SNESES beta period coming soon!
SNESES, the SNES-inspired version of Blast16 is around the corner. If you want to join the beta, please send an email to sneses@tripware.es. Looking forward to sharing this new frontend with the retro community 🙂
Volume fix for 1.0.14
Random volume reduction problems have been reported since the first release, and it looked fixed in a recent version, but I got reports of it happening again to some users. This time I found a way to fix it by modifying a shell script that runs before launching Blast16. The modified file can be downloaded…
Blast16 1.0.14 released
Version 1.0.14 is available at www.blast16project.com! Here’s the full changelog: CHANGES Retroarch updated to latest version (1.7.8). 16:9 display mode available. New “BIOS Theatre” mode. Press Start+Select in the “All games” or “Favourites” list to unlock it, and then press X, Y or Z to launch the European, Japanese or USA BIOS (if the files…
Blast16 1.0.13 released
Version 1.0.13 is available at www.blast16project.com! Here’s the full changelog: CHANGES-Core select option removed. Genesis Plus GX now runs every game fine. -New option “Audio output”, with options “auto”, “hdmi” and “jack”. It applies immediately, no need to restart. -Overlays are now compatible with 4:3 mode. -New low pass filter effect enabled while in Options…
Blast16 1.0.12 released
Version 1.0.12 is available at www.blast16project.com. It fixes a few errors on introduced on version 1.0.12 regarding file management, when trying to reduce boot time. Changelog: CHANGES -Mouse pointer is not seen briefly when Blast16 starts anymore. BUGFIXES-Fixed several problems regarding file permissions (png files not being removed after importing, zipped ROMs duplicating entries in…
Blast16 1.0.11 released
Version 1.0.11 is available at www.blast16project.com. Only a couple of small changes before (hopefully) freezing development. Changelog: CHANGES In Master System and Game Gear games, buttons A and B act as 1 and 2 (it was B and C until now). Boot time is 2 seconds shorter.
Blast16 1.0.10 released
Version 1.0.10 is available at www.blast16project.com. It brings a new option called “Display mode”, to allow selecting pixel perfect or 4:3 resolution. Full changelog: CHANGES New option “Display mode” (pixel perfect and 4:3) in Settings-Emulation. If you only have Mega Drive/Genesis games, pressing Down switches between Favourites and All games menus, as it was before…
Blast16 1.0.9 released
Version 1.0.9 is available at www.blast16project.com. This is the biggest update so far, and it comes as an image only. Remember to make a backup before flashing (connect an USB drive to your Raspberry Pi, go to Options-Tools-Backup press A, then A again to confirm and wait a moment). Here’s the full changelog: CHANGES Games…
Blast16 1.0.8 released
Version 1.0.8 is available at www.blast16project.com. It’s actually a quick fix for a bug introduced in 1.0.7. CHANGES-Small correction in Brazilian Portuguese translation. BUGFIXES-Genesis Plus GX’s TV filters could not be used with Integer Scale enabled.
Blast16 1.0.7 released
Version 1.0.7 is available at www.blast16project.com! Some small but nice changes. Here’s the full changelog: CHANGES-Input menu moved to Settings menu. -New input mapping preset for 8bitdo M30 USB connected. -New frames made by Super Retropie (thanks again, dude!). -New Serbian translation (thanks Mario Perić!). -Quick navigation buttons (L and R) indication. -Some corrections made to…