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News & Communication / MAME 0.138u4

« on: 22 July 2010, 11:00 »

[ff] MAMEDev.org

MAME 0.138u4 whatsnew
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 02813: [Sound] amerdart, amerdart2: No sound due to missing ROM
(Quench)
- 03606: [Multisession] altbeast, aliensyn3: Graphic corruption on
multiple segas16b.c launches in single session. (Atari Ace)
- 03536: [Misc.] PowerPC core: Overlapping data buffers (Atari Ace)
- 03943: [Graphics] tknight, wildfang: The screen shaking effect is
missing in MAME. (hap)
- 00790: [Documentation] armwrest: DIP switch inspection. (hap)
- 03938: [Crash/Freeze] torus: Crash after completing Level 1
(Fabio Priuli)
- 03928: [Crash/Freeze] Many sets: Out of memory crash using -cheat
(Aaron Giles)

Source Changes
--------------
Fix SH-2 interpreter [Atari Ace]

fix xmcotah/xmcotahr1 ROMs [Razoola]

turned i2cmem into a c++ device & ditched the unused legacy device.
[smf]

Added per-device image softlist loading routine [Miodrag Milanovic]

Renamed feof to image_feof (in device_image_interface) in order to
compile on FreeBSD [El Barto]

Removed devtag_get_device(); use machine->device() instead.
[Aaron Giles]

Removed the global clock accessors and cpu_* aliases: [Aaron Giles]

cpu_get_clock == device->unscaled_clock
cpu_set_clock == device->set_unscaled_clock
cpu_get_clockscale == device->get_clock_scale
cpu_set_clockscale == device->set_clock_scale

Fix bad loop condition that shows up with -cheat enabled. [Aaron Giles]

Adding ability to support other types of software lists, so floppies,
cassettes, cd-roms are now possible to be used [Miodrag Milanovic]

MAMEdev kant spel (Ubuntu/Canonical cares about this) [wallyweek]

Add *IX man pages for MAME and utils [wallyweek]

Clean up some files without a newline at the end for GCC [wallyweek]

Added second button (Hyper Jump) to be used after cued via speech to
allow jumping to other phases without finishing the current mission.
Volume adjusted to better levels (AY was way too low in comparison to
speech) [gravilidavide, Tafoid]

snowbros.c: Add Dipswitch locations to Puzzle King, Hyper Pacman,
Cookie & Bibi 2, Cookie & Bibi 3, More More. Filled in dips with
Dipswitch locations for Puzzle Break. [Brian Troha]

Load (but don't yet use) the decapped MCUs for several sets
[Dr. Decapitator]
* kyros
* kyros (alt, original MCU dump?)
* arkanoid (I think the supported MCUs are bootlegs..)
* blackt96
* amerdarts
* cshooter
* josvolly (there are other chips still need decapping)
* invasnab (i'm not convinced this one is good)
* pasha2
* empcity
* topshoot
* topbladv (no CPU core for this yet)
* officeye (no CPU core for this yet)
* revx

Added the proms to Magical Odds [Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

converted at28c16 to a c++ device. [smf]

arkanoid.c: Added or corrected the PCB location for the genuine
Arkanoid rom sets and documented the MCU Taito ID number [Brian Troha]

Replaced the old MCU dump with the decapped version for Kick Start
Wheelie King [Dr. Decapitator]

Replaced the old MCU dump with the decapped version for Pipeline
[Dr. Decapitator]

[cb2001] new opcodes [robiza]

Fixed image unload and creation [Sandro Ronco, Miodrag Milanovic]

cb2001: hooked up reels [David Haywood]

Rewrite of 'Wheels & Fire' driver [Tomasz Slanina]
* new rendering code
* preliminary zooming (based on lookup table)
* preliminary communication between main and sound cpu
* scanline interrupts and scroll

segas16b.c: Removed 2 obsolete "USER2 Work space" and changed
remaining USER2 to MCU to maintain consistence throughout the driver.
[Brian Troha]

Added information on the Naomi 171-8346C cartridge type [f205v]

'Massive' Neo Geo documentation update [Johnboy]:
* Added official SNK Playmore title catalogue
* Identified and tagged all MVS sets which were not officially
released for the AES system (according to official SNK Playmore
title catalogue and Neo-Geo Masterlist)
* Several sets have been identified (AES / MVS VERSION) and tagged
properly
* Documented MULTI PLAY MODE (unemulated); Missing MCU
* Updated game PCB information
* Renamed kof99n to kof99k (KOREAN VERSION)
* Renamed P's in mslug3 to correct chip label, added SMA comment
* Renamed ROMs in jockeygp according to original cart, added some
comments
* Renamed ROMs in vliner/vlinero according to original cart, added
some comments
* neodrvr.c cleanup

Fixed some bugs in the MB88xx CPU core [Alex Jackson]

Various improvements to polepos.c [Alex Jackson]:
* Corrected the way the steering wheel is hooked up, fixing the
jittery steering in the sets with MCUs.
* Added a new layout file for the bootleg sets without MCUs
(topracern and polepos2bi).
* Converted clock frequencies to crystal values from xtal.c.
* Added correct ROM names for the Namco-manufactured sets (polepos
and polepos2).
* Completely removed the unused global variable polepos_gear_bit.
* Fixed a couple of bootleg ROMs that were very likely bit-rotted.

Added some missing makefile dependencies [Atari Ace]

Allow the non-DRC RSP core to build again (controlled by a #define
like the SH-2 core) [Atari Ace]

segas16b.c: Corrected the rom names for the FD1094 317-0120 Golden Axe
set and verified the dump as good. [Brian Troha]

lr35902.c: Added the speed register to the register list to allow it
to be changed and retrieved again. [Sandro Ronco]

converted mb3773 from a legacy device to a c++ device. tidied up
comments in at28c16 [smf]

djboy.c: Added unverified Beast MCU internal ROM image
[Dr Decapitator, Tomasz Slanina, Lord Nightmare, Phil Bennett]

sfbonus.c: Added the Amcoe "Classic Edition Compact Format" PCB
layout. [Brian Troha]

Added TMS32015 and TMS32016 CPU variants to the TMS32010 core. Fixed
LST instruction which was sometimes adjusting internal RAM banking
incorrectly. [Quench]

Added Ameri Darts internal DSP dump and TMS32015 support to the
Amerdart driver. Also added savestate support to the game.
[Dr Decapitator, Quench]

RSP: Fix sign issue in VCL opcode [angrylion]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Puzzle Break [David Haywood, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

New clones added
----------------
Mystic Riders (bootleg?) [David Raingeard]
Magical Odds (set 2) [W. Herve, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Raiden Fighters Jet - 2000 (China) [Brian Troha, Guru]
Wonder Boy III - Monster Lair (set 6, System 16A, FD1089A 317-xxxx) (better dump?)
[Team Europe]
Street Fighter Zero (Hispanic 950718)
[Layne, N. Francfort, R. Mucciarelli, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Captain Commando (World 911202) [Stefan Lindberg, The Dumping Union]
Space Ship [f4brice]
Juuouki (set 5, Japan, FD1094 317-0069, not working)
[Stefan Lindberg, The Dumping Union]
Wild Fang [Stefan Lindberg, The Dumping Union]
Fruit Bonus '06 - 10th anniversary (Version 1.3R CGA)
[Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (rev LA4 08/03/92)
[Gor, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Gundam Battle Operating Simulator (GDX-0013)
[Team Europe, Joerg Hartenberger]
Sega Club Golf 2006 Next Tours (Rev A) (GDX-0018A)
[Team Europe, Joerg Hartenberger]
Ollie King (GDX-0007) [Team Europe, Joerg Hartenberger]
Tokio/Scramble Formation (japanese?, newer)
[Guru, Roger Coltrane, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

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News & Communication / MAME 0.138u3

« on: 06 July 2010, 20:07 »

[ff] MAMEDev.org

0.138u3 whatsnew:
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03910: [Sound] All sets using stereo sound: Right speaker is louder
than left speaker (hap)
- 03913: [Graphics] arcadecl: Playfield is offset to characters in both
games. (hap)
- 03912: [Sound] kyros, kyrosj: Once you throw a punch, there is a white
noise which lasts throughout the game (hap)
- 02572: [Known Issues/To-Do's] All Sets in xain.c: 68705 MCU is not
dumped, behavior patched out (Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator)
- 02462: [Known Issues/To-Do's] storming: Supposed to be a bootleg
without mcu. (hap)
- 03899: [Sound] All sets in cloak.c: Music pitch is higher than PCB
(Tafoid)
- 03888: [DIP/Input] mstadium: Third button mapping missing. (Tafoid)

Source Changes
--------------
Added many instances of missing static and const qualifiers to MAME,
and disabled a fair chunk of dead code in konamiic.c. [Atari Ace]

Confirmation (with frequency counter) of proper 68000 clock speeds (16
MHz) for Premier Soccer and Golfing Greats. [Fabrizio Vasile]

Updated expat library match the latest released version. (2.0.1)
[Oliver Stoneberg]

Natural keyboard status saved in options when changed [Robbbert]

Improvements to the Pinkiri 8 video emulation [David Haywood]

Hooked up inputs and Dip-SW for Ron Jan and Pinkiri 8 [Angelo Salese]

Simplified vram access in Pinkiri 8 HW [David Haywood]

Added a skeleton driver for Philips CD-i-based arcade series, Quizard
[Harmony]

Moved softlist implementation from MESS [Miodrag Milanovic]
* Moved image related UI from MESS to emu core
* Reimplemented filename related image device calls

Moved listsofware command line option from MESS, and added softlist in
XML output [Miodrag Milanovic]

TMS52xx now uses proper IP/PC/Subcycle counting for audio generation.
[Lord Nightmare]

video/cclimber.c: cclimber/ckong sprite X was off by 1 [hap]

Rewrote video emulation to use the device system in Little Robin
[David Haywood]

Decrypted Double Dragon Italian bootleg char roms [Angelo Salese]

Super Game III: added handling for two consecutive writes for MMC1
making Snow Bros playable [Mariusz Wojcieszek, Fabio Pruli]

Moved ioproc implementation from MESS [Miodrag Milanovic]

Fixed bad cassette wave sound [Robbbert]

Super Game III: fixed Tom & Jerry [Mariusz Wojcieszek]

Added proper i8751H MCU dump to Legend of Hero Tonma (Japan)
[Dr. Decapitator]

C++-ified the debugger views. Split implementation of individual view
types out to separate files. Updated all callers. [Aaron Giles]

Changed emualloc to free resource pools from earliest to latest so
that early objects can safely clean up stuff they allocated.
[Aaron Giles]

Changed device name from an overridable function to a parameter passed
to the device_config constructor. In situations where the proper name
is not known at construction time, a generic name can be specified and
then overridden later once the configuration is complete. [Aaron Giles]

Decapped 89C51 MCU in Real Battle Mahjong King [Dr. Decapitator, Guru]

metro.c: Added Puzzlet's MCU internal ROM. Zilog Z8 8-bit family MCU
requires a new CPU core to be written. [Dr. Decapitator]

Hooked up Renegade 68705 MCU [Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator]

Made redufo Artic version the parent and bootleg version a clone [hap]

Hooked up Xain d'Sleena/Solar Warrior 68705 MCU
[Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator]

Hooked up Daikaiju no Gyakushu 68705 MCU and removed MCU simulation
code [Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator]

Added DIP LOCATIONS for xain.c [Tafoid]

aristmk4: various improvements: [FrasheR, Palindrome]
* Fixed VIA for good. 5010 - 501F
* Hooked up push button inputs
* Hooked up ports for the PML 2852 U3
* Implemented coin input
* Lamp output and button layout
* NVRAM backup
* Connected SW7 for BG colour map select
* Added LK13. 3MHz or 1.5 MHz CPU speed select
* Added sound sample for mechanical meter pulse
* Replaced custom RTC code with MC146818

naomi.c: Corrected and updated some game names and cartridge
descriptions [f205v]

neodrvr.c updates: [Johnboy]
* Tagged kof2003h AES VERSION
* Tagged the following sets as MVS AND AES VERSION: aodk, lbowling
* Renamed P1 in sengoku3 to correct chip label
* Marked v2 in strhoop BAD_DUMP
* Marked P1 in flipshot BAD_DUMP
* Identified kof98n as AES version, renamed to kof98h

Improved v25 logging for Batsugun [David Haywood]

igs011.c update [Luca Elia]
* Emulated IGS011 protection
* Emulated IGS012 protection
* Removed 149 rom patches

Hooked up Slap Fight/Alcon 68705 MCU [Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator]

Hooked up MCUs for Tough Turf (US) and Wrestle War; removed Wrestle
War MCU simulation. [Aaron Giles, Dr. Decapitator]

cps2.c: Correct the release order for the Xmen: Cota (Hispanic) sets
[gregf]

Made the machine_config a proper object. Added detokenize method to
this object which can be called multiple times to append new devices
after the initial machine configuration is set up. Updated member
variables to match new naming convention. [Aaron Giles]

Changed the running_machine to take a constructed machine_config
object in the constructor, instead of creating one itself, for
consistency. Also added machine->total_colors() as a shortcut to
machine->config->m_total_colors. [Aaron Giles]

firetrap.c: Added PCB documentation, corrected ROM names, corrected
clocks [Guru]

idsoccer: Improved DIP locations, confirmed MSM5205 clock
[Kevin Eshbach]

Fixed title screen colors in Bogey Manor
[Angelo Salese, Stefan Lindberg]

Modified way device_type constants are defined in order to get unidasm
compile [Miodrag Milanovic]

Changed autmoon (aristmk4) romload to proper crc/sha hashes. The
submitted romset contained a 32kb (u87.bin) which actually appeared to
be an 8k overdumped. [Tafoid]

slapfght.c: Corrected rom names for the Slap Fight sets and added PCB
locations to any set where possible. Added Dipswitch locations to Slap
Fight. Moved PCB information down to matching rom sets.
[Brian Troha, Guru]

Split mame.c into mame.c and machine.c, the latter containing the
running_machine definition and implementation. [Aaron Giles]

Moved global machine-level operations and accessors into methods on
the running_machine class. For the most part, this doesn't affect
drivers except for a few occasional bits: [Aaron Giles]

mame_get_phase() == machine->phase()
add_reset_callback() == machine->add_notifier(MACHINE_NOTIFY_RESET, ...)
add_exit_callback() == machine->add_notifier(MACHINE_NOTIFY_EXIT, ...)
mame_get_base_datetime() == machine->base_datetime()
mame_get_current_datetime() == machine->current_datetime()

Cleaned up the region_info class, removing most global region
accessors except for memory_region() and memory_region_length().
Again, this doesn't generally affect drivers. [Aaron Giles]

Resurrect the old sampling profiler, and improve it to be useful:
[Aaron Giles]
* always available now, just specify -profile <n> to enable it
* supports stack walking to uniquely identify call chains; the <n>
parameter to the -profile option specifies how deep to go
* automatically turns off throttling and multithreading, and sets the
number of processors available to 1 (since we only sample the main
thread)
* output now uses the common symbol lookup, which actually uses the
PDB for MSVC builds and sym files for gcc builds
* the top 30 unique call chains are output

Fix performance regression for PowerPC games. The timing made heavy
use of cpu_get_total_cycles() which is now slow. Better to use the
legacy_cpu_device directly and call device->total_cycles() which
avoids the dynamic_cast to find the execute interface from a generic
device. [Aaron Giles]

Added cycles_to_attotime() and attotime_to_cycles() which is more
often what is requested. (Clocks are the raw input clock, while cycles
are internal clock after dividers/multipliers.) [Aaron Giles]

Removed most other instances of cpu_get_total_cycles. [Aaron Giles]

Removed the following functions: [Aaron Giles]
cpu_get_total_cycles() == cpudevice->total_cycles()
cpu_clocks_to_attotime() == cpudevice->cycles_to_attotime()
cpu_attotime_to_clocks() == cpudevice->attotime_to_cycles()

Correct dipswitch location order in World Rally to match actual dips
as seen by the game / service menu. [Brian Troha]

namcos22.c: updated ridgerac, raveracw and acedrvrw to use keys
instead of dipswitches for shifters [Fabio Priuli]

Added COPX romloading for sets that didn't have it, marked as BAD_DUMP
until the assumption that they're the same is (un)confirmed. [hap]

Winmain cleanup: [Aaron Giles]
* created dynamic_bind<> template class to handle dynamically binding
to optionally-supported functions
* wrapped stack walking code in a class
* wrapped symbol lookup code in a class
* added support for parsing objdump-produced symbol dumps which
include non-global functions for much better stack dumps and
profiling in gcc builds

Modified makefile for win32 targets to automatically run objdump
and produce a .sym file if SYMBOLS is enabled. [Aaron Giles]

Update cheat loading to support image devices (moved implementation
from MESS), use only CRC of first found image. [Miodrag Milanovic]

Removed cpu_get_sp(). [Aaron Giles]

Added overrides to fetch the execute, memory and state interfaces
without doing a dynamic_cast<> to speed up common legacy operations.
[Aaron Giles]

Created CPU-specific device types for all CPUs, using new macros
DECLARE_LEGACY_CPU_DEVICE and DEFINE_LEGACY_CPU_DEVICE. Changed CPUs
to be their own device types, rather than all of type CPU with a
special internal subtype. Note that as part of this process I removed
the CPU_ prefix from the ALL-CAPS device name, so CPU_Z80 is just
plain old Z80 now. This required changing a couple of names like 8080
to I8080 so that there was an alphabetic first character. [Aaron Giles]

Hooked up Heavy Barrel I8751 MCU [Bryan McPhail, Dr. Decapitator]

[cb2001] added 2 new opcodes [robiza]

Hooked up Gondomania I8751 MCU [Bryan McPhail, Dr. Decapitator]

Reimplemented Meikyuu Hunter G I8751 MCU according to schematics
[Bryan McPhail]

Software list update: [Wilbert Pol]
- Software list xml files are now read in full such that information
for clone and parent sets is available.
- Added validity check to check for existence of parent sets.

