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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.13 Release
« on: 29 October 2011, 13:03 »
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FB Alpha Page
This version features what is effectively a new NeoGeo driver. The emulation should be at least as good as before, but now with added support for MVS Multislot and NeoGeo CD. The NeoGeo CD support is preliminary at this stage, compatibility is pretty good, but some games don't work currently.
NeoGeo Updates
Added support for NeoGeo MVS multi-slot emulation and NeoGeo CDZ [Barry, heavily based on some old code from Jan_Klaassen]
Changed the ISO+MP3 CD Interface module to ISO+WAV [Captain CPS-X]
Added some demo roms to the NeoGeo driver [Barry]
Added support for the prototype sprite roms to the NeoGeo driver [Barry]
Fixed text layer tiles in kof10th [iq_132]
Added a hack to the sprite routines for Samurai Shodown RPG text boxes [iq_132]
Added prototype of Alpha Mission II to the NeoGeo driver [Barry]
Added prototype of Burning Fight to the NeoGeo driver [Barry]
Added prototype of King of the Monsters 2 to the NeoGeo driver [Barry, JacKc]
Fixed "most recent games" list when using NeoGeo multi-slot [Barry]
Added a module to identify NeoGeo CD games [Captain CPS-X]
Ported H6280 CPU Core from MAME [iq_132]
Added module to support vector games [iq_132]
Added driver for Aztarac [iq_132]
Hooked up analog joystick and dial in Aztarac driver [Barry]
Added driver for games on Data East DECO16 hardware [iq_132]
Added clone of Guwange to the Cave driver [Barry]
Added alternate bootleg of Street Fighter II - champion edition Accelerator! to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc]
Added two clones of Battle Shark to the Taito-Z driver [Barry]
Updated all source code with checks for memory used before freeing and NULLing all allocated memory after freeing [Barry]
Optimised the Irem GA20 sound core [iq_132]
Changed the MS5205 stream buffer allocation to account for differing refresh rates, fixing the crash in the Double Dragon driver when exiting games [Barry]
Fixed some stability issues in the Cave drivers [Barry]
Fixed inputs in Robocop 2 in the DECO16 driver [Barry]
Fixed savestate support in the Taito-Z driver when no Z80 is present [Barry]
Fixed an issue where the state of Tatio games was being auto-saved when it shouldn't be [Barry]
Fixed screen clear code in Toaplan-1 games [Barry]
Fixed Sound Error in Battle Bakraid [Barry]
Fixed some stability issues in the Toaplan drivers [Barry]
Fixed dat file generation module to output the html entities for the characters <> [Barry]
Updated the description tag of the generated dat files to identify between arcade and Megadrive [Barry]
Fixed some duplicate game descriptions [Barry]
Removed a duplicate set of Demon World from the driver [Barry]
Removed bioses from the driver count in the game selection dialog [Barry]
Changed the background colour of clones in the game selection dialog to make them stand out a little bit more [Barry]
Matched all sets to MAME 0.143u9 [Barry]
Matched the Megadrive sets to MESS 0.143u8 [Barry]
Updated the help file to reflect above changes [Barry]
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News & Communication / MAME 0.143u9
« on: 27 October 2011, 20:01 »
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MAME 0.143u9 whatsnew :
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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 04509: [Core] Analog controls are broken on keyboard when joystick
is enabled (Alex Jackson)
- 04394: [DIP/Input] All games with paddle inputs: IPT_PADDLE inputs
do not center properly when mapped to an analog joystick
(Alex Jackson)
Source Changes
--------------
fix listing of switches used by gambling games [kanikani]
Hooked up MC6845 to Laser Base [Angelo Salese]
Hooked up PIT to Laser Base [Angelo Salese, Tomasz Slanina]
Changed some of the default mappings for analog controls in order to
fix various input-fighting bugs (including, but not limited to,
MT#4394 and MT#4509). Reverted the u8 change to analog joystick
handling--it only partially solved the problem it was meant to fix, it
introduced new issues in return, and generally made the code more
complicated for little benefit [Alex Jackson]
Improved game documentation to Naomi / Triforce / Chihiro HW [f205v]
New clones added
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Battle Shark (Japan, Joystick) [ShouTime]
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News & Communication / MAME 0.143u8
« on: 23 October 2011, 16:41 »Download
MAME 0.143u8 whatsnew :
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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 04505: [Graphics] airbustr and clones: Background scrolling is jerky
(hap)
- 04497: [Crash/Freeze] spss4240: Hang during "Initializing.." routine
(Jim Stolis)
- 04507: [Documentation] mmmbnk: Game description is just "Medal
Mahjong Moukari Bancho".
- 04496: [Crash/Freeze] m1cluecb, m1przclu: Hang of application after
OK (R. Belmont)
- 04441: [Crash/Freeze] Most sets in triforce.c: Crash/Assert before
OK (R. Belmont)
- 04502: [Crash/Freeze] crtaxihr, mj2, mj3, outr2st: Stop before
"Initialization" completion (R. Belmont)
- 04503: [Crash/Freeze] azumanga, initdv2jo, initdv3jb: Access
Violation during "Initializing" (R. Belmont)
Source Changes
--------------
Improvements to magicfly.c [Roberto Fresca]
* Confirmed and fixed CPU clock for magicfly and 7mezzo.
