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After numerous and speedy revisions and improvements, nervegas has released v1.0.0 of the iPhone NES emulator. NES.app v1.0.0 has experienced a few tweaks here and there from the previous build and is back on the toolchain v0.20.

For those of you unfamiliar with the NES.app, it's a program that lets your iPhone play NES games. For those of you familiar with the application or simply interested in seeing the changelog from the previous version (RC4), here it is:

• Back to toolchain v0.20
• Fixed PCM wave channel (Zelda sword, Punchout Cheering, etc)
• Fixed buzzing on audio channels 1 & 2
• Fixed game genie entry screen
• Added "PCM Sound" preference to turn off PCM if problems
• Fixed delete swipe to highlight correct table cell
• Replaced reset button for mute button

As always, users are encouraged to see the readme file included in the download before using the program.

Download: NES.app v1.0.0

The iPhone NES app from nervegas has really been shaping up the last couple of days. The program has seen a lot of new updates and some minor fixes in the latest version. The iPhone NES emulator allows users to play NES games.

Here's the changelog for the latest version (v1.00_RC2.1) since v0.99.07:

1.00_RC1[nervegas]

• Added auto-install of coreaudiod.plist for on-demand mode
• Added 1-second delay for sound initialization

1.00_RC2[nervegas]

• Added suspend for incoming call, graceful exit for power off
• Removed "Allow Suspend" option, too complicated with sound
• Changed on-demand installer text to be more coherent+restart
• Added Swap A/B Preference
• Tapered off buttons in full screen / landscape mode
• Cleanup of full screen code, fixes for buffer overruns
• Fixed some games not appearing right in full screen
• New icon to experiment with
• Fixed sound looping issues (e.g. Zelda, Faxanadu, etc)

1.00_RC2.1[nervegas]

• Dropped back to old toolchain (new one hosed Zelda 2)
• NOTE: Use vibrate mode to avoid losing sound to Mail/SMS

As always, users are encouraged to look over the Readme file before using the app. Download the latest release of the iPhone NES app below:

Download: NESapp-1.00_RC2.1.tar.gz

To those of you who were delighted that the homebrew community has fully cracked the iPhone open, here's an interesting development: another group of developers came up with a new program known as NES.app that is similar to iPhoneNES.

It seems like this is somewhat a "follow through" because the first parts of both the programs' changelog are similar. Anyway, NES.app uses the InfoNES emulation core so it reflects the 6502 processor in a Nintendo Entertainment System.

It allows users to play ROM dumps of games designed for the NES. NES.app is currently on v0.41 and the changes since iPhoneNES v.20 are as follows:

• 0.22:[stepwhite] Added diagonal direction hotspots, SHOW_HITSPOT flags
• 0.23:[nervegas] Tweaks to orientation change, DEBUG shows hot spots now
• 0.24:
• [nervegas] Using K6502_rw.h from older core, Metroid and Punchout work!
• [nervegas] Made more improvements to orientation sensitivity
• [nervegas] Implemented slightly faster rendering
• 0.25: [nervegas] Enlarged controls for landscape mode
• 0.26: [nervegas] Change status bar background to black on landscape
• 0.27: [nervegas] Controller fix to allow button, then directional pad hold
• 0.28: [nervegas] Added save SRAM support (to save SRAM for games like Zelda)
• 0.29: [nervegas] Added auto-save state and "Saved Games" selection
• 0.30: [nervegas] Fixed SaveState for many games, +Mapper1 +Mapper5. This fixed Tetris, Bubble Bobble, Super Mario 2, others...

The rest of the changelog and the download link after the jump!