Imported image related utils from MESS into /lib/util [Miodrag Milanovic]

Improved video emulation in cb2001 [David Haywood]

Added support for Sega 317-5000 decryption (same as 315-5177).
Reorganised decryption code. [Nicola Salmoria]

Moved debugging structure away from CPUs only and attached to all
devices. Debugger now creates one for each device. C++-ified most
debugger operations to hang off the debugging class, and updated
most callers. [Aaron Giles]

Got rid of cpu_count, cpu_first, cpu_next, etc. as they were badly
broken. Also removed cpu_is_executing, cpu_is_suspended,
cpu_get_local_time, and cpu_abort_timeslice. [Aaron Giles]

Software list improvements: [Miodrag Milanovic]
- Support for multiple software list per driver
- Added MDRV_SOFTWARE_LIST_COMPATIBLE_ADD for adding compatible
software lists (for documentation purposes) [Miodrag Milanovic]
- listsoftware option now return only original software lists
- UI is updated to enable mounting software items per device, it
will display only items from list that are for specific device
- Separate compatible software lists in UI

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Slap Fight (set 1) [Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator]
Alcon [Phil Bennett, Dr. Decapitator]

New clones added
----------------
The King of Fighters '98 - The Slugfest /
King of Fighters '98 - dream match never ends (Korean board 2)
[Johnboy]
Looping (Video Games GMBH) [Andrew Welburn]
Defend the Terra Attack on the Red UFO (Artic) [The Dumping Union]
Crazy Kong (Falcon?) [Fred O.]
Exciting Animal Land Jr. (USA) [Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
American Soccer [Kevin Eshbach]
Virtua Striker 2 '99 (Revision B) [Guru]
Fire Trap (Japan) [Guru]
Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (USA 971222) [Razoola]
Raiden DX (UK) [Irongiant]
Boggy '84 (original Kaneko) [Klaus Sommer, Team Europe, The Dumping Union]
Exerizer (Japan) [N. Francfort, blib, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Quizard (1.7) [ANY, The Dumping Union, Harmony]
Quizard (2.2) [ANY, The Dumping Union, Harmony]
Quizard (3.2) [ANY, The Dumping Union, Harmony]
Quizard Rainbow (4.1) [ANY, The Dumping Union, Harmony]
Model Racing Shooting Game (unknown title)
[Luigi, Volker Hann, Team Europe]
Out Run 2 (Rev. A) [GDX-0004A] [Team Europe, The Dumping Union, Alex]

263

News & Communication / MAME 0.138u2

« on: 17 June 2010, 16:42 »

0.138u2 whatsnew :
-------

IMPORTANT NOTE: The way devices are handled internally in MAME has changed
significantly. There are likely to be short-term compatibility and
performance effects. Please report any errors or *significant* performance
decreases (>20%) to mametesters.org. Full documentation on the new
device handling is in progress at
http://mamedev.org/devwiki/index.php/MAME_Device_Basics

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03878: [Crash/Freeze] mimonscr: Hangs at Post (Tafoid)
- 02362: [Speed] block: Ball speed is erratic. (hap)
- 03579: [Crash/Freeze] rbibb, rbibba, vsskykid: Severe graphic
corruption/Access Voilation (Fabio Priuli)
- 01839: [Color/Palette] battlex: Incorrect colors and/or palette (Tafoid)
- 03747: [Graphics] ckong: One pixel gap is missing between Kong and
level (hap)
- 03866: [Graphics] prehisle, prehisleu, gensitou: Lack of graphics
(David Haywood)

Source Changes
--------------
A small update for the YM2610 core, which resets the PCM and Delta-T
memory regions when the chip is reset. This is needed for MESS, where
being able to change the size and existence of the sample regions on
the Neo Geo AES is necessary for the sound to work right, especially
for games that don't have a specific Delta-T region. [Barry Rodewald]

Increased number of coinslots to 12, and tilt inputs to 4, required by
in-progress gambling driver [David Haywood]

Fixed various hangs and NVRAM init in the Model 2 driver
[Angelo Salese]

Add partial decrypt function for vortex (0x0000-0x1FFF is decrypted
properly, 0x4000-0x5FFF is probably not), still much work to be done
especially regarding memory maps (which are affected by the epoxy
block address inverts as well). [Lord Nightmare, The Dumping Union]

Fixed a warning in Visual Studio 2010 that was introduced by a
previous commit. [Oliver Stoneberg]

Added some missing static qualifiers to MAME. Also, renamed some
generically named exports from segaic16.c. [Atari Ace]

batsugun: fixed layer-layer priorities; sprite-sprite priorities are
wrong [robiza]

dogyuun: fixed layer-layer priorities; sprite priorities are wrong
[robiza]

hal21: cabinet DIPSW was reversed btlfield: DIAL was used instead of
rotary joystick [/SftiKDL0]

namconb1.c: Replaced sound data rom for the Point Blank sets that was
incorrectly dumped. The new dump has been verified on 3 different
PCBs. [Guru, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

kongambl.c updates: [R. Belmont]
* Mapped ROMs correctly to processors
* Started mapping out Konami customs
* EEPROM hooked up

lordgun.c update [Luca Elia]
* Implemented RAM based priorities
* Added multi-sprite, fixed sprite list end
* Corrected tilemap 2 size (wrong backgrounds in the final stage)
* Fixed crosshair position

chdman/cdrom updates: [R. Belmont]
* CDRWIN .bin/.cue images now supported for both input and output
* Pregap and postgap information is now preserved in the format
* Output of CDRDAO images is significantly improved
Existing CHD-CDs will continue to work fine and for data-only discs no
action needs to be taken. For mixed data/audio discs (e.g. analog
573/Bemani games) they should be re-converted for better preservation.

kongambl: Support unpaged 056832 VRAM access [R. Belmont]

Hooked up ad sticks to Rail Chase 2 [Angelo Salese]

Documented Drive I/O BD commands in Rail Chase 2 [Angelo Salese]

Added a new cycle exact VMS interface to TMS5110 emulating M0, M1 and
ADD1 to ADD8 lines. Added TMS6100 memory controller device. Also added
TMSPROM device emulating bagman and ad2083 prom controlled speech
logic. Switched bagman, ad2083 (scramble.c) and radarscp1 to use the
new interface and devices. [Couriersud]

buggychl: Improved sky, the in-game foreground statusbar and
speedometer don't clip it anymore, and it's a gradient of
azure->turquoise now instead of azure->black. [hap]

Moved tms6100 code into emu/machine/tms6100.[ch]. Added pinouts for
TMS6100 and M58819. [Couriersud]

Added palette DAC handling, reel layers and removed NMI patch in Lucky
Girl (Z180 HW) [David Haywood]

Added clock information and timing from schematics to bagman.c
Improved interrupt timing and handling to follow schematics.
[Couriersud]

SDL: remove problematic live render type toggle and default OS X to
OpenGL [R. Belmont]

Hooked up basic Drive i/o board CPU in Sega Rally [Guru, Angelo
Salese]

Adjusted default volumes to normalize audio and better present the
original output for bagman.c [Tafoid]

Fixed dips in Dragon World [Luca Elia]

Fixed NVRAM handling in Diamond Derby [Angelo Salese]

Convert 7474 handlers to (READ|WRITE)_LINE_DEVICE_HANDLERS.
[Couriersud]

Added macros for inline device handler initialization to devcb.h.
[Couriersud]

Changed 7474 to only use devcb callbacks and handlers. Updated game
drivers. [Couriersud]

X2212 now uses device template. Also changed all handlers to use devcb
prototypes. Default nvram contents should be in region named same like
device tag. Hooked up X2212 in starwars. [Couriersud]

Basic M6502 hook-up in Royal Gum [David Haywood]

Moved Miracle Derby inside homedata.c driver [David Haywood]

Removed r5h01_config. Memory region now has to have same tag as r5h01
device. Update playch10 driver. [Couriersud]

Addd documentation about tms5110 prom interface used by bagman and
ad2083. [Couriersud]

SDLMAME now compiles against SDL 1.3 up to HG rev 4464. Everything
beyond that revision is completely broken since Sam ripped out
multi-keyboard and multi-mice support. Further information in
README_SDL13.txt [Couriersud]

Splitted the ST-V protection handlings by per-game [Angelo Salese]

Added proper RTC support to the ST-V driver [Angelo Salese]

pcat_nit.c update [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
* added VGA emulation from MESS
* added INS8250 emulation from MESS
* added format decimal support to Microtouch
* added rom banking and inputs to pcat_nit games
* streetg(2) now boot properly

Moved some common PC code to machine/pcshare.c [Mariusz Wojcieszek]

vsnes.c: Reworked VROM banking to avoid pointing beyond the last
bank. Also, changed the use of memory_set_bankptr into
memory_set_bank. [Fabio Priuli]

Add Bonus Life dipswitches to Moon War (prototype on frenzy hardware)
[Lord Nightmare, stephh]

Improvements to Lucky Girl (newer Z80 based hardware):
[Roberto Fresca]
* Improved the input system, added missing buttons.
* Figured out the full coinage DIP switches. (Coins A, B, C, Key In)
* Found and documented the output ports.
* Added full lamps support.
* Created a new button-lamps layout.
* Hooked the coin and key in counters.
* Added technical notes.
* Figured out the following DIP switches:
* Auto Hold (No / Yes)
* Game Type (Hold Game / Discard Game).
* Adult Content (No / Yes).
* Minimal Winning Hand (Jacks or Better / 2 Pairs).
* Minimum Bet (1 / 5).
* Double-Up (Normal / Poker / Bingo / No D-Up).

Massive Space Invaders related comment update, documenting various
sets, and the various Taito PCBs used by Space Invaders/Tabletop
SI/Tabletop SI Color/Tabletop SI II/etc.
[Andrew Welburn, Lord Nightmare]

Hooked up color prom in Kick Boy [Angelo Salese]

Defined two new casting helpers: [Aaron Giles]

downcast<type>(value) should be used for safe and efficient
downcasting from a base class to a derived class. It wraps
static_cast<> by adding an assert that a matching dynamic_cast<>
returns the same result in debug builds.

crosscast<type>(value) should be used for safe casting from one type
to another in multiple inheritance scenarios. It compiles to a
dynamic_cast<> plus an assert on the result. Since it does not
optimize down to static_cast<>, you should prefer downcast<> over
crosscast<> when you can.

Redefined running_device to be a proper C++ class (now called
device_t). Same for device_config (still called device_config). All
devices and device_configs must now be derived from these base
classes. This means each device type now has a pair of its own unique
classes that describe the device. Drivers are encouraged to use the
specific device types instead of the generic running_device or
device_t classes. Drivers that have a state class defined in their
header file are encouraged to use initializers off the constructor to
locate devices. [Aaron Giles]

Removed the following fields from the device and device configuration
classes as they never were necessary or provided any use: device
class, device family, source file, version, credits. [Aaron Giles]

Added templatized variant of machine->device() which performs a
downcast as part of the device fetch. Thus
machine->device<timer_device>("timer") will locate a device named
"timer", downcast it to a timer_device, and assert if the downcast
fails. [Aaron Giles]

Removed most publically accessible members of running_device/device_t
in favor of inline accessor functions. The only remaining public
member is machine. Thus all references to device->type are now
device->type(), etc. [Aaron Giles]

Created a number of device interface classes which are designed to be
mix- ins for the device classes, providing specific extended
functionality and information. There are standard interface classes
for sound, execution, state, nvram, memory, and disassembly. Devices
can opt into 0 or more of these classes. [Aaron Giles]

Converted the classic CPU device to a standard device that uses the
execution, state, memory, and disassembly interfaces. Used this new
class (cpu_device) to implement the existing CPU device interface. In
the future it will be possible to convert each CPU core to its own
device type, but for now they are still all CPU devices with a
cpu_type() that specifies exactly which kind of CPU. [Aaron Giles]

Created a new header devlegcy.h which wraps the old device interface
using some special template classes. To use these with an existing
device, simply remove from the device header the DEVICE_GET_INFO()
declaration and the #define mapping the ALL_CAPS name to the
DEVICE_GET_INFO. In their place #include "devlegcy.h" and use the
DECLARE_LEGACY_DEVICE() macro. In addition, there is a
DECLARE_LEGACY_SOUND_DEVICE() macro for wrapping existing sound
devices into new-style devices, and a DECLARE_LEGACY_NVRAM_DEVICE()
for wrapping NVRAM devices. Also moved the token and inline_config
members to the legacy device class, as these are not used in modern
devices. [Aaron Giles]

Converted the standard base devices (VIDEO_SCREEN, SPEAKER, and TIMER)
from legacy devices to the new C++ style. Also renamed VIDEO_SCREEN to
simply SCREEN. The various global functions that were previously used
to access information or modify the state of these devices are now
replaced by methods on the device classes. Specifically:

video_screen_configure() == screen->configure()
video_screen_set_visarea() == screen->set_visible_area()
video_screen_update_partial() == screen->update_partial()
video_screen_update_now() == screen->update_now()
video_screen_get_vpos() == screen->vpos()
video_screen_get_hpos() == screen->hpos()
video_screen_get_vblank() == screen->vblank()
video_screen_get_hblank() == screen->hblank()
video_screen_get_width() == screen->width()
video_screen_get_height() == screen->height()
video_screen_get_visible_area() == screen->visible_area()
video_screen_get_time_until_pos() == screen->time_until_pos()
video_screen_get_time_until_vblank_start() ==
screen->time_until_vblank_start()
video_screen_get_time_until_vblank_end() ==
screen->time_until_vblank_end()
video_screen_get_time_until_update() ==
screen->time_until_update()
video_screen_get_scan_period() == screen->scan_period()
video_screen_get_frame_period() == screen->frame_period()
video_screen_get_frame_number() == screen->frame_number()

timer_device_adjust_oneshot() == timer->adjust()
timer_device_adjust_periodic() == timer->adjust()
timer_device_reset() == timer->reset()
timer_device_enable() == timer->enable()
timer_device_enabled() == timer->enabled()
timer_device_get_param() == timer->param()
timer_device_set_param() == timer->set_param()
timer_device_get_ptr() == timer->get_ptr()
timer_device_set_ptr() == timer->set_ptr()
timer_device_timeelapsed() == timer->time_elapsed()
timer_device_timeleft() == timer->time_left()
timer_device_starttime() == timer->start_time()
timer_device_firetime() == timer->fire_time()

Updated all drivers that use the above functions to fetch the specific
device type (timer_device or screen_device) and call the appropriate
method. [Aaron Giles]

Changed machine->primary_screen and the 'screen' parameter to
VIDEO_UPDATE to specifically pass in a screen_device object.
[Aaron Giles]

Defined a new custom interface for the Z80 daisy chain. This interface
behaves like the standard interfaces, and can be added to any device
that implements the Z80 daisy chain behavior. Converted all existing
Z80 daisy chain devices to new-style devices that inherit this
interface. [Aaron Giles]

Changed the way CPU state tables are built up. Previously, these were
data structures defined by a CPU core which described all the
registers and how to output them. This functionality is now part of
the state interface and is implemented via the device_state_entry
class. Updated all CPU cores which were using the old data structure
to use the new form. The syntax is currently awkward, but will be
cleaner for CPUs that are native new devices. [Aaron Giles]

Converted the okim6295 and eeprom devices to the new model. These were
necessary because they both require multiple interfaces to operate and
it didn't make sense to create legacy device templates for these
single cases. (okim6295 needs the sound interface and the memory
interface, while eeprom requires both the nvram and memory
interfaces). [Aaron Giles]

Changed parameters in a few callback functions from pointers to
references in situations where they are guaranteed to never be NULL.
[Aaron Giles]

Removed MDRV_CPU_FLAGS() which was only used for disabling a CPU.
Changed it to MDRV_DEVICE_DISABLE() instead. Updated drivers.
[Aaron Giles]

Reorganized the token parsing for machine configurations. The core
parsing code knows how to create/replace/remove devices, but all
device token parsing is now handled in the device_config class, which
in turn will make use of any interface classes or device-specific
token handling for custom token processing. [Aaron Giles]

Moved many validity checks out of validity.c and into the device
interface classes. For example, address space validation is now part
of the memory interface class. [Aaron Giles]

Consolidated address space parameters (bus width, endianness, etc.)
into a single address_space_config class. Updated all code that
queried for address space parameters to use the new mechanism.
[Aaron Giles]

Fixed palette / priority handling in Lucky Girl (Newer Z180 hardware)
[David Haywood]

Update/Correct Space Invaders Comments, particularly regarding Midway
Boards [Andrew Welburn, Lord Nightmare]

Fixed priorities in Frog & Spiders [Angelo Salese]

Fixed crash regression with spangbl / pangba [Angelo Salese]

Updated galivan.c with DIP LOCATIONS and verified setting via Service
Mode. Added comments about missing text layer in Ninja Emaki and
flagged those sets with missing protection emulation. [Tafoid]

