doublegate · doublegate · Jul 15, 2026 · Jul 15, 2026
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.20.0] "Aperture" - 2026-07-15
+
+Phase A of the new UI/UX-parity ladder: brings the wasm demo's menus and the desktop frontend's
+peripheral/overscan/inspection controls up from placeholder or dormant to actually functional,
+closing several gaps found in a systematic audit against RustyNES's own frontend.
+
 ### Fixed
 
 - **Wasm demo: `Cheats`/`Debugger overlay` menu items now real, not placeholders** (Phase A of the

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ members = [
 ]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition = "2024"
 rust-version = "1.96"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-android/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-android/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-android"
 description = "RustySNES: Android JNI presentation host (wgpu-on-Surface, no emulation logic)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-apu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-apu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-apu"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-cart/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-cart/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-cart"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-cheevos/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-cheevos/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-cheevos"
 description = "Native-only RetroAchievements (rcheevos) FFI wrapper for RustySNES"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-core/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-core"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-cpu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-cpu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-cpu"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-frontend/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-frontend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-frontend"
 description = "RustySNES: cross-platform SNES emulator binary (winit + wgpu + cpal + egui)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-gfx-shaders/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-gfx-shaders/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-gfx-shaders"
 description = "RustySNES: shared WGSL presentation-shader sources (blit + post-filters)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-ios/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-ios/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-ios"
 description = "RustySNES: iOS Metal presentation host (wgpu-on-CAMetalLayer, no emulation logic)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-mobile/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-mobile/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-mobile"
 description = "RustySNES: UniFFI mobile bridge (Kotlin/Swift bindings over the emulation core)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-monetization/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-monetization/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-monetization"
 description = "RustySNES: dormant entitlement/ad-pacing policy scaffold (mobile-only, never a dependency of the deterministic core)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-netplay/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-netplay/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-netplay"
 description = "RustySNES: GGPO-style rollback netplay (UDP native, WebRTC browser)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-ppu/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-ppu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-ppu"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-savestate/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-savestate/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-savestate"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-script/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-script/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-script"
 description = "RustySNES: sandboxed Lua 5.4 scripting (memory read/write + a per-frame callback)"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/crates/rustysnes-test-harness/Cargo.toml b/crates/rustysnes-test-harness/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rustysnes-test-harness"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 edition.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 license.workspace = true

diff --git a/docs/STATUS.md b/docs/STATUS.md
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 This file is authoritative for per-suite pass counts, the board / coprocessor matrix, and
 version policy. Everything else defers to it.
 
-**Current release:** `v1.19.0 "Afterburner"` (`v0.1.0 "Foundation"`,
+**Current release:** `v1.20.0 "Aperture"` (`v0.1.0 "Foundation"`,
 `v0.2.0 "Persistence"`, `v0.3.0 "Continuum"`, `v0.4.0 "Completion"`, `v0.5.0 "Fidelity"`,
 `v0.6.0 "Shippable"`, `v0.7.0 "Resolution"`, `v0.8.0 "Community"`, `v0.9.0 "Threshold"`,
 `v1.0.0 "Zenith"`, `v1.0.1 "Aftertouch"`, `v1.1.0 "Latchkey"`, `v1.2.0 "Phosphor"`,
@@ -53,7 +53,13 @@ real-verified end-to-end in this development environment including a genuine BOL
 found and fixed in PR review (`v1.19.0 "Afterburner"`) — all frontend/tooling/CI work
 with **zero
 change** to the accuracy dashboard, per-suite pass counts, or coprocessor tier matrix below,
-which stayed byte-identical throughout; see `CHANGELOG.md` for full per-release detail. `v1.0.0`
+which stayed byte-identical throughout; see `CHANGELOG.md` for full per-release detail.
+**`v1.20.0 "Aperture"`** opens a new UI/UX-parity ladder (Phase A) auditing the desktop frontend
+and wasm demo against RustyNES's own frontend maturity: two wasm demo menu items (`Cheats`/
+`Debugger overlay`) fixed from placeholder to real, live Mouse/Super Scope host-input capture
+wired for the first time (`crate::peripherals`), a View → Hide Overscan toggle, and a new
+Debug → ROM Info panel — again zero change to the accuracy dashboard; see `CHANGELOG.md` for
+full detail. `v1.0.0`
 closes the production-cut
 gate: `Board: Send` (unblocking `emu-thread` to compile/test/lint clean for the first time, though
 it stays off-by-default pending full feature parity — see `docs/frontend.md`), the five

diff --git a/to-dos/ROADMAP.md b/to-dos/ROADMAP.md
@@ -374,6 +374,16 @@ under `v1.0.0`) and the netplay save-state-cost pre-work.
   Tracked in lockstep against RustyNES's own continuing development via
   `to-dos/LOCKSTEP-CHECKLIST.md`, not a frozen snapshot target. Full detail in
   `to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md`'s "RustyNES-parity ladder" section.
+- **A new, separate UI/UX-parity ladder, Phase A (`v1.20.0 "Aperture"`, RELEASED 2026-07-15).** A
+  systematic audit of RustySNES's menus/settings/debugger against RustyNES's own frontend found
+  the wasm demo showing placeholder labels for two features never actually excluded for any real
+  reason (`cheats`/`debug-hooks`, now real), a desktop peripheral-input gap (Settings selected the
+  Mouse/Super Scope hardware but nothing captured host pointer input, now wired via a new
+  `crate::peripherals` module), a missing View → Hide Overscan toggle, and closed the ROM Info
+  debugger panel small-catch-up item named above. Full detail in `to-dos/VERSION-PLAN.md`'s
+  `v1.20.0 "Aperture"` entry. Phases B (in-app Help docs, deeper debugger panels) and C (wasm Lua
+  scripting, browser netplay lobby, browser RetroAchievements, i18n) remain scoped but not
+  started.
 - **Flagged by the 2026-07-12 lockstep re-check — no rung assigned yet, maintainer go/no-go
   needed.** RustyNES shipped two items since the roadmap's `v2.1.5` baseline that RustySNES's own
   ladder doesn't currently account for: (1) a **GIF/WAV screen+audio capture subsystem**
@@ -404,7 +414,9 @@ under `v1.0.0`) and the netplay save-state-cost pre-work.
   its own, narrower scope, and no untrusted-input crash has ever been found), so neither is
   silently folded into an already-closed rung — see `to-dos/LOCKSTEP-CHECKLIST.md`'s 2026-07-15
   log row for the full disposition, including three smaller items (a self-contained ROM Info
-  debugger panel judged a small catch-up; RustySNES's `movie.rs` deserializer already independently
+  debugger panel judged a small catch-up — **closed in `v1.20.0 "Aperture"`**, as part of that
+  rung's own separate UI/UX-parity audit against RustyNES's frontend, not this lockstep check
+  directly; RustySNES's `movie.rs` deserializer already independently
   hardened against the same OOM-DoS class RustyNES's fuzzing just found, so already covered; and a
   Zapper aperture-hardening technique that doesn't map onto RustySNES's own, architecturally
   different geometric Super Scope hit-detection model, so not directly applicable).