Changelog

RGB-Pi OS 4 (Alpha 13 ???) NEXT RELEASE, AVAILABLE SOON

• *** System upgraded to Debian 11 "bullseye" 64 bits ***
• Added new DynaRes 15/25/31Khz video mode transformation
• Added new DynaRes MAME TATE rotation patch
• Added new DynaRes Interlaced Flicker Reduction
• Added new DynaRes RGUI adaptative menu scaling support
• Added new Scraper engine
• Added new Scraper update system option
• Added new Scraper capture system
• Added new Slide Show screen saver
• Added 2P LGun support for Arcade and Naomi/DC
• Added new UI Bluetooth module manager
• Added Naomi to LGun
• Added DOSBox support for Roland(MT-32) and General Midi(SC-55) soundfonts. It requires new BIOS pack!
• Added cheevos test mode (all achivements active on start)
• Added new Slowdown Reduction emulation option
• Added default Jamma6 mapping for Astrocity Mini gamepad
• Added Keyboard support for ZXSpectrum
• Added new Game Menu combo button option in Controls option screen
• Changed Hotkey button by Game Menu (home) button in mapping screen
• Changed Save/Load/Exit hotkeys by new simplified RetroArch Game Menu via new Game Menu or Combo buttons
• Changed default external unit formatting from FAT32 to exFAT (>8TB units, >4GB files, improved R/W performance)
• Changed overclock from fixed to dynamic voltage
• Changed several RetroArch translations
• Fixed Unknown BT controller devices detection (fix RetroBit bug)
• Fixed analog L2/R2 mappings
• Fixed NFS game joy mappings
• Fixed system title on display rotation refresh
• Fixed MAME inverted TATE game resolutions
• Fixed scraper info unsupported chars
• Fixed Ports launcher
• Fixed local NFS not disabling RA menu
• Fixed PSX Pad Type emulation option
• Fixed C64 region aspect ratio
• Fixed crash on Wifi region option
• Fixed Emulation > Region option for PSX core
• Fixed Favorites helper image refresh
• Fixed several UI bugs
• Fixed some translations (Argon msg)
• Updated Scan Games BIOS blacklist
• Updated Swedish lang
• Removed RetroArch System option
• Removed Global NFS remaps
• Removed XPADNEO Wireless driver

RGB-Pi OS 4 (Alpha 12 20220410) LATEST RELEASE AVAILABLE

• Added overclock for all Pi4 models. CPU=2000Mhz, GPU=700Mhz (VOIDS WARRANTY!!!)
• Added SegaCD LGun player validation
• Added Swedish lang
• Added Dreamcast to LGun supported systems
• Added cpuinfo for command line interface
• Fixed Dreamcast Flycast UDEV driver
• Fixed SNES Native resolution
• Fixed all controller types (LGun, DOSBox, etc.)
• Changed PCSX-Rearmed by SwanStation
• Changed Dreamcast Alpha Sorting for better performance

RGB-Pi OS 4 (Alpha 11 20220403)

• Added new XPADNEO driver (Wireless)
• Added video info hints (p)rogressive and (i)nterlaced
• Added new input lag reduction options, Standard and Extreme (experimental)
• Added default SGB bezel for GB games
• Added bilinear filter to TATE games played in YOKO (reduce flickering)
• Added leaderboards to online option
• Added 1942, Kung Fu Master and Tokio Nights themes
• Added real jamma mappings for JAMMA3, JAMMA6 and MVS button styles
• Added dtoverlay=rpivid-v4l2 for future video support
• Changed Flycast Native BIOS to HLE BIOS
• Changed Atari2600 stela2014 core to stela mainline
• Fixed TATE Game overscan in YOKO mode
• Fixed EQ preset clipping values
• Fixed FBNeo remaps affecting LGun games
• Fixed TATE UI scroll animations
• Fixed rotation translations
• Updated RetroArch to 1.10.2
• Updated XPAD driver (USB)
• Updated PCSX core (fix TEKKEN 2)
• Updated Tate game DB
• Updated GLIBCXX_3.4.26 (libstdc++.so.6 + libstdc++.so.6.0.28)
• Updated Out Run theme
• Removed DynaRes fast mode on LGun and computer systems (fix non-respoding controls)
• Removed BIOS logo option (not compatible anymore)

RGB-Pi OS 4 (Alpha 10 20220313)

