What's Changed

• Per pixel rendering with OpenGL ES on mobile
• Match code server for battle cable games (F355, Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram and others)
• Outtrigger and Power Smash online gaming support
• Integer scaling and choice of filtering for output frame by @xander-will
• Audio: improved frequency envelope generator
• Fixed major issue with Mali GPUs when using Per-pixel rendering
• DreamPicoPort fixes and enhancements by @Tails86
• Combos to trigger emulator buttons (Pause, Exit, etc.)
• DreamPotato support by @RikkiGibson
• Configurable paths for BIOS, VMU and others, and UWP enhancements by @danprice142
• UI themes by @nexus382
• Better support for Thrustmaster wheels
• Panther DC controller emulation
• Improved arcade box art
• Improved on-screen keyboard support on Nintendo Switch
• iOS is no longer supported
• Texture upscaling is no longer available

Fixed games

• Battle Racer (new)
• Doom 64 (rendering)
• Mushiking 2003 2nd (new)
• Sonic Adventure
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Federation vs.Zeon
• Dinosaur King (inputs)
• Zombie Revenge (inputs)
• Virtual-On Oratorio Tangram (Naomi, VMU support)
• Sega Tetris (Naomi, network)
• Spawn (boot)
• Block Pong-Pong (inputs)
• Sega Rally 2 (crash)
• Jet Set Radio (audio)
• King of Route 66 (microphone support)

New Contributors

• @nexus382 made their first contribution in #1916
• @xander-will made their first contribution in #1976
• @Shockblast made their first contribution in #1992
• @RikkiGibson made their first contribution in #2000
• @falsepopsky made their first contribution in #2006
• @sonninnos made their first contribution in #2033
• @Clownacy made their first contribution in #2056
• @jlansing made their first contribution in #2089
• @danprice142 made their first contribution in #2095
• @cscd98 made their first contribution in #2167

Full Changelog: v2.5...v2.6

What's Changed

• DCNet: a free dedicated VPN service for Dreamcast games that only needs a basic Internet connection. 30 game servers are already available and more are coming.
• Improved on-screen gamepad for Android and iOS: move and resize controls, custom designs, arcade-specific layout, unused controls hidden based on game (arcade) or device (console games).
• Support for physical Dreamcast controllers with DreamConn+ and DreamPicoPort adapters: gamepad, VMU, vibration pack and more.
• New Dreamcast "Full Controller" with 2 analog axes and all possible buttons (Panther DC controller).
• Better analog axis emulation when using a keyboard or digital buttons by using a ramp up/down curve.
• Hardware CD/DVD/BD-ROM support
• GD-ROM arcade games load time reduced to zero.
• Improved GD-ROM access time, particularly with HLE BIOS.
• Fixed: Vulkan per-pixel mode on Mali GPUs.
• Work-around an OpenGLES bug in many drivers displaying the game screen upside down.
• Per-game VMU now compatible with multidisk games.
• Support for some encrypted cheats.
• Online support for Hundred Swords, PBA Bowling, StarLancer and The Next Tetris.

Fixed Games

• D+VINE
• Doom 64
• Fur Fighters
• King of Fighters XI
• Le Mans 24 Hours
• Manic Panic Ghosts!
• Pro Pinball
• Sega Clay Challenge
• Silent Scope
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Collection
• Tomb Raider - The Last Revelation
• World Kicks PCB
• World Series Baseball 2K1
• World Series Baseball 2K2

New Contributors

• @bsdcode made their first contribution in #1737
• @j-mattsson made their first contribution in #1769
• @oltolm made their first contribution in #1800
• @kosekmi made their first contribution in #1810
• @Tails86 made their first contribution in #1820
• @wongandj made their first contribution in #1842
• @rtomasa made their first contribution in #1871
• @Xphalnos made their first contribution in #1879
• @IsaacMarovitz made their first contribution in #1884
• @kapodamy made their first contribution in #1913

Full Changelog: v2.4...v2.5

What's Changed

• RetroAchievements support
• UI improvements with save state thumbnails
• Force Feedback support for some arcade games (F355, 18 Wheeler, Maximum Speed, Faster Than Speed, Initial D, Club Kart, King of Route 66, Tokyo Bus Guide, Sega Driving Simulator)
• Discord Rich Presence (Windows, macOS, linux)
• Android: gamepad rumble, custom Adreno drivers and many bug fixes and improvements
• Vulkan optimizations by @Wunkolo
• Various fixes by @vkedwardli
• Many upgrades by @scribam

Fixed Games

• Beach Spikers
• Capcom vs SNK 2000 Pro
• Irides: Master of blocks
• Mars TV
• Metropolis Street Racer
• Mortal Kombat
• Quake III
• Red Dog Superior Firepower
• Shin Nihon Pro Wrestling
• Soul Surfer
• Virtua Cop 2

New Contributors

• @Blackbird88 made their first contribution in #1507
• @Wunkolo made their first contribution in #1665

Full Changelog: v2.3...v2.4

Fixes a crash on iOS.

