Change Log

PES 2.9

Date: 2021-03-04

Changes:

  • Incorporated https://github.com/Pi-Entertainment-System/rasum to address issue #47
  • Added RetroArch assets
  • Updated Vice to use libretro version
  • Updated SDL2 to version 2.0.14
  • Updated RetroArch to commit 9086d241a7f20208cf279f6a7e877ae7bdca325d (v1.90 + updates)
  • Updated mupen64plus-libretro-nx to commit b494ebf2da202f67dbd88c3c915262bb58f1c6ba
  • Removed install-pi-bluetooth.sh install-bluez-ps3.sh as no longer required with recent Arch Linux updates
  • Add the ability for the user to specify the ALSA audio device to use
  • For Raspberry Pi2/3, added install-kodi.sh script to build Kodi 18.9 for /opt/vc drivers as Arch Linux now uses Kodi 19 KMS version
  • For Raspberry Pi 1, removed Kodi as no longer supported by Arch Linux

PES 2.8

Date: 2020-02-15

Changes:

  • Added desiredScreenWidth and desiredScreenHeight settings to set maximum screen size for the PES GUI - useful for large screens.
  • Updated theGamesDb.net API URL for issue #43
  • Updated RetroAchievements API for issue #44

PES 2.7

Date: 2019-08-06

Changes:

  • Fix for issue #40 - Convert ASCII characters in game names from theGamesDb.net to prevent ROM scan procsses crashing.
  • Include updated /opt/pes/bin/rasum executable that was missing in PES 2.6 images.

PES 2.6

Date: 2019-07-19

Changes:

  • Fix for issue #37 - Handle when game overview is null from theGamesDb.net
  • Fix for issue #38 - Add support for six button control pad support for MegaDive/Genesis games
  • Fix for issue #39 - RetroAchievements not found for SNES and MegaDrive/Genesis games
  • Added midnight commander package

PES 2.5

Date: 2019-04-30

Changes:

  • Updated consoles.ini to include support for missing Mupen64 ROM extensions thanks to Albert Schmalzried
  • Updated dbupdate.py to use the new API for thegamesdb.net
  • Updated SDL2 to version 2.0.9
  • Updated to RetroArch 1.7.6
  • Updated emulators to latest versions
  • Added patches for PPSSPP to fix build process
  • Updated libcec version to 4.0.4

PES 2.4

Date: 2018-05-02

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Updated SDL2 to version 2.0.8 as well as updating add-ons to latest versions
  • Added framerate limiting code to improve GUI responsiveness
  • Updated emulators to their latest versions

PES 2.3

Date: 2017-11-23

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Added confirmation upon escape key event
  • Added Bluetooth (Bluez) support for additional PS3 control pad clones (e.g. Shanwan)
  • Added Sony PS3 control pad mapping when connected via Bluez
  • Improved image scaling code to handle images that are in the incorrect image format
  • Added overscan settings in /boot/config.txt to fix display issue reported by some users

PES 2.2

Date: 2017-06-13

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Added support for Kodi
  • Added support for hardcore RetroAchievements
  • Added required files feature to emulators in consoles.ini
  • Updated RetroArch to version 1.6
  • Additional Atari 2600 extensions added
  • Fixed time sync on Raspberry Pi
  • Added guide for creating BerryBoot images

PES 2.1

Date: 2017-02-10

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Added support for Commodore 64 thanks to the Vice emulator.
  • Added suupport for MSX thanks to libretro BlueMSX core.
  • Added support for MAME 2003 thanks to libretro MAME 2003 core.
  • Added support for PSP thanks to the PPSSPP emulator.
  • Updated RetroArch to version 1.3.6.
  • Layout config options added to pes.ini.
  • Splash screen added for Raspberry Pi Arch Linux builds.
  • Remote control icon updated.
  • Re-organised set-up scripts.
  • Python profiling support added for debugging purposes.

PES 2.0

Date: 2016-06-17

Brand new version of PES with a new GUI that is based on PySDL 2.0

  • ROM scanning is now up to 5x faster thanks to a parallel (multi processor) approach
  • New GUI with various features!
  • Added PS3 GASIA support
  • Added support for RetroAchievements.org
  • FAT32 now used for /data partition

PES 1.5.1

Date: 2015-11-08

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Corrected build flags for the picodrive libretro core to produce a more optimized version. Thanks to Michell F for pointing out the error.

PES 1.5

Date: 2015-10-22

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Added support for the Atari 2600 thanks to the Stella Libretro core.
  • Added support for the Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) 32x thanks to the Picodrive core.
  • Added support for Turbo Grafx 16 (PC Engine) thanks to the beetle-pce-fast core.
  • Added p7zip package.