• Added DynaRes v2ː
  • Full code base refactor
  • Removed external switchres and python dependencies
  • Faster resolution changes
  • SuperX hres selection based on best mark
  • Blacklisted dummy resolutions
• Added new input lag reduction emulation option
• Added Naomi/Atomis to TATE mode
• Added new OutRun theme
• Added new Galaga theme
• Added new Galaxian theme
• Added new Ghosts'N Goblins theme
• Added warning message on RetroArch option menu
• Added cheevos sound per theme
• Added ports pack as a template for ports .sh (preinstalled prboom and tyrquake)
• Added emulation video filter option (Genesis Plus GX S-Video filter)
• Added validation when changing LGun controller style
• Added P2 Coin to default jamma mappings
• Added DynaRes support for PSX R-Type Delta
• Added DynaRes support for PSX Chrono Cross
• Fixed FreePlay
• Fixed FBNeo IGS games with bad resolution (i.e. demon front)
• Fixed Mega Tech tate list size
• Fixed no RA menu after switchres (RA menu active makes switchres slower)
• Fixed Argon fan error message
• Fixed list selector draw priority
• Fixed tate game list refresh
• Fixed tate favs crash
• Fixed title view positions refresh
• Fixed crash on system refresh when changing rotation mode
• Changed Genesis Plus GX standard by Lakka high performance compilation
• Changed cheevos translations
• Changed cheevos option to make it permanent
• Changed RetroArch message position (improves on TVs with big overscan)
• Changed Naomi/Atomis and moved to Arcade section
• Changed x68k fdd and hdd paths to disabled
• Changed Amstrad .dsk by .m3u
• Updated GLIBC_2.29 (libm.so.6 + libm-2.29.so)
• Removed Lowpass filter from FBNEO
• Removed Dreamcast & N64 240/480 screen selector

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 2.0 20201212)

• Fixed some SMS games bugged due to bad controller type (i.e. Wonder Boy in Monster Land)
• Added shadow and particle color selection via skin.ini
• Added NeonCity skin (TATE not supported)
• Removed disk sync on boot for better Boot, USB and NFS load times
• Removed special chars from screenshot file names

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.9 20201128)

• Fixed Screen Saver video previews
• Fixed text log displayed on shutdown

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.8 20201127)

• Added 3 new particle effects (Wind, Sparks, Bubbles)
• Added background FX parameter to skin.ini
• Added background type parameter to skin.ini
• Added 6 new particle demo skins
• Changed video rotation in rotated modes to match the original orientation
• Changed Retroarch to a better resampling quality from Lanczos to Kaiser algorithm
• Fixed menu transparency in rotated modes
• Fixed Help QR position in rotated modes
• Fixed performance issue when existing from screen utility

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.7 20201115)

• Fixed Load States on local NFS
• Fixed text font size in video player/previews
• Fixed arcade save state filter in favorites
• Fixed transparencies on screen rotation
• Added new system option for animated background FX

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.6 20201103)

• Fixed System Restore option
• Fixed savestates menu for joypads without L/R buttons
• Fixed Save/Load menu unsupported systems filter
• Fixed NFS crash when updating from <= 1.4 OS version
• Fixed automatic system permission fix

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.5 20201102)

• Changed Retroarch from 1.8.5 to 1.9.0
• Removed Auto Save/Load option
• Added 4-slot save state menu via new Save/Load menu option with screen captures
• Disabled Save/Load menu for unsupported systems and autoload on NFS to avoid cheats
• Added 2 USB external drives selector
• Added USB external drives label iformation
• Added 2 NFS external drives selector
• Added private IP address range filter on NFS mount to enable retroarch menu
• Fixed non-working stick for EXAR and TOMMO NEOGEO arcade sticks
• Added NEO·GEO/CD remaps when Button Style option is set to NEO·GEO
• Adden new Timezone selector
• Added Timezone selector on first boot
• Fixed screen assistant saving incorrect data on first boot if power outage happens
• Fixed video previews subtitles, now centered and using system font
• Fixed slowdown on image previews after playing video previews
• Changed skin transparency image layer by new skin.ini parameter alpha_level (0-256)
• Changed default rgui menu filtering to False
• Added additional music

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.4 20201012)

• Fixed Background Title Screen and Ingame Image
• Fixed EQ Clipping value change crash

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.3 20201011)

• Added new Equalizer with custom presets by system
• Added Mono/Stereo audio option
• Added new ScummVM Load/Save menu (requires BIOS update)
• Added Custom VSYNC in Advanced Options
• Changed Screen Utility button mapping for 3 Button JAMMA
• Changed Latency Frames option to Netplay menu
• Fixed/Added scraper info (requires rescan)
• Fixed volume color indicators
• Fixed some translations
• Fixed keep retroarch configurations on update
• Fixed game list preview slowdown after playing videos
• Fixed DOSBox PC Speaker

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.2 20200925)

• Added DSP Retroarch sound engine
• Added DSP based presets for both Mono and Stereo TVs
• Removed old equalizer
• Changed SEGA cores to stereo sound by default
• Removed SMD Stereo option from advanced options
• Removed Trinitron Fix from advanced Options
• Removed mapping on duplicated controllers
• Changed Help menu option to QR code
• Changed and flattened all Retroarch submenu options
• Changed video screensaver to display only vertical games on rotate mode
• Changed UniBIOS option to apply changes also in arcade core
• Fixed random crash when connecting two identical joys
• Fixed null write bug in game stats that was silently increasing the log file size
• Fixed controllers UI list refresh on screensaver
• Fixed detection delay for Retroflag snes pads