Fix audio cpu banking in Raiden 2 (add a missing mirror to banking
register) [trap15, R. Belmont]

Corrected Raiden II audio banking - it's only at 401a [R. Belmont]

Flash: 4k sectors should erase in 1/8th the time of 64k. extend core
to support GBA chip types. [R.Belmont]

Clean up profiling flags in the makefile. Removed GPROF flag, it is
now just PROFILE. When enabled, automatically turn on basic symbols.
Also added new SYMLEVEL option to control the symbols level (defaults
to 2). [Aaron Giles]

Dumped internal ROM for Pinkiri 8 [Charles MacDonald]

Dumped internal ROM for Janshi [Charles MacDonald]

Documentation update [Stefan Lindberg, Dumping Union]
segas16b.c, taito_f2.c, taito_f3.c & taito_x.c:
Corrected rom names and or added PCB locations to Ray Force,
Arabian Magic, Liquid Kids, Twin Hawk. Added additional Sega game
ID info for an Alien Syndrome set.

model3.c: Correct sound rom loading for the Scud & Scud Plus sets
[Alex's Blog]

devlegacy.c,clifront.c,info.c [Miodrag Milanovic]
* Created legacy image device
* Moved opresolv implementation from MESS
* listmedia is option is available in MAME too
* listxml output now contains image devices

-romident can now identify chd's [smf]

Emulated protection check in Ron Jan [Angelo Salese]

Added default NVRAM to G-Stream [David Haywood]

Fixed default EEPROM for 1 on 1 Government [David Haywood]

Added default EEPROMs for each Brave Blade region [David Haywood]

Improvements to the Pinkiri 8 video emulation
[David Haywood, Angelo Salese]

emuopts - added support for image devices parameters
[Miodrag Milanovic]

Deviceized the VDP used by Pinkiri 8 HW [David Haywood]

Fixes for OS X PowerPC compile [R. Belmont]

Added color PROM of kickboy and corrected ROM filename
[Team Japump, The Dumping Union]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Alien Challenge (2 sets) [Luca Elia, XingXing]
Lucky Girl (Z180-based HW)
[David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Charles MacDonald]
Vortex [Lord Nightmare, David Haywood, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
The Berenstain Bears in Big Paw's Cave [B Zeidler]
Royal Queen [Charles MacDonald, Angelo Salese]
Night Gal [Charles MacDonald, Angelo Salese]
Night Bunny / Royal Night [Charles MacDonald, Angelo Salese]

New clones added
----------------
Wai Wai Animal Land Jr.(Japan)[Team Japump, The Dumping Union]
Phantoms II (Space Invaders hardware) [Andrew Welburn] (enigma2b)
Toki (US, set 2) [Corrado Tomaselli] (tokiua)
Ooedo Fight (Japan) [Team Japump, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Battle Gear [R. Belmont]
Battle Gear 2 [R. Belmont]
Pop n' Music 5 [Guru]
Unknown Meyco Game [Trevor Brown, Antwon Barajas] (unkmeyco)
Puzzle Break [Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Ron Jan [Charles MacDonald, Brian A. Troha]

264

clrmame Discussion / Re: WWW Mode issue

« on: 02 June 2010, 18:21 »

tnks you.

265

clrmame Discussion / WWW Mode issue

« on: 02 June 2010, 14:08 »

Hi Roman, i've fount a little issue with the WWW Profiler Mode.

When i add a site an i try to use an url like "www.emulab.it/wwwprofiler/emulab.php?ARCADE" it works correctly the first time but if switch to the Profiler and back to the WWW Profiler i get this message "Can't open URL : www.emulab.it/wwwprofiler/emulab.php?ARCADE" .

I'm using CMP64.

Can you try to fix that please ?

266

News & Communication / MAME 0.138u1

« on: 27 May 2010, 10:32 »

[ff] MAMEDev.org

0.138u1 whatsnew :
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 00948: [Graphics] batsugun: The ending and credits text is in gibberish
language. (David Haywood)
- 03832: [Sound] monymony, jackrabt: Missing speech (couriersud)
- 00946: [Graphics] batsugun, batsuguna, batsugunsp: Some graphics garbage
at level one start and first boss. (David Haywood)
- 03445: [Crash/Freeze] znpwfv: Segmentation Fault (Angelo Salese)
- 02642: [Crash/Freeze] myfairld: [possible] Black screen in Virtual
Mahjong 2 MFL (Angelo Salese)
- 01009: [Crash/Freeze] grdforce: Test mode doesn't work. (Angelo Salese)
- 03710: [Crash/Freeze] sokyugrt: Game crash after player select
(Angelo Salese)
- 02567: [Color/Palette] All Sets in zaccaria.c: Minor color issues (hap)
- 00799: [Graphics] monymony: Sprite priority is incorrect when the player
is pulled underwater. (hap)
- 03474: [Sound] wilytowr: Background music is very low. (hap)
- 03853: [Graphics] ssriders and clones: Sprites stuck error. (hap)
- 03817: [Graphics] popflame + clones: Color regression (Angelo Salese)
- 03816: [Crash/Freeze] popflame: The game resets after the third round.
(Angelo Salese)
- 03852: [Gameplay] 20pacgal, 20pacgala: Severe slowdown after initials
are entered. (couriersud)
- 03476: [Crash/Freeze] quartet, quarteta, dumpmtmt: Games do not start.
(Alex Jackson)

Source Changes
--------------
Remove all references to the nonexistent "premov" instruction from the
NEC-V core. [Alex Jackson]

Corrected stack walk by using UNICODE_POSTFIX. Fixed some incorrect
function declarations in winmain.c. [Oliver Stoneberg]

cps2: Made ssf2t a parent set [Alex Jackson]

New driver: sigmab98.c [Luca Elia]

astrocorp.c: Added PCB layout for Astro M1.1 & M1.2 PCBs [Brian Troha]

Documented an energy bar debug switch in aladbl, disabled by default
[Angelo Salese]

Fixed crashes when you fall into pitfalls in aladbl [Angelo Salese]

Improved Z180 timer and HALT processing. This fixes MT03852.
[Couriersud]

Konami devices: Fixed sprite Z code rejection regression [hap]

Basic hook-ups of the Nintendo Super System BIOS [Angelo Salese]

namcos2: Optimized pixmap rotation, improving performance of Assault
and other games that use it [Bryan Ischo]

tecmo.c: Included Rygar PCB documentation [Guru]

Documented and worked around a long standing level 3 protection fault
in Pop Flamer [Angelo Salese]

Rewritten palette initialization in Naughty Boy HW by using the RESNET
[Angelo Salese]

Rewrote Z180 cycle accounting to create a basis for more exact
internal I/O and timer operations as well as implementing interrupt
priorities. Removed unused BIG_SWITCH code as well. [Couriersud]

MPU4 Updates [James Wallace]:
* Added trackball support
* Fixed quiz game controls
* Restructured AWP games' characteriser handling

Added photo y2k2 decryption table [iq132]

Improved Z180 interrupt and timer handling. Added some missing save
state entries and fixed HALT. [Couriersud]

Rewrote rom/ram banking. 20pacgal now supports save state.
[Couriersud]

Added DIP LOCATIONS to Pengo, Jr. Pac-Man and clones. [Tafoid]

zaccaria.c: Improved sprite drawing, added DIP locations [hap]

Ported Super Famicom Box from MESS to MAME [Angelo Salese]

Modified the naomi clipping a bit to avoid so many black lines
at the bottom [David Haywood]

New Super 3D Golf Simulation - Waialae No Kiseki / Super Mahjong 2
(Super Famicom Box) [Angelo Salese]

Removed Groove on Fight boot hack, not anymore needed [Angelo Salese]

Added x/y boundary checking to ST-V bitmaps [Angelo Salese]

atarigx2.c: More rom name corrections as verified against a Moto
Frenzy Mini Deluxe PCB. Added ROM for the "Clarn" game link sub PCB.
[Charles MacDonald, P. Sealy, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

Added lfsr-driven starfield to 20pacgal. The general principle is
understood now but star set selection and the star drawing condition
are guesses. [Couriersud]

Moved global and static variables in driver galaga into a machine
class. Renamed some variables, e.g. galaga_videoram and bosco_videoram
to just videoram. [Couriersud]

Added new DECO Cassette bios set and updated rom names/locations/types
to be more accurate. [Lord Nightmare, The Dumping Union]

micro3d.c : Added some PLD dumps to botssa [Phil Bennett, Smitdogg]

Removed unneeded danchih title screen hack [Angelo Salese]

Reverified TMS5200 clock and measured Vsync clocks from Zaccaria
hardware [Corrado Tomaselli]

Added debug_global_input_code_pressed_once() function to input.c
[Angelo Salese]

Added a readyq callback to the TMS5220 interface. This is needed to
solve MT #3832. In zaccaria games, the intq and readyq are connected
to pia 6821 lines ca2 and cb1 which are edge driven. Just reading
readyq would miss to detect a state change if between reads readyq
went 0-1-0. Updated zaccaria.c and looping.c. Fixes MT #3832.
[Couriersud]

Reworked rendering in toaplan2 to render tilemaps / sprites in a
single pass, should be more accurate to hardware. Note, this further
breaks the mixing in Batsugun and Dogyuun because the previous hacks
can no longer work with the new rendering code. These games have been
demoted to NOT_WORKING status until a better solution is found; they
never worked properly anyway due to the extent of the video hacks
needed to support them [David Haywood]

documentation: Cleaned up company names [hap]

Added NSC800 CPU emulation to the Z80 core [Sandro Ronco]

Updated Legendary Wings with actual PCB speed readings.
[Corrado Tomaselli]

Update decocass comments/bios names with more info from D.Widel's
page. [Lord Nightmare, David Widel]

toaplan2: fixed sprite-sprite priorities in batsugun and dogyuun
[robiza]

Added bare-bones work around for the Network board in Super GT 24h and
Over Rev, they now enters into attract mode [Angelo Salese]

Revision 9295 by rbelmont
SDL: fix compilation for GTK+ 2.20 and later [R. Belmont, Wingman]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
GeGeGe no Kitarou Youkai Slot
[A. Hoekman, ranger_lennier, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union, Luca Elia]
Video Carnival / Super Royal Card [f205v, Angelo Salese]
Mouse Attack [Phil Bennett, Smitdogg]
Super Game III [Mariusz Wojcieszek, Guru]

New clones added
----------------
Golden Tee 2K (v1.00) (alt protection) [Guru, Brian Troha]
1943 (Euro) [Stefan Lindberg]
Fantasy Zone (NEC 0317-5000 encrypted Z80)
[Cools, Andrew Welburn, The Dumping Union]
X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Asia 960910) [ANY, The Dumping Union]
X Multiply (Japan, M81) [hap, porchy]
The Crystal Maze (2 sets) [James Wallace]
The Crystsl Maze Team Challenge (2 sets) [James Wallace]
The New Crystal Maze Featuring Ocean Zone (2 sets) [James Wallace]
Road Riot's Revenge (prototype, set 3) [Siftware]
Indoor Soccer (set 2) [Siftware]
Ms. Pacman Champion Edition / Zola-Puc Gal
[Andrew Welburn, The Dumping Union]
Heavyweight Champ (Japan, FD1094) [Team Japump, Dumping Union]
Super Draw Poker (bootleg) [f205v]
Ms. Pac-Man/Galaga - 20 Year Reunion (2 sets)
[Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Win Win Bingo (2 sets) [f205v, Filippo Tarderia]
Zoo [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
X Five Jokers [f205v]
Magic Number (Italian Gambling Game) [f205v]
Magic Class [f205v]
Abacus [f205v]
Euro Class [f205v]
Book Theatre [f205v]
Super Famicom Box BIOS [Angelo Salese]

267

News & Communication / Time for MAME 0.138

« on: 15 May 2010, 20:41 »

0.138 wuatsnew:
-----

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03683: [Crash/Freeze] topgunnr: Crashes MAME after INSERT COIN/GAME
START (hap)
- 02878: [Speed] simpsons and clones: Vertical refresh rate (hap)
- 03273: [Original Reference] brubber, bnj, caractn: Incorrect screen
resolution for Burnin' Rubber and clones (hap)
- 03492: [Crash/Freeze] hunchbkg: Does not boot (couriersud)
- 03657: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in maxaflex.c: Random crashes
(Firewave)
- 03765: [Crash/Freeze] qdrmfgp2: ASSERT after OK (hap)
- 03823: [Color/Palette] pc_miket: Bad colours (Alex Jackson)
- 03047: [Graphics] elevator, elevatorb: Some graphics on the
escalators shift when you ride on them (hap)
- 03628: [Graphics] alpine: Red point on the title screen (M.A.S.H.)
- 03033: [Graphics] vendetta: Sprite priority problem in the 3rd
stage (hap)
- 03647: [Graphics] All games in vendetta.c: Graphical error in the
intro scene of the game. (hap)
- 03834: [Sound] qtheater: No sound (hap)
- 03830: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in harddriv.c: Message: Duplicate
save state registration entry (DSP32C/dsp32/0/cpustate->pin)
(Tafoid)
- 00390: [DIP/Input] spaceftr: does not allow you to turn to the
right. (hap)

Source Changes
--------------
New Lucky 8 Lines hardware: [Roberto Fresca]
* Added lamps support to lucky8, lucky8a, lucky8b, ns8liner, ns8linew
and kkojnoli.
* Created lamps layout for the above sets.
* New inputs for ns8linew. This set has a second set of inputs, and
can be switched between them. No lamps activity or Big/Small
buttons are present while this alternative controls are used.
Maybe is a leftover.
* Some DIP switches were figured out. Coinage and limits are still a
real mystery since all DIP switches are reflected in the test
mode.
* Remapped inputs to be straightforward with the control panel.
* Added the type (W-4/F-5) to the sets description.
* General inputs clean-up.

suna8.c: Updated documentation for Strike Fighter to include the game
number, PCB number and epoxy CPU [Fabrizio Vasile]

Jaguar: fixed RGB VARMOD mode [Angelo Salese]

namcops2: add DVD image for taiko10 [Guru]

Added DIP Locations for all games in the jack.c driver. Changed
copyright on joinem to match displayed year. [Tafoid]

More cleanup of the lpc tables; Replaced tms5220C pitch table with the
tms5220 one as that one is more likely to be correct. [Lord Nightmare]

Add 'Unrealistically Perfect Interpolation' debug mode; Fix a
potential issue with 16 bit overflow in the lattice filter; Made idle
state emulation more accurate to real chip; Clean out variables before
VSM speech starts; Mask out low 4 bits of 14 bit lattice result before
output. [Lord Nightmare]

Fix a mistake in the interpolation logic, it should now properly delay
interpolation until the final cycle of each frame when INHIBIT is set.
[Lord Nightmare]

tms5220: Remove unnecessary interpolation code; Add extra check to
make unvoiced mode trigger at the correct sample. [Lord Nightmare]

Fixed up tms52xx clip/wrap function arrangement to be much more sane,
and properly handled range extension. [Lord Nightmare]

Made tms5220 DEBUG_GENERATION more useful and simplified the code in
the process. [Lord Nightmare]

lib/util/cdrom.c: Fixed stack corruption in CHD code
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

Implemented default EEPROMs for GTIClub, Hang Pilot, Asterix, X-Men
and Polygonet Commanders [David Haywood]

Fixed the texture ROM loading/order in Wave Shark. Textures look
better now, and the ROM check passes [David Haywood]

Fix for Target Hits missing sound. [Tafoid]

fspiderb: Added projectiles, game is playable now [hap]

General cleanup of PGM code [David Haywood]

Removed ROM Patch in Killing Blade and replaced with correct IGS025
return sequence fo China region (other sequences still unknown)
[XingXing]

pengadvb: Improved inputs, the game can now be coined up. It magically
has sound too now. [hap]

S2650_SENSE_PORT is now active when data written is != 0 and inactive
when data == 0. It now acts as a line in a mame-sense. [Couriersud]

btime: Background vertical offset was off by one pixel, burger parts
positions are correct now. This also means Peter Pepper awkwardly
walks in the air, which is the way it is on the PCB. [hap]

fixed ROM names of tp84a (tp84 needs confirmation) [Team Japump]

Fixed hunchbkg ports. [Couriersud]

sprtmtch: Added Intermissions dipswitch [David Bain]

Fixed coinage of desertbr [yasuhiro]

Fixed ROM labels for Pac-Land, Scramble Egg, and Straight Flush
[Team Japump]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
New Lucky 8 Lines / New Super 8 Lines (F-5, Witch Bonus)
[Roberto Fresca, incog, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
International Team Laser (prototype)
[ranger_lennier, genieta1, J. Ferneborg, Smitdogg, italie,
David Haywood, The Dumping Union]

New clones added
----------------
Desert Breaker (Japan) [Team Japump, Dumping Union]
Youma Ninpouchou (Japan, alt) [Takahiro Nogi]
Armed F (Japan) [Takahiro Nogi]
Champion Baseball II (Japan, not working) [Takahiro Nogi]
Wing War (Japan) [Team Japump, The Dumping Union]
Street Fighter EX 2 (HISPANIC 980312)
[Layne, J. Bijl, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Giga Wing (Hispanic 990222)
[dopefishjustin, A. Hoekman, Smitdogg, David Haywood, The Dumping Union]
Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Hispanic 980629)
[dopefishjustin, Smitdogg, David Haywood, The Dumping Union]
Eco Fighters (Hispanic 931203)
[Kevin Eshbach, wild eyed, Smitdogg, David Haywood, The Dumping Union]
X-Men: Children of the Atom (Hispanic 950105)
[ranger_lennier, tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom (Hispanic 940113)
[Kevin Eshbach, Layne, Gor, blokey, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Pac-land (Japan, older) [Team Japump]
Photo Y2K (ver. 105) [XingXing]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Taiko no Tatsujin 10 (T101001-NA-A) [Guru]
Dragon World 3 EX (ver. 100) [Guru]
Dragon World 2001 [Guru]
Royal Queen
[Hikari, Spyder, S. S. Neilson, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Chance Kun [ranger_lennier, incog, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Photo Y2K 2 [Guru]

268

News & Communication / MAME 0.137u4

« on: 05 May 2010, 10:07 »

MAME 0.137u4 whatsnew:
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03684: [Graphics] skyarmy: [possible] Screen Offset issue (hap)
- 03736: [Graphics] scontra, scontraj: Super Contra main character
shadows (hap)
- 03102: [Side-by-side] finalizr: The "lives" statusbar is shown at
bottom of the screen in MAME and on the PCB it's on the top (hap)
- 03822: [Speed] lwings and clones: Gameplay slows during game (Tafoid)
- 03818: [Crash/Freeze] mightybj, vsgshoe: Grey Screen (Not booting)
(Andrew Jackson)

Source Changes
--------------

Replaced TMS5200 table with table extracted using PROMOUT from actual
chip. monymony sounds much better. [Lord Nightmare]

Improvements to Treasure Bonus (Subsino) [Roberto Fresca]
* Reworked and cleaned-up the inputs. Most buttons have more than one
single function.
* Added DIP locations.
* Figured out the following DIP Switches: Complete Coinage
(1/2/5/10/20/25/50/100). Remote Credits (1/2/5/10/20/25/50/100).
Minimum Bet (1/8/16/32). Max Bet (16/32/64/80). Demo Sounds
(Off/On). Game Limit (10000/20000/30000/60000). Double-Up
(No/Yes). Win Rate (84/86/88/90/92/94/96%). Double-Up Level
(0/1/2/3/4/5/6/7). Double-Up Game (Dancers / Panties Colors /
Cards / Seven-Bingo).
* Fixed inverted functions and buggy inputs.
* Added lamps support.
* Created button-lamps layout.
* Remapped inputs to reflect the controls layout. This way is more
user-friendly since controls are straight with button-lamps.
* Added coin/keyin/keyout/payout counters.
* Removed the pulse limitation in the BET input. This allow it to
work as BET and STOP2 properly.
* Added technical notes.

