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News & Communication / MAME Plus! UI eXTended v0.145u8r5023

« on: 13 May 2012, 20:16 »

As for v0.145u7:
- Mechanical drivers disabled by default (for a faster startup of the ui)
- If you still have a slow startup please delete "mame.ini" or change "disable_mechanical_driver 0" to "disable_mechanical_driver 1" in "mame.ini"

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62

News & Communication / MAME 0.145u8

« on: 07 May 2012, 10:16 »

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0.145u8 whatsnew :
-------


MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 04774: [Crash/Freeze] (naomi.c) Most sets in naomi.c:
  Crash before OK (R. Belmont)
- 04794: [Graphics] (bombjack.c) bombjack & clone: Missing
  sprites (Phil Bennett)
- 04786: [Original Reference] (cps2.c) vhunt2d: In-Game selftest
  fails on Program Rom 04
- 04788: [Original Reference] (cps2.c) vsav2d: Several roms do not
  pass selftest.
- 04787: [Sound] (epos.c) dealer: Missing sounds
- 04785: [Compiling] Default 'tiny' does not build. (micko)
- 04771: [Speed] (hyprduel.c) magerror: Massive drop in performance
  at Warning Screen and onwards (Phil Bennett)
- 04777: [Crash/Freeze] (scramble.c) 800fath, ad2083, knockout,
  mariner, triplep: Crash before OK (Tafoid)
- 04778: [Crash/Freeze] (subsino2.c) bishjan, mtrain, wtrnymph:
  Crash before OK (Tafoid)
- 04779: [Crash/Freeze] (scobra.c) billiard, hustler, hustlerb2,
  hustlerd: Crash before OK (Tafoid)
- 04772: [Crash/Freeze] (midtunit.c) jdreddp: Crash
  before OK (Phil Bennett)
- 04768: [Graphics] (nova2001.c) ninjakun: Missing game Graphics
  and Tilemap Scroll (Phil Bennett)
- 04766: [Graphics] (mario.c) mario and clones: Missing
  Title/Game Graphics (Phil Bennett)
- 01232: [Sound] (aliens.c) aliens: Comparing to the pcb, the music
  in mame is slower. (Mamesick)
- 04784: [Documentation] (mpu5.c) m5doshpk: The correct description
  is 'Do$h 'n' Pecks (Barcrest) (MPU5).
- 04783: [Documentation] (bfm_sc4.c) sc4jjunc and clones: The correct
  year of production is '2002'.
- 04782: [Documentation] (bfm_sc4.c) sc4slc and clones: The correct
  year of production is '2003'.
- 04781: [Documentation] (bfm_sc5.c) sc5potp and clone: The correct
  year of production is '2005'.
- 04775: [Crash/Freeze] (pgm.c) ddpdoj, ddpdoja, ddpdojb, espgal,
  ket, keta, ketb: Crash before OK (mahlemiut)
- 00413: [Sound] (crimfght.c) crimfght: The speed of the music is
  playing ever so slightly too slowly. (Mamesick)
- 04769: [Crash/Freeze] (flower.c) All sets in flower.c: Black
  screen (hap)
- 04745: [Interface] Game select UI hangs when using cursor
  keys (couriersud)


Source Changes
--------------
- Started adding support for scrolling reel displays, currently text
  only, but should be pretty easy to get graphics in there and add
  different direction scrolling - updating sc4 code to use these new
  types.  [David Haywood]

- Stepper display output fix  [James Wallace]

- Amatic Multi Game System driver improvements [Roberto Fresca]
   * Identified the slots game as Super Stars.
   * Changed am_uslot to suprstar.
   * Reworked inputs from the scratch.
   * Added support for outputs: lamps & counters.
   * Added a button-lamps layout.
   * Promoted the game to working state.
   * Added technical notes.

- Amatic AMA-8000 improvements [Roberto Fresca]
   * Renamed amaticmg3 to amaticmg2 since is the AMA-8000-2 system.
   * Found the hopper motor signal. Mapped the hopper pay pulse to key
   'Q'. Now is possible to payout manually, avoiding the hang for
   hopper empty or timeout.

- Fix video counter reporting on Williams games (should stay at maximum
  value until reset). [Sean Riddle]

- Added ability to add the graphics in the external drwho art file to
  the new reel structure.  [David Haywood]

- Added/filled in about 110 missing Scorpion 4/5 romsets.
  [Brian Griffin]

- Hikaru: Added some new technical findings [Stefano Teso]

- Marked all remaining old-style CDs without gap information BAD_DUMP.
  These will still run (where applicable), but need to be re-ripped for
  best accuracy (and proper audio track timing for some Bemani games).
  [R. Belmont, Firewave]

- Fixed gameplay crash regression in Zero Team [Angelo Salese]

- Added the clock counter chain and other common functions into
  device_rtc_interface, removing duplicated code in RTC implementations.
  Rewrote the Dallas DS1302 to support additional features needed by
  IDE64 in MESS. [Curt Coder]

- Fix invalid ISO C syntax in neogeo driver noted by Clang
  [Balrog, R. Belmont]

- Fix PowerPC OS X compile [R. Belmont]

- i386: fix for bt? instructions [Carl]

- zaxxon.c: Corrected rom labels and U locations for the Congo Bongo sets.
  Added the 3 board stack version with correct PBROM. Added additional
  documentation about the 2 board stack and the 3 board stack.
  [Kevin Eshbach, The Dumping Union]

- Updated layouts for numerous slots to take advantage of new reel
  development.  [James Wallace]

- Clean-ups to sound and fixed volume balance in Nichibutsu Mahjong
  drivers. [Takahiro Nogi]

- niyanpai.c: Fixed graphics draw speed. [Takahiro Nogi]

- cps2.c: fixed vhunt2d and vsav2d rom loading [Pythagoras]

- gei.c: Sorted out the correct question roms for Trivia (Questions
  Series 12) and Trivia (Questions Series 12). [Brian Troha]

- Implemented new paletteram_xGGGGGRRRRRBBBBB_byte_le_w() function, used
  by Chance 32 [Angelo Salese]

- Fixed missing sprites/HUD regression in Lock-On [Phil Bennett]

- 6551acia.c: m_status_register was not being initialized properly
  [Robbbert]

- Updated rom label.locations for Star Force based on PCB pictures
  provided by bonky0013.  [Tafoid]

- i386: Big pmode update. [Carl]

- Added Rev "H" USA Naomi BIOS [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]

- naomi: redumped Azumanga Daioh Puzzle Bobble GD-ROM [Team Japump!]

