768. :( Along with this comes a whole new interface that (hopefully) looks nicer.
• Used MAME-friendly key mappings.
• Game selection under each emulator is as the menu is changed and is remembered between invocations.
• Support for PNG screen shots.
• Fixed segfault while searching for ROMs if a directory exists in a ROM directory.

Version 0.0.1 - 15 Dec 1999

• Created config files for everything.
• Added more robust screen shot support.
• Save state information so that it can pick up where it left off between invocations. This includes current game selected, current emulator menu, and location in MP3 song.
• [SOURCE] Cleaned up Emulator class.