BadBoyBill has been listening to working on HyperSpin and v2.0 is currently in development and has been for a little while. The engine is being completely re-written and optimized. Lines of code that numbered in the thousands is down to a couple hundred. Many of the most requested features are also being added. Below is just a short list of the new features that are being worked on, there are many more features and optimizations that are to come later.
* Vertical Resolution and Widescreen Support
* New wheel/game list display options, including coverflow with reflections.
* Search Functionality:
* In FE Operator Menu that will have some basic options:
* Parental Controls / Game Rating Options with support for AAMA,ESRB, PEGI and HSRS (custom HyperSpin Rating System) - We prefer not to assume fake ratings for AAMA, ESRB, PEGI. We will only use these ratings for games officially rated by those companies based on information at their respective websites. HSRS was made up to cover games not rated by those companies.
* Multiple Favorite Lists - Up to 5 different lists can be created.
* Passcoded Favorites - use a 3 button combination passcode to protect your favorites list.
* Hide/Disable Menu Items
* A new more robust Genre system.
* Much much much more to come.
Right now we have a push on to have all of our game databases completed with Genre and Ratings. We also have a push on to have complete sets of wheel images and boxart for all supported systems. The MAME wheel images are almost complete with about 200 missing, but more being created everyday.
As of right now we do not have a release time frame for HyperSpin v2... My personal estimate is sometime after the first of the year, but I really have no clue. Keep an eye out for more information.