diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5c256ead2..c9e381e81 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
* Renamed the setting "Only show ROMs from gamelist.xml files" to "Only show games from gamelist.xml files
* Added support for deleting installed themes from the theme downloader interface
* Added support for the Acorn Archimedes (archimedes) game system
+* Added support for the Acorn Electron (electron) game system
* Added support for the Bit Corporation Gamate (gamate) game system
* Added support for the Sega NAOMI 2 (naomi2) game system
* Added support for the Nokia N-Gage (ngage) game system
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@
* Added the .88d, .cmt and .t88 file extensions to the pc88 system
* Removed the .7z and .zip file extensions from the pc88 system
* Removed the .cdi, .cue, .gdi, .m3u and .iso file extensions from the atomiswave, naomi and naomigd systems
+* Added the MAME - Current RetroArch core as the default emulator for the arcadia, crvision, gamecom and gmaster systems
+* Added the MAME - Current RetroArch core as the default emulator for the pv1000, scv and vsmile systems
* (Linux) Added support for the Microsoft Xbox 360 (xbox360) game system by running xenia via Wine and Proton
* (Linux) Added support for the Atari Jaguar CD (atarijaguarcd) game system by running BigPEmu via Wine and Proton
* (Linux) Added BigPEmu Wine and BigPEmu Proton as alternative emulators for the atarijaguar system
@@ -61,6 +64,7 @@
* (Linux) Added support for the AppImage release of Snes9x
* (Linux) Added support for the Flatpak release of Cemu
* (Linux) Added the PCSX2 Flatpak release to the non-legacy PCSX2 find rule configuration
+* (Linux) Added a find rule entry for the Snap package release of Dolphin
* (Linux) Updated the DuckStation find rules as the AppImage release filename has changed
* (Linux) Updated the Citra find rules as the AppImage release filename has changed
* (Windows) Added 3dSen standalone as an alternative emulator for the famicom and nes systems
@@ -107,6 +111,7 @@
* Added theme support for the "manual", "physicalName" and "physicalNameExtension" metadata types for the text element
* Added support for binding multiple texture units for use in the shaders
* Added the device serial number to the es_log.txt entries when adding or removing controllers
+* Improved resilience to buggy controller drivers which could previously crash the application (mostly relevant for macOS)
* Changed the application updater to not use the scraper's transfer and connection timeout settings
* Added support to MathUtil::md5Hash() for streaming files in chunks
* Replaced a number of homecooked functions in FileSystemUtil with those from the C++ standard library
@@ -119,6 +124,7 @@
* Added a lot more debug log output to the scraper
* Changed a number of stream operations to open files for writing in binary mode (to always create proper Unix line breaks)
* Changed the concept of "theme set" to simply "theme" everywhere in the code and documentation
+* (Windows) Removed a launch command hack that deleted double quotation marks
* (Windows) Added a warning dialog on startup if an unsafe upgrade of the portable release has been made
* (Windows) Improved the README.txt file for the portable release
* (Windows) Defined UNICODE and _UNICODE in the CMake configuration to force Unicode support for the Win32 API
@@ -129,7 +135,7 @@
* (macOS) Completely removed support for the legacy OS build
* Updated the MAME index files to include ROMs up to MAME version 0.258
* Bundled the August 2023 release of the Mozilla TLS/SSL certificates
-* Updated SDL to 2.28.3 on Windows, macOS and the Linux AppImage builds
+* Updated SDL to 2.28.4 on Windows, macOS and the Linux AppImage builds
* Updated RapidJSON to commit a95e013b97ca6523f32da23f5095fcc9dd6067e5
* Updated rlottie to commit f969abf62c8df773e3951a1176000e70fcde637f
* Updated LunaSVG to 2.3.6
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@
* The video player would not play the last couple of frames for any videos
* Starting the media viewer did not pause fallback game videos (defined using the "default" video property)
+* Quotation marks in the launch command were not always handled correctly when combined with the %CORE% variable
* The %STARTDIR% variable could not be combined with running ES-DE in the background while launching games on Linux and macOS