- Added basic protection simulation for Battle Emporer, allowing for
  gameplay to the end.  [David Haywood]

- Fix error in decompression for avhuff. Converted cubeqst CHDs
  now pass verification. [Aaron Giles]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Super Stars [Roberto Fresca, Angelo Salese, Andreas Naive]
Funcube 5 [Luca Elia, Yohji, Tormod, The Dumping Union]
Dungeon Explorer (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
  [Charles MacDonald, AUMAP, ClawGrip]
Super Volleyball (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
  [Charles MacDonald, AUMAP, ClawGrip]
Jue Zhan Tian Huang/Battle Emporer
  [Yohji, Mr. CAST, B. Stahl, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union, David Haywood]


New clones added
----------------
Top Racer (bootleg of Driving Force) [Team Europe]
Gulf Storm (set 2) [Bonkey0013]
Erotictac/Tactic (ver 01) [Bonky0013]
Space Firebird (rev. 02-a) [Andy Welburn]
Congo Bongo (3 board stack) [Kevin Eshbach, The Dumping Union]
Mahjong Yoshimoto Gekijou [BET] [Takahiro Nogi]
Zoku Mahjong Housoukyoku [Takahiro Nogi]
Moon Cresta (Nichibutsu UK, unencrypted) [Andy Welburn]
Red Fox War Planes II (China)
  [B. St?\195?\165hl, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Sharpshooter (Rev 1.9) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]


New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Multi Game III (V.Ger 3.64)
  [Roberto Fresca, Andreas Naive, Team Europe]
Chance Thirty Two
  [Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska,Y~K, The Dumping Union, Smitdogg]
Bikkuri Card
  [Yohji, Mr. CAST, Tormod, CptGuapo, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Mahjong Hanafuda Cosplay Tengoku 8
  [Yohji, Mr. CAST, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Battle Emporer
  [Yohji, Mr. CAST, B. Stahl, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Golden Arrow (Standard G8-03)
  [hap, dox, DHS]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus XT Video Collection

« on: 29 April 2012, 19:04 »

Pack4 "C" 202 videos released...at this link

64

News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.25 Release

« on: 27 April 2012, 20:25 »

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FB Alpha Page

A new release of FB Alpha is available on the FB Alpha page.

    CPS-1 Updates, most of the bootlegs now work well and without patches to hack them to work like the originals (brief, incomplete summary below) [Barry, JacKc, bonky_0013, f205v]
        Added some Street Fighter II M bootlegs
        Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (Turbo Hack) now works
        Added an alternate set for Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (Turbo Hack)
        Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (M1 bootleg) now works
        Added support for the dumped Street Fighter II - Champion Edition (Koryu bootleg) graphics roms
        Added Street Fighter II: Magic Delta Turbo (some issues with row-scroll)
        Added an alternate set for Street Fighter II: Magic Delta Turbo
        Added an alternate set for Street Fighter II - Hyper Fighting (bootleg)
        Added a new bootleg of Captain Commando to the driver
        Added new bootlegs of Knights of the Round to the driver
        Daimakai (bootleg) now works
        Carrier Air Wing (bootleg) now works
        King of Dragons (bootleg) now works
        Added Final Crash to the driver
        Emulated the alternative sprite system used in Final Crash and hooked it up in other bootlegs that use it
        Emulated the alternative sound system used in Final Crash and added it to Carrier Air Wing (bootleg) as well
        Emulated the alternative sound system used in Street Fighter: Magic Delta Turbo and added it to a Captain Commando bootleg and Knights of the Round bootleg as well
        Improved sprite list end detection
        Added optional end of sprite list detection, fixes some more of the bootleg sets
        All Warriors of Fate bootlegs now work properly or at least well
        Added some more Warriors of Fate bootlegs
        All the PIC sets now work, without sound obviously due to no good dump of the PIC data being available
        Tidied the driver
        Removed the CPS Changer region hacks
    Updated the ARM7 core to avoid out of page range accesses [iq_132]
    Added driver for Silver Millenium [iq_132]
    Added bootleg of Dragon Ninja to the DEC-0 driver [Barry]
    Added bootleg of Kung Fu Master to the Irem M62 driver [JacKc, bonky_0013]
    Added clone of Super Triv to the Jack the Giantkiller [JacKc]
    Added Neo Castlevania demo to the Neo Geo driver [Barry]
    Added Neo Thunder homebrew game to the Neo Geo driver [iq_132]
    Added NGF Transparency demo to the Neo Geo driver [Barry]
    Added Dragon World: Pretty Chance to the PGM driver (debug builds only) [iq_132]
    Added Ketsui Arrange to the PGM driver [iq_132]
    Added clone of Wonder Boy to the Sega System 1 driver [JacKc]
    Added clone of Rastan to the Misc Taito driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Rastan to the Misc Taito driver [JacKc]
    Tidied the Funky Bee driver [iq_132]
    Tidied the Meijinsen [iq_132]
    Tidied the PGM driver [iq_132]
    Improved protection simulation for some PGM sets [iq_132]
    Fixed sprites alignment in Knights of Valour [iq_132]
    Fixed a crash in PGM rendering code [iq_132]
    Improved sound in the PGM driver [lantus]
    Fixed a crash in the Hunchback sets in the Galaxian driver [Barry]
    Improvements to the Black Tiger driver [iq_132, issues reported by JacKc]
    Fixed savestates in the CPS-3 driver [Twinaphex]
    Fixed a potential crash in the EEPROM module [Twinaphex]
    Fixed custom-sized tile rendering in the generic tiles module [iq_132]
    Big-endian fixes for the ARM CPU interface [lantus]
    Big-endian fixes for the CPS-1, Data East, Neo Geo, Sega and Silver Millenium drivers [lantus]
    Big-endian fix for the Pskiyo 4 driver [Twinaphex]
    Added BRAM support to the PC-Engine driver [kev]
    Added some unicode titles [JacKc]
    Added BDF_CLONE to sfiii3u [iq_132, reported by DsNo]
    Tidied the SNES driver a bit [kev]
    Added SoftFX xBR filters [msbhvn, Hyllian, Barry]
    Fixed a UI issue with unidentified CDs [Barry]
    Rename endian.h to burn_endian.h [Barry]
    Improve portability by checking defines before defining them [Twinaphex]
    Updates to libsnes [Squarepusher2]
    Synced sets with MAME 0.145u7 [Barry]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus! UI eXTended v0.145u7r5017

