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There's always more bugs edition

Changes:

Fix a pretty bad bug where bullets would whiff a lot because I implemented the new check incorrectly
Prevent random thud sound (from quote landing on the ground) in cutscenes where it should not play

This should be it for a while (really for reals this time) unless there are any more game breaking issues that come up.

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September Edition

I don't have a cool new screenshot so here's a picture of Zundamon.

Changes:

Implemented the line-by-line sprite clipping effect used for teleporting characters (not just quote)
End credits overhaul:
- Bake in missing Labyrinth background, and get Balcony background working in the scene with Misery
- Add a vertical wipe fade, combined with sprite masking needed to hide stuff behind the fade
- Player sprite was missing before the first transition
- Fix colors on one of the illustrations because it looked off
Some fairly significant slowdown reduction:
- Bullet collision is interlaced (used to be for specific enemies)
- Fix a mistake that caused Spur to redraw the HUD every frame even if it is idle
- When the screen scrolls vertically and needs to render a new row of tiles, some effects like smoke may flicker
- Proximity presses (Final Cave) disable collision until they begin moving
Fix bullets graphics being messed up sometimes in Labyrinth M
Fix Gunsmith room having the wrong level polar star bullet sprites in various situations

Taking a break to ~~play video games~~ prevent burnout.

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Taking it Easy Edition

Changes:

Add full weapon set next to HUD and animation when switching
Implement missing Skullstep enemy
Expand maximum stage title length to 20 chars (was 16)
Fix a tile replacement issue in the Jail where you get Sue's letter that potentially prevents progress
Fix the colors for some of the icons that show up in the credits
Fix player disappearing when Gunsmith takes the Polar Star
Show Pooh Black nurse instead of Balrog nurse in Labyrinth scene during best ending
Fix Blade Lv3 spawning some of the blade slashes way over to the right
Fix a couple graphical issues caused by DMA address wrapping (Outer wall background, credits illustration)
Fix the Armored Gaudis falling through the floor when revisiting the room with Monster X in the late game
Fix Red Demon's (last cave) projectiles dissipating immediately if it is standing on the ground

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1000 Commits Edition

Changes:

A lot that I don't remember
Implemented Whimsical Star finally
Implemented wipe fade like the original (horizontal only)
Added the bullet dissipation effect for most enemy shots
The damage popups now clip upward when disappearing
Adjusted the color palettes of many maps to be a bit less washed out
The motorbike is pink. This is important.
The door Balrog busts open in Mimiga Village stays busted now
Many animations have been sped up that are too slow
And some were added that were missing
Replaced screen shake algorithm, the previous one seemed to bias the camera into weird spots
Fixed some of the messed up fading issues in the staff roll

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STUDYしましょう Edition

Today's date has a lot of 2s in it.

Changes:

New languages: Chinese Simplified, Korean
Rewrite CJK text renderer to use 12x16 font and 3 rows in the message window
Fix latin languages displaying the wrong glyphs for non-ascii chars
Flatten message window border to hide plane overlap
Fixes to various graphical glitches in HUD / menus
Fix most (but not all?) graphical glitches on certain consoles caused by Z80 bus bug
Some optimizations to array lookups in object/tileset code
The issues tab went from 49 to 22 and I don't feel like digging out the numbers

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Mucho Linguas Edition

I tried using the SSF mapper to get everything on one ROM but it turns out nobody implements it in a consistent manner, so here's 8 ROMs instead. Each has been booted to make sure they start and display text properly, but I didn't play through the whole game 8 times.

Changes

New languages: Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portugese (PT and BR)
Occasionally, when the music stopped it would play really fast for a second. This should no longer happen
Restore 8 pixel border so the camera doesn't bounce around on single screen maps
CS+ Speed setting
Fix some of the credits bugginess and missing things (but more to go)
Water drops in First Cave
You can stand on presses again
Labyrinth blocks don't go too far into the walls anymore
The trees are in front of the island in the ending cutscene
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