VERSION HISTORY
29/12/2010 - Version 0.7.0

• Added several command line parameters (described in the User Guide).
  
• Added a "Welcome Dialog" that pops up when the emulator is launched for the first time. It sums up the basic settings information, so that users don´t have to go through the documentation (or configuration dialog) to discover the default key mappings.
  
• Implemented a mechanism to perform an automatic deployment of the native libraries, depending on the execution environment (32 or 64 bits JVM).
  
• Created two native executable launchers for Windows : One to launch the emulator in a console, the second to start it as a "windows" application.
  
• Better Mac OS X integration : added some callbacks to handle the About/Preference/Quit "system" menu items.
  
• Implemented a fallback method used when the fullscreen mode is reported not to be supported by the system (eg. Ubuntu 8.x with sun JRE).
  
• Added support for game saves (Standard Save and Quick-Saves).
  
• Upgraded the emulator memory model in order to support dual-banked and multi-banked games.
  
• Improved the configuration file handler so that it can fetch binaries from zipped files, and support multi-banked games (either as a big raw file, or as a list of 32K files) as well as crypted files (games that are theoretically not intended to be made publicly copyable).
  
• Included the freeware version of the games "War of the Robots" and "Vector 21" by Fury Unlimited, and created two original overlays for both games.
  
• Included the freeware version of the games Protector and Y.A.S.I by Alex Herbert, and created one original overlay for YASI.
  
• Included the 64K (dual-banked) versions of John Dondzila´s cartridges "VecMania" and "VecTopia".
  
• Implemented a special "interlaced" rendering mode, targeted at the so-called bitmap-vectors oriented games (eg. YASI).
  
• Corrected the emulation speed issues for all games ... hopefully .
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the shots sound in Solar-Quest to be silenced.
  
• Fixed another bug that caused the sound output in Star-Hawk to be totally inaudible.
  
• Fixed a crash that occurred when two different memory areas were accessed at the same time (by reading a 16 bits number at the end boundary of one memory area). For instance, Polar Rescue attempting to read 2 bytes at $FFFF with an "LDD 0,Y" instruction.
  
• The main window position/size is now persistent (including its maximized state) + added a window size optimisation feature.
  
• The vectors are now sorted by brightness, and the darkest ones are drawn first (to avoid that a dull vector darkens brighter ones).
  
• Created all the overlays pictures from scratch, and packed them in a single resource file.
  
• Better Overlay rendering : the transparent colors are now more visible (giving true colors to the vectors), and you can now select the overlay rendering method (8 choices) that best fits your monitor.
  
• The overlays are now loaded only when they are first displayed. If you play the games with the overlays disabled, the emulator starts much faster.
  
• Added an option to display a special overlay simulating a part of the Vectrex front frame (and its rounded screen, with a bit of refraction).
  
• Implemented an OpenGL glow Shader for a better simulation of the Vectrex screen properties (available only if your 3D card is not too old). A settings editor is also included so that you can create/save/load your own shader profiles.
  
• Added several user-editable settings for tweaking the monitor gamma correction, as well as the vectors brightness factor and thickness...
  
• Added two display options to simulate some common Vectrex defects (Vectors Wobbling and Brightness Flickering).
  
• A full core dump is now saved into a file when the engine raises a fatal error, thus allowing post-mortem diagnostics if you send me the file.
  
• Added an experimental debug menu called "Inject RAM in cartridge". It generates a binary derived from the original cartridge, that embeds the current RAM & CPU registers. These values are restored whenever a button is pressed on the 2nd joystick. This works on a real Vectrex, too.
  
• Changed default keymaping for joystick #1 buttons (AZER for French/Belgium keyboards, or QWER for other countries). The mapping settings dialog now also detects and handles the duplicate keys correctly.
  
• Created a public bug tracker for ParaJVE & ParaJVD.