« on: 26 April 2012, 11:52 »

• Mechanical drivers disabled by default (for a faster startup of the ui)
• If you still have a slow startup please delete "mame.ini" or change "disable_mechanical_driver 0" to "disable_mechanical_driver 1" in "mame.ini"

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66

News & Communication / MAME 0.145u7

« on: 22 April 2012, 16:20 »

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0.145u7 whatsnew :
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 00485: [Sound] gotcha: The woman's voice gets cut off. (hap)
- 04764: [Documentation] sfight2 and clones.: The correct description
         is "Street Fighter II".
- 04761: [Crash/Freeze] waveshrk: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04760: [Crash/Freeze] cobram3: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04758: [Crash/Freeze] gal3: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04757: [Crash/Freeze] majorpkr: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04756: [Crash/Freeze] littlerb: Crash before OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04754: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in qdrmfgp.c: Crash after OK (Aaron
         Giles)
- 04752: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in atarigt.c, atarigx2.c: Crash after
         OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04751: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in darkhors.c: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04750: [Crash/Freeze] btoads: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04749: [Crash/Freeze] grndtour: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04748: [Crash/Freeze] ninjakun: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04747: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in psikyo.c: Crash after OK (Aaron Giles)
- 04746: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in midzeus.c, seattle.c, vegas.c:
         Crash before OK (Aaron Giles)

Source Changes
--------------
m68k improvements: [Hans Ostermeyer]
 * Fixed BFINS, BFEXTU, and BFEXTS to fetch 8-bit quantities as 8 bits
   (corrects Domain/OS 10.3.5 crash on page boundry)
 * Added SoftFloat log functions and m68k FLOGNP1, FLOGN, FLOG2, and
   FLOG10 instructions

kinstb, ffight2b, iron, denseib, sblast2b (snesb.c) [stephh] :
 * Fixed Dip Switches and Coin Inputs (after verification of the 5A22
    code)

PGM, Scorpion 4/5 and Astra Fruit Machine  [David Haywood]
 * Slightly reworked some previous PGM submissions.
 * Reorganized many bfm_sc4/sc5 sound roms.
 * Added some notes, code and alternate revisions to astrafr.c.

nbmj8891.c: Fixed font graphics in hanamomo. [Takahiro Nogi]

uPD1990AC: Only latch CSx bits when STB is high. [R. Belmont]

proconn.c  [David Haywood]
 * Added the basic device definitions for this driver with some NULL
    callbacks for now, setting the framework for more progress later.

globalfr.c VFD improvement to allow for better debugging as well as
some rom splitting of clones for the driver.  Also did some stepper
motor work to support more types.  [James Wallace]

ecoinf3.c  [David Haywood]
 * Added some 8255s (maybe too many, not sure how many the PCBs have)
    and identified where it writes the 'VFD' strings.

silvmil.c: Added known dipswitches & locations. Derived clock speeds
from actual OSCs located on the PCB. [Brian Troha]

Revamped the sprite decryption of raiden2-like Seibu boards.
[Andreas Naive]
 * Added support for Zero Team.
 * Code refactored to clarify the algorithm.

Improvements to Jaleco's "Stepping Stage Special" [Luca Elia]
 * fixed memory maps, rom loading, added inputs
 * Hooked up sprites, hacked in the text layer
 * Can be made to boot using the debugger

icecold.c  [Sandro Ronco]
 * This game has mechanical parts so it's not exactly playable, but it
    is possible try it until the end giving the expected inputs.
 * Imported the i8279 device from MESS and updated to support sensor
    mode and mask nibble.
 * Made a simple layout and the defined input ports.

Improved the serial emulation in 68307 and added some logging,
removing the hack in bfm_sc4.c [David Haywood]

Meyco driver improvements: [Roberto Fresca]
 * Reworked Inputs for all games.
 * Added button-lamps support.
 * Created internal control layout for all games.
 * Added mech counters support.
 * Promoted all games to working state.
 * Renamed the mdrawpkra ROMs based on PCB picture.
 * Renamed the driver to meyc8080.c
 * Added technical and game notes.

preliminary Imagetek I5000 sound emulation. [hap]

Started giving Scorpion games their own reel / key configs, which is
needed for most of them to pass their post / not hang on 'reel errors'
or infinitely spinning reels.  Also more work on 68307's.
[David Haywood]

Converted turbo.c to use i8279 device [Sandro Ronco]

Added some better command handling to stop SC4 games from overwriting
their attract mode messages with garbage.  [James Wallace]

Preliminary work on Scorpion 4 lamps + more set resorting
[David Haywood]

Discovered similarities in gotcha.c to Data East Bootleg sprites, also
happening to be the closest implementation to Silver Millennium in the
sources.  Refactored each based on this information.  [David Haywood]

Refactored a few things related to reels and use of layouts allowing
for more function with less work  [David Haywood]

CPS-3 update  [Team CPS-1]:
 * Fixed CD Catalog # for jojoba 990927 and properly renamed the chd
 * Realigned the games table

amaticmg.c: figured out encryption [Andreas Naive]

paradise.c: Corrected Difficulty DSW for Penky and added notes about
alternate DSW settings as found in scanned Pins & Dip manual.
[Brian Troha]

gumbo.c: Added dipswitch locations to all sets in the driver.
[Brian Troha]

sliver.c: Filled in / Corrected all dipswitches for Sliver and added
dipswitch locations [Brian Troha]

sangho.c: Filled in some dipswitches for Sexy Boom & Puzzle Star and
added dipswitch locations. [Brian Troha]

pokechmp.c: Correct dipswitches as per manual and add dipswitch
locations. [Brian Troha]

sangho.c: Sexy Boom's difficulty DSW setting corrected and verified.
[stephh]



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Silver Millennium  [Bonky0013, David Haywood]
Draw Poker - Joker's Wild (Standard) [hap, Roberto Fresca]
Draw Poker - Joker's Wild (02-11) [hap, Roberto Fresca]


New clones added
----------------
Zeke's Peak  [Sandro Ronco]
Hot Mind (Fit of Fighting Hardware) [f20v] (NOT WORKING)


New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Knights of Valour: Aoshi Sanguo / Sangoku Senki: Aoshi Sanguo (ver.
  202CN, bootleg)
Ninja Assault [Guru, Deunan Knute]
Golden Arrow [hap, Kevin Mullins]
Star Trek: Voyager [R. Belmont, Mr. CAST, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus XT Video Collection

« on: 20 April 2012, 13:13 »

Pack3 "B" 199 videos released...follow this link

68

News & Communication / Forum Upgrade

« on: 14 April 2012, 13:53 »

Last night i've done a big and great upgrade to the forum, actually you will not notice any difference but the news will appear soon.