* Rearranged the graphic ROMs addressing. Splitted both gfx banks.
* Created and minimized the color palette for both gfx banks.
* Fixed colors for magicfly and 7mezzo.
Provided DVD dump for junai [alien_mame, The Dumping Union]
lethalen: improved offset screen and gun in japan version; removed
eeprom default values [Roberto Zandona']
taito_z.c: Added PCB locations to the Aqua Jack sets [ShouTime]
taitopjc: Preliminary text layer and I/O CPU hookup [Ville Linde]
taitotz: preliminary text layer hookup [Ville Linde]
viper: implemented timers and I2C interface on MPC8240 [Ville Linde]
voodoo: preliminary Voodoo 3 support [Ville Linde]
Wrote a basic core for Epson RTC-9701 device chip [David Haywood,
Angelo Salese]
Fixed various translitteration errors in csplayh5.c game name
descriptions [Fujix]
Fixed Juno First refresh rate and interrupt firing
[Angelo Salese, Chris Hardy]
Removed deprecat.h usage from higemaru.c [Angelo Salese]
Removed deprecat.h usage from srmp6.c [Angelo Salese]
naomi: fix various crashes for some GD-ROM sets [R. Belmont]
Added tables from vlm5030 as verified by decap from ogoun. Adapted
vlm5030 to use the tms5xxx common tables file. Some details have yet
to be worked out for certain (how exactly the reflection coefficients
beyond k=2 address the k2+ rom)
[ogoun, Lord Nightmare, The Dumping Union]
Adjusted the VLM5030 K3 thru K10 coefficients to be based not on
reading the K2 rom but based on the index itself <<6 or 7. This makes
the games sound much better and explains the very small ram size used
for coefficients other than K1 and K2. This needs further
investigation and figuring out of the die schematic to settle
completely. [Lord Nightmare]
Various gottlieb.c fixes [Tafoid]
* Verified through playtesting, manuals and in-game service modes all
dips in the driver. Consolidated and added Dip Locations based on
all available information.
* Changed Q*bert and Q*bert's Qubes joystick layout to 8-Way to allow
for diagonals to be not only be mapped but used if desired.
Optimzied SH4 core by using a single opcode jump table instead of
nested switch statements [David Haywood]
namcos22.c: improved flat shading and depth cueing [hap]
Golden Poker driver improvements. [Roberto Fresca]
* Mapped the Dallas DS1210 for Video Klein sets that have one.
* Mapped the 2800-2fff range as RAM for the non-Dallas Video Klein
sets.
* Some minor fixes.
Fixed colors to Witch Card (Video Klein CPU box, set 2)
[Roberto Fresca]
Novo Play Multi Card / Club Card improvements: [Roberto Fresca]
* Added proper button-lamps support and layout.
* Added default NVRAM, necessary to boot.
* Added technical notes.
JPM IMPACT changes that make the display at least work now, and some
more M1 set splitting [James Wallace]
Preliminary emulation of the YMZ770 sound chip
[R. Belmont, O. Galibert, MetalliC]
Funworld driver: Documented hopper motor line (temporarily added as an
extra lamp). Better documentation of output ports... Novo Play Multi
Card: Added PIAs connections layout, added 'Allow Autohold' DIP
switch. [Roberto Fresca, Rob Ragon]
Various improvements to Magic the Gathering: Armageddon [Phil Bennett]
Made some fixes/additions to the input system [kanikani]
* Added the possibility to press contradictory direction digital
joystick input at the same time (i.e. up-down, left-right);
* Added the possibility to set an arbitrary value for coin impulses;
* fixed a bug with loop lever routine
* fixed a bug with analog joystick routine
Various fixes in tnzs.c driver [kanikani]
* Plump Pop
- update DIPSW item (collision between each players' child)
- added DIPLOCATION
* Extermination
* Arkanoid Revenge of DOH
* Dr.Toppel
* Kageki
* Chuka Taisen
* The Newzealand Story
- added DIPLOCATION
* Kabuki Z
- fixed difficulty DIPSW (EASY and MEDIUM is reversed)
- added DIPLOCATION
* Insector X
- fixed difficulty DIPSW (based on manual)
- added DIPLOCATION
Various fixes in tmnt.c driver [kanikani]
* T.M.N.T.
- fixed visible area (garbage on each side is correct (verified on
PCB))
- fixed DIPSW
- added DIPLOCATION
* Golfing Greats
- fixed inputs
- fixed DIPSW
- added DIPLOCATION
* Trigon
* Cuebrick
* M.I.A.
* Punk Shot
- fixed DIPSW
- added DIPLOCATION
* Premiere Soccer
- added DIPLOCATION
Various fixes in ninjaw.c driver [kanikani]
* Ninja Warriors
- added DIPSW notes
* Darius II
- fixed DIPSW
- fixed game description
Various fixes in twin16.c driver [kanikani]
* Majuu no Oukoku
- fixed inputs
- fixed DIPSW
- added DIPLOCATION
* Gradius II
* Hard Puncher
* M.I.A.
