2.9-rc1

2.9 is out. Check the list of releases.

First candidate build for the upcoming 2.9 release.
Please help us check for regressions, especially in TAStudio and the rest of the TASing workflow, and in Lua oops. Remember: if it's not reported then it won't be fixed!

2.9 will see Ares64 graduate from experimental, including Ares64's N64DD emulation, the merge of the MAME experiment, new cores for Atari Jaguar/Jaguar CD and TIC-80, and a subframe-capable BSNES.
It will also replace the two old Lua engines with a new one using KeraLua, meaning the features of Lua 5.2 through 5.4 such as integers will be available. It will be the first version with RetroAchievements integration.
A changelog listing all the bugfixes and improvements will come later, but for now you can check the resolved issues and commit history.