I apologize for the inconvenience that may have occurred during the night but I assure you it's worth it.

I urge all members to report to me any kind of problem found.

TYAA, Simone.

69

News & Communication / MAME Plus XT Video Collection Revitalize Project

« on: 12 April 2012, 20:29 »

Hi all, these days I realized that the video collection for MAME Plus XT are not updated for a long time and need to be revitalized.
So, i decided to start from a good base and i've converted all CrashTest Collection videos from MNG to AVI format and renamed all the videos to be used whit MAME 0.145.

I also started the production of the missing videos respecting the characteristics of Crashtest Collection.

In the coming days I will start to publish the first packs of the new videos collection.

My motivation to continue the production is strong but in the absence of feedback from users will assess whether to continue or not.

So anyone interested please reply to this post with their own assessments and recommendations that will be taken seriously by me.

Tnks, Simone.

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News & Communication / MAME Plus! UI eXTended v0.145u6r5010

« on: 11 April 2012, 12:03 »

• Removed support for mng video files (preparing a new avi video collection)

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News & Communication / MAME 0.145u6

« on: 08 April 2012, 16:53 »

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0.145u6 whatsnew :
-------


MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 04741: [Sound] xmen: Instruments in the music are playing back at
         the wrong volume (hap)
- 02675: [Sound] rdft, rdft2: Music used in the boss levels of Raiden
         Fighters and Raiden Fighters 2 play (Mssion 1-3, 2-3) slower
    than the original. (Sonikos)
- 04734: [Crash/Freeze] tylz: Crash after OK (Pugsy)
- 04743: [Crash/Freeze] pzloop2jr1: Black Screen (Tafoid)
- 04735: [Crash/Freeze] breywood, shackled: Black screen (stephh)
- 04737: [Original Reference] ckong: correct manufacturer found for
         Crazy Kong (Falcon?)

Source Changes
--------------
Change DirectInput joystick acquisition method to be non exclusive.
[bdam]

toaplan2.c: Correct the video (character layer) offset for 1945 Part-2
(Chinese hack of Battle Garegga) [Dave Haywood]

dc: Fix the maple hookup and controllers and add the missing maple irq
[O. Galibert]

galaxia.c: Improved colors and hooked up cvs stars circuit. [hap]

Hooked up TMS9928 and PIA devices to Baby Pac-Man video CPU, gives
some gfx if you press the service switch [Angelo Salese]

pgm.c: Continued refactoring of the protections, including improved
notes.  Moved some code into the states and split states by protection
type.  [David Haywood]

Set the correct cpu in mpu5.c driver and split a few alternate
revisions into clone sets.  [David Haywood]

Decrypted the rest of the gambling sets in igs_m027.c.  No further
advancements in visible emulation to report, though.  [iq132]

Redumped sound roms in funcube2 and funcube3 [Guru, Yasuhiro Ogawa]

Improved irqs in Little Robin, and added preliminary sound to it
[Angelo Salese]

model2.c: Added the I/O Controller rom (Z80 based) for Rail Chase 2
[Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]

Converted gamtor.c to use VGA device (doesn't work though due of a
weird banking problem) [Angelo Salese]

m68k: add preliminary on-board peripherals to 68307 and 68340
[David Haywood]

SDL: Fix formatting of chdman man page [wallyweek]

Allow compilation with compatible system-installed versions of libjpeg
and libflac [wallyweek, R. Belmont]

Solved the remaining issues with Raiden 2's sprite decryption.
[Andreas Naive]

Major driver modernization changes [Miodrag Milanovic]
- Added 4th parameter to all address maps
- Added missing state classes
- Removed ADDRESS_MAP_MODERN define

rastan.c: Add dipswitch locations to the Rastan sets. [Brian Troha]

namcos21.c: Added Namco game prefix to the Winning Run 91 set. Added
minor documentation about the System21B two board stack. [Brian Troha]

nmk16.c: Fixes some issues and cleaned up the video sources a bit
[trap15]

Fixed ymf271.c core timer allowing for greater accuracy. [Sonikos]

BFM Scorpion 4 Hardware:  [David Haywood]
 * General update which fleshes out some of the 68307 code (not 100%
    correct hookups, just improved logging and enough to get us
    somewhere).
 * Added various devices to the SC4 emulation, added a default layout
    showing the VFD, to which most of the earlier games will now write
    'Initializing'.  Timers and other devices still need to be
    implemented properly before they actually initialize.
 * Put the actual SC4 hardware emulation in drivers/bfm_sc4h.c so that
    it doesn't get lost in the swamp of sets (scrolling through a file
    is quite hard when it's almost entirely set definitions)

mirax, miraxa (mirax.c) [stephh] :
 * Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)

Implemented flip screen support to Mirax [Angelo Salese]

galdrvr.c: Added preliminary protection emulation to Monster Zero.
[hap]

Moved all drivers to using the paletteram helpers defined in the
driver_device base class. The palette base is now specified via an
AM_SHARE of "paletteram" or "paletteram2". The driver_device base
class now finds these pointers and places them in
m_generic_paletteram_8/_16/_32 and m_generic_paletteram2_8/_16/_32.
[Aaron Giles]

Removed machine.generic.paletteram*, and machine.generic entirely.
Removed AM_BASE_GENERIC/AM_SIZE_GENERIC as they don't apply anymore.
[Aaron Giles]

Changed required_/optional_shared_ptr to support set_target with base
and size for manually configuring a shared pointer, and a new allocate
method for dynamically allocating (and registering the memory for save
states). [Aaron Giles]

Converted memory_private to memory_manager and moved global memory
operations into methods on it. Converted the less-popular cases over
in drivers that used them, leaving the bank management APIs global for
now. [Aaron Giles]