* Cuebrick
- fixed DIPSW
- added DIPLOCATION
Fixed DIPSW in Darius II [kanikani]
Fixed DIPSW in Ninja Ryuukenden / Ninja Gaiden [kanikani]
Various fixes in galaga.c driver [kanikani]
* Bosconian
- fixed DIPSW
- fixed DIPLOCATION
* Galaga
* Xevious
* DigDug
- fixed DIPLOCATION
Fixed DIPSW and DIPLOCATION in segas24.c driver [kanikani]
Fixed DIPSW and DIPLOCATION in segas18.c driver [kanikani]
Fixed DIPSW in segag80r.c driver [kanikani]
Fixed DIPSW in segag80v.c driver [kanikani]
Fixed DIPSW in segald.c driver [kanikani]
Fixed DIPSW in Ninjakun and Penguin-Kun Wars [kanikani]
Various fixes in dec0.c driver [kanikani]
* Heavy Barrel
- fixed DIPSW
- fixed DIPLOCATION
* Birdie Try
* Dragon Ninja
* Fighting Fantasy
* Midnight Resistance
- fixed DIPSW
* Robocop
- fixed DIPLOCATION
Fixed coinage DIPSW using Sega common setting in segaybd.c,
segaorun.c, segaxbd.c, segahang.c, segae.c, segac2.c, segas16a.c and
segas16b.c drivers [kanikani]
Fixed coinage DIPSW using Konami common setting in chqflag.c, pooyan.c
and rockrage.c drivers [kanikani]
Various fixes in sega16b.c driver [kanikani]
* Ace Attacker
- added I/O board read routine
* Dunk Shot
- fixed DIPLOCATION
* Sukeban Janshi Ryuko
- added DIPSW
* Time Scanner
- fixed DIPSW
Various fixes in sega16a.c driver [kanikani]
* Ace Attacker
- changed to use analog device
* Sukeban Janshi Ryuko
- added DIPSW
* Time Scanner
- fixed DIPSW
Fixed / added comments in ninjakd2.c driver [kanikani]
Made some video optimizations in toypop.c driver [kanikani]
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Waku Waku Doubutsu Land TonTon [Angelo Salese, Yasuhiro Ogawa, Roberto
Fresca]
Kasino '89 [Roberto Fresca, Rob Ragon, Tomasz Slanina]
Novo Play Multi Card / Club Card [Roberto Fresca, Rob Ragon]
New clones added
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Crash (bootleg of Head On) [f205v]
Gunbuster (US) [ShouTime]
Mustafa and 40 Thieves (Bootleg) [f205v]
Flyball (rev 2) [Siftware]
Bad Lands (bootleg, alternate) [Tomasz Slanina]
Witch Card (Video Klein CPU box, set 2) [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe]
Alpha Mission 2 (prototype) [Brian Hargrove]
Burning Fight (prototype) [Brian Hargrove]
New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Unknown TMS9980 Poker Game [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe]
Jyunai 2 - White Love Story [alien_mame, The Dumping Union]
Namco Stars [Yasuhiro Ogawa]
Sega's Golden Poker Series "Joker's Wild" [Yasuhiro Ogawa]
Real Puncher [Phil Bennett, Chris Hardy]
Speed Driver [XingXing]
Racing Jam DX [Tomas Dahlgren]
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CoinOPS Discussion / The last chance
« on: 16 October 2011, 09:58 »
This is the last chance to save this board.
What i need to change my mind is that BP admits his mistakes and promises not to do more in the future.
What i want here is :
1. This should be a place of fun and this must remain.
2. For no reason you have to offend people of this or other communities.
3. Avoid flames.
4. Avoid any disrespectful behavior.
5. A new moderator will be chosen by the community and will have no power for any reason at its sole discretion to delete threads and posts.
The last word word to you BP.
What i need to change my mind is that BP admits his mistakes and promises not to do more in the future.
What i want here is :
1. This should be a place of fun and this must remain.
2. For no reason you have to offend people of this or other communities.
3. Avoid flames.
4. Avoid any disrespectful behavior.
5. A new moderator will be chosen by the community and will have no power for any reason at its sole discretion to delete threads and posts.
The last word word to you BP.
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CoinOPS Discussion / Re: ok warnings are over people have been informed
« on: 16 October 2011, 09:36 »
Hey BP, from what I could see with my eyes, unfortunately, you are a very aggressive person and disrespectful.
I can not give back the status of moderator as you would use it again to do damage.
I am very sorry that things went well, I respect your work but not your person.
I'm still willing to host the forum to certain conditions, namely:
No longer speak of Xtras
Not offend the sensibilities of anyone more
You are not a moderator and the tone of the posts have content that relate to the fun, not war
No flames
and so on ...
and please, from now on stop posting on this forum, if you want to continue here contact me privately and we can define rules to stop this and other future drama...
if you dont like that, you have the alst word, just inform me and the forum is not nuked like you want but freezed.
People must read to understand what happened.
I can not give back the status of moderator as you would use it again to do damage.
I am very sorry that things went well, I respect your work but not your person.
I'm still willing to host the forum to certain conditions, namely:
No longer speak of Xtras
Not offend the sensibilities of anyone more
You are not a moderator and the tone of the posts have content that relate to the fun, not war
No flames
and so on ...
and please, from now on stop posting on this forum, if you want to continue here contact me privately and we can define rules to stop this and other future drama...
if you dont like that, you have the alst word, just inform me and the forum is not nuked like you want but freezed.
