=============================================================================== SSSS tt lll lll SS SS tt ll ll SS tttttt eeee ll ll aaaa SSSS tt ee ee ll ll aa SS tt eeeeee ll ll aaaaa -- "An Atari 2600 VCS Emulator" SS SS tt ee ll ll aa aa SSSS ttt eeeee llll llll aaaaa =============================================================================== To Do List - August 15, 2004 =============================================================================== If you would like to contribute to Stella's development then find something on the list below and send email to Bradford Mott at [e-mail] or Stephen Anthony at [e-mail]. For all ports: * Provide suggestions for improving Stella * Provide suggestions for improving the Stella User's Manual * Port Stella to other operating systems: - Atari ST/TT/Falcon - Mac (680x0, PowerPC) - Others... * Find people to actually do the above ports, and try to more actively recruit people into the Stella project * Add a debugger to Stella for game developers or create an external debugger to be used by Stella and z26 (and add hooks into Stella for it) * Further optimize the software mode, especially on Win32. The software renderer in Linux takes 4% CPU (it's actually faster than OpenGL); the same code on a faster computer running Windows XP takes 60-70%! I knew SDL wasn't as optimized for Windows, but I didn't think it was that bad ... For the Windows GUI frontend (StellaX) * Make all dialog boxes resizable for any size text * The following features depend on developer availability - Add a Sprite/Animation Editor - Add a PF Editor - Add a Sourcecode Editor - Either Support DASM as frontend or integrate a 6507 Assembler - Either Support Distella as frontend or integrate a 6507 Disassembler - AVI/MPEG export - WAV/MP3 export - Client/Server networked play for up to 4 Computers via LAN/Internet - Tracking Hiscores - Record and Playback games - not as real movie, but by logging Input/RAM/processor states in given intervals. - Cheatcodes - Improve frontend by adding snapshots, labels, manuals, etc. Like KStella for Linux. (Suggestion from Brian Luttrull)