Add logic to ensure that shared pointers are checked to be of the
right width. The primary upshot is that if you declare
AM_SHARE("paletteram") in an 8-bit memory map, then only
m_generic_paletteram_8 will be populated, and m_generic_paletteram_16
will be NULL. But it applies to all required_/optional_shared_ptrs
declared, so make sure they are of the right type. [Aaron Giles]

Added code to cdrom.c to compute and verify ECC codes for mode 1/2
sectors. [David Haywood]

Added CD compressor template which separates subcode data from sector
data, removes redundant ECC data prior to compression, and uses
separate compressors for each part. Defined LZMA and ZLib CD
compressors based on this and made them the default for CDs.
[Aaron Giles]

Redumped sprites rom of lhzb2 [Guru]

Decrypted sprites in lhzb. Decrypted tiles and palette in lhzb2 and
slqz2. Added inputs and memory maps in these games, pending protection
simulation [Luca Elia]

Move driver list/enumerator to new file drivenum.c/.h. Move
game_driver definition and constants to new header gamedrv.h. [Aaron
Giles]

wldarrow.c: Added service inputs, allowing battery RAM to be
initialized in test mode, making the games close to playable. [hap]

namcos10: Fix banking for Mr. Driller 2, first stab at the encryption
[O. Galibert]

misc sc4/68307 updates + prelim peripheral hookups, allows most sc4
sets to run their sound rom checks [David Haywood]

rastan.c: Cleaned up Parent/Child order. Corrected ROM names and added
additional information / notes. [Brian Troha]



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Fun River [Sara S.]
unknown Japanese horse gambling game (preliminary) [hap, Paul Swan]


New clones added
----------------
Rastan (US) [Stefan Lindberg]


New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Quiz Show [hap, Siftware]
Dragon World Pretty Chance [Smitdogg, Tjeerd Carter]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus! UI eXTended v0.145u5r5003

« on: 29 March 2012, 21:48 »

• Updated all apps (tnks to cnterr)
• Support for mng video files (tnks to cnterr)

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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.24 Release

« on: 25 March 2012, 19:34 »

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FB Alpha Page

New FB Alpha release. You can download the new version on the FB Alpha page.

    Rewrote the DAC core, improving performance and timing [iq_132]
    Updated the Mogura and The FairyLand Story drivers to use the new DAC core [iq_132]
    Updated the Armed Formation, King & Balloon, Irem M72 and M90, Route16, Sega System 16A, SunA16, Terra Cresta, The New Zealand Story, Vigilante drivers to use the new DAC core [Barry]
    Fixed the new DAC core with GCC 3.4.5 [Barry]
    Updated Z80 cycle counting, improving accuracy [iq_132]
    Added cycle counting to the I8039 CPU core [iq_132]
    Updated PGM driver making Bee Storm - DoDonPachi II and Demon Front playable [iq_132]
    Added Fantasic and Kong to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
    Added Arange Mode hack of DoDonPachi to the Cave driver [JacKc]
    Added clone of 1941 to the CPS-1 driver [Bonky0013, JacKc, Techmotour]
    Added clone of King of Dragons to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Street Fighter II: Champion Edition to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
    Added clone of UniWar S to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Deer Hunting to the Seta2 driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Super Chase to the Taito driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Arkanoid 2 to the The New Zealand Story driver [Barry]
    Added 1945 Part 2 (hack of Battle Garegga) to the Toaplan-2 driver [Barry]
    Fixed sound samples in the Kageki driver [Barry]
    Fixed sample sounds in King & Balloon [Barry]
    Fixed 68000 CPU speed in Best of the Best driver [iq_132, reported by Cmart]
    Updated dip switches in the Side Pocket driver [Barry]
    Changed CPS-1 sprite timing for bootlegs/hacks that render the sprites in reverse order [Barry, identied by manliodp]
    Big-endian fixes for Data East, various Misc, and PGM drivers [lantus]
    Added Unicode title for 1945 Part 2 [JacKc]
    Added support for insane cheat file lengths [Barry, reported by money_114]
    Fixed issue with the load progress dialog not being killed when loading unavailable sets [Barry, reported by BisonSAS]
    Fixed crash if SampleInit is called without a sample list [iq_132]
    Removed sek.h and zet.h from burnint.h, and added to drivers where necessary [Barry]
    Synced sets with MAME 0.145u5 [Barry]

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News & Communication / MAME 0.145u5

« on: 25 March 2012, 15:19 »

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0.145u5 whatsnew :
-------


MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 04712: [Graphics] fncywld, pangpang: characters offset is wrong
         (David Haywood)
- 04303: [Crash/Freeze] nost, nostk: Intermittent crash when the sun
         starts rising during demonstration (David Haywood)
- 04725: [Compiling] unidasm does not link in 0.145u4 (mingw64-w64 or
         w32, Intel, Windows 7 x64) (Olivier Galibert)



Source Changes
--------------
unidasm: Remove the tms57002 until modern cores are handled sanely
[O. Galibert]

PowerPC: further DIVW improvements [R. Belmont]

PowerPC: all integer divide instructions now 100% pass PPCTorture
[R. Belmont]

PowerPC: Improve corner case behavior of SLW/SRW [R. Belmont]

Resolved and cleaned-up Seibu COP palette brightness table [Andreas
Naive]

Further separation, sorting, and addition of alternate revisions as
clones (over 300) for the bfm_sc2.c driver.  [James Wallace]

m68k: allow FPU instructions on '020 (it's possible to have an
external 68881/882) and fix missing break; in the FPU [Hans
Ostermeyer]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M6809 code)
to chanbara [stephh]

Extensive documentation improvements and clarification of the Super
Famicom Box hardware [Y~K]

Moved the attraction ROM to its real set, and added the real BIOS ROM
to the Super Famicom Box HW [Y~K]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M6502 code)
to progolf.c driver [stephh]

galdrvr.c: fixed missing sprites and bullets in fantastc [David
Haywood, hap]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M6809
code) to sidepckt.c driver [stephh]

Added Vblank bit and scanline register to Othello Derby [Angelo
Salese]

6526cia.c: The PC output will now go low for 1 cycle following a
read/write of port B. (instead of being toggled immediately)
[Curt Coder]

ARM7: for v5 and later, Thumb POP can return to ARM mode [R. Belmont]

CPS-1 update [Team CPS-1]:
 * Added 1941: Counter Attack (World 900227), now new parent
 * Fixed some labels in various sets to match real pcbs, added some
    documentation notes and confirmed pcb infos
 * Reordered sf2cejx sets

pgm.c: Added preliminary decryption to svgpcb. [iq132]

