It's been a while since we last heard of the DeSmuME Team, but now, they're back in full force to release a new version of Nintendo DS emulator for Windows, DeSmuME. Now on version 0.9.7, the latest updates brings a slew of new features, more fixes and various other improvements.

Changelog:

• General/Core:
  • bug: fix a ton of old, broken cpu opcodes and CP15 logic
  • bug: return Z1 and Z2 from TSC (fixes some touch logic)
  • bug: gba slot save type detection improved
  • bug: handle unusual rom headers more correctly
  • bug: dont confuse motion pack commands with save memory commands
  • bug: make cheat system a little less flaky and add AR 1.54 support
  • bug: fix nondeterministic backup memory behaviour while rerecording
  • bug: correct emulation of register accesses of wrong size and during powerdown
  • bug: rewrite --cflash-path emulation
  • bug: rewrite IPC/GX FIFO, IRQ flag generation, and wait-for-IRQ logics
  • bug: rewrite RTC calendar handling; now supports years > 2038
  • enh: auto-DLDI patching for homebrew
  • enh: --gbaslot-rom=self mounts self.nds in slot2
  • enh: more realistic exception handling
  • enh: piano controller emulation
  • enh: modular slot-1 system for exact emulation of homebrew cards
• Graphics:
  • bug: edge marking colors were wrong
  • bug: handle some "invalid" vram configurations correctly
  • bug: convert half of geometry engine to fixed point
  • bug: fix sprite blend+fadein/fadeout
  • bug: improve rasterizer shadows
  • bug: fix main memory display DMA
  • bug: fix some raster fx timing bugs
  • enh: add a hack for improving some non-stencil shadows
• Windows:
  • bug: misc fixes and improvements to gpu viewer tools
  • bug: sub screen layer display toggling fixed
  • bug: fixes and improvements to ram watch, ram search, cheats list
  • bug: fix start-paused commandline
  • bug: fix memory leaks when sound disabled
  • bug: improve load average calculators and add arm7 load average
  • enh: background input support
  • enh: add vsync option
  • enh: support more knobs on joysticks
  • enh: import cheats from R4 database
  • enh: add xinput rumble for 360 pads