PES 1.4.1

Date: 2015-08-26

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Fixed bug in Mupen64Plus config generation when four control pads are connected. Thanks to Steve McNamara for reporting the bug.
  • Added missing crda ArchLinux package to remove CRDA warnings at boot time when using a WiFi network connection with the ArchLinux Raspberry Pi and ArchLinux Raspberry Pi 2 images.
  • Added missing wpa_supplicant package to ArchLinux Raspberry Pi image.

PES 1.4

Date: 2015-08-21

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Fixed incorrect L2 / R2 button mappings. Thanks to Steve McNamara for reporting the bug.
  • Updated joystick config files with correct L2 / R2 button mappings
  • Increased Raspberry Pi 2 over clocking settings to “medium” (i.e. 950MHz, over voltage 6) to fix power draw warning
  • ArchLinux packages updated to their latest versions
  • Added libcec install script for ArchLinux from source to enable Python bindings as python-cec does not support libcec above version 2 (current version of libcec is 3)
  • Updated install/remove packages scripts to add/remove to include cmake and swig for libcec build process
  • Updated PES to use libcec Python bindings - this allows PES to set its name on the CEC network too unlike before
  • Removed Python packages that are no longer required since moving to libcec rather than python-cec.

PES 1.3

Date: 2015-07-05

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Fixed bug in game scraper where games with missing cover art were removed unintentionally from the PES database
  • Fixed page total bug in game thumbnail menus
  • Fixed minor game favouriting bug
  • Fixed two button detection bugs when configuring control pads
  • Fixed incorrect title on game info panel when switching games
  • Game object loading now more efficient which should reduce game pages loading time
  • More than one console can now use the same API ID
  • Added support for L3 and R3 buttons
  • Added Sony PlayStation 4 control pad configuration files
  • Added N64 support thanks to ricrpi’s Mupen64Plus Raspberry Pi port
  • Added control pad button configuration generation for Mupen64Plus
  • Added SDL2 GLES installation for use by Mupen64Plus
  • Added ability to favourite games using the select button or the S key
  • Added netplay support to RetroArch installations
  • Added Final Burn Alpha libretro core which also supports Neo Geo and Colecovision games
  • Added ZX Spectrum support thanks to libretro’s Fuse core
  • Added MAME support thanks to libretro’s imame4all core
  • Added auto-partitioning of the user’s SD card to take advantage of all available space
  • Added support for user supplied cover art
  • Added PES “games catalogue” to allow short ROM names to be mapped to their full names (e.g. for MAME and FBA ROM sets)
  • Added ability to select which consoles are updated when scanning for ROMs
  • ArchLinux packages updated to their latest versions

PES 1.2

Date: 2015-02-10

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • Added support for favourite games
  • Added support for additional game info including last played, played count and year published
  • Added separate BIOS directory for RetroArch
  • Added support for GameBoy Advance thanks to gpsp
  • Added SDL2 (used by RetroArch)
  • Added HDMI-CEC config option
  • Added Record object for handling SQLite calls
  • Added the ability to browse by “page” for games
  • Added joystick axis support at last!
  • Added custom build of pygame to remove debug statements in joystick.c
  • Added Raspberry Pi 2 support!
  • Added paging support for game thumbnail menus
  • Improved logging for unhandled exceptions
  • Updated jstest.py utility
  • Restructured conf.d directory
  • Corrected bug in image auto resizing code for the console menu
  • ArchLinux packages updated to their latest versions

PES 1.1

Date: 2014-11-14

Changes (and bug fixes):

  • console blanking disabled in Arch Linux
  • ROM additions now possible via GUI, reboots no longer required
  • Moved all PES classes into the new peslib.py module
  • Arch Linux packages updated
  • Raspberry Pi B+ now supported
  • Console screen added
  • Missing cover art graphics revamped (graphics from Eric Smith)
  • PESPad added thus allowing players to use their tablets and smart phones as control pads
  • Game info screen added
  • Game data now sourced from theGamesDB.net rather than GiantBomb.com
  • ROM scraping code now faster than in previous release
  • Improved ROM name matching
  • Automatic resizing of downloaded cover art added to minimise disk space and improve image load times
  • Joystick configuration bug fixes
  • RetroArch control pad hot plugging support added
  • Ability to assign load/save state buttons for RetroArch added
  • Database reset option added
  • Python logging support added
  • Fixed PES screen title changes between screens
  • Fixed PyGame/SDL issue where multiple control pad models could not be used with the PES GUI (removed evdev kernel module)
  • Added patches for QtSixAd to rename PS3 control pads without their Bluetooth MACs included therefore allows only one control pad config for all PS3 control pads
  • Fixed RetroArch sound issue (Eric Smith)
  • ArchLinux packages updated to their latest versions

PES 1.0

Date: 2014-09-22

Initial release.