Xenon 2 Enhanced - SemaTor (Atari ST)

Xenon 2: Megablast running on SemaTor, with enhanced controls, independent music and effects, and smoother motion. SemaTor is an Atari ST translation layer built from scratch. There's no TOS ROM and no borrowed emulator code. The original 68000 code runs, with the ST hardware translated natively in C. What the Xenon 2 Enhanced profile adds: • Stop drift on release: stops sideways coasting when you release the controls, while keeping the original acceleration and top speed. • Independent music + effects: separate sound synthesis lets music and effects play together without stealing each other's voices or reducing the music volume. • Sprite motion guidance: uses the game's object movement to guide frame generation for smoother motion with Compute HQ, Optical Flow or CPU Motion. • Reduced busy-scene slowdown: an experimental option speeds up sprite drawing while keeping the original gameplay wait, game logic and music timing. • Optional cheats: No Damage prevents energy loss from hits. Keep Lives lets you die and respawn without losing a life. • Gamepad support: move with the stick or D-pad, with fire and game prompts mapped to buttons. Enhancements are optional and can be enabled under F12 → Enhancements. Practice options are under F12 → Cheats. SemaTor version: 1.1.559 🔗 Discord — builds, add-ons and news:   / discord   🔗 GitHub: https://github.com/SirBaron/SemaTor 🔗 Channel:    / @sematorst   You need your own original Atari ST game disk images. None are supplied. #SemaTor #Xenon2 #AtariST #Xenon2Megablast #BitmapBrothers #RetroGaming #Atari #16bit #RetroComputing #Megablast #BombTheBass