People must read to understand what happened.
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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.12 Release
« on: 15 October 2011, 13:55 »Download
FB Alpha Page
Quote
Note: This version has some changes to the Megadrive driver. The driver is now based on the MESS software list.
The game shortnames are prepended by md_ to differentiate them from the arcade games where conflicts occur. FB Alpha will look for your roms in the normal zip names, you do not need to create a new copy of the games and prepend md_. It is advisable to have the Megadrive roms in the seventh or eighth rom paths to avoid conflicts with arcade games. Support files will need to retain the md_ in order to avoid conflicts, however.
All Megadrive games are now enabled (except for Virtua Racing because the SVP isn't emulated), most should work, however, some may not.
Megadrive Changes
Updated Megadrive driver based on MESS 0.143u7 software list [Barry]
Made the seventh rom path special like the eighth one so that Megadrive roms can be stored in one of the last two paths and still allow supplementary FB Alpha roms to be in a seperate path [Barry]
Made the short name in the game selection dialog slightly longer to accomodate the Megadrive short names [Barry]
Increased the maximum number for sek handlers to 10 [Barry]
Added better SRAM support and support for custom mappers as per MESS< [Barry]
Removed menu option for making a datfile with both arcade games and Megadrive games, the two would conflict, and arcade and Megadrive dats need to be handled seperately [Barry]
Updated the dat file creation module to remove the md_ from the Megadrive shortnames [Barry]
Added clone of Aquajack to the Taito-Z driver [Barry]
Added clone of Vigilante to the Vigilante driver [Barry]
Fixed music tempo and continuity in Item M90 and M92 drivers [iq_132][
Added option to the YM2413 to decrease volume and used it to correct sound in the Mitchell driver [Barry]
Fixed the gun inputs in Zombie Raid [Barry]
Fixed the support file path creation for the IPS folders on app init [Barry]
Fixed immediate update of Apply Patches checkbox in game selection dialog when applying IPS Patches [Barry]
Added ability to search the drivers short name as well as the description in the Game Selection dialog [Barry]
Made the Game Selection dialog search interactive and removed the Search button [Barry]
Made the Game Selection dialog choose the current loaded game if a game is currently loaded [Barry]
Fixed crash when (de)selecting auto-frameskip and using the DirectSound audio module [Barry]
Restored the uxtheme style for the application [Barry]
Matched all sets to MAME 0.143u7 [Barry]
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CoinOPS Discussion / Re: whats happens ?
« on: 15 October 2011, 13:24 »From what I've put together so far, Hornswoggle changed the text of a couple or maybe one of BPs posts as a joke. One of the posts in the forums quotes what he wrote. One of the two deleted all of the posts in the forum. Both claim to not have global deleted the files.
Simone, do you have a way of restoring all of those posts, like a backup or something? A lot of the other members had a good bit of work put into some of those topics including myself.
i offered my help and this is the thanksgiving.
i've found a backup from 10/10 but before start to restore anything, apologies from BP are necessary.
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CoinOPS Discussion / Re: ok warnings are over people have been informed
« on: 15 October 2011, 13:17 »
Hey BP, are you kidding ?
I offered my help without any interference and at free of cost.
You have deliberately deleted all the thread without any advice.
You NEVER informed me or asked my help.
I'm sure that is not the good way to solve a problem if it exists.
Now I'm still love your work at Coinops but is not my intentention to encouraging a war enagaged with whoever you want.
You are warned. you are free to move on and... if i not denote a change in your behavior the entire board will be nuked without any advice.
Also, I'm very disappointed that something that should just be fun has turned into a real war, and I do not approve this.
For this reason I apologize to everyone for what has happened and what will happen if things do not change.
I offered my help without any interference and at free of cost.
You have deliberately deleted all the thread without any advice.
You NEVER informed me or asked my help.
I'm sure that is not the good way to solve a problem if it exists.
Now I'm still love your work at Coinops but is not my intentention to encouraging a war enagaged with whoever you want.
You are warned. you are free to move on and... if i not denote a change in your behavior the entire board will be nuked without any advice.
Also, I'm very disappointed that something that should just be fun has turned into a real war, and I do not approve this.
For this reason I apologize to everyone for what has happened and what will happen if things do not change.
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CoinOPS Discussion / Re: whats happens ?
« on: 14 October 2011, 13:44 »Hello Simone, I do not know who deleted the forum posts/topics, but I may have been the reason why they may have been deleted. For this, I am sorry and did not want this at all.
As I have said in another topic, I have been away from the scene, and had come back to find the abusive behaviour of BP towards other users unacceptable. Now, I admit I may have overstepped my authority here, but I could not stand idly by, while one human being was being so intolerant and offensive to other human beings.
Maybe my actions were in hindsight a mistake, but I fully stand by my views on BP's behaviour towards others.
I think you should have done what you thought was right, unfortunately my lack of knowledge of English does not allowed me to understand what was going on first.
However, the only person who had rights to delete treads beyond you and i was BP, so i wait for his explanation...
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CoinOPS Discussion / Re: whats happens ?
