2.8.0 "Mysteries, Mammoths, and Muppets" (2023-12-30)

New games:

• Added support for macOS versions of Syberia and Syberia II.
• Added support for The Vampire Diaries, Nancy Drew: Secrets Can Kill, Nancy Drew: Stay Tuned for Danger, Nancy Drew: Message in a Haunted Mansion, Nancy Drew: Treasure in the Royal Tower and Nancy Drew: The Final Scene.
• Added support for Reah: Face the Unknown and Schizm: Mysterious Journey.
• Added support for Might and Magic Book One.
• Added support for Muppet Treasure Island.
• Added support for Primordia, Shardlight and Technobabylon.
• Added support for The Excavation of Hob's Barrow, Strangeland and Whispers of a Machine.
• Added support for Stranga and Cloak and Dagger's AGS games.
• Added support for Adibou 1.
• Added support for Dark Side.
• Added support for Kingdom: The Far Reaches.
• Added support for Escape From Hell.
• Added support for Wrath of the Gods, Gadget: Invention, Travel and Adventure, The Dark Eye, and 4 other Director titles.

New platforms:

• Added libretro new shiny port.
• Added Atari port.

General:

• Added optional dependency for libvpx.
• Added optional dependency for libmikmod.
• Added support for PC98 font ROM.
• Added optional dependency for libsonivox, implementing EAS (Embedded Audio Synthesis) sound driver.
• Added YUV422 and YUV444 support to Theora decoder.
• Implemented specialized CPU routines for graphics blitting for ManagedSurface.
• Changed default GM device to "auto" for better compatibility.

AGS:

• Synced with upstream AGS 3.6.0.53.
• Sped up graphics manipulation on modern hardware with CPU-specific code.
• Added support for early font rendering, to match the original interpreter.
• Added support for playback of transcoded videos in place of unsupported codecs.
• Completed implementation of MOD audio playback.
• Fixed background music not looping in some games.
• Fixed game-breaking bugs in various games (e.g. Strangeland, Chronicle of Innsmouth)
• Multiple updates to the game detection tables.

Asylum:

• Added support for Chinese Sanitarium.

Dragons:

• Implemented localizations for the copyright screen and main menu.

Freescape:

• Improved collision and projectile detection using sweepAABB

GrimE:

• Added support for Chinese Grim Fandango.
• Added support for Russian Grim Fandango translations from Fargus, ENPY and 7Wolf.

Kyra:

• Added support for Kyra1 Amiga French release and DOS Czech fan translation.
• Improved game controls menu accuracy for all platforms.
• Added support for Chinese EOB2.
• Added support for the PC-98 version of EOB2.

Mohawk:

• Greatly improved the accurary of the code generation for the Domes in Riven: The Sequel to Myst to match the original game.

Private:

• Added support for the Japanese Windows release.

SCUMM:

• Added support for unpacked RuSCUMM patches for Russian localizations.
• Allow usage of the official Monkey Island 1 Roland MT-32 patch with any EGA version, not just the English release.
• Completely rewritten sound code for all Humongous Entertainment games.
• Faithfully implemented Mac GUI for Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, and Loom.
• Implemented turning around animation when changing direction for Full Throttle, The Dig and The Curse of Monkey Island.
• Added enhancement to Loom: Ctrl+D shows up list of drafts that has been discovered.
• Fixed kanji characters rendering issue in Japanese SegaCD version of Monkey Island 1. Text rendering for this game is now pixel perfect.
• Implemented complete support for the Macintosh and DOS/V Japanese versions of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis distributed by MicroMouse.
• Implemented network multiplayer support for Backyard Football, Backyard Baseball 2001, and Backyard Football 2002.

Sherlock:

• Added support for Chinese Serrated Scalpel.
• Added data to savegames whose lack could make savegames unwinnable.

Sword1:

• Rewrote the palette fading system and the game timers to match the original DOS version.
• Rewrote all the menu code to make it match the original. This includes the restoration of the Speed setting.
• Restored the correct fonts and menu texts for all Russian versions of the game.
• Rewrote the audio engine to match the original. Compressed files are still supported.
• Tweaked the subtitles routine for the PSX version to match the original.
• Restored George's idle animation.
• Restored pause functionality: press "P"!
• Restored debug commands: CTRL-G for toggling on-screen walkable grids, CTRL-T for displaying debug information, SHIFT-M for displaying crosshairs for the mouse cursor and George's position, and keys 1 and 4 to toggle respectively slow and fast frame pacing mode.
• Restored the correct font for the game over screen.
• Fixed other various small inaccuracies.
• Overall the PC version of the game on ScummVM shouldn't differ from the original executable anymore.
• Implemented credits for the PSX version.

Sword2:

• Added support for Chinese translation.

Tinsel:

• Fix running out of soundreels error.

TwinE:

• Added support for Japanese translation.

Ultima:

• Improve Ultima VI responsiveness.
• Fix crash loading Ultima VI savegames when dialogs are open.
• Fix ordering of generated items in Ultima VI.
• Fix auto-readying throwing weapons in Ultima VI.
• Fix Ultima VI crash opening new-style spellbook gump.
• Fix Ultima VI actor doll and gump colors.
• Fix Ultima VI crash using look action on walls.
• Fix several other miscellaneous crashes.
• Fix spawners and projectiles to more closely match the original.
• Improved Ultima VI AdLib support and added Roland MT-32 support.
• Fix multiple Ultima VIII render order issues.
• Add support for Ultima VIII Spanish fan translation.
• Support Pentagram save game files.
• Added configurable double-click time for Ultima VIII.

Voyeur:

• Added support for German fan translation.

Xeen:

• Renamed 'xeen' engine to 'mm' for Might & Magic.
• Added custom engine option to replace the health gems with HP/SP bars.

RISC OS port:

• Double buffering is now used in full screen mode when V-sync is enabled.
• Added support for hardware palettes.