A new beta release of CD-i Emulator is now available from the Downloads section of the CD-i Emulator website at https://www.cdiemu.org/downloads/.
Release notes can be found in the RELNOTES file; a summary is available from the Release Notes section at https://www.cdiemu.org/relnotes/.
This is the sixth beta release for version 0.5.3. It is hugely out of date with the current development version 0.6.0; the only reason for its release is to get a working version available again.
The only major change is that emulation speed throttling has been fixed for modern machines so games running at unplayable speeds should be a thing of the past.
Note to would-be crackers of this version (you know who you are):
I really would prefer it if you didn't. There is really no need!
As with all previous beta versions, using a Mono-I CD-i system ROM (also called BIOS) will give you unlimited emulation functionality; this is the same ROM file needed for the MESS/MAME CD-i driver.
This beta version also has the NVRAM save functionality enabled, and before the built-in beta date limit expires a new beta release for version 0.6.0 should be available.
To obtain unlimited emulation functionality with a different CD-i system ROM file, please buy the unlimited edition of version 0.5.2 which is still available at https://www.cdiemu.org/payments/.
Activating the unlimited edition on your machine will also unlock the unlimited emulation functionality of this beta version.
If you like my work and/or would like to support future development, you can also send me a donation. You can send PayPal payments to payment@cdiemu.org or use one of the following websites:
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cdifan
Have fun emulating your favorite CD-i titles!