Status Fun Casino improvements: [Roberto Fresca]
* Reworked inputs to match the standard.
* Lowered the CPU clock to get it working properly.
* Added technical notes.

Output Cleanup/Hookup (Part 2) [Howard Casto]:
* segas32.c: Hooked up all digital outputs for all games (radm,
alien3, radr, f1en, arescue, f1lap, jpark, slipstrm, orunners,
harddunk, scross, titlef) Emulation needs to progress more on the
analog output data before those outputs can be hooked up.
* audio\mw8080bw.c: Changed output name for desertgn to something
more descriptive (Player1_Gun_Recoil)
* bbusters.c: Added new output handling functions and hooked up
outputs for bbusters and mechatt
* opwolf3.c: Added gun outputs for opwolf3 (man that game is
terrible)
* machine\williams.c: Fixed existing outputs in tshoot (they needed
inverted) and hooked up the rest, including the feather blower.
:-D
* gunbustr.c: Hooked up all outputs for gunbstr
* namcos12.c: Hooked up outputs for all system 11 gun games
(ptblank2, ghlpanic, tenkomor)
* segaybd.c: Hooked up all digital outputs (gloc, glocr360, gforce2,
pdrift, rchase, strkfghtr), also hooked up motor/analog outputs
for Power Drift and G-Loc/ Strike Fighter The remaining games with
motors could be hooked up as well assuming emulation can progress
enough to get past the error messages.
* namcos2.c: Hooked up gun recoils for golly ghost. Also noted that
the outputs for the remaining gun games are also in that area.
Someone who can find the offsets should be able to hook them up.
* segas18.c: Hooked up gun recoils for lghost.
* taito_z.c: Hooked up outputs for spacegun and made a few prototype
functions to help in hooking up the remaining games. Someone familiar
with the driver should take a look. I hooked up a few, but they don't
work like they should according to the comments.

toutrun.c: corrected dipswitches in the most recently added Turbo Out
Run set, and reorganized the sets so that the parent is the FD1094
317-0118 set, the "newest" set based on both EPROM and security chip
part numbers. [Andrew Jackson]

Fix two VS2008 warnings (namcos23.c and rdpfb.c) [Oliver Stoneberg]

Remove some stray invalid code in start_profiler() [Oliver Stoneberg]

Have srcclean add missing newlines to end of .c files [Atari Ace]

Fix the memory leaks with the strconv.c function by using osd_malloc()
instead. Fixed other memory leaks as well. [Oliver Stoneberg]

"Replaced" TMS5220 table with table extracted using PROMOUT from
actual chip. By 'Replaced', I mean documented, as the actual extracted
table exactly matched the table already in MAME. Changed TMS5220C to
use the same energy table as 5220 does, since my previous assumption
based on the Quadravox tables was probably wrong. Updated the ranout
condition code of tms5220.c to be slightly more accurate to the chip,
and added TODOs. Re-enabled the timers for deactivating the READY line
on /WS or /RS as this is probably slightly more accurate to hardware,
but the difference is 2 or 3 clock cycles max. [Lord Nightmare]

Fixed linking of chdman.exe and romcmp.exe with Visual Studio.
[Oliver Stoneberg]

Fixed incorrect DSK ROM size, shuffled around some ROM mapping, added
new ROMs that were incorrectly assumed to be identical to than
racedriv. The previously bad ROM checksums are now correct. Now the
watchdog resets it instead of getting an address error. [Luigi30]

Added a screen layout for Space Stranger based on photos [M.A.S.H]

Added redumped sound ROM to Vs. Net Soccer (vsnetscr) [Team Japump]

Disable many unused variables as identifed by cppcheck.
[Oliver Stoneberg]

Naomi: Added rounding to the GD-ROM DMA transfers, will be need for
Virtua Tennis to make it boot [Deunan Knute, Angelo Salese]

AICA updates: [PluginNinja]
* Implemented slot monitor
* Improved ADPCM looping
* General cleanup

SCSP updates [PluginNinja]
* Improved slot monitor function
* Various cleanups

namcos23: Varied stuff, isolate PIO, pcb test works on timecrs2c
[O. Galibert]

namcos23: Quick hack to make 500gp boot [O. Galibert]

namcos23: Increase the main ram size so that crszone goes into POST
[O. Galibert]

Implemented Sort-DMA irq firing [Angelo Salese]

Naomi: implemented Wave DMA HW trigger and added Wave DMA IRQ firing
[Angelo Salese]

Naomi: implemented PVR-DMA HW trigger [Angelo Salese]

Fix compile error when DEBUG_GENERATION is defined [Oliver Stoneberg]

cdrom: correct header length for form 2 raw sectors [R. Belmont]

namcos23: Mirror, mirror v2 [A. Giles, O. Galibert]

Naomi: implemented mahjong panel support [Angelo Salese]

TMS5220: Made /READY timing accurate to the real chip as best as
possible. Note that on the zaccaria games, possibly due to a bug in
the CA2 line handler of the PIA which reads the /READY state, speech
usually won't work until midway through the first game played, but
works fine afterward. Not sure if that's a MAME bug or an original
game bug. [Lord Nightmare]

Replaced the DEBUG_FRAME_DUMP define with a new DEBUG_PARSE_FRAME_DUMP
which produces binary listings of each frame parsed. [Lord Nightmare]

Added newer Area51: Site 4 BIOS. [Guru]

sega system16 and later: first pass in the conversion of video ICs to
be devices [David Haywood]

Fix swapped stereo in gauntlet and gauntlet 2. Thor (warrior)'s/red
player's coin slot is toward the left, and specific sounds for that
player (coin insert gong, death ditty, etc) should come from the left
speaker, not the right. Verified with schematics. TODO: merge gauntlet
audio into atarijsa.c since the gauntlet audio hardware is clearly the
direct ancestor of the Atari JSA-i audio board, and currently is
missing most of the chip specific volume controls, etc which are
already implemented in atarijsa.c. [Lord Nightmare]

Improved Killing Blade encrypted DMA mode 3 [XingXing, David Haywood]

vrender0.c: converted to be a device [Fabio Priuli]

crystal.c: added driver data class [Fabio Priuli]

Improved DMA modes 1+2 in killbld, allowing all DMA operations used by
the game to work and the RAM dump to be removed
[XingXing, David Haywood]

added save states to the following CPU: apexc, asap, avr8, cp1610,
dsp32 and f8 [Fabio Priuli]

Documentation improvements to the Sega Naomi HW games [f205v]

Added a protection RAM dump for Dragon World 3 [XingXing]

Added a delay to the GDROM DMA transfers, allows KOF Neowave to boot
[Angelo Salese]

Redumped one program rom in Killing Blade [XingXing, David Haywood]

Hook up the ym2151 reset bit to the sound cpu in gauntlet, and fixed
sound reset to properly reset all the sound chips and volume latches.
[Lord Nightmare]

Fix race condition involving tms52xx status register which broke
victory/victorba self test. Updated debug routines a bit, and improved
the non-NORMALMODE a bit. [Lord Nightmare]

Improvements to Pachifever driver [Tomasz Slanina, maruwa]
* replaced ic48.50 ROM with correct dump
* added correct MSM clock value
* added second SN76489A chip (used for sfx)
* updated hw notes

Cleaned up ranout (FIFO running out mid-frame) to be accurate to
hardware; Cleaned up talk status clearing to be more accurate to
hardware; Cleaned up parse_frame function significantly. Added some
more comments. [Lord Nightmare]

aristmk4: Hooked up the two AY8910s [Fr45h3r]

snes_snd: fix Linux 64-bit compile issues [R. Belmont]

Naomi: Improved the YUV FIFO IRQ firing, now it should be possible to
emulate the YUV decoding properly [Angelo Salese]

PGM: added support for newer bios ROM [XingXing]

Corrected mask ROM numbers for HOTD2 [f205v]

Fix ZPAR (zeroed k parameters 5-10) behavior for unvoiced frames.
Updated comments and debug functions. [Lord Nightmare]

Naomi: work-around for an int32 overflow bug in the renderer, makes
The House of the Dead 2 / The Typing of the Dead to not crash during
attract mode [Angelo Salese]

Naomi: improved Vblank-In irq timings [Angelo Salese]

Redid parameter interpolation and frame load logic so new frames don't
immediately force all the Energy/Pitch/K values to the values of the
old frame, but wait until their first interpolation to do so. This fix
improves speech quality considerably. [Lord Nightmare]

Naomi: implemented RTC start-up values [Angelo Salese]

astrocorp.c: Added PCB layout and board information for the Skill Drop
Georgia set [Brian Troha]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Klad / Labyrinth [Black1972]

New clones added
----------------
Dragon World 3 (ver.105) [XingXing]
Killing Blade (ver. 104) [XingXing, David Haywood]
Battle of the Solar System (rev. 1.1a 7/23/92)
[blib, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Street Fighter II - The World Warrior (Thunder Edition)
[Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Polaris (Original version) [Siftware]
Seibu Cup Soccer :Selection: (bootleg, set 2) [Fabrizio Vasile]
Draw Poker Joker's Wild (02-11) (NOT WORKING) [Siftware]
Reel Fun (Version 7.03) [Siftware]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
War of the Bugs or Monsterous Manouvers in a Mushroom Maze (German)
[Irongiant]
Fighting Mania (918 xx B02) [f205v, The Dumping Union]
Frog & Spiders (bootleg) [Siftware]
House of the Dead 2 (original) [Wouter]
Time Crisis 3 (TST1) [Guru]

269

News & Communication / MAME 0.137u3

« on: 22 April 2010, 09:53 »

MAME 0.137u3 whatsnew
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03813: [Graphics] shadoww, shadowwa, gaiden, ryukendn, ryukendna:
Lost blending effect (David Haywood)
- 00803: [Color/Palette] All vsnes.c games: Colors are wrong.
- 00270: [Graphics] cstlevna, vsgradus, suprmrio, goonies: Black
startup screens are now gray.
- 00889: [Color/Palette] pc_smb: The colors of the characters, fire
flower, etc. on the top screen are wrong.
- 01097: [Color/Palette] cstlevna: Colors of the first enemies you
encounter are wrong.
- 02457: [DIP/Input] tkoboxng: Unable to coin/start game properly.

Source Changes
--------------
Fixed a bug with un-inited DMA regs in the SNES driver, fixes at least
a long-standing bug with nss_ssoc dimmed team selection screen
[Angelo Salese]

Added the Airline Pilot (USA) Naomi BIOS rom [The Dumping Union]

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

ppu2c0x.c: Removed the bogus "color remap tables" in favor of external
palettes containing data reverse-engineered (several years ago) from
original hardware. Each vsnes set, as well as the playch10 bios, now
requires one of these palettes. [Alex Jackson]

vsnes.c improvements: [Alex Jackson]
* Moved RC2C05 PPU-based protection into the PPU itself, rather than
hacking it in at the driver level.
* After exhaustive testing, completely sorted out the "palette"
dipswitches (which are actually PPU type selection) on all games
that have them. Added notes about these games in the comments.
* Removed GAME_IMPERFECT_COLORS and GAME_WRONG_COLORS from all games,
as they should all be 100% correct now.
* Fixed coin inputs in tkoboxng. Removed IMPERFECT_GRAPHICS flag
since there's no legitimate reason I can see for it. Also, fixed
manufacturer and description to match the title screen.
* Added a bit more information about the missing sets in the
comments.

add partial 6840ptm readback support to exidy.c [Lord Nightmare]

Convert Atari System 1 to use the 'new' TMS5220 interface.
[Lord Nightmare]

Switch Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters to use the new
TMS5220 interface. [Lord Nightmare]

snes.c: Fixed clipmasks in hires modes [Fabio Priuli]

Fixed RTL opcode in-bank issue in the G65816 CPU core [Angelo Salese]

sm8500d.c: Fixed disassembly of extended instructions (1A, 1B, 4F).
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

lr35902.c: Fixed possible issue when checking for enabled irqs.
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

rf5c68.c: corrected the point at which the sample callbacks are
triggered, and what channel is returned. The interrupts are masked or
enabled based on what PCM memory bank is used, rather than the
physical channel that was used. [Barry Rodewald]

Converted Atari System 2 to use the 'new' TMS5220 interface. Switched
TMS5220 type to 5220C. [Lord Nightmare]

Further refining of the Atari JSA speech and audio modifications.
Hooked up the reset line for the ym2151. [Lord Nightmare]

inptport.c: fixed keyboard detection (mainly for MESS) [Fabio Priuli]

Hooked up correct proms, corrected gfx rom order and added bank select
/ enabled for the reels in Treasure Island (Subsino) [David Haywood]

updated Star Wars to use proper clocks for the tms5220 and the pokeys.
[Lord Nightmare]

MASSIVE merge of TMS5110 and TMS5220 cores, TMS5220 side only so far.
Much code by Jarek Burczynski merged. Lattice Filter, Multiplier, and
clipping redone. TMS5220C multi-rate feature added. Now using the same
LPC table file (and format, as created by couriersud) as the TMS51xx
is. Unvoiced-Voiced transitioning adjusted to match patent. Command
handling redone to better match patent. Reasonably significant speech
quality improvements: Separate tables for TMS5200, TMS5220 and
TMS5220C are implemented, though all still need to be verified from
hardware. Fixes: Garbled speech in Escape from the Planet of the Robot
Monster's Canal Mazes is fixed, as well as some other garbled speech
in game (when saying 'throwing switch' for instance). Known
Regressions (being worked on): Victory fails its startup self test
with an error 5, but speech works in-game. [Lord Nightmare]

Fixed victory self-test issue (FIFO must NOT be cleared on processing
of a STOP frame, only on a new speak external command. victory is
pedantic about this.), and in the process also fixed a bug regarding
reading /READY state when not in speak external mode (the FIFO being
full should NOT force /READY inactive in that case!) [Lord Nightmare]

Fixed various SNES SRAM issues [Fabio Priuli, Angelo Salese]

Fixed Wai Wai Jockey Gate-In title screen colors [Angelo Salese]

mk3ghw (aladbl.c driver + megadriv.c) [stephh] :
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000
code) ssgbl (ssgbl.c driver + megadriv.c) [stephh] :
* Fixed stack vector so coins are now correctly handled (the game
shall be fully playable now)
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000
code)

Added makefile PPC64 autodetection [Julian Sikorski]

6840PTM: Fixed interrupt flag behaviour and now allow fractional input
clocks. [Phil Bennett]

6850ACIA: Improved handling of /CTS signal and fixed issue with
transmission parity generation. [Phil Bennett]

MPU4+Video updates: [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
* Fixed serial comms. As a result, most games actually boot now.
* Fixed colours.
* Fixed SAA1099 sound.
* Added Characteriser tables for all games (a complete implementation
is still needed for most games).