What's New

• Battle Cable support
• SystemSP hopper games: kingyo, manpuku, shateki, magicpop, unomedal, puyomedal, ochaken and westdmrg
• Club Kart card reader support
• Gamepad dead zone and saturation settings
• Switch: touchscreen and joycon rumble support, bug fixes, performance improvements
• HID barcode scanner support for card games (Mushi King, Dinosaur King, Love & Berry)

Fixed Games

• Initial D v2/v3
• Melty Blood: Act Cadenza
• Confidential Mission
• The Maze of the Kings
• Spikers Battle
• NBA Showtime
• NHL 2K2
• Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
• Monkey Ball
• Crackin'DJ 1 and 2
• F355 (Naomi)
• Samurai Shodown VI
• Shenmue
• Test Drive Le Mans
• Sakura Taisen 3
• Death Crimson 2
• Force Five
• NHL 2K2
• Shakatto Tambourine
• Xtreme Sports
• Blue Stinger
• RevolveR
• Kaen Seibo
• Nittere Shiki! Mirai Yosou Studio
• Shakatto Tambourine Arcade

New Contributors

• @notcbw made their first contribution in #1271
• @dakrk made their first contribution in #1382
• @Immersion95 made their first contribution in #1413

Full Changelog: v2.2...v2.3

What's New

• Naomi F355 multiboard
• Sega SystemSP emulation
• Virtua Fighter 4 RFID card support. VF.Net emulation server
• Naomi touchscreen (Manic Panic Ghosts, Touch de Uno 1 & 2, Touch de zunou)
• Hopper for Kick'4'Cash, Shootout Pool and Club Kart Prize
• F355 Deluxe and Touch de Uno 1 & 2 printer
• Sega Driving Simulator
• Android Scoped Storage
• SH4 under/overclock option
• Mushiking series
• Naomi Alien Front worldwide ranking server
• NetDIMM 3.7 networking high-level emulation
• Racing Controller, Fishing Controller, Maracas, Densha de Go controller, Pop'n'Music Controller (@AltoRetrato)
• Real time Video Routing for streamers (@vkedwardli)
• SystemSP RFID chip emulation: Dinosaur King, Love & Berry
• Dreamcast 32 MB RAM option (@cepawiel)

What's Improved

• Support for Windows CE games on 32-bit x86 arch
• Hotkeys for Save and Load State
• Force feedback info netcast to Boomlangnz's FFB plugin: F355, 18 Wheeler, Club Kart, King of Route 66
• Use a gamepad with arcade lightgun games
• Per-game VMU A1 option
• Improved detection of Windows CE games
• Latin-1 and Asian fonts support in HLE BIOS
• Video centering support (San Francisco Rush 2049, Street Fighter III - 3rd strike, Metropolis Street Racer)
• Daytona USA networking
• Eldorado Gate 4 to 7 compatibility
• Implement dithering in Full Framebuffer Emulation mode
• Upgrade dependencies, build improvements, and more thanks to @scribam
• And many, many, many bug fixes thanks to @kihato and all bug reporters

New Contributors

• @namtsui made their first contribution in #953
• @A-w-x made their first contribution in #1076
• @AltoRetrato made their first contribution in #1035
• @deviato made their first contribution in #1111
• @lhsazevedo made their first contribution in #1150
• @Nejsplitter made their first contribution in #1193
• @cepawiel made their first contribution in #1198

Full Changelog: V2.1...v2.2

New features

• Full framebuffer emulation (Densha de Go 2, homebrew)
• Linux AppImage builds
• Automatic crash reporting with Sentry
• Broadcast arcade digital outputs (lights, force feedback) over the network
• Android keyboard support
• Various GDB fixes and improvements, CPU graphs, Profiler by @BigEvilCorporation in #832
• Texture Upscaling for iOS by @vkedwardli in #805
• And many, many, many bug fixes and performance improvements

New Contributors

• @pjagiello made their first contribution in #765
• @abouvier made their first contribution in #771
• @tunip3 made their first contribution in #814
• @BigEvilCorporation made their first contribution in #827
• @warmenhoven made their first contribution in #885

Full Changelog: v2.0...V2.1

• Naomi 2 support
• Card reader emulation (Initial D)
• Better Naomi networking. Network support for club kart, initial D, king of route 66
• Maximum Speed cabinet linking emulation
• Auto configuration of Naomi EEPROM (region, cabinet type, free play, etc.)
• Naomi widescreen cheats
• macOS: breakpad support
• Native Depth Interpolation option fixes many rendering issues with AMD GPUs

• GGPO netplay
• UWP/Xbox support
• New DirectX 11 renderer
• New & improved input configuration, per-game inputs
• Single-threaded mode
• Lua bindings
• VMU beep support
• GameShark cheat codes
• Vulkan support on macOS
• Support for 120+ Hz monitors (Vulkan, DX9, DX11)

• iOS support
• Nintendo Switch support
• New Libretro core
• DirectX 9: Support for VSync
• Open GL: Support for high refresh rate monitors (120+ Hz)
• Support for Windows CE games on 32-bit ARM platforms
• Crash reporting system (breakpad)