SoftFloat: fixed sin/cos/tan to return correct results [Hans
Ostermeyer] m68k: sorted out the bit patterns for PFLUSHA and PFLUSHAN
[Hans Ostermeyer]

pgm.c: Added decryption to happy6. [iq132]

Marked all GD-ROMs except Under Defeat as BAD_DUMP.  These need to be
re-converted to CHD from the .GDI source with current CHDMAN
[R. Belmont]

Update SDL man pages.  chdman has formatting glitches but at least
matches the binary we ship. [wallyweek, R. Belmont]

Refactoring and clean-ups of the PGM protection and splitted it across
separate files [David Haywood]

Added some decryption to the titles in igs_m027.c [iq132]



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.02)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A) [Roberto Fresca]
Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01B)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.84A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.87-89)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
DoDonPachi II - Bee Storm (Japan, vers. 102,101,100)
  [David Haywood, rtw]
Lucky Boom [f205v, David Haywood]
Demon Front (PGM cartridge versions) [David Haywood]
Galaxia [hap]
Astro Wars [hap]

New clones added
----------------
Mortal Kombat (Turbo 3.0 08/31/92, hack)  [MK3Fan]
Street Fighter EX2 Plus (Hipanic 990611)
  [Corrado Tomaselli, John666, Layne, The Dumping Union]
Intrepid (bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Wonder Boy (set 5, bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Caveman Ninja (bootleg, alt) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.57-SP)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62B)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62A alt)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62B alt)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A-S)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A-S alt)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A-N)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.70A beta)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.70A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.70A alt)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A-SP-BELG)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A alt)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6B/12B ver 1.75A-E)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.76A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.77A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.79A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.83A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Big Striker (bootleg w/Italian teams) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Fighting Soccer (Joystick hack bootleg, alt) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Witch Jackpot (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.25)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.40)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.62)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.64)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.65)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.70S)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.70P)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.87)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.87-88)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
S.V.G. - Spectral vs Generation (M68k label V100JP) (ARM label V100JP) (JAMMA PCB)
  [Yohji, Layne, J. Wilke, Dave France, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union] (NOT WORKING)
Demon Front (68k label V107, ROM M107KR 11/03/03) (ARM label V107, ROM
  10/16/03 S106KR) (JAMMA PCB) [Joerg Hartenberger] (NOT WORKING)
The Gladiator - Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM
  label V100, ROM 02/25/03 SHEN JIAN) (JAMMA PCB) [SoftwareThis] (NOT
  WORKING)
Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99, set 2)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99, set 3)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99T)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Falcons Wild - World Wide Poker (Video Klein, set 2)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
1945 2 - Battle Garegga Chinese hack
Bobble Bobble (set 2) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Dribbling (bootleg, Brazil)
  [Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, David Haywood]
Galactic Empire
  [Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, David Haywood]
Polaris (Brazil)
  [Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, David Haywood]
Dragonninja (bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
Rastan (World set 2) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
1941: Counter Attack (World 900227) [Techmotour]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Janken Man (Pretty Carnival) [Roberto Fresca, anonyMous donator, hap]
Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01A)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01B)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Kong (Brazil)  [Silvio Maeboto and David Haywood]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.57-TE)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62A-F)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.40T)
  [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]
1991 Spikes (Italian bootleg, set 2) [R. Belmont]
Wonder Boy (US bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus! UI eXTended v0.145u4r4992

« on: 14 March 2012, 14:40 »

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News & Communication / MAME 0.145u4

« on: 11 March 2012, 20:21 »

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MAME 0.145u4 whatsnew :
-------


MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 04721: [Sound] opwolf: Music and sound effects are completely messed
         up (hap)
- 04699: [Core] cubeqst: Upgrade to chd v5 changes SHA1 (Aaron Giles)
- 04702: [Interface] UI Menus: Bottom menu option problems (hap)
- 04592: [Interface] GUI last menu item shows "Return to Game" instead
         of "Return to Prior Menu" (hap)
- 04684: [Graphics] All sets in vmetal.c: graphics garbage (hap)
- 04677: [DIP/Input] ebases: The analog controls do not work. (hap)
- 04720: [Sound] mainevt and clones: Missing Audio (hap)
- 04715: [DIP/Input] cavenger: Second Player Bomb (in cocktail) does
         not function (Tafoid)

Source Changes
--------------
Converted LR35902 cpu core to c++.  [Wilbert Pol]

Fixed swapped romsets between doncdoon and kurufev [Angelo Salese]

SDL: support unofficial (not in the OSD class) num_processors API used
by chdman.  Allows chdman to use multiple cores/processors on
non-Windows. [R. Belmont]

naomi: corrected PIC number information for starseek [Guru]

CPS-1 update [Team CPS-1]:
 * Added some notes and done some documentation fixes.
 * Expanded and updated games table in video\cps1.c
 * Removed the notes about LW-13.10D ROM in forgottnu and RT_23.13B
    ROM in wonder3, since current dumps are confirmed as good.
 * Fixed qad labels and confirmed pcb infos.
 * Fixed ROMs labels, added pcb locations and a better documentation
   about sub-revisions. Renamed some romsets to use revision codes.

Fix for potential driver conflicts with same named machine states
between MAME and MESS.  [David Haywood]

megatech.c: Implemented outputs for the time limit alarm sound and
screen flash. [bdam]

undrfire.c: Implement outputs for undrfire and cbombers.  Lamps, gun
recoil, and wheel vibration are implemented. [bdam]

Fixed colors in senjyo.c driver (mostly noticeable with senjyo
background colors) [Tsuyoshi Hasegawa]

68k: add 68301/68307 aliases for better documentation [David Haywood]

ins8250 - Support for the 16550 fifo [Carl]

viper: Added main board DS2430 eeprom and code1d dongle eeprom. [Guru]

viper: Fixed some IDE parameters to allow HDD games to boot again.
[Ville Linde]

Various improvements to Popo Bear, game is somehow playable with
various video and sound glitches [Angelo Salese]

namcos23: Enable work queues for a substantial framerate boost in 3D
scenes [O. Galibert]