Supported the 1555 fb format in the Naomi driver, needed by Cleopatra
Fortune Plus [David Haywood]

Fixed ext latch behaviour in the SNES driver [Angelo Salese]

vmetal, vmetaln (vmetal.c driver) [stephh] :
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000
code)

Fix 5220C pitch table so unvoiced speech actually works. Oops. Should
be a further quality improvement. [Lord Nightmare]

Tentative fix for tms5220 VSM support. [Lord Nightmsre]

F8 cpu disassembler improvements [Curt Coder]:
* fixed branch target PC
* added BP,BC,BZ,BR,BM,BNC,BNZ,BNO mnemonics
- removed extraneous $ from 2 byte hex values

Implemented various PVR TA registers hook-ups in the Naomi driver
[Angelo Salese]

mpu4drvr.c: Fixed 68000 device resets [Phil Bennett]

Naomi: Implemented more regs, test mode now properly sets 640x240
resolution. Implemented fb pixel double, Naomi test mode looks now
correct. [Angelo Salese]

i386dasm.c: Corrected display of debug registers (D0-D7) in
disassembly listings [Barry Rodewald]

video/nemesis.c: Removed palette gamma hack [Alex Jackson]

Subsino driver improvements: [Roberto Fresca]
* Added another Treasure Island set.
* Added technical notes about the CPU box.
* Minor clean-ups.
Revision 8866 by robertof

full schematics made from the real PCB connections. They include Hex
D-type flip-flops, Bipolar PROM, 3-STATE Octal D-Type latches and
resnet connections. [Roberto Fresca, Aleksandar Spasojevic]

Partly implemented 'stereo' gating (using ym2151 ctX lines) to POKEY
and TMS5220 on Atari JSA-i sound board. (currently it is just 'mono'
gating). Add TODOs for complete stereo gating and for the low-pass
filter. [Lord Nightmare]

Improvements to Funworld driver: [Roberto Fresca]
* Replaced the Fun World Quiz bad ROMs with good ones.
* Fixed the Fun World Quiz graphics and colors.
* Cleaned-up the flags for non working games.
* Modified the default lamps layout to include the bet lamp.
* Cleaned-up the Fun World Quiz inputs.
* Added 4 new Royal Card sets. Reworked parent/clone relationship.
(delete the old .cfg and .nv files to have them working properly).
* Splitted the Royal Card machine driver. This is needed to access
different halves of the bipolar PROM.
* Now principal Royal Card sets have a working bet button.
* Added default NVRAM to the new sets.

Improved video rendering in MPU4 [David Haywood]

Implemented 15/31 kHz selector in the Naomi driver, makes Strike
Fighter and Shootout Pool Prize to be bootable by the common user
[Angelo Salese]

Clean up interpolation inhibit logic, may sound slightly better now.
Minor fix to TMS5220C table so zero-energy frames are correctly
detected. [Lord Nightmare]

Added driver data class and save states to playmark.c, powerbal.c,
pushman.c and pzletime.c [Fabio Priuli]

Improvements to Shark Party (English, Alpha license): [Roberto Fresca]
* Created complete inputs from the scratch.
* Added coin/keyin/keyout counters.
* Added main game and double-up rates DIP switches.
* Added minimum bet DIP switches.
* Added maximum bet DIP switches.
* Added complete coinage and remote credits DIP switches.
* Added jokers and demo sounds DIP switches.
* Figured out and documented all the game outputs.
* Created proper button-lamps layout.
Now the game is in full-working state.

Added a RAM mirror that fixes The Typing of the Dead booting
[Angelo Salese]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Senko No Ronde Special (GDL-0038) [tormod, The Dumping Union]
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core (GDL-0041) [Joerg Hartenberger]
Cleopatra Fortune Plus (GDL-0012) [Joerg Hartenberger]
Hammer [Guru, Smitdogg, Luca Elia, The Dumping Union]
Royal Card (4 new sets) [Roberto Fresca]
Treasure Bonus
[Team Europe, The Dumping Union, David Haywood, Angelo Salese]

New clones added
----------------
Iron Fortress (Japan) [F205V, The Dumping Union]
Super Shanghai 2005 (GDL-0031) [tormod, Gerald, The Dumping Union]
Megatouch IV Tournament Edition (9255-50-01 ROA, Standard version)
[Phil Bennett, MikeDX, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (UK 4 Players, set 2) [porchy]
Carnival (Head On hardware) [Andrew Welburn, Dumping Union] (2 sets)
Double Dragon (US Set 3) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Touchmaster 2000 (v4.00 Standard) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Phraze Craze (two sets) [D. Beneke, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Treasure Island (Subsino, set 2)
[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, 9ofzeven]
Vs 10-Yard Fight (US, Taito license)
[ranger_lennier, W. Belk, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
10-Yard Fight '85 (US, Taito license)
[Kevin Eshbach, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Adders and Ladders [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
Strike it Lucky [4 sets] [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
Quiz Grid [4 sets] [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
Eyes Down [2 sets] [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
Blox [2 sets] [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
Prize Space Invaders [2 sets] [Phil Bennett, David Haywood]
Sega Strike Fighter [f205v, The Dumping Union]
Derby Owner's Club (Ver. C) [f205v, The Dumping Union]
Kick '4' Cash [f205v, The Dumping Union]
Happy Tour
[Guru, jmurjr, JacKc, gingertom, Rene Single, Smitdogg,
The Dumping Union]

270

clrmame Discussion / Re: Clrmamepro version.ini

« on: 18 April 2010, 19:37 »

Roman: Ricky asked for an indipendent version.ini for the 64 bit build becouse after an update of the 32 bit build the version.ini is updated and the 64 bit build dont check for un apdated version.

271

News & Communication / MAME 0.137u2

« on: 08 April 2010, 16:57 »

MAME 0.137u2 whatsnew :
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 02134: [Graphics] ffight2b: Graphics glitch (Angelo Salese)
- 03396: [Crash/Freeze] nss_aten: Game does not progress past initial
text screen (Angelo Salese)
- 03397: [DIP/Input] nss_skin: Input is completely non-working
(Angelo Salese)
- 03116: [Crash/Freeze] nss_actr: Emulation hangs up after hitting start.
(Angelo Salese)
- 03227: [Debugger] When setting A register in 8080 CPU, it sets F
register

Source Changes
--------------
Hooked up default NVRAM and fixed sample rom loading order in
Championship Bowling [David Haywood]

snes.c: greatly simplified tile drawing routines, fixed a couple of
small bugs in mosaic support, reworked debug functions to be detected
properly in all games [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: improved VRAM accesses (they're invalid during active display)
and DMA transfers (not all addresses can be accessed) [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: enabled PPU->CPU hdma transfer and moved hdma variables to
snes_state [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: updated HDMA to init/update according to Anomie's docs
[Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: First extremely rough 3D hookup [O. Galibert]

Changed the killing blade parent to the pgm bios. [smf]

namcos23: Add some lighting. [O. Galibert, Naibo]

namcos23: hooked up tilemap scroll, improved raster IRQ [R. Belmont]

snes.c: enforced abus validity check on dma reads, fixed possible tile
and vram out of bounds bugs [Fabio Priuli]

Replaced Stocker dump with a good set [Kevin Eshbach]

Hooked up default NVRAM for Golly Ghost / Bubble Trouble
[David Haywood]

namcos23: Add 3D model scaling [O. Galibert]

Heavily improved the slot 72 - poker game, it's now known to be
actually Poker Monarch. [Angelo Salese]

m680x0 FPU updates: [R. Belmont]
* BCD packed decimal now supported, including k-factor
* Improved FSAVE/FRESTORE including FPU reset when restoring a NULL
frame
* FREM instruction supported
* Better disassembly of FPU instructions

superfx.c: added save states to the CPU [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: moved some more variables to driver state, set a few addresses
as open bus and slightly changed SuperFX handlers not to access SNES
WRAM [Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: c361 fixes and address auto-increment [O. Galibert]

further snes.c wip: [Fabio Priuli]
* Fixed a bug in SPC7110 handlers (now Tengai Makyou Zero test
reaches RTC tests and fails them, instead of getting stuck at
MUL/DIV tests)
* Implemented very preliminary (and currently broken) SPC7110 RTC
emulation
* Updated DSP2 handlers to better reflect Overload's docs (problem
and fix actually found by byuu)
- Updated add-on chips handlers to reflect byuu's findings

snes.c wip: fixed reserved memory address read not returning open_bus;
fixed a few add-on chip reads not returning open_bus [Fabio Priuli]

Made input_device pointers non-volatile. Since we return pointers to
them in response to input_device_add(), ensure that the pointers don't
change after subsequent adds. [Aaron Giles]

snes.c: fixed a SRAM size problem and moved PPU registers handling to
video/snes.c [Fabio Priuli]

ppu2c0x.c: added save states to NES PPU and performed some minor
cleanups [Fabio Priuli]

i386+ core updates: [Samuele Zannoli]
* Added CR4 register
* Added bswap instruction
* Added support for 4MB pages

chihiro.c: Minor memory map update for running the BIOS
[Samuele Zannoli]

Gun output cleanups/hookups [Howard Casto]:
* drivers\othunder.c: Changed Operation Thunderbolt output names to
something more appropriate. (They were routed to LEDs.)
* video\rastan.c: Hooked up output for Operation Wolf.
* machine\midwunit.c: Hooked up outputs for Revolution X.
* machine\midyunit.c: Hooked up outputs for Terminator 2.
* drivers\seta.c: Hooked up outputs for Zombie Raid.

i386/NEC disassembler updates: [Alex Jackson]
* Made "MOV AL, offset" etc (opcodes A0-A3) properly indicate a
segment override prefix.
* Corrected the disassembly of various NEC-only instructions (mainly
V25/V35-only instructions)
* Changed CPUINFO_INT_MAX_INSTRUCTION_BYTES on i86 and NEC from 15 to
8.

Added correct ROMs to 'Dragon's Lair (Italian)' (dlital) [f205v]

Improvements to supdrapo.c driver [Roberto Fresca]
* Reworked inputs to match the standard poker inputs names/layout.
* Hooked the payout switch.
* Hooked a watchdog circuitery, that seems intended to reset the game
and/or an external device.
* Added machine start & reset.
* All clocks pre defined.
* Added ay8910 interfase as a preliminary attempt to analyze the
unknown port writes when these ports are set as input.
* Figured out the following DIP switches: Auto Bet (No, Yes). Allow
Raise (No, Yes). Double-Up (No, Yes). Minimal Winner Hand (Jacks
or Better, Two Pair). Deal Speed (Slow, Fast). Aces Type (Normal
Aces, Number 1). Cards Deck Type (english cards, french cards).
Max Bet (5, 10, 15, 20).
* Added NVRAM support.
* Reorganized and cleaned-up the driver.

hng64: Fix sound ROM loading. [Andrew Gardner]

Reworked the entire Nintendo 64 renderer to be class-based. More
cleanup to follow. [Harmony]

Removing texture_rectangle_32bit and fill_rectangle_32bit to hopefully
generate a bug report which indicates any games using the modes.
[Harmony]

Applied some cppcheck fixes. [Oliver Stoneberg]

Clear pending IRQ if the IRQ enable flag is disabled in the SNES
driver [Angelo Salese]

midtunit.c: Fixed TMS340 parameter [Alex Jackson]

namcos23: Fix the zoom value [O. Galibert]

namcos23: First stab at z-sorting [O. Galibert]

[8080/8085 CPU] Fix of mametester bug 3227. [Robbbert]

Moved the i/o update status inside a timer in the SNES driver
[Angelo Salese]

Disabled unused variables and code based on cppcheck and VS2008 Code
Analysis [Oliver Stoneberg]

Fixed some massive texturing issues in the new Nintendo 64 / RDP
renderer. [Harmony]

Disabled DRC versions of certain vector load/store operations in the
RSP core in order to avoid geometry issues. [Harmony]

Improved Rectangle drawing in the RDP core. [Harmony]

poly.c: Make the parameter interpolation more robust [O. Galibert]

namcos23: Push the zclip a little to avoid poly.c issues for now.
[O. Galibert]

Added boundary checks for MVN and MVP opcodes when in M mode in the
G65816 CPU core [Angelo Salese]

Added a new input type IPT_KEYPAD for MESS, to distinguish between
fully featured keyboards and keypad controllers [Fabio Priuli]

skyarmy (skyarmy.c) [stephh] :
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)
* Updated memory map to partially handle screen flipping

scobra, scobrase, scobras, scobrab, suprheli, moonwar, moonwara,
armorcar, armorcar2, tazmania, anteater, calipso, losttomb, losttombh,
spdcoin, superbon (galaxian.c driver + galdrvr.c) [stephh] :
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)

namcos23: Found "force poly to front" bit [O. Galibert]

info.c: added keyboard and keypad controls to xml output
[Fabio Priuli]

First step in supporting master cycle delays in the SNES driver
[Angelo Salese]

Basic implementation of the DMA master cycles steals in the SNES
driver [Angelo Salese]

Basic implementation of the memory map master cycle steals in the SNES
driver [Angelo Salese]

snes.c: fixed to the DMA issue with S-DD1 games [Fabio Priuli]

1943.c: Corrected rom names [Bill D, The Dumping Union]

segaybd.c: Redumped IC26 for Rail Chase, added PCB board ID numbers
and corrected the rom names for Rail Chase [ANY]

Added gprof support to the makefile. [Bryan Ischo]

Added a check for the OPTION_READCONFIG option before executing
the code which would attempt to incorporate configuration file
settings into the current configuration, because if OPTION_READCONFIG
is set to false, then there is no reason to even try to do this as
every single configuration file will be ignored (because config files
have been turned off by OPTION_READCONFIG). [Bryan Ischo]

Fixed small memory leak in mame.c. [Bryan Ischo]

Fixed double-free error in render.c. [Bryan Ischo]

Made core_strdup use osd_malloc instead of malloc. [Bryan Ischo]

New clones added
----------------
Rail Chase (World) [Dumping Union]
High Impact Football (rev LA2 12/26/90)
[A. Hoekman, tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Shark Party (english, alpha license)
[Kevin Eshbach, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Touchmaster 8000 (v9.02 Standard) [Bill D., The Dumping Union]
Ridge Racer (Full Scale, 1993-12-13, World)
[tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union] (not working, incomplete boardset)
Super Draw Poker (set 2) [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Dumping Union]
Super Football Champ (Ver 2.4O) [Caius]
Street Fighter (US, set 2) (protected) [Bill D & the Dumping Union]
Thrill Drive (JAB) [The Dumping Union]
Moon Base (set 2) [jmurjr, D. Maeby, Charles MacDonald, The Dumping Union]
Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation (World revision 3?)
[f205v, Tirino73]
Cherry Bonus III (alt, set 2) [Anonymous]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Lucky Boy / Poker 72 [David Haywood]
Print Club Pokemon B [Guru]

272

News & Communication / MAME 0.137u1

« on: 25 March 2010, 20:04 »

0.137u1 whatsnew:
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03793: [Compiling] Build for G4 (altivec) is broken.
- 03792: [Compiling] Support for kFreeBSD
- 03371: [Sound] yiear, yiear2: Music pitch is lower than PCB (Tafoid)
- 03550: [DIP/Input] moonwar: Missing "Hyper Flip" Button
(Lord Nightmare)
- 00304: [Graphics] All sets in toaplan1.c: In cocktail mode player 2
screen is not correct or flip screen on the players screen is
not correct. (Quench)
- 03775: [Interface] primglex: Missing buttons (R. Belmont)
- 03762: [DIP/Input] tekken and clones: Kick button does not work
(R. Belmont)

Source Changes
--------------
Added default nvrams to the ST-V driver [David Haywood]

Improve text layer in LE2: [David Haywood]
* set display enable to be ON by default. LE2 doesn't turn it on
until after the test screens, which would seem to indicate that
the register should default to on, otherwise they're always
invisible.
* added a kludge to use the right palette for the text layer in LE2,
I haven't checked, but I wonder if this could also be related to
internal defaults for the mixer chip which the game doesn't
change.
This allows you to see the ram/rom tests anyway, which is better than
an invisible startup.

680x0 FPU updates [R. Belmont]
* Rewritten to use SoftFloat instead of unportable native FP math
* Support added for Motorola 96-bit extended floats
* More addressing modes and conditions supported

Updates to toaplan1.c driver: [Quench]
* Fixed flipscreen support for all toaplan1 games
* Added minimal Z180 place holder for SameSame/Fireshrk/Vimana

500gp title screen says 1998, change driver to match [Guru]

namcos23: Hook the 3D commands DMA [O. Galibert]

Updates to Twincobr/Wardner drivers: [Quench]
twincobr.c
* Added 6845 CRTC interface
* Restored correct DSP roms loads and proms for 'fsharkbt'
wardner.c
* Added 6845 CRTC interface
* Corrected some clock speeds

namcos23 housekeeping: move months to mamedriv, fix 500 GP name [Guru]

taitojc: fix landgear crash, game now enters attract mode [R. Belmont]

65816: fix decimal mode ADC/SBC behavior [blargg, byuu, R. Belmont]

Improvements to Funworld driver. [Roberto Fresca]
* Removed all hacks in the rom load section. Now the involved sets
are properly loaded in the same way the hardware does.
* Replaced hardcoded values on graphics decode routines with proper
RGN_FRAC calculations.
* Fixed graphics bitplanes to involved games.
* Added more hardware/technical info.
* Modify the mongolnw machine driver. Now can see it starts.
* Added Multi Win, from Funworld. The set is encrypted and use a
custom CPU. Seems similar hardware than (multi) Joker Card.
* Added Fun World Quiz. Needs proper banking, and both graphics and
bipolar PROM redumps.

