FCEUX 2.0.3

[xamenus]

If you're acquainted with the TAS community, then this is probably old news.

A new version of FCE Ultra, now known as FCEUX, has been recently released. It is a merge of all of the forks that were created since the original version was discontinued in 2004. Many other improvements have been made, as well. Check out the homepage for info and changelogs.

Forks merged into this release include:
* FCEU rerecording (for tool assisted speedruns)
* FCEUXD and FCEUXDSP (debugging features)
* FCEU-mm (many new mappers)

http://www.fceux.com/

[badinsults]

It is great to see a new version of this classic emulator. I remember using it years ago.

[Justifier!]

Bump.

Since this topic is getting old, a new version of FCEUX is out!

FCEUX 2.0.3 release

We have been trying to address issues which are holding back adoption of FCEUX for both the SDL and windows builds.

emulator:
bug: fix fcm conversion, recording, and playback of reset and power commands
bug: prevent excessively long movie filenames
bug: SF [ 2085437 ] should fix issues with missing author field in fcm convert crashing fceux
bug: fix savestate recovery code which prevented aborted savestate loads from recovering emulator state correctly.
bug: gracefully handle non-convertible broken utf-8 text without crashing
enh: permit user optionally to proceed through the movie savestate mismatch error condition, in case he knows what he is doing.
enh: Adding an experimental (optional and undocumented) new PPU. Slow, but more precise in some ways.
Contact developers if you think you need more precision

sdl:
bug: fixed issue where windowed mode would always be set to 32 bpp
bug: SF [ 2062823 ] fixed ppc build errors and added LSB_FIRST option to build scripts
bug: SF [ 2057008 ] lua is now optional, thanks shinydoofy for a patch. also fixed some build issues.
bug: SF [ 2008437 ] fixed an issue where flawed movie would crash fceux on every startup
enh: added support for AVI creation for SDL, see documention/Videolog.txt for more
enh: toggle lag frame counter for SDL, default hotkey F8
enh: toggle skipping of lag frames for SDL, default hotkey F6
enh: made the input config window more usable
enh: --inputcfg can now be used without a filename
enh: SF [ 2179829 ] user ability to toggle "bind savestates to movie" added for SDL, default hotkey F2
enh: SF [ 2047057 ] added uninstall script for gfceux

windows:
bug: SF [ 2073113 ] Child windows inside debugging window get invalid sizes
bug: Sound config dialog will now look to see if Mute Turbo should be checked
bug: hex editor find dialog does not reopen (fixed)
bug: SF [ 2058942 ] Load state as... does not use the savestate override dir (fixed; now, it does)
bug: fix problem where replay dialog couldnt work when the process current directory
had changed to something other than emulator base directory
bug: fix issue where keyboard keys get stuck when switching between debugger window and main window
enh: added a toggle for binding savestates to movies
enh: added -cfg (config file) command line argument
enh: add maximize button to debugger window
enh: bind a menu option for display framecounter
enh: autoload the only useful rom or movie from an archive, in cases where there is only one
enh: don't read every archive file when scanning for replay dialog. scan them, and only look for *.fm2

emulua:
bug: SF [ 2153843 ] Lua ignores second joypad.set()
enh: add execute timeout functions useful for lua contests


-- zeromus

http://www.fceux.com/

[GSZX1337]

A user on the Ubuntu Forums by the name of punkrockguy318 posted a tutorial on how to install FCEUX and it's frontend GFCEUX.

You can read it here, or you can read below.

1. Install necessary dependencies.

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sudo apt-get install scons libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian-alsa liblua5.1-dev zlib1g-dev zenity

2. Grab the latest version of fceux and extract it to your home folder. You can get it from http://fceux.com/web/htdocs/download.php. Download the source tarbell.

3. Open up a terminal (Applications... Accessories... Terminal). Change directory into the fceu folder.

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cd fceu

4. Build and install fceu.

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sudo scons install

If you want to install the GUI (gfceux), follow the following instructions:

1. Change directories into the gfceux directory.

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cd ~/gfceux

2. Install gfceux.

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sudo python setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local

You can now run gfceux by running

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gfceux

If anyone has any issues with this guide, please let me know and I'll fix the guide.

Enjoy the best emulator on the Linux scene

I didn't see any tutorials on how to install this emulator in Linux, so I thought I'd post this.