v0.2.1-alpha

The firmware is the same as in v0.2-alpha.

• The release now includes updateAll.exe, which installs the Quake II demo in
  /roms/quake2 on the SD card from a Windows computer. The README explains how to use
  it.
• PicoNES PCB Gerber files. The release now includes the Gerber files of the
  PicoNES PCB: pico_nesPCB_v2.6.zip with NES controller ports, and
  pico_nesPCB_v2.8_SNES_PORTS.zip with SNES controller ports, designed by John Edgar
  Park (@johnedgarpark). See
  PicoNES PCB in the
  README.

v0.2-alpha

Second pre-release. It adds a second board, NES and SNES controllers, and a version for
pico-bootLoader. This is still an early version: a lot remains to be fixed, and problems
are to be expected.

New

• Support for a second board: a Pimoroni Pico Plus 2 with the Adafruit DVI and microSD
  breakouts (the pico_shared HW_CONFIG 2 setup). The wiring is described under
  Boards in the README.
• NES and SNES controllers in that board's two controller ports.
• On that board, sound plays over HDMI and, if one is fitted, a PCM5100A DAC.
• Quake II can be started from the menu of
  pico-bootLoader on both boards, and
  quitting the game returns to it. The bootloader's SD-card archive includes it.
• The board's LED blinks during the slow first load of a level.

Fixed

• The start-up text no longer turns nearly black while the game loads.

Known limitations

• About 20 to 25 frames per second, with the view at 70% of the screen
• The first load of each level is slow
• Boards with 8 MB of flash memory are not supported: most levels do not fit in it. The
  game needs 16 MB of flash memory and 8 MB of PSRAM.
• On the Pico Plus 2 board, USB controllers must be connected to a USB-A socket on
  GPIO 20/21, not to the Pico's own USB port
• Keyboards, mice and USB gamepads other than the DualShock 4 have not been tested yet
• The full game has not been tested
• No music and no multiplayer

See Status and limitations
for details.

v0.1-alpha

First pre-release. Quake II runs on the Adafruit Fruit Jam, but this is an early
version: a lot remains to be fixed, and problems are to be expected.

Downloads

• pico-quake2_fruitjam.uf2: the firmware for the Adafruit Fruit Jam.
• pico-quake2_demo_sdcard.zip: the Quake II demo (three levels) for the SD card.
  Unpack it to the root of the card. It includes id Software's licence agreement for
  the demo, which must stay with the data.

Installation is described in the
README.

What works

• The three demo levels, the attract demo and the menus
• Video over HDMI, and sound over HDMI or the headphone jack
• USB gamepads, tested with a DualShock 4
• Saving, loading and settings on the SD card

Known limitations

• About 20 to 25 frames per second, with the view at 70% of the screen
• The first load of each level is slow
• Keyboards, mice and gamepads other than the DualShock 4 have not been tested yet
• The full game has not been tested
• No music, no multiplayer, and no pico-bootLoader version yet

See Status and limitations
for details.