Ex Plus Alpha 1.5.20/21

经过了半年多时间，Robert Broglia的emu.某某某系列模拟器终于有了一次升级。大部分升级到了1.5.20以上，可惜saturn.emu还是1.5.19。

本次升级基本都是些滤镜上的改进，另外安卓和iOS版现在可以在HDMI/Airplay等外挂屏幕上只显示游戏内容，同时在手机屏幕上单显示虚拟按键，想法不错，但是就那块纯平的玻璃当手柄完全就是找虐。

Version 1.5.21 (2014.09.25)

• C64 & MSX: Fixed crash when selecting IO device insert/eject menus
• MD: Fixed crash in Shining Force 2 and other games when compiling for ARM with GCC 4.9 due to undefined behaviour in some VDP functions

Version 1.5.20 (2014.09.24)

• Improved hq2x effect quality and speed: now works with linear filtering and renders exactly 2x the amount of pixels so uses less GPU power in most cases
• Added Scale2x shader
• Reduced memory used when backgrounded by deallocating all font data
• Added Default setting to Save Path option that uses an automatic path on the primary storage device (displayed when setting is selected)
• Optionally fall back to default save path if the current lacks write access, for example on Android 4.4+ using a secondary SD card
• Reorganize some options and rename Options -> Input to Emulated System Options, available under On-screen Input Setup and Key/Gamepad Input Setup if the system has extra input options
• Android: Fixed some crashes in the Bluetooth error handling code
• Android & iOS: Added option to override OS external display mirroring (HDMI, Airplay, etc.) and show just the game content while the on-screen controls remain on the phone/tablet screen
• iOS: Added support for MFi gamepads on iOS 7+
• iOS: Added native 64-bit builds for most systems
• MD: Fixed .iso file loading without a cue file
• MD & PCE: Updated CD image routines from Mednafen 0.9.36.1 with some .cue file handling improvements and better caching when reading images
• MD & MSX: Fixed some possible crashes when loading games due to memory corruption
• NEO: Added option to select between Universe BIOS 2.3, 3.0, and 3.1

我很负责任的和大家说，罗伯特大神这一系的付费模拟器在功能上已经被Retroarch覆盖了。现在唯一选择它们的理由就是GUI易用性不错，可能也就是因为这个原因，emu.xxx这一年来一直有点马马虎虎的样子，可以圈点的内容几乎没有。再加上被Play商店里那上百个山寨应用挨个抄了好几遍还毫无办法…换了谁都会缺乏斗志是吧。作者已经完全开放了源代码库，有码农基础的同学完全可以自己编译。

幸好现在Retroarch新版一直跳票中，又和出品山寨软解游戏机Retron5的Hyperkins公司陷入了代码授权合法性的撕X大战之中，假如T神倔脾气上来一气之下也TM停Retroarch的更，那就算是放了一个超级大码头给除了DraStic之外的所有收费模拟器了 😀

本期彩蛋：让人失望的等待了十年的cult电影第二部，有福利，但是福利程度比上部差远了，白白浪费了那么豪华的演员阵容哦。