* Directories interpreted as files entries could not be removed from custom collections
* Duplicate ScreenScraper game entries could show up in the interactive scraper if multiple platforms were defined for the system
diff --git a/USERGUIDE-DEV.md b/USERGUIDE-DEV.md
index ea35c777b..61270be07 100644
--- a/USERGUIDE-DEV.md
+++ b/USERGUIDE-DEV.md
@@ -3605,8 +3605,8 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| apple2 | Apple II | LinApple **(Standalone)** [U],
Mednafen **(Standalone)** [M],
AppleWin **(Standalone)** [W] | Mednafen **(Standalone)** [UW],
MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes for Mednafen and MAME | See the specific _Apple II_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| apple2gs | Apple IIGS | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | See the specific _Apple IIGS_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| arcade | Arcade | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FinalBurn Neo **(Standalone)** [UW],
FB Alpha 2012,
Flycast,
Flycast **(Standalone)**,
Kronos [UW],
Model 2 Emulator **(Standalone)** [W],
Model 2 Emulator [Suspend ES-DE] **(Standalone)** [W],
Supermodel **(Standalone)** [UW],
Supermodel [Fullscreen] **(Standalone)** [UW],
_Shortcut or script_ | Depends | See the specific _Arcade and Neo Geo_ section elsewhere in this guide |
-| arcadia | Emerson Arcadia 2001 | MAME **(Standalone)** | | No | Single archive or ROM file |
-| archimedes | Acorn Archimedes | MAME **(Standalone)** [Model A440/1] | MAME **(Standalone)** [Model A3000],
MAME **(Standalone)** [Model A310],
MAME **(Standalone)** [Model A540] | Yes | |
+| arcadia | Emerson Arcadia 2001 | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
+| archimedes | Acorn Archimedes | MAME [Model A440/1] **(Standalone)** | MAME [Model A3000] **(Standalone)**,
MAME [Model A310] **(Standalone)**,
MAME [Model A540] **(Standalone)** | Yes | |
| arduboy | Arduboy Miniature Game System | Arduous | | No | Single archive or .hex file |
| astrocde | Bally Astrocade | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | See the specific _Bally Astrocade_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| atari2600 | Atari 2600 | Stella | Stella 2014,
Stella **(Standalone)**,
Gopher2600 **(Standalone)** [UW],
ares **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
@@ -3632,7 +3632,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| cps1 | Capcom Play System I | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FinalBurn Neo **(Standalone)** [UW],
FB Alpha 2012,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-1 | Depends | See the specific _Arcade and Neo Geo_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| cps2 | Capcom Play System II | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FinalBurn Neo **(Standalone)** [UW],
FB Alpha 2012,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-2 | Depends | See the specific _Arcade and Neo Geo_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| cps3 | Capcom Play System III | MAME - Current | MAME 2010,
MAME 2003-Plus,
MAME 2000,
MAME **(Standalone)**,
FinalBurn Neo,
FinalBurn Neo **(Standalone)** [UW],
FB Alpha 2012,
FB Alpha 2012 CPS-3 | Depends | See the specific _Arcade and Neo Geo_ section elsewhere in this guide |
-| crvision | VTech CreatiVision | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
+| crvision | VTech CreatiVision | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| daphne | Daphne Arcade LaserDisc Emulator | Hypseus [Daphne] **(Standalone)** [UW] | Hypseus [Singe] **(Standalone)** [UW] | Yes for Daphne games | See the specific _Hypseus Singe (Daphne)_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| desktop | Desktop Applications | _Suspend ES-DE_ | _Keep ES-DE running_,
_AppImage (Suspend ES-DE)_ [U],
_AppImage (Keep ES-DE running)_ [U] | No | See the specific _Ports and desktop applications_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| doom | Doom | PrBoom | PrBoom+ **(Standalone)**,
Boom 3 [UW],
Boom 3 xp [UW],
_Shortcut or script_ | No | |
@@ -3640,6 +3640,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| dragon32 | Dragon Data Dragon 32 | XRoar Dragon 32 **(Standalone)** | XRoar Dragon 64 **(Standalone)** | Yes | See the specific _Dragon 32 and Tano Dragon_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| dreamcast | Sega Dreamcast | Flycast | Flycast **(Standalone)**,