« on: 14 October 2011, 13:26 »
well, the behavior of BP was at least disrespectful to me, waiting for an explanation...
i offered my help without interfering and did not deserve this behavior...
i offered my help without interfering and did not deserve this behavior...
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CoinOPS Discussion / whats happens ?
« on: 14 October 2011, 13:12 »
can someone please explain what happens here ?
why posts are removed without any advise ?
why people cant live and enjoy playing without coming in to flames ?
why posts are removed without any advise ?
why people cant live and enjoy playing without coming in to flames ?
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News & Communication / MAME 0.143u7
« on: 11 October 2011, 13:11 »Download
MAME 0.143u7 whatsnew :
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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 02448: [Graphics] lethalen: External' rowscroll not hooked up
correctly (1st attract level, highscores). (Roberto Zandona')
- 04471: [Crash/Freeze] Many sets using m68000-family CPU: Access
Violation (Sandro Ronco)
- 04345: [Sound] nbbatman, ssoldier and clones: Sounds freezes or
halts after a time (Mamesick)
- 04386: [Graphics] timecris and clones: Specific room with incorrect
lighting on Stage 2 (hap)
- 04495: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in cd32.c: All games fail to boot
properly (mariuszw, R. Belmont)
- 00258: [Graphics] blswhstl: Graphic glitch on the final boss.
(robiza)
- 00373: [Graphics] butasan: There are missing background tiles and
wrong colours. (robiza)
- 00172: [Graphics] butasan: The top status area (where the score and
time info is) is missing text and has wrong colors. (robiza)
Source Changes
--------------
Major rewrite of umipoker and saiyukip input system. Added missing
inputs, fixing structure. Added button- lamps support and layout to
saiyukip, coin counters and complete documented outputs to both games.
Also reworked the DIP switches structure to match what the test mode
shows, with their respective DIP locations [Roberto Fresca]
Complete DIP switches & DIP locations for Umi de Poker and Slot Poker
Saiyuki [Roberto Fresca]
Added Cherry Master '97 PCB layout. [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe]
Fix for systems where getc() is a #define rather than a function
[ElBarto]
neogeo: Fixed game saving [ElBarto]
butasan: fixed text ram banking [Roberto Zandona']
blswhstl: fixed screen size and zoom [Roberto Zandona']
Exposed the Z80 DART interrupt vector to non-Z80 users. [Curt Coder]
Improved inputs and added some TLB notes in the Aleck64 driver
[Peter Sealy]
m68000 - Fix for MINGW compiler optimization [Sandro Ronco]
Big10: Fixed default DIP switches and DIP locations. [Roberto Fresca]
Fixed all HLSL stability issues except visible crease. [Ryan Holtz,
Bat Country Entertainment]
Fixed Z80DART FIFO starting index. [Curt Coder]
m68k: Activate trace emulation and fixed it [O. Galibert]
m68000: Avoid a case when dropping the irq mask just after taking a
auto-acked interrupt would cause a spurious irq [O. Galibert]
m68000: Reset the double-bus/address-error flag where appropriate to
avoid halting on consecutive but not linked exceptions [O. Galibert]
m68k: preliminary support for ColdFire family and MCF5206E [R. Belmont]
namcos22.c: Fixed or improved polygon fade, high priority polygons,
texture c-mode, sprite seaming, textlayer alpha/shadow, DSP external
memory addressmask, and some other smaller issues. [hap]
sh3/4: fixed big-endian mode [R. Belmont]
Hooked up touch screen to Odeon Twister 2 [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Fix incorrect masking of register writes on ay-3-8914, fixes wrong
envelope amplitude on games which use hardware enveloping on
Intellivision (Thunder Castle, etc) [Huygens]
Added complete dump for sfish2 [Guru]
namcos22.c: Fixed or improved tokyowar sprite garbage, sprites in
alpinesa alpinr2a/b and cybrcycc, sprite x/y flipping, sprite delta
x/y, texture c-mode (again), and some z priority issues. [hap]
tms9928a.c: Fixed colission detection regression. [Wilbert Pol]
m68k: preliminary 68040 MMU implementation [R. Belmont]
Figured out the sound system of Muroge Monaco and clones. It's a
Delta-Sigma DAC (1-bit/Bitstream), driven by the bit 3 of the output
port 0x7000. [Roberto Fresca]
Fixed the graphics decode of Las Vegas. [Roberto Fresca]
Added correct P1 and M1 for Neo Mr. Do and made some documentation
updates in the Neo-Geo driver [Johnboy]
Updated intelfsh.c in order to support AMD 29F080 chip [Sandro Ronco]
namcos23.c: added gun input to Time Crisis 2 [hap]
Further major organization, documentation and reordering of numerous
(about 2500) gambling / Fruit machine titles covering multiple
systems. [David Haywood]
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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PEPSI Man [Luca Elia, Yasuhiro Ogawa]
Uchuu Tokkyuu Medalian [Luca Elia, Yasuhiro Ogawa]
Funcube 3 [Luca Elia, Yasuhiro Ogawa]
FamicomBox [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
New clones added
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Jungle King (alternate sound) [Andrew Welburn]
Zero Gunner (Japan, Model 2A) [Tormod, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Last Bronx (USA, Revision A) [R. Mucciarelli, The Dumping Union]
Viper Phase 1 (USA, New Version, set 2) [Arzeno Fabrice]
Vigilante (US) - Rev. G [Corrado Tomaselli]
Cruis'n Exotica v1.0 [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
NBA Jam T.E. Nani Edition (rev 5.2 8/11/95) [TerryMasters]
Muroge Monaco (set 3) [Roberto Fresca, EMMA Italian Dumping Team]
Butasan - Pig's & Bomber's (Japan, English) [Bensonrad]
Aqua Jack (US) [ShouTime]
New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Cherry Master '97 [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, FatArnold]
Metalman [PinMAME]
Pimbal (Pinball 3000) [PinMAME]
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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.11 Release
« on: 09 October 2011, 11:42 »Download
FB Alpha Page
Here's what what's new.