Added redumped Area 51: Site 4 CHD (a51site4a).  [ninjakid]

bfm_sc1.c:  [James Wallace]
 * First pass of splitting out *all* of Scorpion 1 roms into clones so
    that proper testing can begin.
 * Identified some duplicates and 'premerged' versions of split ROM
    files.  So while there are more 'games', the number of ROMs has
    actually decreased.

m6502.c: Fixed OAL illegal m6502 instruction to pass Acid5200 test.
[Wilbert Pol]

Formalized the Votrax SC-01 device. Implemented the full set of
digital logic from the patent, including the timing circuit,
transition circuit, glottal generator, and noise source. Some unknowns
still exist with regards to clocking, due to contradictory statements
in the patent, but as it stands now, all parameters are fetched and
processed, phonemes are requested, and in theory all that remains is
for someone with analog sound experience to simulate the filters on
the output. For now, you just get the raw glottal pulse mixed with the
noise signal based on the vocal and fricative amplitudes, which is
enough to show progress, but hardly a pleasing result just yet.
[Aaron Giles, Lord Nightmare, Olivier Galibert]

Converted gottlieb r1 and r2 sound boards into full-on devices, using
the recently-added mixer interface. All sound outputs are redirected
to the new sound device itself, and then the consuming driver can
route the new sound device's outputs as appropriate. The Votrax chip
has been hooked up properly, with a crude guess at the variable
clocking. Current Votrax emulation is turned off, but it can be
enabled by changing USE_FAKE_VOTRAX to 0 in gottlieb.h. [Aaron Giles]

Added Driver display in both the game select UI as well as the
gameinfo screens which should prove helpful.  [Tafoid]

chdman: Correct processing of GDI files, add ability to extractcd to
.gdi, verified perfect checksum round-tripping on .GDI files.
[R. Belmont]

Rework libflac to play nicer with MAME's build system; should fix
compile problems on certain configrations based on suggestions by
Tsuruchiyo Nitro [R. Belmont]

k054539: Modernize [O. Galibert]

PowerPC: properly mirror SO bit from XER into CR0 [R. Belmont]

ioport: Make the compile time less insane [O. Galibert]

ioport: Support obsolete gcc versions [O. Galibert]

When copying CHDs, preserve the flag that indicates whether the
metadata is included in the SHA1. When creating LD CHDs, don't use a
checksum on the AVLD metadata, like we did before. Fixes recompression
of laserdisc CHDs. [Aaron Giles]

Refactored YM3526 to use devcb. [Curt Coder]

Create new devices buffered_spriteram<n>_device, which manage buffered
spriteram. Removed core support for legacy buffered spriteram, and
updated all drivers to use the new devices instead. [Aaron Giles]

Removed required/optional_shared_size helpers. Instead the existing
required/optional_shared_ptr helpers now have a bytes() method that
can be used to query the size of the shared region. [Aaron Giles]

ymf271: Timer setup fix [trap15]

votrax: Analog path [O. Galibert]

tms57002: Modernize [O. Galibert]

Various i386, x87 and PIC fixes. [Carl]

neodrvr.c: Add program roms to Metal Slug 5 PCB. [Guru]

Neo-Geo documentation update [Johnboy]:
 * Added SNK development boards
 * Updated MVS motherboard list
 * Updated sengoku2, zupapa, mslug, neodrift, ctomaday, pbobbl2n and
    jockeygp chip info
 * Added correct product ID codes for vliner and jockeygp
 * Updated \hash\neogeo.xml accordingly

Fix for aleck64 crash on exit [Oliver Stoneberg]

dec8.c improvements [stephh] :
 * lastmisn*, shackled, breywood, gondo, makyosen, garyoret, ghostb*,
    meikyuh*, csilver*, oscar*, srdarwin*, cobracom* : fixed Dip
    Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M6809/HD6309 code);
    coinage for games without real MCU is still a guess though
 * lastmisn*, csilver*, srdarwin* : added coinage simulation based on
    the Dip Switches
 * garyoret : use fake MCU based on 'gondo' instead of simulating it

PowerPC: Corrected DIVW divide-by-zero crashes, flags, and corner-case results [R. Belmont]



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Skater (cassette)
 [Chack'n & Team Japump!!!, Charles MacDonald, Dr. Spankenstein, Kevin
  Eshbach, T. Huff, SteveS, E. Page-Hanify, Hikari, ArcadeDude, F.
  Bukor, N. Francfort, jmurjr, arcade-history.com, ThumB, Hurray
  Banana, Paratech, Xiaou2, Cornishdavey, A. Costin, M. Ponweiser,
  Tormod & Rambo]
Super Doubles Tennis (cassette)
[Chack'n & Team Japump!!!, Charles MacDonald, Dr. Spankenstein, Kevin
 Eshbach, T. Huff, SteveS, E. Page-Hanify, Hikari, ArcadeDude, F.
 Bukor, N. Francfort, jmurjr, arcade-history.com, ThumB, Hurray Banana,
 Paratech, Xiaou2, Cornishdavey, A. Costin, M. Ponweiser, Tormod &
 Rambo]
Metal Slug 5 (JAMMA PCB) [Guru]


New clones added
----------------
Final Fight (World, set 2) [Bonky0013, JacKc]
Forgotten Worlds (USA, B-Board 88618B-2, Rev. C) [Bonky0013, JacKc]
Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (USA 920522, Rev. G)
  [Bonky0013, JacKc]
Virtua Cop (Revision A) [Layne, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Super Street Fighter II X: Grand Master Challenge (Japan 940223 rent version)
  [idc/Team Avalaunch]
Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Japan 950307 stop version)
  [idc/Team Avalaunch]
JoJo's Venture (990128) [idc/Team Avalaunch]
Pit Boss Megatouch II (9255-10-06 ROE, California version)
  [Anondumper]
Megatouch IV (9255-40-01 RO, Standard version) [Anondumper]
Super Chase - Criminal Termination (Japan)
  [Stefan Lindberg, The Dumping Union]
Deer Hunting USA V3 [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Battle Gear 2 (2.01J) [Uncle Tom, The Dumping Union]
Soul Calibur III (SC31002-NA-NA) [Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Tekken 4 (TEF1 Ver. C) [Tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (Japan 920803) [Dominic Nater]
Raiden Fighters Jet (Taiwan) [ANY, R. Belmont, The Dumping Union]
Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (Japan bootleg) [ANY, R. Belmont, The Dumping Union]
Dynablaster / Bomber Man (bootleg, alt) [ANY, R. Belmont, The Dumping Union]
Caveman Ninja (alternate)  [Corrado Tomaselli]


New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game Style  [Team Japump, Guru]
World Soccer Winning Eleven Arcade Game 2003  [Team Japump, Guru]
Power Shovel Simulator [Uncle Tom, The Dumping Union]
Mazan: Flash of the Blade (MAZ1 Ver. A) [Hans Johanson]
Fantastic (Galaga clone on Galaxian/Moon Cresta HW)
  [Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, Haze & hap]

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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.23 Release

« on: 11 March 2012, 10:45 »

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FB Alpha Page

Ok, the over-sized game selection dialog was crap. Here's a quick new FB Alpha release to forget it. You can download the new version on the FB Alpha page.

