December 23, 2024
Nestopia UE 1.53.0 is released. This release ties up some loose ends at the core level, allowing more flexibility for some homebrew and hacks using MMC3 and VRC2/4 variants. There is now support for the NES 2.0 Default Expansion Device field, which allows the ROM header to specify the preferred input devices. Also supported are official releases for the Virtual Console and NES Remix. Support for mapper 555 (Campus Challenge 1991) is the final icing on the cake.

The major change for this release is for users of the FLTK build. It has been nearly entirely rewritten from the ground up. Refer to the ChangeLog for details. If you are a packager, please note that FLTK 1.4 is preferred, though 1.3 will still work aside from on macOS. Wayland is now supported explicitly by FLTK, but this code is not as mature as the X11 code, so your mileage may vary.

macOS support is improving, but still not quite production quality. The plan is to have it up to par for the next release.