Readded the IPS Manager functionality, updating it to support x64 and the new PNG routines [Barry]
Added a search option to the Game Selection dialog [Barry]
Updated the help file to reflect above changes [Barry]
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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.10 Release
« on: 08 October 2011, 18:04 »Download
FB Alpha Page
Another FB Alpha release! This version has the promised feature-cull, see the what's new for details.
This version also comes with an x64 binary. It is considered experimental at the moment, and the Direct3D 7 blitter isn't included, but it does seem to work quite well.
Redesigned the game selection dialog [Barry]
Added a dialog to view roms and/or samples required by a driver to the game selection dialog [Barry]
Removed the incomplete Neo-Geo multi-slot implementation [Barry]
Removed the "save decrypted C roms" functionality [Barry]
Removed the jukebox functionality and resources [Barry]
Removed support for datfiles other than the latest ClrMAME format [Barry]
Removed the package importer and resources [Barry]
Removed the menu themes and resources [Barry]
Removed skins and resources [Barry]
Removed the gamelist translation module and resources [Barry]
Removed icons support and resources [Barry]
Removed the favourites functionality and resources [Barry]
Removed the context menu from the game selection dialog [Barry]
Removed IPS Patch functionality and resources [Barry]
Removed the game information dialog and resources [Barry]
Removed unneeded support file paths and resources [Barry]
Removed IPS Patch functionality and resources [Barry]
Restructured source code and removed any unneeded modules [Barry]
Removed PNGlib and updated preview loading code to use libPNG [Barry, heavily based on some old code from Jan_Klaassen]
Updated preview loading code to allow interpolation on resizing [Barry, heavily based on some old code from Jan_Klaassen]
Fixed the localisation template support [Barry]
Tidied up the resource files [Barry]
Added flag to the makefile allowing X86 assembly code to not be built, and added support in the code to not build X86 assembly when defined [Barry]
Fixed sound rendering in the YM2151 module when not using the MMX routines [Barry]
Tidied up the source code to compile with Microsoft tools when building in an X64 environment [Barry]
Added an option in the makefile to build an X64 binary, and updated the VC makefile and source code to support it [Barry]
Added ability to change the volume of the YM2203 module and used it to bring down the volume in the 1943 driver [Barry]
Fixed FM Interpolation rendering routine in the YM2203 module [Barry]
Added support for the YM2610 module to mix the sounds into one stream (mono) and updated the Bonze Adventure, Darius 2, Operation Thunderbolt, Taito-B, Taito-Z and Welltris drivers to use it [Barry]
Added Super Chase to release builds as it works fine except for sound [Barry]
Fixed missing sounds in the 1943 driver [Barry]
Disabled the corrupt boot screen in Last Hope in the Neo-Geo driver [Barry, with info from Johnboy]
Corrected default dip values in the PS2 datafile System 16B version of Bloxeed [Barry]
Fixed some rom sizes in the Irem M72 driver [Barry]
Updated the help file based on the above feature cull [Barry]
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News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.0.9 Release
« on: 02 October 2011, 08:45 »Download
FB Alpha Page
A long time between releases again, so a rather hefty changelog again.
The next version will feature a bit of a feature-cull, as there are a lot of half-completed or redundant features that I want to remove. This will make the program simpler for users to use, and will certainly make it easier for us to maintain from a development point-of-view.
Get the new version from the FB Alpha page, where you can also find updated compile guides if you want to compile your own version.