Redream **(Standalone)** | No | In separate folder interpreted as a file, with .m3u playlist if multi-disc game |
| easyrpg | EasyRPG Game Engine | EasyRPG | EasyRPG Player **(Standalone)** | No | See the specific _EasyRPG Game Engine_ section elsewhere in this guide |
+| electron | Acorn Electron | MAME [Tape] **(Standalone)** | MAME [Diskette DFS] **(Standalone)**,
MAME [Diskette ADFS] **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive, or single tape or diskette image file |
| emulators | Emulators | _Suspend ES-DE_ | _Keep ES-DE running_,
_AppImage (Suspend ES-DE)_ [U],
_AppImage (Keep ES-DE running)_ [U] | No | See the specific _Ports and desktop applications_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| epic | Epic Games Store | Epic Games Store **(Standalone)** | | No | Shortcut (.desktop/.app/.lnk) file |
| famicom | Nintendo Family Computer | Mesen | Mesen **(Standalone)** [UW],
Nestopia UE,
Nestopia UE **(Standalone)** [U],
FCEUmm,
QuickNES,
puNES **(Standalone)** [UW],
Mednafen **(Standalone)**,
ares **(Standalone)**,
ares FDS **(Standalone)**,
3dSen **(Wine)** [U],
3dSen **(Proton)** [U],
3dSen **(Standalone)** [W] | No | Single archive or ROM file. For Famicom games in 3D see the specific _Nintendo NES and Famicom in 3D_ section elsewhere in this guide |
@@ -3649,16 +3650,16 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| flash | Adobe Flash | Ruffle **(Standalone)** | Lightspark **(Standalone)** [U],
ArcadeFlashWeb **(Standalone)** [W] | No | Single .swf file |
| fmtowns | Fujitsu FM Towns | Tsugaru **(Standalone)** [UW] | | Yes | See the specific _Fujitsu FM Towns_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| fpinball | Future Pinball | Future Pinball **(Standalone)** [W] | | No | |
-| gamate | Bit Corporation Gamate | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
+| gamate | Bit Corporation Gamate | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| gameandwatch | Nintendo Game and Watch | MAME Local Artwork **(Standalone)** | MAME **(Standalone)**,
Handheld Electronic (GW) | No | See the specific _LCD handheld games_ section elsewhere in this guide |
-| gamecom | Tiger Electronics Game.com | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
+| gamecom | Tiger Electronics Game.com | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| gamegear | Sega Game Gear | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
Gearsystem,
SMS Plus GX,
PicoDrive,
Mednafen **(Standalone)**,
ares **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gb | Nintendo Game Boy | Gambatte | SameBoy,
SameBoy **(Standalone)**,
Gearboy,
Gearboy **(Standalone)** [UW],
TGB Dual,
Mesen-S,
Mesen **(Standalone)** [UW],
bsnes,
mGBA,
mGBA **(Standalone)**,
VBA-M,
VBA-M **(Standalone)**,
ares **(Standalone)**,
SkyEmu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gba | Nintendo Game Boy Advance | mGBA | mGBA **(Standalone)**,
VBA-M,
VBA-M **(Standalone)**,
VBA Next,
gpSP,
ares **(Standalone)**,
SkyEmu **(Standalone)** | Yes for ares | Single archive or ROM file |
| gbc | Nintendo Game Boy Color | Gambatte | SameBoy,
SameBoy **(Standalone)**,
Gearboy,
Gearboy **(Standalone)** [UW],
TGB Dual,
Mesen-S,
Mesen **(Standalone)** [UW],
bsnes,
mGBA,
mGBA **(Standalone)**,
VBA-M,
VBA-M **(Standalone)**,
ares **(Standalone)**,
SkyEmu **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| gc | Nintendo GameCube | Dolphin | Dolphin **(Standalone)**,
PrimeHack **(Standalone)** [UW],
Triforce **(Standalone)** [UW] | No | Disc image file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games |
| genesis | Sega Genesis | Genesis Plus GX | Genesis Plus GX Wide,
PicoDrive,
BlastEm,
BlastEm **(Standalone)** [U],
Mednafen **(Standalone)**,
ares **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
-| gmaster | Hartung Game Master | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
+| gmaster | Hartung Game Master | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| gx4000 | Amstrad GX4000 | Caprice32 | CrocoDS,
MAME **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| intellivision | Mattel Electronics Intellivision | FreeIntv | | | |
| j2me | Java 2 Micro Edition (J2ME) | SquirrelJME | KEmulator **(Standalone)** [W] | No | Single .jar file |
@@ -3722,14 +3723,14 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| psp | Sony PlayStation Portable | PPSSPP | PPSSPP **(Standalone)** | No | Single disc image file |