680x0 FPU update: [R. Belmont]
* Implemented FMOVECR
* Added load extended PC relative indexed support
* Cleanup some duplicated code

Added Fun World Quiz description, and hardware notes. [Roberto Fresca]

More improvements to Funworld driver. [Roberto Fresca, David Haywood]
* Improved inputs for Fun World Quiz.
* Proper handlers and banking for Fun World Quiz questions.
* Partial decryption for royalcdc and multiwin.
* Complete Fun World Quiz DIP switches with dip locations.
* Promoted Fun World Quiz to working state.
* Added Fun World Quiz bookkeeping instructions notes.

Added default NVRAM for Namco FL games and some Namco System 2 games
[David Haywood]

Implemented player 2 input buffer protection in Winning Spike
[Angelo Salese]

Implemented irq ack in the Pastel Gal driver and implemented gfx rom
readback in Three Dealers Casino House [Angelo Salese]

More improvements to Funworld driver. [Roberto Fresca]
* Reworked button-lamps layouts per game. Cleaned-up the code.
* Added specific button-lamps layout for bigdeal games.
* Added specific button-lamps layout for royalcrd & jolycdit, but
there is a bug in the d-up select code that lights the wrong lamp.
This is a leftover from jollycrd routines.
* Flagged vegasfte as GAME_NOT_WORKING, since is not receiving any
coins or remote credits anymore.

hng64 : Lighting calculations are now more accurate. [Andrew Gardner]

Added driver data class and save states to: paradise.c, pasha2.c and
pbaction.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Enabled saves states in pass.c (everything was already saved)
[Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: reworked OAM drawing routines, implemented correct range over
and time over flags (sprite limits), implemented FirstSprite priority
[Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: moving more variables to driver data class and
refactoring/cleaning up some code [Fabio Priuli]

NamcoS21 cleanups [David Haywood]
* Added default NVRAM to Cybersled
* Limited the range of the analog inputs in Cybersled (the game
glitches, causing you to move backwards if they hit the minimum /
maximum)
* Setup default key mapping in Cybersled to be similar to other dual
joystick 'tank' style games, eg. Assault, rather than the default
keyboard mapping where the sticks appear to be swapped.
* Reworked the input ports a bit so that they include a common base
rather than duplicating common inupts
* Renamed aircombu to aircomb, and made it the parent instead of the
Japanese set.

Cave cleanups [David Haywood]
* Removed fake Region dipswitch that modified the region byte in the
EEPROM each reset for Sailor Moon, Air Gallet and Mazinger Z
* Split out different regions into clones with different default
EEPROMs instead, and ensured all EEPROMs are factory default for
that region. (this is a cleaner solution and more accurately
represents the PCBs)

dynax.c, ddenlovr.c: Added driver data class [Fabio Priuli]

tlcs90.c: added save states [Fabio Priuli]

ddenlovr.c, dynax.c: replaced memory_set_bankptr with memory_set_bankp
and added save state support [Fabio Priuli]

spc700.c: Added save states [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: Updated the snes sound device to use device handlers, to store
its internals in a struct, and to save them [Fabio Priuli]

i386: fixed unaligned memory accesses and opcode fetches when they
cross a page boundary. Previously, if pages were not ordered in
contiguous RAM, then a cross-boundary read or write would read
partially incorrect data or write some of the data in the wrong page.
[Barry Rodewald]

png2bdc.c: When the usage is printed, the name displayed was "png2bdf"
instead of "png2bdc"; this changes it by retrieving the name of the
executable at runtime, so it will always be correct now.
[Christophe Jaillet]

several cleanups based on cppcheck and VS2008 Code Analysis
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

split.c: made the "split" return the actual result instead of just 0.
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

clifront.c: made the identation of the CPU device in -listdevices the
same like the others [Oliver Stoeneberg]

i386.c: gave some fatalerror() calls in the i386 proper messages
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

ssem.c: fixed compilation of SSEM core with SSEM_DISASM_ON_UNIMPL
[Oliver Stoeneberg]

sdl/window.c: fixed a potential memory leak in
sdlwindow_video_window_create() [Oliver Stoeneberg]

metro.c: added driver data class [Fabio Priuli]

vmetal: added driver data class and save states [Fabio Priuli]

Verified all the clocks from Super Contra PCB as well as the vsync.
[Corrado Tomaselli]

Implemented VRAM color bank select in Uncle Poo [Angelo Salese,
Iq_132]

Added default nvram to Cyber Commando, and improved the default
control mapping in it [David Haywood]

Implemented pal bank in Three Dealers Casino House [Angelo Salese]

Updated DIPs based on Stephh's notes and fixed location status. Added
GAME_NO_COCKTAIL flag until flip screen is implemented. [Tafoid]

Fixed spinner input in moonwarp, added notes about spinner board,
marked game as working. [Lord Nightmare]

Imported the same implementation of moon war proto's spinner to moon
war 2; works much more smoothly now. [Lord Nightmare]

Fix very minor occasional glitches in moonwar/moonwara/moonwarp
spinners caused by IPT_DIAL crossing the 0x00<->0xFF border. Added
conditional Hyperflip button to moonwar, only seems present in upright
mode? (in cocktail mode the same input is used by player 2 for a
different button) [Lord Nightmare]

Implement many of the dipswitches for moonwarp, and re-add the color
test mode to frenzy; Cocktail/upright select is still missing from
moonwarp, though I managed to trigger cocktail mode a few times by
accident. Needs code study to see what it actually depends on. The p2
controls are separate in cocktail mode. [Lord Nightmare]

Fixed for good trasparency issues in Three Dealers Casino House
[Angelo Salese]

snes.c: some internal refactoring, some new debug functions and a
small mode7 fix [Fabio Priuli]

Changed default initial state of PIC8259 to STATE_READY
[Miodrag Milanovic]

First step in refactoring the video system in metro.c driver
[David Haywood]

Corrected typo in Yie Ar Kung-Fu verified clock rates and tweaked the
tempo slightly to better match reference recordings.
[Corrado Tomaselli, Tafoid]

Final step in refactoring the video system in metro.c driver, replaced
the video code with custom renderer functions [David Haywood]

Improvements to funworld.c driver. [Roberto Fresca]
* Added dual-state palette (addressable through PLDs). This allow to
choose which half of the palette will be addressed.
* Splitted the main machine driver to cover both palette states.
* Reworked inputs / DIP switches for vegasslw, vagasfst and vegasfte.
* Created new default NVRAM for Royal Vegas Joker Card sets. These
need to be configurated to be valid ones. Now vegasfte can receive
remote credits, and all three in the family have valid min-max bet
value and payout.
* Removed the not working flag from vegasfte.
* Improved colors for Big Deal sets.
* Correct colors for Royal Vegas Joker Card sets.

Hooked up default NVRAM in Five A Side Soccer [David Haywood]

MN10200 updates: [R. Belmont]
* Better IRQ generation and hookup to MAME IRQ system
* Preliminary 8-bit timer hookup including prescalers and IRQs
* Fixed issue with debugger not showing registers correctly

metro.c: added save states [David Haywood, Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: updated DSP1, DSP2, DSP3, DSP4, OBC1, SRTC and ST010 addon
chips to store their variables in struct and to save them
[Fabio Priuli]

More improvements to funworld.c driver [Roberto Fresca]
* Added a second set of Jolly Card Professional. Documented the code
differences.
* Added another Royal Vegas Joker Card set, from Mile. These sets
aren't intended to work with coins. Only remote credits are
allowed. There are external modules that can manage up to 4
machines simultaneously, adding/removing/watching credits.
* Added default NVRAM to the above sets.
* Added proper inputs and DIP switches to vegasmil.
* Replaced the jolyc980 default NVRAM with one totally clean.
Temporal and total meters are cleared to zero.

Fixed Z80-DMA Load and Continue commands. [Curt Coder]

namcos23: Roms reorganization [O. Galibert]

MC68HC11: Implemented SUBD DIR & SUBD EXT opcodes [Angelo Salese]

snes.c progress: [Fabio Priuli]
* Added proper sprite priorities
* Added pseudo-hires effect

Added preliminary layer clearance in Puzzlet [Angelo Salese]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Mr. Dig [Kevin Eshback, Brian Troha, David Haywood, The Dumping Union]
Mouse Shooter GoGo [Stefan Lindberg, Luca Elia, The Dumping Union]
Fun World Quiz (austrian) [Roberto Fresca, David Haywood]
Crusher Makochan
[tormod, R. Gatto, S. Rietscha, krick, jeremymtc, Smitdogg,
The Dumping Union]
Video Quiz [f205v, Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Tobikose! Jumpman
[tormod, R. Howard, K. Svensson, D. Beneke, Smitdogg, Luca Elia,
The Dumping Union]
Spider-Man vs The Kingpin (Mega-Tech)
[Tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Moon War (prototype on Frenzy hardware)
[Team Europe, Volker Hann, David Haywood, Lord Nightmare]

New clones added
----------------
Raiden DX (US, Fabtek license)
[tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union] (not working)
Berzerk (Germany) [Team Europe, Volker Hann, David Haywood]
Final Lap 3 (World, set 2)
[Charles MacDonald, hap, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Star Gladiator (JAPAN 960627)
[tormod, W. Belk, ranger_lennier, R. Howard, R. Mucciarelli,
Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Virtua Striker 2 '99 (Revision A) [The Dumping Union]
Hot Shocker [The Dumping Union]
Knights of Valour 2 / Sangoku Senki 2 (ver. 107) [XingXing]
Knights of Valour 2 / Sangoku Senki 2 (ver. 103) [XingXing]
Knights of Valour 2 / Sangoku Senki 2 (ver. 102) [XingXing]
Jolly Card Professional 2.0 (MZS Tech) [Roberto Fresca]
Royal Vegas Joker Card (fast deal, Mile) [Roberto Fresca]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Downhill Bikers (DH3 Ver. A) [Guru]
Multi Win (Ver.0167, encrypted) [Roberto Fresca]
Rapid River (RD2 Ver. C) [Guru]
Crisis Zone (CSZO3 Ver. B) [Guru]

273

News & Communication / MAME Plus! XT v0.137

« on: 14 March 2010, 18:32 »

Latest version of MAME Plus! XT Lite* and Full in both x86 and x64 builds is available.

[ff] Homepage

Language selection for x64 builds now works.

* Lite means without extra applications.

274

News & Communication / MAME 0.137

« on: 12 March 2010, 10:50 »

The first official MAME release of 2010 is finally available.

Grab it here.

Grab the datfile here.

0.137 whatsnew :
-----

IMPORTANT NOTE: As of this release of MAME, several important things
about the system have changed. Please read the following items before
attempting to compile this new version.

1. A new tool chain for Windows, based off of gcc 4.4.3 prerelease,
is now REQUIRED. Go to http://mamedev.org/tools to get the new tools.
The code included with 0.137 WILL NOT BUILD with the old tools.
The new tool chain has support for building 64-bit MAME builds with
gcc, as well as built-in DirectX headers, and C++ support, which was
missing from the old tools.

2. Non-Unicode builds of Windows MAME are no longer supported. The
options to turn this off in the makefile have been removed, and
future changes are likely to solidify this requirement. If you are
still (God forbid) running on Win9x, you will need the unicows.dll
library to run MAME. Download unicows from Microsoft.

3. All code in MAME is now compiled as C++, plus there have been a few
small changes that take advantage of the C++ language. For the most
part, there is no effect on how drivers are written, except for some
nicer accessors to devices and address spaces. Future improvements to
take advantage of the C++ syntax will evolve slowly, and will be done
internally. We are not interested in outside attempts to do this work
for now.

4. The SDL OSD for MAME is now shipped as part of the main source
package. SDL builds for Windows are now regularly built as part of the
validation sequence for a new release. Thanks to R. Belmont,
couriersud, and Olivier Galibert for their work on the SDL port over
the years.

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03533: [Debugger] All 68020 cpu based drivers: 68020 disassembler
   bug: a 32-bit address displacement's upper 16-bit is
   desappear (R. Belmont)

Source Changes
--------------
snes.c: simplified drawing routines, added support for
offset-per-tile, cleaned up the code [Fabio Priuli]

H8/3334: add analog input ports [R. Belmont]

snes.c: fixed remaining issues in hires modes [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: fixed serial joystick reads [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: slightly simplified palette handling [Fabio Priuli]

Re-dumped oceanhun CROMs 5-16 as 64Mb [ANY]

namcos23: Cleanups [O. Galibert]

namcos23: Add dips [O. Galibert]

snes.c: Added very preliminary driver_data class for snes based
drivers (it only contains input-related items for the moment, because
these are needed to add support for additional controller types in
MESS) [Fabio Priuli]

snes.c: Fixed Offset-per-tile graphics [jbo_85]

snes.c: Fixed scrolling problems [Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: More cleanups [O. Galibert]

Implemented default EEPROMs to the following drivers [David Haywood]
* deco_mlc.c
* esd16.c
* gijoe.c
* konamigx.c
* moo.c
* mystwarr.c
* rabbit.c
* rungun.c
* tmnt.c
* vendetta.c
* xexex.c

Added support for the 'simple' rowscroll mode used by sams64_2
[David Haywood]

Fixed Z80 DMA ready signal handling. [Curt Coder]

namcos23 update: [R. Belmont, Guru]
* Updated Guru Readme
* More IRQ tests pass
* Gunmen Wars I/O board runs and syncs
* SH-2 shared RAM added for Gunmen Wars

Implemented default EEPROMs to Bubble Memories, Lethal Enforcers and
Puzzle Time [David Haywood]

Implemented default EEPROMs for GTIClub, Hang Pilot, Asterix, X-Men
and Polygonet Commanders [David Haywood]

Fixed the texture ROM loading/order in Wave Shark. Textures look
better now, and the ROM check passes [David Haywood]

namcos23: pass C422 IRQ test [R. Belmont]

Added ARDY/BRDY signal read handlers to Z80 PIO. [Curt Coder]

Implemented 'key matrix' inputs in King Derby (1986 version)
[Angelo Salese]

namcos23 updates: [R. Belmont]
* Preliminary SH-2 hookup for GMEN games. SH-2 boots and copies the
   loader to private RAM then jumps to it. Transfer protocol for
   main program not yet understood.
* Final Furlong 2 has a GMEN board and camera; update it to use that
   subdriver.

Implemented sound to King Derby (1986 version) [Angelo Salese]

Implemented coins to King Derby (1986 version), game can be considered
as working right now [Angelo Salese]

namcos23 updates: [R. Belmont]
* Hooked up start/coin/buttons for Gorgon
* Fixed Panic Park crash
* Enabled I/O board for timecrs2c so it can coin up
* Cleanup

SDL: fix Fortify-reported stack smash [Belegdol]

New driver for Five Clown, from IGS. This is a dual 6502 system with
CRT controller, AY8910 and OKI M6295. Main program, graphics and sound
samples are encrypted. [Roberto Fresca, Grull Osgo]
* Hooked both 6502 CPU's.
* Hooked the M6845 CRT.
* Decrypted main program and bulk GFX.
* Decoded GFX and color PROM.
* Hooked both PIA's 6821.
* Worked inputs from the scratch.
* Hooked DIP Switches banks 2 & 4.
* Hooked proper interrupts for audio CPU.
* Hooked the AY8910 latches...
* Hooked the OKI6295.
* Hooked DIP switches ports $C400 & $CC00.
* Found the sound samples decryption algorithm.
* Added NVRAM support.
* Added a complete PCB layout.
* Added game notes.
* Added technical notes.

z80sio: Added register access functions to prevent trampoline
functions [Dirk Best]

Fixed debugger memdump command [Robbbert]

Improvements to the unkch1/4 sets [David Haywood]

Decrypted the color prom in King Derby (1986 version) [Angelo Salese]

Made device->tag and devconfig->tag into private member variables
(m_tag). Added inline tag() function to return a const char * version.
Updated callers to use this instead of directly accessing tag.cstr()
which was awkward. [Aaron Giles]

snes.c: Fixed OAM overflow [jbo_85, Fabio Priuli]

Improvements to funworld.c driver. [Roberto Fresca]
* Added external default NVRAM support to the following games:
   bottle10, bottl10b, elephfam, elephfmb, jollycrd, jolyc3x3,
   jolyccra, jolyccrb, jolycdev, jolycdib, jolycdit, jolyjokr,
   jolyjokra, jolyjokrb, lluck3x3, lluck4x1, magicrd2, pool10,
   pool10b, pool10c, pool10d, potgame, royalcrd, royalcdb, sjcd2kx3,
   tortufam, vegasfst, vegasfte and vegasslw.
* Changed default settings for some games, now that NVRAM is loaded
   externally.