Ported the ARM CPU core from MAME [iq_132]
Ported the MSM5205 sound core from MAME, replacing the old core [iq_132]
Updated the Asuka driver to use it [Barry]
Updated the Double Dragon driver to use it [Barry]
Updated the Street Fighter driver to use it [iq_132]
Updated the Taito Misc driver to use it, giving ADPCM sound in Darius [Barry]
Updated the Tecmo driver to use it [Barry]
Ported the ES8712 sound core from MAME [iq_132]
Updated the TMZ280B core to support missing sound modes [iq_132]
Tidied up the samples interface [Barry]
Updated the DrvBurnStruct to support sample filename, and sample lists
Updated the sample module initialisation to use the BurnSampleInfo struct
Updated the Rally X driver to use the new code
Added the sample path to the Support Path dialog and the config file making it configurable
Added a Sample Info tab to the game information dialog
Added "uses samples from" info to the game information, game selection, and jukebox dialogs
Added sample support to the dat file writing module
Updated the zlib library to v1.2.5 [Barry]
Updated the libpng library to v1.5.4 [Barry]
Added regret's DirectInput8 module and updated it for FB Alpha, replacing the DirectInput7 module [Barry]
Removed dependency on dxguid lib since it is no longer available [Barry]
Added ability to compile without A68K, definable via BUILD_A68K makefile option [Barry]
Rewrote the Taito TC0100SCN module and updated all the drivers that used it, adding support for multiple screens and hopefully making it faster [Barry]
Added double width support to the TC0480SCP module [Barry]
Added multiple chip support to the PC080SN module [Barry]
Fixed sprite rendering order in Warrior Blade [Barry]
Added a memory management module to the burn library [iq_132]
Added support to the generic tiles module to decode single tiles [Barry]
Reduced the volume in the K053260 core to remove distortion and corrected the left and right channels [Barry, reported by Huggybaby]
Fixed Loop Address in Sega PCM Module, as per MAME 0.141u1, fixing sound in Super Monaco Grand Prix [Barry]
Added driver for Backfire [iq_132]
Added driver for Chack'n Pop [iq_132]
Added driver for Darius II (dual screen) and Warrior Blade [Barry]
Added driver for games on Data East Simple 156 System hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for Dynamite Duke [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Gaelco hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Irem M62 hardware [Barry]
Added driver for games on Irem M63 hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Irem M72 hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Irem M90 hardware, replacing old driver [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Irem M92 hardware, replacing old driver [iq_132]
Added driver for Lord of Gun and Alien Challenge [iq_132]
Added driver for Marine Boy [kenshiro]
Added driver for Operation Thunderbolt [Barry]
Added driver for Pocket Gal Deluxe [iq_132]
Added Cave games to the PGM driver and made other improvements to the driver [iq_132]
Added some non-working clones to the PGM driver [JacKc]
Added driver for the S2650 based Pacman games [iq_132]
Added Fantasy Zone 2 to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry]
Added driver for games on Seta hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for Success Joe [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Taito-B hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for games on Tecmo System hardware [iq_132]
Added driver for Varia Metal [iq_132]
Added driver for World Cup '90 bootleg hardware [Barry]
Added driver for Xor World [iq_132][
Added The Pit to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added Triple Draw Poker to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added Puzzle Break to the Hyper Pacman driver [Barry]
Added a module for the Taito TC0180VCU tilemap chip [iq_132]
Added a module for the Tatio TC0640FIO I/O chip [Barry]
Ported MAME's Time Keeper module to FB Alpha [Barry]
Fixed some inputs in the Taito B driver [Barry]
Added Thunder Fox to the Taito F2 driver [Barry]
Added Operation Wolf 3, Slapshot and Top Speed to the Taito Misc driver [Barry]
Added Volfied to the Taito Misc driver [Barry]
Added bootleg of 1943 to the 1943 driver [Barry]
Added 2 clones to the 1943 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Armed Formation to the Armed Formation driver [Barry]
Added clone of Black Tiger to the Black Tiger button [Barry]
Added clone of Blood Bros. to the Blood Bros. driver [BisonSAS]
Added Koro Koro Quest and Crusher Makochan to the Cave driver [iq_132]
Removed fake region switches and added clones to Air Gallet, Mazinger Z and Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon in the Cave driver [Barry]
Added clone of 1941 to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added bootleg of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (Dinosaur Hunter) to the CPS-1 driver [Barry, JacKc]
Added 2 clones of Captain Commando to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Dynasty Wars to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Final Fight to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added 2 clones of Forgotten Worlds to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added 2 clones of King of Dragons to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Knights of the Round to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added bootleg of The Punisher to the CPS-1 driver [JacKc]
Added bootleg of Street Fighter 2 to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added 2 clones of Street Fighter 2 to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Street Fighter 2 Champion Edition to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added clone of UN Squadron to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Eco Fighters to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Gigawing to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Marvel vs. Capcom to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Ring of Destruction to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Street Fighter Alpha to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Street Fighter Alpha 2 to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added 2 clones of Street Fighter Alpha 3 to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added 3 clones of X-Men: Children of the Atom to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of X-Men vs. Street Fighter to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added several Phoenix sets to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