| psvita | Sony PlayStation Vita | Vita3K **(Standalone)** [UW] | | Yes | See the specific _Sony PlayStation Vita_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| psx | Sony PlayStation | Beetle PSX | Beetle PSX HW,
PCSX ReARMed,
SwanStation,
DuckStation **(Standalone)**,
Mednafen **(Standalone)** | Yes | .chd file for single-disc games, .m3u playlist for multi-disc games |
-| pv1000 | Casio PV-1000 | MAME **(Standalone)** | | No | Single archive or ROM file |
+| pv1000 | Casio PV-1000 | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| quake | Quake | TyrQuake | vitaQuake 2,
vitaQuake 2 [Rogue],
vitaQuake 2 [Xatrix],
vitaQuake 2 [Zaero],
vitaQuake 3 [UW],
_Shortcut or script_ | No | |
| samcoupe | MGT SAM Coupé | SimCoupé **(Standalone)** | | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| satellaview | Nintendo Satellaview | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010,
Snes9x **(Standalone)**,
bsnes,
bsnes-hd,
bsnes-mercury Accuracy,
bsnes **(Standalone)** [UW],
Mesen-S,
Mesen **(Standalone)** [UW],
ares **(Standalone)** | | |
| saturn | Sega Saturn | Beetle Saturn | Kronos [UW],
YabaSanshiro [UW],
Yabause,
Mednafen **(Standalone)**,
SSF **(Standalone)** [W] | Yes | In separate folder interpreted as a file, with .m3u playlist if multi-disc game |
| saturnjp | Sega Saturn [Japan] | Beetle Saturn | Kronos [UW],
YabaSanshiro [UW],
Yabause,
Mednafen **(Standalone)**,
SSF **(Standalone)** [W] | Yes | In separate folder interpreted as a file, with .m3u playlist if multi-disc game |
| scummvm | ScummVM Game Engine | ScummVM | ScummVM **(Standalone)** | No | See the specific _ScummVM_ section elsewhere in this guide |
-| scv | Epoch Super Cassette Vision | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
+| scv | Epoch Super Cassette Vision | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| sega32x | Sega Mega Drive 32X | PicoDrive | ares **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| sega32xjp | Sega Super 32X [Japan] | PicoDrive | ares **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
| sega32xna | Sega Genesis 32X [North America] | PicoDrive | ares **(Standalone)** | No | Single archive or ROM file |
@@ -3747,7 +3748,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| sufami | Bandai SuFami Turbo | Snes9x - Current | Snes9x 2010,
Snes9x **(Standalone)**,
bsnes,
bsnes-hd,
bsnes-mercury Accuracy,
bsnes **(Standalone)** [UW],
ares **(Standalone)** | | |
| supergrafx | NEC SuperGrafx | Beetle SuperGrafx | Beetle PCE,
ares **(Standalone)** | | |
| supervision | Watara Supervision | Potator | | No | Single archive or ROM file |
-| supracan | Funtech Super A'Can | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes/No | Single archive or ROM file. To make MAME start these games create an empty file named internal_68k.bin and zip it into supracan.zip |
+| supracan | Funtech Super A'Can | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes/No | Single archive or ROM file. To make MAME start these games create an empty file named internal_68k.bin and zip it into supracan.zip |
| switch | Nintendo Switch | Yuzu **(Standalone)** [UW],
Ryujinx **(Standalone)** [M] | Ryujinx **(Standalone)** [UW] | Yes | |
| symbian | Symbian | EKA2L1 [Nokia N-Gage] **(Standalone)** | EKA2L1 [Nokia N70] **(Standalone)**,
EKA2L1 [Nokia N97] **(Standalone)**,
EKA2L1 [Custom device] **(Standalone)** | Yes | See the specific _Symbian and Nokia N-Gage_ section elsewhere in this guide |
| tanodragon | Tano Dragon | XRoar **(Standalone)** | | Yes | See the specific _Dragon 32 and Tano Dragon_ section elsewhere in this guide |
@@ -3765,7 +3766,7 @@ The **@** symbol indicates that the emulator is _deprecated_ and will be removed
| videopac | Philips Videopac G7000 | O2EM | | | |
| virtualboy | Nintendo Virtual Boy | Beetle VB | Mednafen **(Standalone)** | No | |
| vpinball | Visual Pinball | Visual Pinball **(Standalone)** [UW] | | No | In separate folder interpreted as a file |
-| vsmile | VTech V.Smile | MAME **(Standalone)** | | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
+| vsmile | VTech V.Smile | MAME - Current | MAME **(Standalone)** | Yes | Single archive or ROM file |
| wasm4 | WASM-4 Fantasy Console | WASM-4 | | No | Single .wasm file |
| wii | Nintendo Wii | Dolphin | Dolphin **(Standalone)**,
PrimeHack **(Standalone)** [UW] | No | |
| wiiu | Nintendo Wii U | Cemu **(Standalone)** | | No | See the specific _Nintendo Wii U_ section elsewhere in this guide |