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.1 20200815)

• Added additional music
• Added new arcade core configurations
• Added new default skins
• Fixed labels in screen assistant in rotate mode
• Fixed detection in joytester
• Added save/load option in retroarch menu
• Added cheat option in retroarch menu
• Added Video Preview option checkbox in System menu

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Final 1.0 20200527)

• Changed scraper DB files and folder structure for improved performance and allow internal duplicated Ids across different systems
• Changed scraper engine for displaying USA/EU titles by default, JP titles when JP lang is selected and full rom file name when no info is found
• Added new Auto Scrape system option to disable Scraper on Search Games
• Fixed memory leak when refreshing game menus
• Fixed custom skin backgrounds in TATE mode
• Fixed selector layer in Classic Purple skin
• Added additional characters to the virtual keyboard
• Fixed NEOGEO helper colors

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Beta 3.2 20200522)

• Updated PSX file formats
• Added Ports system for custom .sh execution
• Added execution support in USB FAT partitions
• Fixed arcade 256p games
• Fixed arcade V position issues
• Fixed typo in cropped skin icons
• Added additional JAMMA remaps to FBNeo

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Beta 3.1 20200520)

• Fixed NES, FDS, SNES, SMS, MEGACD, NEOGEO, NGCD, PCE, PCECD, S32X 3-5p netplay
• Fixed SNES core options
• Added system folder permission auto fix

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Beta 3 20200517)

• Fixed issue with custom music on exiting games
• Fixed screensaver performance issues
• Fixed reboot on manual shutdown
• Fixed exception handling for SMBus JAMMA check
• Added boot images rotation
• Fixed nfs game playing check
• Added new UniBIOS system option
• Fixed console black screen on timing rounding
• Fixed some scrapper gaps and issues
• Fixed NFS indicator system icon
• Fixed PCE netplay
• Fixed updater

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Beta 2 20200512)

• Added exception handling for SMBus JAMMA check
• Fixed Gun tester crash
• Added detailed logging on scan game error
• Fixed deleted selected music folder (fallback to mix)
• Fixed deleted selected custom skin folder (fallback to Terra)
• Added system sounds volume option
• Fixed IT translations
• Moved Reboot option to main menu (for custom skins and music albumns)
• Fixed infokeys text refresh after changing controller layout
• Fixed search games crash when removing all roms from any system folder
• Fixed ScummVM scraper
• Changed freeplay only active when playing arcade systems
• Updated mame2003+, fbneo, dosbox, pcengine, neocd, sne9x2010
• Updated Pacman skin
• Fixed crash when manual refresh is selected in Display options
• Added skin, music and video to samba share
• Added auto update ui-timing on shutdown when config.txt is updated
• Changed some console timings
• Fixed, sega and nintendo H centering position
• Added .zip support for AtariST
• Added custom Hotkey mapping
• Fixed crash is music album selection after reloading options menu
• Added new skins
• Added new JAMMA remaps

RGB-Pi OS 2 (Beta 1 20200508)

• Updated retroarch to v1.8.5
• Added NEOGEO CD system
• Added Amiga CD32 system
• Added Sharp x68000 (experimental)
• Changed MAME2003 by MAME2003+
• Changed FB Alpha by FB Neo
• Changed Dosbox by SVN libretro core (direct .conf launch)
• Changed Scummvm by libretro core (direct .svm launch)
• Added OS turbo mode for improved performance.
• Removed cable check restriction (support won't be provided for non-RGB-Pi devices)
• Changed system menu and system options interface
• Added full CW and CCW UI rotation modes
• Added new UI Skin engine
• Added new unified search + scrap engine
• Added support for video previews
• Changed game list and favorites. Data is now saved in external unit
• Added new game list options menu
• Added sorting modes by letter, year, players and system
• Added forward and backward for all the quick search modes
• Added Virtual Keyboard for data entry
• Added Kiosk mode password protected
• Added 5 new languages (EN,ES,FR,DE,IT,PT,JP)
• Added display menu music title
• Added rom folder auto-regeneration
• Added NFS2/3 and NFS4 modes
• Added NFS check to avoid overwriting hi-scores
• Added external unit indicators
• Added USB auto umount functionality
• Added three new screen savers, black screen, video previews and CRT power off
• Added Image List menu type
• Added system power and temperature alarms
• Added arcade FreePlay mode
• Added controller and UI button layout binding
• Fixed some firewall blocking issues
• Fixed SSID and Password char issues
• Fixed all remaps on real RGB-Pi JAMMA mode
• Changed unified Start hotkey for solving issues with PC-Engine, MegaDrive and JAMMA
• Changed system music to Evan King chiptune albums
• Added ability to add new custom music
• Added new Bluetooth menu
• Added new Netplay menu
• Added new External Unit menu
• Changed all RetroArch options to specific menus
• Changed EQ menu
• Changed controller mapping by direct selection
• Added new manual power off option
• Added power off sequence image indicators
• Removed auto scan games on boot for super fast load
• Added videoplayer integration
• Fixed ATARI2600 resolution
• Added Advanced Options menu easter egg