Here's the whats new;

    Added clone of Caveman Ninja to the Data East drivers [JacKc, Corrado Tomaselli]
    Added bootleg of Side Pocket to the Data East drivers [Barry, Corrado Tomaselli]
    Allowed Neo Geo drivers to disable the watchdog reset, and used it to fix Neo Pong v1.0 which is now added to release builds [Barry]
    Changed the game selection dialog back to the old size and updated the dialog to be resizable [Barry]
    Fixed issue with disappearing preview images in game selection dialog when switching back to the window [Barry]
    Applied latest libsnes patches [Themaister]
    Standardised revision info in game titles [Barry]
    Made inclusion of png.h in burner.h optional in makefile via INCLUDE_LIB_PNGH flag [Barry]
    Updated the helpfile with the game selection dialog changes [Barry]

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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.22 Release

« on: 05 March 2012, 22:39 »

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    Added support for 7z files for roms and samples [Barry]
    Added driver for Act Fancer [iq_132]
    Added driver for Gals Pinball [iq_132]
    Added driver for Momoko 120% [iq_132]
    Added clone of Final Fight to the CPS-1 driver JacKc, Bonky0013
    Added clone of Forgotton Worlds to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc, Bonky0013]
    Added clone of Street Fighter II to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc, Bonky0013]
    Added clone of Street Fighter II: Champion Edition to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Puzz Loop 2 to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Super Street Fighter 2 X to the CPS-2 driver, and added support for the graphic rom format it uses [Barry]
    Added clone of Vampire Hunter to the CPS-2 driver [Barry, JacKc]
    Added clone of Jojo's Venture to the CPS-3 driver [Barry]
    Added clone of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure to the CPS-3 driver [JacKc]
    Added bootleg of Eyes [iq_132]
    Added clone of X-Men to the Konami drivers [JacKc, Bonky0013]
    Added Super Bubble Pop to the Neo Geo driver (player 1 inputs don't work, hence debug only builds) [Barry, iq_132, JacKc]
    Added PCB version of Demon Front to the PGM driver (non-working, debug builds only) [JacKc]
    Added clone of Altered Beast to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry]
    Added bootleg of Silk Worm to the Tecmo driver [JacKc, Bonky0013]
    Changed CPS-1/2 palette handling to be more accurate, should fix some glitches [Barry]
    Changed CPS-2 video timing to use the values in MAME that have come from hardware measurements [Barry]
    Improved CPS-2 sprite list end detection [Barry]
    Moved the CpsGetObj() call, fixing sprite lag in Super Street Fighter II and clones [manliodp.]
    Fixed IRQ generation in the Irem M72 drivers, fixing video timing in Dragon Breed [Barry]
    Fixed sound in the Irem M72 drivers [Barry]
    Minor CPS-3 update with a small speedup [iq_132]
    Update the Mysterious Stones driver [iq_132]
    Removed duplicate set of Super Monaco Grand Prix [Barry]
    Added savestate support to the the OPL based sound cores (YM3812, YM3526 and Y8950) and interfaces [Barry]
    Removed previous attempt and added savestate support to the YM2413 core and interface [Barry]
    Added savestate support to the DEC-8 driver [Barry]
    Tidied and fixed Data East savestates where necessary [Barry]
    Fixed Sengoku 3 Unicode title (string wasn't terminated) [Barry]
    Moved the Pocket Gal Deluxe driver to the Data East filter [iq_132]
    Big-endian fixes for the new CPS-1/2 palette code, CPS-2 raster interrupts, Konami drivers and devices, PGM driver, some Misc drivers, Sega FD1089, Seta drivers, and Toaplan games that use the V25 CPU for sound [lantus]
    Fixed some invalid BRF_NODUMP definitions [Barry]
    Overhauled the cheat system [iq_132]
    Added overrides to allow drivers to exclude addresses from cheat searching, and used it to prevent a crash when searching for cheats in CPS Q-Sound games [Barry]
    Tidied the game selection dialog a bit, and changed the behaviour of "show available" to allow showing available and/or unavailable sets [Barry]
    Fixed TurboGrafx 16 games displaying as MVS cartridge hardware in the game selection dialog [iq_132]
    Added a Ctrl+W shortcut to close the current game [Barry]
    Made the cliprect for the OSD shortmsg wider, allowing more text to be displayed [Barry]
    Prevented the 68K debugger opening if the 68k interface is not in use [iq_132]
    Disabled menu item for 68k debugger if the 68k interface is not in use, and renamed the menu item to "Invoke 68k debugger" [Barry]
    Removed definition of LSB_FIRST in epx.cpp since it is now defined (or not) in the makefile [Barry]
    Fixed issue with definition of LSB_FIRST in makefile.mingw [Barry]
    Added libsnes target files [Themaister, twinaphex]
    Fixed some memory leaks and possible memory leaks [kev]
    Identified and fixed some out of bounds array issues [kev, iq_132]
    Updated the zlib library to v1.2.6 [Barry]
    Updated the libpng library to v1.5.8 [Barry]
    Matched all sets to MAME 0.145u3 [Barry]
    Matched the Megadrive sets to MESS 0.145u1 [Barry]
    Changed PC-Engine driver to be auto-generated from the MESS software list [Barry]
    Matched the PC-Engine sets to MESS 0.145u1 [Barry]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus! UI eXTended v0.145u3r4988

« on: 02 March 2012, 10:25 »

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News & Communication / MAME 0.145u3

« on: 26 February 2012, 21:23 »

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MAME 0.145u3 whatsnew :
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Source Changes
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Fixed listxml and validation. [Fabio Priuli]

chdman: Properly handle and warn on bin/cue output of images with
subcode data [R. Belmont]