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Announcing CD-i Emulator version 0.5.3-beta6 for Windows

Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:44 pm
by cdifan
A new beta release of CD-i Emulator is now available from the Downloads
section of the CD-i Emulator website at https://www.cdiemu.org/downloads/.

Release notes can be found in the RELNOTES file; a summary is available
from the Release Notes section at https://www.cdiemu.org/relnotes/.

This is the sixth beta release for version 0.5.3. It is hugely out of date
with the current development version 0.6.0; the only reason for its release
is to get a working version available again.

The only major change is that emulation speed throttling has been fixed for
modern machines so games running at unplayable speeds should be a thing
of the past.

Note to would-be crackers of this version (you know who you are):
I really would prefer it if you didn't. There is really no need!

As with all previous beta versions, using a Mono-I CD-i system ROM
(also called BIOS) will give you unlimited emulation functionality;
this is the same ROM file needed for the MESS/MAME CD-i driver.

This beta version also has the NVRAM save functionality enabled,
and before the built-in beta date limit expires a new beta release
for version 0.6.0 should be available.

To obtain unlimited emulation functionality with a different CD-i
system ROM file, please buy the unlimited edition of version 0.5.2
which is still available at https://www.cdiemu.org/payments/.
Activating the unlimited edition on your machine will also unlock
the unlimited emulation functionality of this beta version.

If you like my work and/or would like to support future development,
you can also send me a donation. You can send PayPal payments to
payment@cdiemu.org or use one of the following websites:

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cdifan

https://ko-fi.com/cdifan

Have fun emulating your favorite CD-i titles!