RGB-Pi OS (Final 20190806)

• Fixed UI font. Now is fully monospace
• Fixed cls error on system boot
• Fixed some english translations
• Fixed performance issue in arcade image selector screen
• Fixed advmame paths for reading from the current selected unit
• Fixed vertical games overlay displayed on horizontal games
• Added apostrophe character support in Wifi configuration
• Added .hdf, .t64 and .adf as supported files (core not tested)

RGB-Pi OS (Beta 20190714)

• Changed VSync FIX from 3 to 4 (grid readjustment required)
• Fixed some Arcade games image distortion (i.e gigawing)
• Fixed DOSBox launcher and verbosity output
• Fixed Wifi firewall rules
• Fixed Remaps folder permissions
• Added help on rotating image to the left
• Increased keyrepeat response time
• Fixed Sega CD (JP) games not loading

RGB-Pi OS (Alpha 2 20190630)

• Added game statistics information in Info screen
• Added Extras menu for special retroarch options
• Added new menu music modes and songs
• Added configuration upload option
• Added 2 speeds key repeat functionality in game lists
• Added 3s auto restore resolution on FIX option
• Added new scraper custom mode
• Added option to skip all analog buttons when mapping
• Added new gamepad sorting engine to match retroarch system
• Added quick skip to letter search functionality
• Added rom badges for pirate, unlicense, prototype, translated, and hack
• Added new info popup in quick load functionality
• Added NAS/NFS option for reading games remotely
• Added new rules for some special gamepads
• Added country flag badges on gamelist
• Added new original/forced arcade selector
• Added filter to the game scanner to avoid displaying Linux/Mac hidden files
• Added improved file extension filter to DOSBox and ScummVM
• Added new automatic position adjustment of video intro
• Changed to new Bluetooth gamepad module. Now works properly and faster
• Changed to new game search engine. Now is 2x faster
• Changed all UI image assets
• Changed UI hdmi_timings
• Changed/Fixed some UI texts
• Changed Netplay QR image by simple text URL
• Changed image Zoom algorithm
• Changed FIX VSync from 5 to 3 (grid readjustment required)
• Changed some buttons for screen assistant to fit with JAMMA board
• Updated help
• Updated JAMMA image
• Removed back/cancel option from screen assistant
• Removed testing BIOS folder for public Release
• Fixed lang selector on first boot for JAMMA board
• Fixed resolution change issue during video intro
• Fixed file permissions in Arcade folder
• Fixed sceen assistant not using the correct timing when FIX is active
• Fixed favorites not saving changes sometimes
• Fixed grid image proportions
• Fixed black screen happening sometimes in no-games screen
• Fixed analog sticks in retroarch mappings
• Fixed restore option to clean up gamelist and UI gamepad mapping
• Fixed 50/60Hz selector appearing in incorrect scenarios
• Fixed keyboard input on screen assistant with FIX
• Fixed virtual keyboard on Spectrum emulator
• Fixed mapping images for JAMMA/MVS/NEOGEO
• Fixed button A missing key press when returning to UI from game
• Fixed DOSBox breaking UI in some games
• Fixed some TATE games not being displayed with the correct orientation
• Fixed screen assistant to avoid displaying the screen saver
• Fixed screen position when changing zoom values
• Fixed ScummVM crashes
• Fixed bugs in countdown in arcade mode
• Fixed Arcade 240p forced mode
• Fixed centering on Arcade original mode
• Fixed centering on Arcade 256p games
• Fixed timmings on Arcade 224p games
• Fixed FIX game timmings
• Fixed Wifi connection
• Fixed shuffle menu music
• Fixed overscan of all systems

RGB-Pi OS (Alpha 1 20190622)

Initial Release

• Custom interface specially adapted for CRT TVs
• New screen configuration assistant
• Special horizontal and vertical arcade mode visualizations
• Personalized interface button skins
• Improved sound system with equalizer engine
• Simplified bluetooth configuration system
• New simplified Netplay
• Game visualization by list or folder modes
• New SD/USB/NFS manager system
• Online system updates
• Integrated Scraper
• Integrated Help
• Soft screen rotation with no performance impact
• Updated emulators and cores
• Raspberry Pi 2B, 3B and 3B Plus support
• Video player