Added clones of Red Earth to the CPS-3 driver [Barry]
Added support to the CPS-3 driver for JoJo's Venture USA BIOS [Barry]
Added support to the CPS-3 driver for Street Fighter III Hispanic BIOS [Barry]
Added 2 clones of Street Fighter Zero to the CPS Changer driver [Barry]
Added 3 clones of Street Fighter Zero to the CPS Changer driver [JacKc]
Added clone of Double Dragon to the Double Dragon driver [Barry]
Added clone of Biomechanical Toy to the Gaelco driver [Barry]
Added clone of Amidar to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added clone of Defend the Terra Attack on the Red UFO to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added clone of Hot Shocker to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added 2 clones of Moon Cresta to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added clone of Moon Shuttle to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added clone of Scorpion to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added clone of Scramble to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added clone of Streaking to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
Added bootleg of Gyruss to the Gyruss driver [Barry]
Added clone of Parodius DA! to the Konami driver [Barry]
Added clone of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the Konami driver [Barry]
Added clone of Iron Clad to the Neo-Geo driver [JacKc]
Added clone of Jockey GP to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry]
Added clone of King of Fighters '97 to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry]
Added clone of King of Fighters '98 to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry]
Added Last Hope to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry, Robert]
Added clone of Quiz Daisousa Sen to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry, JacKC]
Added clone of Quiz King of Fighters to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry, JacKC]
Added clone of Real Bout Fatal Fury Special to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry, JacKC]
Added Oriental Legend Special Plus to the PGM driver[iq_132, info from CreamyMami]
Added clone of Prehistoric Isle to the Prehistoric Isle driver [Barry]
Added clone of Space Bomber to the Psikyo SH-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Fantasy Zone to the Sega System 16A driver [Barry]
Added clone of Shinobi to the Sega System 16A driver [Barry]
Added clone of Bloxeed to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry]
Added clone of Fantasy Zone to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry]
Added clone of Heavyweight Champ to the Sega System 16B diver [Barry]
Added the ISG bootlegs to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry]
Added clone of Desert Breaker to the Sega System 18 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Galaxy Force 2 to the Sega Y-Board driver [Barry]
Added clone of Rail Chase to the Sega Y-Board driver [Barry]
Added clone of Street Fighter to the Street Fighter driver [Barry]
Added clone of Armed Police Batrider to the Toaplan-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Dogyuun to the Toaplan-2 driver [Barry]
Added clone of Vigilante to the Vigilante driver [Barry]
Made the foreground layer in Air Buster transparent [Barry, reported by BisonSAS]
Fixed the background rendering in Anteater [Barry]
Tidied the dips in the Blood Bros. driver [BisonSAS]
Tidied up the dips, titles, and manufacturers in the Cave driver as well as fixing EEPROM config in Hotdog Storm and Metomoquester and fixing savestates [BisonSAS]
Made the Resale versions of CPS-1 games run at 12MHz [Barry]
Tidied up dips and added Unicode title to the Crash Race driver [BisonSAS]
Forced the Demon World driver to use the Musashi 68000 core [iq_132]
Fixed the Gun Smoke driver video and sound speed [Lantus]
Added unicode titles, fixed some inputs and dips, and corrected some resolutions in all of the Konami drivers [BisonSAS]
Fixed the sprite offset in the Konami Ultraman driver [BisonSAS]
Fixed inputs and dips and added Unicode titles to the Magical Cat Adventure driver [BisonSAS]
Fixed an error in the Metal Slug 5 (bootleg) driver initialisation [kenshiro]
Fixed inputs and added Unicode title to the Mogura driver [BisonSAS]
Labelled the HyperFlip button in Moon War [Barry]
Tidied up the Power Instinct driver fixing some Z80 handling, Z80 reads and writes, sound hardware handling and boosted the interleave to fix the sound [Barry, reported by BisonSAS]
Fixed a romsize in the Robocop driver [JacKc]
Correctly cleared the screen in the Seta2 driver, fixing Subsino logo in Penguin Brothers [Barry, reported by BisonSAS]
Added unicode titles to the Tumble Pop bootleg driver [BisonSAS]
Fixed dip switches in the Turbo Outrun driver [Barry]
Fixed inputs and dips and added Unicode titles to the Welltris driver [BisonSAS]
Corrected clocks in the Double Dragon driver [Barry]
Corrected clocks in World Cup 90 as per MAME 0.136u4 [Barry]
Added ability to adjust CPU speed in the World Cup 90 driver [Barry]
Added ability to adjust CPU speed in the Sega drivers [Barry]
Added ability to adjust CPU speed in the Megadrive driver [Barry, suggested by manliodp]
Fixed a psikyosh crash and implemented the graphics banking[iq_132]
Fixed rotated screenshots [BisonSAS, regret (FBAShuffle)]
Fixed the "include" implementation in the cheat file parser [BisonSAS]
Removed kof95a as it seems to be a bad dump [JacKc]
Excluded Neo-Geo "decrypted C sets" from the build [Barry]
Added support to the Neo-Geo driver for a new BIOS rom [Barry]
Corrected the Iron Clad V3 rom in the Neo-Geo driver [JacKc]
Updated the Forgotton Worlds alt gfx set loading routine to support the new rom layout [Barry]
Updated the CPS-1 mappers as per MAME [Barry]
Updated the dat file writing module to ignore the CPS-3 driver when writing the ROM_VERIFY dat [Barry]
Fixed priorities in Magical Cat Adventure driver [iq_132]
Fixed sprites in Bloxeed, making it working [Barry]
Improvements to the M68705 core [iq_132]
Tidied up the dips and the driver for Batrider, Battle Garegga, Batsugun and Dogyuun [JackC]
Added 1360x768 to the auto-detect aspect ratio code [Captain CPS-X]
Fixed the favorites feature with drivers longer than 8 characters [Captain CPS-X]
Reverted back to the perl script for generating driverlist.h and amended it to support the changes to the BurnDriver struct since it was last used [Barry]
Tidied code to build without warning using GCC 3.4.5 and GCC 4.5.2 [Barry]
Updated the compile guides to work with the newest available tools [Barry]
Matched all sets to MAME 0.143u6 [Barry]