Confirmed and hooked up i/o ports in Magical Tonic / Odds, doesn't
work due of nested NMI [Angelo Salese]

snes.c: refactored joypad inputs to be consistent with other input
devices (used in MESS) [Fabio Priuli]

Implemented NMI enable flag in Lucky 8 Lines and Magical Odds, fixes
logic quirks in the latter [Angelo Salese]

Improvements to Magical Odds graphics [David Haywood]

Written a per-pixel function for the irq system in the ST-V driver,
disabled by default [Angelo Salese]

vimana, vimanan, vimana1 (toaplan1.c driver) [stephh] :
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000
   code)
* Improved MCU emulation to correctly handle coinage based on Dip
   Switches settings and Territory Jumper

Implemented sound NMI enable flag to the Munch Mobile driver
[Angelo Salese]

m680x0: show FPU registers in the debugger for 030+ [R. Belmont]

680x0: Improve disassembly for various FMOVE forms [R. Belmont]

Slightly fixed interrupt handling and added SBIC and MUL opcodes to
the Atmel AVR8 core. [Harmony]

Added FJMP/JMPF opcode to the SunPlus u'nSP core. [Segher, Harmony]

Performed an initial code cleanup pass on the N64 rendering code to
make use of booleans and inline variable instantiation, and removed a
number of unused variables that were exposed as a result of the
latter. [Harmony]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Five Clown (english, set 1) [Roberto Fresca, Grull Osgo]
Five Clown (english, set 2) [Roberto Fresca, Grull Osgo]
Five Clown (spanish hack) [Roberto Fresca, Grull Osgo]
Magical Odds [David Haywood, Angelo Salese]

New clones added
----------------
Dinosaur Hunter (Chinese bootleg of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs)
  [Anonymous] (not working)
Biaofeng Zhanjing (Chinese bootleg of The Punisher) [Anonymous]
Cherry Master I (E-Z Spin bootleg / hack) [William Ostronic]
Lethal Enforcers II: The Western (ver JAA) [David Haywood]
Fantastic Journey (ver AAA) [David Haywood, Tirino73]
Smash T.V. (rev 3.01) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Joker Master / Poker Master
  [William Ostronic] (incomplete + encrypted)
Gunmen Wars [Guru]

275

News & Communication / MAME 0.136u4

« on: 04 March 2010, 19:45 »

MAMEDev.org

0.136u4 whatsnew:
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03268: [Save/Restore] All sets in galaga.c: Problem with Savestates
(couriersud)
- 03698: [Compiling] NOWERROR=1 casues -fno-strict-aliasing to be
dropped (couriersud)
- 03749: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in micro3d.c : [debug] Assert in
debug build (couriersud)
- 03746: [Core] [debug] Overloaded C++ operator new/operator delete is
too restrictive (couriersud)
- 03748: [Documentation] ncv1, ncv2 and clones: Namco 'Classics'
Collection description incorrect (Tafoid)
- 03634: [Graphics] quantum: Draws wrong lines (MathisRosenhauer)
- 03739: [Crash/Freeze] backgamn: Access Violation after OK
(Fabio Priuli)
- 03249: [Misc.] motoxgo, timecrs2b: H8/3xx: Unknown opcode (PC=2)
100 (R. Belmont)
- 03740: [Crash/Freeze] atomicp, snapper: Duplicate save state entry
(Tafoid)
- 03699: [Crash/Freeze] masterw: Game freezes (Fabio Priuli)
- 03697: [Misc.] bigrun: Missing gfx and terrible music (Mamesick)
- 02960: [Graphics] speglsht: Regression in Super Eagle Shot, looping
broken attract mode (Mamesick)
- 03034: [DIP/Input] scross, scrossu: Control Issues (M.A.S.H.)
- 03731: [DIP/Input] ixion: Unable to rotate cannon clockwise (M.A.S.H.)
- 03727: [Misc.] spiders: Source typo in discrete sound system
(M.A.S.H.)

Source Changes
--------------
Removed window config from video_config [couriersud]

Mapped player 2 inputs and buttons 4-6 in Mortal Kombat 3 (bootleg of
Megadrive version) [Mariusz Wojcieszek].

{megadriv} Fixed compile by removing "static" [Miodrag Milanovic]

Moved global new/delete operators into inlines in emualloc.h to avoid
link errors with certain architectures. [couriersud]

Some minor cleanup/normalizing of emualloc in general. [Aaron Giles]

namcops2 updates [Guru]
* Moved Kinnikuman Muscle Grand Prix and Taiko No Tatsujin 9 to
System 256
* Added DVD images for netchu02, soulcl2a, tekken4b, tekken51,
sukuinuf, and soulclb3

Fixed TI PSG (sn76489 and friends) noise and square-wave period to be
maximum length when period register is set to 0. Fixed white-noise
phase/XOR issue: got rid of noise XOR/XNOR select, as all chips seem
to use XOR. [Lord Nightmare, Michael Zapf, PlgDavid]

Preliminary DIP coverage (lives/coinage/test mode) and Player 2
control fix for unclepoo. [Tafoid]

Implemented Z80-DMA interrupts. [Curt Coder]

Fixed a bug in emu/sound/disc_mth.c. This affected spiders.c fire
sound. [MASH]

Minor fix to sn76489: sn76489 wasn't using the correct noise taps (now
matches sn94624, still need to test a real chip) Removed a piece of
useless code, and fixed a comment. [Lord Nightmare]

ui.c,ui.h,windows/input.c: [Miodrag Milanovic]
* removed ui_use_new_ui check used by MESS code
* moved ui_mess_handler_ingame call in proper place, so device UI
callbacks works again
* removed toggle of menu bar (MESS related)

info.c: Moved print_game_categories into info.c, since it can be used
by any driver anyway. [Miodrag Milanovic]

Fresh driver notes added for unclepoo based analysis of the Z80 code.
[Stephh]

k051649.c: fixed bogus for loop in device reset [Fabio Priuli]

z80ctc: Fixed Z80CTC read handler [Tim Schuerewegen]

Complete rewrite of the Z80-PIO implementation. The handshaking
signals are now more accurately emulated. As a result, the Merit
Megatouch games are no longer working since they relied on the earlier
incorrect behavior. [Curt Coder]

attckufo: Imported MOS6560 device emulation from MESS and removed the
existent custom audio/video emulation [Fabio Priuli]

Corrected visible area and timer speeds to make the fix up some
audio/video problems. [Angelo Salese]

Preliminary merging of hexa.c into the arkanoid.c driver. [Tafoid]

meritm.c: Added scanline timer-based vblank interrupt to work around
the broken V9938 interrupts. Megatouch games are now working again.
[Curt Coder]

zaxxon.c: Fixed Ixion (prototype) inputs [MASH]

i386: Small fix for the i386 core, correcting the LLDT instruction.
This fix sets up the LDTR base and limit values correctly, fixing use
of the LDT. [Barry Rodewald]

Implemented proper irq ack to the deniam.c driver [Angelo Salese]

Implemented irq ack to Big 10 [Angelo Salese]

Implemented irq ack to Aeroboto / Formation Z [Angelo Salese]

segas32.c: Fixed Stadium Cross inputs [MASH]

hexa: merged the remaining code into arkanoid.c [Fabio Priuli]

skyfox.c: added driver data struct and save states [Fabio Priuli]

Hooked up bare bones z180 communication CPU in Cadash [Angelo Salese]

Make mips register names accessible in the debugger expressions
[Olivier Galibert]

Some improvements to Lucky Girl (New HW) [Angelo Salese]

Fixed a bug in debugint.c: Actually make Del and BS delete the last
character. [sz72]

Added driver_data struct and save states to the following drivers:
lkage.c, lockon.c & lsasquad.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Added save states to liberate.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Moved ins8154 emulation from MESS to MAME, needed by future drivers.
[Dirk Best]

H8: fix stack trashing when simultaneous IRQ sources asserted
[R. Belmont]

namcos23 update: [R. Belmont, Olivier Galibert]
* motoxgo and timecrs2 are now able to sync up and communicate with
the emulated JVS I/O board
* Fixed all games to run VBL toggle
* Documented data and point ROM checks for future use

es5506.c: added save state to both ES5505 and ES5506 [Fabio Priuli]

added driver_data struct and save states to the following drivers:
attckufo.c, m79amb.c, macrossp.c, marinedt.c, markham.c, mayumi.c and
mcatadv.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Added driver_data struct and save states to the following drivers:
madmotor.c, mazerbla.c, mikie.c, mjsister.c, mogura.c, mole.c and
momoko.c. [Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: Panic Park uses the motoxgo I/O board, now it syncs too
[R. Belmont]

namcos23 update: improved "Gorgon" h/w support [R. Belmont]

Added driver_data struct and save states to the following drivers:
megazone.c, meijinsn.c and mermaid.c. [Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: improved documentation, fixed a few POST fails [R. Belmont]

exerion, exeriont, exerionb (exerion.c driver) : [stephh]
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)

namcos23 updates: [R. Belmont]
* Documented clocks and syncs measured by Guru
* Added Gorgon JVS I/O board. Final Furlong now gets farther

H8: add bild and bist opcodes [R. Belmont]

namcos23: added nvram for Gorgon. finlflng gets farther. [R. Belmont]

ins8154: Updated to use devcb calls, cleaned up. [Dirk Best]

Namco Super System 23: Add a whole bunch of ram, chips and data roms
mappings [O. Galibert, R. Belmont]

Changed Tecmo World Cup 90 main z80 cpus to 8mhz and vsync to 59.17hz
/ Hard Head sound z80 to 3mhz and vsync to 59.10hz to match original
PCB readings. [Corrado Tomaselli]

Fixed inverted buttons 1 and 2 on f1gp, f1gp2 and Super Formula. They
are Jamma standards boards: brake button is wired to pin 22 and
acceleration button to pin 23 which are respectively button 1 and 2 in
a jamma standard pinout. [Corrado Tomaselli]

Added driver_data struct and save states to the following drivers:
matmania.c, metlclsh.c, mexico86.c, mouser.c, mrflea.c, mrjong.c,
munchmo.c and mwarr.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Added driver_data struct to the following drivers: mgolf.c,
minivadr.c, mosaic.c and mrdo.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Enabled save states to mugsmash.c (everything was already saved)
[Fabio Priuli]

hng64: Added sub-page texture indexing. Fixes many texture lookups in
roadedge and xrally. [Andrew Gardner]

Added driver_data struct and save states to the following drivers:
news.c, nightgal.c and nycaptor.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Added driver_data struct to the following drivers: nitedrvr.c and
nmg5.c. [Fabio Priuli]

enabled save flag in othunder.c (everything is properly saved, but it
seems I forgot about this driver when I device-fied Taito video chips)
[Fabio Priuli]

pic8259: replaced pic8259_set_irq_line with pic8259_irX_w write line
handlers. [Dirk Best]

pic8259: updated to use devcb calls. [Dirk Best]

Improved gfxs in Lucky Girl (New version) [David Haywood]

Implemented device version of the deco16ic tilemap chip [Fabio Priuli]

Converted backfire.c, boogwing.c, dietgo.c, mirage.c, pktgaldx.c,
simpl156.c, supbtime.c, tumblep.c to use the device-fied video chips
[Fabio Priuli]

Added driver data struct and save states to the following drivers:
dietgo.c, mirage.c, pktgaldx.c, supbtime.c and tumblep.c
[Fabio Priuli]

hng64 : More accurately emulated intrinsic camera matrix.
[Andrew Gardner]

Changed all driver_data structs into classes with a simple constructor
and a static allocation function. [Aaron Giles]

Changed MDRV_DRIVER_DATA to reference driver_data::alloc instead of
just providing a size. This function is called to allocate the driver
data. This allows objects to be embedded in the state data and be
properly initialized. [Aaron Giles]

Moved driver data allocation after device list construction so that
devices can be found when the driver data is constructed. [Aaron Giles]

wardner, wardnerj, pyros (wardner.c driver) : [stephh]
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)

Converted cbuster.c, cninja.c, dassault.c, funkyjet.c, rohga.c and
vaportra.c to use device versions of the deco16 video chips
[Fabio Priuli]

Made deco32.c independent of deco16ic.c (it only needed a drawing
routine) and removed deco16ic.c now that it is not needed anymore
[Fabio Priuli]

avgdvg: Fixed mametesters bug 03634. Reduced flickering in
Tempest/Quantum. [Mathis Rosenhauer]

pit8253: Updated to use devcb calls, cleanups. [Dirk Bst]

Renamed decodev->deco16ic [Fabio Priuli]

Added driver data class to funkyjet.c [Fabio Priuli]

Added driver data class and save states to vaportra.c and tumbleb.c
[Fabio Priuli]

Added driver_data class and save states to the following drivers:
backfire.c, boogwing.c, cbuster.c, cninja.c, dassault.c, dblewing.c,
deco156.c, rohga.c, simpl156.c [Fabio Priuli]

twincobr, twincobru, ktiger, gulfwar2 (twincobr.c driver) : [stephh]
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000 and
Z80 code)

fshark, skyshark, hishouza, fsharkbt (twincobr.c driver) : [stephh]
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000
code)

Corrected default assignment of F10 as the default throttle on/off key
for MAME. The #ifdef MESS is needed here due to it's unique old/new
UI setup. [Miodrag Milanovic]

Naomi updates: [R. Belmont, David Haywood, Andreas Naive, Deunan
Knute, Guru, ANY]
* Fix ROM mirroring in gram2000 and friends
* Preliminary hookup of live decryption. Decryption + decompression
is not yet supported so some games still load trojaned data
instead.

naomi: Fixed decrypt method 2, added many more game keys
[Deunan Knute, R. Belmont]

namcos23.c: Add comments about the irq testing code [O. Galibert]

Tidied up includes in a number of files in src/osd/sdl. [couriersud]

Hook up vblank and just enough controls to pass error screens
[O. Galibert]

namcos23: get Gorgon games out of service mode, fix finlflng sound ROM
loading [R. Belmont]

namcos23: comment the probable dips a tad better [O. Galibert]

Added driver_data class and save states to the following drivers:
ohmygod.c, ojankohs.c and olibochu.c. [Fabio Priuli]

Added driver_data class and save states to the following drivers:
oneshot.c, onetwo.c, orbit.c, othello.c and othldrby.c.
[Fabio Priuli]

Added driver_data class to the following drivers: nemesis.c and nyny.c
[Fabio Priuli]

Improvements to Funworld driver. [Roberto Fresca]
* Fixed Jolly Joker graphics and colors.
* Changed Jolly Joker description to Jolly Joker (98bet).
* Added a new croatian set of Jolly Joker with maximum bet = 40.
* Moved the hardware description and tech notes to the ROM_LOAD
section.
* Added a external default NVRAM for Jolly Card Professional 2.0.
* Updated technical notes.

Implemented proper BIOS/Cart ROM bankswitch in the MACS driver, this
improves program logic in Kisekae Mahjong [Angelo Salese]

Removed the coin latch kludge in the MACS driver [Angelo Salese]

snes.c: minor refactorization [Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: fix the data rom mappings [O. Galibert]

rallybik, truxton (toaplan1.c driver) [stephh]:
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000 and
Z80 code)

snes.c: temporarily reverted implementation of mult/div through timers
since it breaks some SNES games on the MESS side [Fabio Priuli]

namcos23: timecrs2c reaches the test mode [O. Galibert]

Fixed MT3698 (NOWERROR=1 casues -fno-strict-aliasing to be dropped).
[couriersud]

Fixed save state support in custom namco devices (50,51,53) and
galaga.c. Also resolves MT03268: All sets in galaga.c: Problem with
Savestates. [couriersud]

naomi: convert GD-ROM games to use real PIC dumps [David Haywood]

Add MAME-ified version of SoftFloat library [John R. Hauser]

Merged kingdrby.c and cowrace.c drivers [Angelo Salese]

namcos23: working inputs for TC2 test mode [R. Belmont]

namcos23: Document gun I/O boards [Guru]

hng64 : An initial implementation of hardware lighting.
[Andrew Gardner]

zerowing, zerowing2 (toaplan1.c driver) [stephh] :
* Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the M68000 and
Z80 code)

namcos23: fix Time Crisis 2 coin input [R. Belmont]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Mortal Kombat 3 (bootleg of Megadrive version)
[Mariusz Wojcieszek, Patrick McCarron, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Bug Fever (5 sets) [Brian Troha, Dumping Union]
Uncle Poo
[Team Europe, Dumping Union, Rene Single, David Haywood, Angelo Salese]
Champion Number [f205v, David Haywood, Angelo Salese]

New clones added
----------------
Pit Fighter (rev 9) [B. Sparks, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Time Crisis 2 (TSS4 Ver.A, Super System 23) [Guru]
Pushman (Top Tronic license)
[MrGoodwraith, Ren?\195?\169 Single, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Blades of Steel (Version L)
[R. Mucciarelli, Phil Bennett, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Touchmaster 4000 (v6.03 Standard)
[jeremymtc, Brian Troha, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Alien Invasion [Andrew Welburn, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Soul Calibur (SOC14/VER.B) [Guru]
Jolly Joker (40bet, croatian hack) [Roberto Fresca, Team Europe]
Touchmaster (v2.2-01 Standard)
[S. Austin, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Smash [Trevor Brown]
X-Men: Children of the Atom (Japan 950105) [Razoola]
Maya (set 1)
[Team Europe, Dumping Union, Rene Single, David Haywood]
King Derby (Taiwan bootleg) [Team Europe, Dumping Union] (not working)
Cherry Master (Watermelon bootleg / hack) [William Ostronic]
Cherry Master (Fun USA v2.5 bootleg / hack) [William Ostronic]
Aracnis (bootleg of Scorpion on Moon Cresta hardware) [f205v]
The Pit (bootleg on Moon Quasar hardware)
[Andrew Welburn, David Haywood]
Safari (set 2, bootleg?) [f205v]
Moon Cresta (Nichibutsu UK) [Andrew Welburn]
Armed Police Batrider (Taiwan Revision A) [Anonymous]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
L.A. Machineguns [ANY]
The Ocean Hunter [ANY]
Royal Gum [Siftware]

276

News & Communication / FB Alpha 0.2.97.08 Release

« on: 28 February 2010, 20:46 »

Finally a new release is ready. Head to the FB Alpha page to download

Here's the whats new;

