Provenance

3.0.6

Nintendo 3DS

3.0.5

New RetroArch Cores Added:

- Pokemini

- BNES

- BSNES HD

- BSNES Mercury

- GenesisPlus GX Wide

- Improved FDS support (fceumm and nestopia)

Audio System Improvements:

- Added CoreMIDI support (DOSBox MIID In/Out)

- Added CoreAudio microphone support (MelonDS DS and NooDS)

- Improved audio device switching

- Reduced audio glitching during gameplay

- Fixed audio issues when stopping games

Core Improvements:

- Redesigned core options interface

- Expanded system compatibility

- Improved state management stability

- Fixed some 3DS sound/music issues

3DS Enhancements:

- Added support for custom textures

- Improved graphics performance

UI Enhancements:

- Contentless cores displayed on homepage by default

- New Ignore start button displaying pause menu option

- New ignore mute switch button for audio playback muting

- Improved homepage BIOS and systems layout and design

General Fixes:

- Faster system bootup

- Various crash fixes

- Better ROM file type support in file's browser

- Improved artwork search, more systems supported

- Updated RerroArch-based core configurations

- Faster, improved Save States mangement interface

- More Save State mangement modes, all, per-system or per-game

3.0.4

Release 3.0.4: UI Improvements, Core Updates, and Preliminary Work on New Features

This release includes significant updates and improvements:

• UI Enhancements:
  • Improved game cell styling and marquee text for game titles
  • Updated settings icon and menu structure
  • Fixed media cache to prevent artwork clipping
• Core Updates:
  • Added preliminary support for Philips CD-i (WIP, not available in App Store)
  • Updated RetroArch assets and MAME plugins
  • Added NooDS core
  • Improved Dolphin core Vulkan loading
  • Added multiple test cores for Flycast (Dreamcast emulation WIP, not in App Store)
• DeltaSkins Feature (WIP):
  • Initial integration of DeltaSkins system for testing and development
  • Added preliminary skin preview and management functionality
  • Note: This feature is not yet usable and is for internal testing only
• System Improvements:
  • Enhanced core filtering for disabled and app store incompatible cores
  • Updated system settings and core project views
  • Improved handling of unsupported cores in App Store builds
• Build and CI/CD:
  • Fixed tvOS build issues
  • Updated CI/CD step versions
• Other:
  • Various bug fixes and performance improvements
  • Updated documentation and What's New for 3.0.4

This release focuses on UI polish and emulation core support, while laying the groundwork for future features like CD-i and Dreamcast support, and the DeltaSkins system. These new features are still in development and not yet available for general use.

3.0.3

• Improved core scanning to prevent startup crashes
• Enhanced error handling for RetroArch cores
• Fixed Intellivision on-screen controls
• Fixed 3DS settings not applying
• Improved graphics performance and less 3DS texture issues with custom MoltenVK implementation
• Fixed Atari Jaguar video rendering
• Added support for zipped BIOS files (Neo Geo and others)
• Various stability improvements and bug fixes
• Improved import conflicts system selection workflow

3.0.2

Improved app stability and startup performance
• Added crash reporting for better reliability
• Enhanced Saturn and Jaguar controller support
• Instant updates for 3DS settings like resolution scaling and CPU speed
• BIOS importer and automatic scanner improvements and fixes
• Various bug fixes and optimizations

3.0.1

• fixed themes not fully applying on change
• fixed crash in Save States pause menu to view
• fixed some homepage graphical bugs
• fix core options settings UI not updating on value change (though values were indeed being changed)
• fixed 3DS layout/touch/rotation size issues
• Added/fixed some 3DS options, such as overclocking and underclocking
• Metal / OpenGL option text inverted to clarify that Metal is always on by default and does not require a Plus subscription.
• Added iOS 16 support (the big one)
• Systems list filters out unsupported systems
• systems list improved layout
• fixed crash in file size calculation caching
• faster app boot
• removed unsupported Jaguar CD entry
• add retroarch mupen-next core

3.0

Complete re-write of the UI, importer, database matching, audio engine, video engine etc.