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GBBox 0.3.0 Release Notes

Highlights

  • Added Acorn BBC Micro and Commodore Amiga as supported GameBase import platforms.
  • Added platform setup for BBC Micro and Amiga using the shared GameBase folder shape: Extras, Games, Screenshots, and Music.
  • RetroArch is the default launch profile for both new platforms.
  • Added BeebEm as the BBC Micro external emulator option.
  • Added WinUAE / UAE-style Amiga external launch support, with WinUAE on Windows and equivalents such as FS-UAE or Amiberry on Linux/macOS.
  • Added subtle rotating platform backgrounds for the windowed grid and list views using the images in docs/images/backgrounds.
  • Fixed Amiga multi-disk launch packaging so _Disk1.zip, _Disk2.zip, and other sibling disk archives are temporarily extracted together before launch.

Amiga Multi-Disk Launching

  • RetroArch now receives an .m3u built from the extracted disk image files, not just the selected zip archive.
  • WinUAE / UAE launches now attach the first extracted disks with -0, -1, -2, and -3 drive switches where available.
  • WinUAE / UAE launches also preload all extracted disks through -diskswapper=... so additional disks are available through the emulator disk swapper.
  • This covers GameBase Amiga records where the database points at a *_Disk1.zip file while emulator metadata, such as nr_floppies=2, indicates a multi-disk game.

Supported Imports

  • Commodore 64 / GameBase64: VICE, RetroArch, in-app EmulatorJS/VICE, SID playback, extras, screenshots, and GameBase64 metadata.
  • Atari 800: Atari 800 v12-compatible GameBase MDB imports with Games, Music, Photos, Screenshots, and Extras paths. Launch settings support RetroArch Atari800 and Altirra.
  • Atari 2600: Atari 2600 GameBase MDB imports with Games, Screenshots, and Extras paths. Launch settings use RetroArch and an Atari 2600 core.
  • ZX Spectrum / GameBaseZX / SpeccyMania: Sinclair ZX Spectrum v6-compatible GameBase MDB imports with Extras, Games, Screenshots, Musician Photos, and Music paths. Launch settings support RetroArch and Spectaculator.
  • Acorn BBC Micro: GameBase MDB imports with Extras, Games, Screenshots, and Music paths. Launch settings support RetroArch and BeebEm.
  • Commodore Amiga: GameBase MDB imports with Extras, Games, Screenshots, and Music paths. Launch settings support RetroArch and WinUAE / UAE-style external emulators.

Known Limitations

  • Database files, ROMs, screenshots, music, extras, and other GameBase media are not included.
  • ZX Spectrum .ay files and Amiga music files are recognized as media, but in-app JavaScript/WebAudio playback still needs a dedicated player evaluation.
  • Windows local MDB export still requires the Microsoft Access Database Engine / ACE provider.
  • Amiga sibling-disk detection expects conventional _DiskN.zip naming beside the selected archive.

Validation

The release source was prepared to pass:

npm run lint
npm run test:frontend
npm run test:backend
npm run build

Release bundles are produced by the GitHub Actions Release Bundles workflow when the v0.3.0 tag is pushed.

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