The Apple iPhone can certainly do a lot of things, but homebrew developers NerveGas and Jordan wanted the nifty little gadget to play Nintendo Entertainment System games. And that's what they just did with their latest project, NES.app, a Nintendo Emulator for the iPhone.

Of course, such an ambitious project has its own bumps and potholes - which is why we're thankful that they're rolling out version after version, fixing bugs and polishing features as they do. This latest version, NES.app version 1.5.0, is no different, with a lot of improvements concerning the button display, as well as a new feature for RPGs.

Without further ado, then - to the changelog!

1.5.0    
[nervegas]

• Fixed navbar so buttons update when in landscape mode
• Use fclose() instead of close() in LoadROM
• Added "Sensory Pad" preference option, good for RPGs I guess
• Cleaned up controller selection code and filenames
• Enlarged "A & B" hot spot in portrait mode
• Tweaked color palette for optimal display on iPhone
• Stabilized frame skip, less jerkiness, fewer changes
• Added color palette preferences option (old palette = C) 
  

• Optimized scanline rendering routine