Gerard Putter has updated his must-have OS X 8-bit Apple II emulator, Virtual ][, to version 5.8.5

What’s new in version 5.8.5

  • Solved an issue (introduced in version 5.8) that caused flickering screen objects in some games (such as Swashbuckler, Bolo and Choplifter).
  • Improved the floating bus feature; the intro of the game “Money Munchers” now works as it should.
  • The “Search Apple II Disk Images” feature now not only searches for matching Apple II file names, but also for matching disk image file names.
  • The Inspector can now show the Apple II screen as it would appear in any graphics mode.
  • Substantially improved nibble copy and half-track copy in A2V2, resulting in much more reliable disk copies.
  • Refined the keyboard mappings to more resemble the Apple II: shift-tab now acts as tab; numeric pad “clear” acts as esc.
  • Increased default screen refresh rate from 20 Hz to 30 Hz.
  • Fixed an issue that could result in stray pixels all over the screen when switching from 80-column text mode to graphics mode on an Apple //e.
  • Fixed an issue that caused the Saturn memory card to behave like a 16K instead of a 128K memory card.