DKAFE v0.57

Add DKWolf support for SNES, ORIC1, Dragon32 and Coleco ADAM computer
SNES has classic kong homebrew remake added to pies stage
ORIC games are available via game selection menu - the controls for all of these are shocking

The Game list can now be quickly scrolled using left/right arrow keys (or page up/page down).
Also detect longer key press of up/down to scroll through items quicker

Force hide of cursor on game selection menu.

Add Game & Watch support. Include artwork in add-on-pack.

State files (for instant loading) are installed to Windows 64 only. Other platforms will automatically generate the state files on first load of a game (when necessary).

DKAFE v0.56b

Added "Crazy Kong Part II 2023 Revision" hack by Sock Master
Added "Pac-Man Crossover" hack by Paul Goes
Add DK NES Medley by Chiptunema to playlist

Added support to DKwolf for consoles and computers.
An optional add-on pack includes over 100 Donkey Kong ports and hacks for the following classic home consoles and computers. The pack will not be hosted on github.

• Atari 2600|5200|7800
• Atari 800XL Computer
• Nintendo Entertainment System
• Nintendo Gameboy|Gameboy Color
• Famicom Disk System
• Colecovision
• Intellivision
• Tandy Color Computer 3 (CoCo3)
• Texas Instruments TI99/4
• Amstrad CPC
• Sinclair Spectrum
• Commodore 64
• Commodore Pet
• BBC Micro
• MSX
• Apple ][

The console games will appear on the pies stage.
In unlock mode, you must play for a given amount of time to win coins instead of reaching a target score e.g. Play 2 minutes for 3rd prize, 4 minutes for 2nd prize and 8 minutes for first prize.

The default controls have been configured to work with arcade controls. Typically press "Jump" or "P1 Start" to start - ignoring specific keys displayed in the game menu.

LUA shell script to optimise loading of console roms and handling specific configurations.

b) After feedback from Justin De Lucia.
Fix bug with LUA interface
Correct colour of bottom exit ladder on Barrels stage
Remember the last selected (or launched) game from the quick launch menu. Saved on exit too.

DKAFE v0.55b

Additional "Pies" stage added to frontend
Fill out the pies stage with derivative roms. The 12 additional patches are based on Galakong, Lavapanic and DK Who. They allow you to play a specific stage.
Add hack for Killscreen Level 22 game (dkong and ckongpt2 versions).
Add new dkend hacks, they play up to level 1, level 3 and level 5.
Add display rotation functions and ROTATION setting to in-game menu and settings.txt - compatibility only with modern Windows versions.
Add Hammer Time Remix by Mitchel Gatzke to the playlist
Playlist converted to .WAV on Windows XP for improved performance
Fix bug with launching games when subfolder is "shell"

b) Minor tweaks
Correct the exit ladder colour on rivets
Minor adjustment to slots on rivets to account for ladder repositioning
Correct location of Pauline's speech bubble on rivets
Down arrow hint near oilcan is delayed until warp animation completes.

DKAFE v0.54

Add continue support to "dkongwho", "dkonglava", "dkong2600", "dkongchorus"
All Galakong variants now supports continue

Playlist remembers previously played tracks so they don't repeat as often

Music added to default playlist:
"Do the Donkey Kong (Instrumental)" by Buckner & Garcia.
DK remix by Nintega Dario
DK C64 remix by Sascha Zeidler

Update thank you screen

Interpret True & False as 1 & 0 when reading settings.txt

DKAFE v0.53

Remove slots from top of ladders (6 on rivets). Revised to 82 slots total.
Add continue support to Crazy Kong. Patches and gametext for "CK Continue" and "Crazy Kong 117". Icons added to rivets board.
Tweak to patching to allow unique subfolder names for non dkong roms (e.g. ckongpt2_117)
Fix system imports
Add continue support to more hacks

b) Fix ckongpt2_continue score reset
c) Fix bug with toggling settings outside of menu (SHOW_GAMELIST and ENABLE_PLAYLIST)

DKAFE v0.52

Add volume control for playlist and PLAYLIST_VOLUME option in settings.txt

Add more information and a thank you screen to the intermission and increase delay between screens
Add another track to the default playlist from MotionRide
Windows XP build of DKWolf brought all the way up to v0.241 (from 0.196) so it now supports Crazy Kong and Galaxian bootleg/hardware conversions.

Update build scripts

DKAFE v0.51c

Rebuild DKWolf v241 for Windows and rpi4 with bigkonggx (Big Kong on Galaxian Hardware) support. Including a patch to MAME's Galaxian driver.

Add bigkonggx to interface
Add high score support for bigkonggx
Replace ckongmc in the frontend with bigkonggx (ckongmc is very similar to ckongg)
Mute audio when skipping the climb scene on Crazy Kong bootlegs.
Updated some game descriptions

b) and c)
Fix issue with coin drop

d) 2 additional tracks added to default playlist

DKAFE v0.50

Add full interface support for the crazy kong galaxian conversions (ckongs, ckongmc and ckongg).

Add score targets to romlist for ckongs, ckongmc and ckongg
Add "Continues" option to selected DK roms from their launch menu
Simplify the LUA interface scripts

Added ability to warp between stages by jumping on to the oilcan and dropping down through it to warp - as suggested by Justin De Lucia

DKAFE v0.49d

ENABLE_PLAYLIST" option added to settings.txt. Option is disabled by default. The option can also be controlled via the frontend (tab) menu.
When the music playlist is enabled, the frontend will randomly play music from the "playlist" folder instead of regular DK background music.
mp3 and ogg files are supported.
5 default .mp3 files are included in the playlist folder. Music courtesy of LeviR.star and MyNameIsBanks. See readme.txt for the creators video links.

Fix issue with score targets shown during the "Crazy Kong Alternate Levels" climb sequence.

Some Crazy Kong gametexts were updated.

Minor rearrangement to rivet slots in romlist.csv to move machines away from the top of a ladder.

b) Add level 5 start and stage practice support to the Crazy Kong bootlegs. DK Galaxian support is not yet provided.
c) Don't repeat tracks in the playlist if there's more than 1 track available.
d) Rework the START5_FRIENDLY and STAGE_FRIENDLY compatible roms and criteria. It is not feasible to maintain an "UNFRIENDLY" list as this would contain any custom roms outside scope of DKAFE patching.

DKAFE v0.48c

Update dkwolf build on Windows to include Galaxian hardware for default build. This enables support of several Donkey Kong/Crazy Kong conversions.

Added these bootlegs:

• Donkey Kong on Galaxian Hardware
• Crazy Kong on Scramble hardware
• Crazy Kong on Moon Cresta hardware
• Crazy Kong on Galaxian Hardware
• Crazy Kong Part II (Alternative Levels)

Rearrange the default romlist.csv
Check rom files exists when populating the frontend