* Added a sample player to the Burn library to allow external samples to used with drivers [iq_132]
* Added a module to display LEDs on screen [iq_132]
* Ported MAME's M6805 core and added an interface for it to the burn library [iq_132]
* Added an interface to the M68705 core for Taito games [iq_132]
* Enabled the Y8950 emulation in fmopl.c and created a module for it in the burn library [Barry]
* Fixed VSynch support in all blitters [Captain CPS-X]
* Added a RGB hex display to the Palette Viewer [Barry]
* Added support to the System 16 FD1094 interface for multiple CPUs [Barry]
* Added memory callback support to the HD6309 core interface [Barry]
* Added custom tile size support to the Generic Tiles Rendering module [Barry]
* Added generic rendering for games using transparency tables [iq_132]
* Added support to the Namco Sound module for stereo sound and fixed the mono output [iq_132]
* Added CUS30 handling to the Namco Sound module [iq_132]
* Enabled m6803_internal_register_r in the M6800 CPU core [iq_132]
* Added driver for Air Buster [iq_132]
* Added driver for games on Angel Kids hardware [iq_132]
* Added driver for Baraduke [iq_132]
* Added driver for Egg Hunt [iq_132]
* Added driver for Fairy Land Story [iq_132]
* Added driver for Ginga NinkyouDen [iq_132]
* Hooked up the Y8950 sound in Ginga NinkyouDen [Barry]
* Added driver for games on Lady Bug hardware [iq_132]
* Added driver for Markham [iq_132]
* Added driver for Mogura Desse [iq_132]
* Added driver for Pushman [iq_132]
* Added driver for Sky Kid [iq_132]
* Added driver for Speed Spin [iq_132]
* Added driver for Asuka & Asuka and similar games on Taito hardware [iq_132 (thanks to JackC for testing)]
* Added driver for Welltris [iq_132]
* Added clone of 1942 to the 1942 driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Arkanoid to the Arkanoid driver [Barry]
* Enabled clones of Arkanoid that require the M68705 CPU [iq_132][
* Added bootleg of Final Fight to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Pang 3 to the CPS-1 driver [Barry]
* Added Street Fighter 2 (Double K.O. Turbo II) bootleg to the CPS-1 driver [iq_132]
* Added clone of Dark Stalkers to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Hyper Street Fighter 2 to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Mega Man 2 to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo to the CPS-2 driver [Barry]
* Rewrote the Dec0 driver from scratch (currently preliminary) [Barry]
* Added Dark Tower to the Double Dragon driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Moon Cresta to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Scramble to the Galaxian driver [Barry]
* Added WOW New Fantasia to the Gals Panic driver [BisonSAS]
* Added clone of Ghosts n' Goblins to the Ghost's n' Goblins driver [Barry]
* Added clone of X-Men to the Konami driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Airwolf to the Kyugo driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Last Duel to the Mad Gear driver [Barry]
* Added clone of King of Fighters '95 to the Neo-Geo driver [iq_132]
* Added clone of Samurai Shodown II to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Samurai Shodown IV to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry]
* Added Ironclad to the the Neo-Geo driver [iq_132]
* Added kof96ep, kof97pla, kf2k1pls, kf2k1pa, cthd2k3a, kf2k2plb, kf2k2plc, kf2k4pls, mslug5b, kof96cn, kof96ae, kof97cn, kof97xt, kof98ae and kf2k2ps2 to the Neo-Geo driver [Barry]
* Added Popeye-Man to the Pacman driver [Barry]
* Added preliminary driver for Rally X [Barry]
* Added clone of Alien Syndrome to the Sega System 16B driver [Barry]
* Added clone of Super Hang-On to the Sega Hang-On driver (enabled in debug builds only because it doesn't work) [Barry]
* Added clone of Mega Blast to the Taito F2 driver [Barry]
* Enabled clones of Tiger Heli that require the M68705 core [iq_132]
* Added Demon World, Fire Shark, Rally Bike, and Vimana to the Toaplan-1 driver [iq_132]
* Added Knuckle Bash 2 to the Toaplan-2 driver [iq_132]
* Added clone of Outzone to the Toaplan-1 driver [Barry]
* PGM Changes [iq_132]
o 02-27-2010
+ Added kov2a and kov2b (kov2b is disabled) partially dumped sets
+ Thanks to JackC for helping sort a few sets.
o 12-05-2009
+ Added Happy6in1 (XingXing)
+ Added newer 68k bios (XingXing)
+ Added fake dip switch to switch beween 68k bios versions
+ Added kovsh103 (XingXing)
+ Added martmastc102 (XingXing)
+ Added region dips for martmastc102
+ Added proper dump for demon front (alt) (XingXing)
+ Added several pgm bootleg/hacks from MAME Plus
+ Added proper dump for orlegendc
+ Labeled region dips as "fake" as they are really hacks since PGM games usually have their regions supplied by the protection devices.
* Corrected the CPU clocks in the Outrun driver as per MAME 0.135u4 [Barry]
* Fixed a memory issue when exiting the CPS-1 driver [iq_132]
* Fixed a crash when loading games in the Blood Bros. driver [BisonSAS and iq_132]
* Fixed graphics in My Angel 2 [iq_132]
* Emulated the M68705 in Legend of Kage rather than simulate it [iq_132]
* Added layer disable to the CPS-3 driver [iq_132]
* Fixed CPS-3 sound synch when using non-standard frame rates [Captain CPS-X]
* Fixed a romname in mslug4nd [kenshiro]
* Fixed init bug in Guardians in the Seta-2 driver [kenshiro]
* Added UniCode titles and fixed some details in the Cross Pang driver [BisonSAS]
* Fixed crash in the D-Con driver [BisonSAS and iq_132]
* Corrected dipswitches in the F-1 Grand Prix driver [BisonSAS
* Fixed graphics in Fantasia II (Less Explicit) in the Gals Panic driver [BisonSAS]
* Fixed crash in Ultra Balloon (SunA16 driver) [Bruce Lee and iq_132]
* Various fixes in the Tao Taido driver [BisonSAS]
* Added a new support file importer module [Captain CPS-X]
* Added option to use a background image in the menu bar [Captain CPS-X]
* Updated the jukebox and improved Neo-Geo support [Captain CPS-X]
* Converted the driver list generation perl script to C++ and changed the documentation output to HTML [Captain CPS-X]
* Fixed an issue when loading tracklists in the jukebox [Captain CPS-X]
* Updated the megadrive driver to the latest one generated from the database on barryharris.me.uk [Barry]
* Matched all sets to MAME 0.136u3 [Barry]
* Updated libpng to version 1.4.0 [Barry]
* Fixed a MSVC compile issue with the latest libpng [Captain CPS-X]

277

News & Communication / MAME update 0.136u3

« on: 14 February 2010, 20:19 »

[ff] as usual at MAMEDev.org

0.136u3 Whatsnew:
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03724: [Speed] mrdo: Incorrect XTALs cause for problems with
refresh rate and game speed. (Tafoid)
- 03706: [Sound] lastday, gulfstrm: Audio Regression (M.A.S.H.)
- 03704: [Sound] evilston: Missing sound (M.A.S.H.)
- 00993: [Crash/Freeze] sharrier: [debug] Crashes when a specific
sample is being played during gameplay. (Phil Bennett)
- 03692: [Crash/Freeze] kurikint: Service Switch error (M.A.S.H.)

Source Changes
--------------
Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)
for 'scramblb', 'scramb2', 'bagmanmc', 'dkongjrm', 'rockclim' (also
updated memory map for this last game). [stephh]

am29k: fix PPC GCC compile error [R. Belmont]

Added Sega ID# for newly added version of INDY 500 and correct the
spelling of attract. [Brian Troha]

minor information update for Viper 1 games in seibuspi.c.
[Brian Troha]

Fixed disassembly of PDP1,TX0 and APEXC [Robbbert]

Fix immediate crash on startup of GTK debugger. [R. Belmont]

namcos11: use real C76 BIOS for audio and I/O
[R. Belmont, Olivier Galibert, Guru]

Cleaned up comments refering to old driver names, and updated clone
names in drivers from 0-K. [Tafoid]

[APEXC] 1. Added pseudo PC register for the debugger, it will now
highlight the next instruction to be executed. 2. Added "normal"
addresses to disassembler output, so anyone can see the program flow.
[Robbbert]

Sega misc wip: [Fabio Priuli]
- split dependences of system16 games from bootleg ones
- moved some .h files to includes/
- removed some unneeded include
- removed some dead code
- added driver data struct to segahang.c, segaorun.c, segas16a.c,
sega16b.c, segas18.c, segaxbd.c & segaybd.c
- added save states to segas16a.c

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code) for
'ozon1', 'ladybugg', 'vpool'. [stephh]

Added driver data struct to system 16/18 bootlegs and removed most
unused code. [Fabio Priuli]

Implemented reels in Treasure Island (Subsino), same as goldstar.c
[David Haywood]

Converted Sega 315-5248, 315-5249 and 315-5250 custom ICs to be
devices and updated drivers accordingly. [Fabio Priuli]

[PDP1] Display the PC in hex as well as octal. [Robbbert]

Converted hornet.c to use the Konami 037122 device and removed the
old code. [Fabio Priuli]

Converted gticlub.c, nwk-tr.c and zr107.c to use the Konami 001604
device and removed the old code. [Fabio Priuli]

carjmbre.c - Added XTAL, corrected second z80 speed and added DIP
LOCATIONS for driver. [Tafoid]

Improvements to Treasure Island: [Roberto Fresca]
- Added proper inputs.
- Added coin/keyin/keyout/payout counters.
- Limited the bet and coin pulses to avoid repeats and coin jams.
- Added complete coinage and keyin DIP switches.
- Added main game and double-up rates DIP switches.
- Added minimum bet DIP switches.
- Added maximum bet DIP switches.
- Added main game and double-up limit DIP switches.
- Added payout mode and auto take DIP switches.
- Added DIP locations as seen in the settings mode.
- Added demo sounds DIP switch.
- Created proper button-lamps layout.
- Added technical notes.
- Some clean-ups...

Dumped IC1 from Giant Gram 2000 [Joerg Hartenberger]

Fixed bonus game gfxs in Treasure Island (Subsino) [Angelo Salese]

Fix os2 auto-detect [KO Myung-Hun]

Preliminary Panasonic MN10200 CPU core and Taito ZOOM ZSG-1 sound
system [Olivier Galibert]

Document FPGA-provided "ic1" data in gram2000 [Joerg Hartenberger]

Implemented flip screen in Hanaroku [Angelo Salese]

Fixed video emulation in Best League (World Cup version)
[Angelo Salese]

Fix DISTRO=gcc44-generic make shortcut to use gcc-4.4 properly
(-V 4.4 does not work for linking) [couriersud]

Minor changes for internal render debugger [couriersud]
- ui_input_frame_update is now global
- moved element_component from rendlay.c to rendlay.h
- added ability to rendlay.c to define "container" components. These
simply provide a render_container.

Added DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED to allow coexistence of debuggers going
forward. Replaced all occurrences of OPTION_DEBUG in src/osd/* by
checking machine->debug_flags. Replaced all occurrences of
DEBUG_FLAG_ENABLED in src/osd/* by DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED For the
time being, DEBUG_FLAG_OSD_ENABLED is default (set in mame.c).
[couriersud]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code) for
'bongo', 'porter'. [stephh]

Implemented Actel FPGA ID, used by some Naomi games for accessing a
special ROM check mode [Deunan Knute, Angelo Salese]

Documentation update for Hotdog Storm, IE: The PCB ID number and tile
map chip info. [Brian Troha]

Add and hook up ZOOM ZSG-2 skeleton [Olivier Galibert]

Doesn't do much at the moment, but the increase in documentation value is
significant (we're documenting the sample compression format, for one thing).

New driver for Sigma B52 system. ACRTC implementation is a bit hacky
due to its preliminary emulation status. [Roberto Fresca]

lethal.c - Verified clocks and vsync from orginal PCB
[Corrado Tomaselli]

astrocorp.c update: [Luca Elia]
- Added frame buffer
- Fixed sprite list end, negative coordinates, wrap around
- Added battery backed RAM

adp.c: hooked up (with a hack) gfx rom in hd63484 memory map [robiza]

Hooked up coin input and start input in skattv. [robiza]

astrocde.c - Fixed the Bonus Life dipswitch for gorf and clones.
It's state was inverted. [Tafoid]

[I8255] Clear output lines to 0 on write to mode register, and float
input lines to 1. [Curt Coder]

Simplified/combined MAME and MESS code: [Miodrag Milanovic]
- Moved compatibility validation into MAME core from MESS.
- Made GAME_NO_SOUND check done on MESS too.
- Removed MESS dependent checks
- Renamed GAME_COMPUTER_MODIFIED to GAME_UNOFFICIAL to mark
unofficial hardware modifications
- Removed GAME_COMPUTER it is distinct by IPT_KEYBOARD
- Added GAME_NO_SOUND_HW (to mark that there is no sound hardware)
and marked drivers in dotrikun.c, minivadr.c and tgtpanic.c as
such
- Removed GAME_SHARE_ROMS flag and commented old check for
duplicate ROM entries
- Moved natural keyboard support from MESS to MAME
- Moved OSD file functions and clipboard access functions into OSD
core
- Significantly reduced the number of new OSD functions needed by
MESS [with couriersud]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code) for
'tazzmang'. [stephh]

snes wip: [Fabio Priuli]
* added a couple of registers to snes_ppu struct
* moved color blending (background & subscreen color
addition/subtraction) at the end of the drawing process.
* removed some unused (and not working anymore) debug code
* fixed the remaining debug functionalities
* moved colour struct to be another layer (simplifying some code)
* updated hires blending to work with two pixel at time.
* fixed clipmasks with hires modes

hng64 : Initial implementation of 0x10-sized palette pages for 3d
objects. This makes most environment colors correct in sams64.
[Andrew Gardner]

[VIA6522] Read port A/B only if some pins are inputs. [Curt Coder]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code)
for 'dambustr' and clones. [stephh]

Internal debugger using the mame rendering infrastructure [couriersud]
- added support for arbitrary number of containers for render_target
- added command-line parameter -debug_internal (-di) to use the
internal debugger when in debug mode
- internal debugger supports all views except memory view
- added "Debug" view to layout/vertical.lay to create more place for
debug views in vertical games.

NOTE: The colors are ugly. Font rendering needs improvement. There
are no shortcut keys right now. There is still a lot of room for more
improvements. However, it works and does not depend on any ui
toolkit. The interface has been designed to support displaying views
programmatically e.g. from the ui.

Short HowTo:
- Start MAME with "-debug -di"
- Console, register and disasm views will be shown. Place them by
dragging the view on the title bar.
- Views can be resized by dragging the bottom-right yellow square.
- The view having the focus has a green background title bar.
- Hit "Tab" (IPT_UI_CONFIGURE) to show the menu.
- Console and disasm views support a very simple facility to
support entering commands and addresses. Just start typing.
Hit "enter" when finished.

irobot.c - Added XTAL values from manual and hooked up to driver for
main/sound CPU. [Phil Bennett/Tafoid]

rungun: fix text tilemap lookup for big-endian targets. [R. Belmont]

Added Intel 8021/8022 CPU types. [Curt Coder]

irobot.c - Added/verified Dip Locations per manual and test mode.
[Tafoid]

Workaround for gcc-4.3 reporting a false warning on solaris: disable
-Werror for this file only. [couriersud]

Cleaned up SDL OSD functions after merging in code from MESS.
[couriersud]

wrally.c - Added/verified DIP Locations for World Rally [Guru]

Fixed long-standing (day one?) bug with ADPCM samples in Trojan /
Tatakai no Banka [Mamesick, Angelo Salese]

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs (after verification of the Z80 code) for
'espial', 'espialu' and 'netwars". [stephh]

Got Mortal Kombat 3 (bootleg of Megadrive version) to boot. Still
missing some key inputs. [Mariusz Wojcieszek]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Midnight Resistance (bootleg with 68705) [IQ_132]
Sexy Boom [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Treasure Island (Subsino)
[Team Europe, Dumping Union, Angelo Salese, David Haywood,
Roberto Fresca]
Ghost Chaser Densei (SNES bootleg) [Tomasz Slanina, XingXing]
Skill Drop Georgia
[Luca Elia, Smitdogg, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Logic Pro Adventure
[Guru, D. Beneke, snoopy, pongplaya, W. Belk, hap, S. S. Neilson,
JacKc, The Dumping Union]
Pachifever [Tomasz Slanina]

New clones added
----------------
INDY 500 Twin (Revision A, Newer) [Brian Troha, Dumping Union]
Fantastic Journey (ver AAA) [Tirino73]
Name That Tune (3-23-86) [Kevin Eshbach]
E.D.F. : Earth Defense Force (bootleg)
[Team Europe, Rene Single, Dumping Union] - not working
Out Zone (set 5) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Ghosts'n Goblins (World? set 3) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Bagman (bootleg on Crazy Kong hardware)
[Team Europe & Volker Hahn] - not working
Magical Tonic / Magical Odds? [David Haywood] - not working
Spiders (set 3) [Team Europe]
Raiden (US, SEI8904 + SEI9008 PCBs)
[tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union, David Haywood]
Asterix (ver AAD) [Luis "Datasat"]
Pang! 3 (Euro 950601)
[Gerald (COY), B. Sparks, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
Mr. Kicker [krick, MrGoodwraith, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Crackin' DJ [Guru, R. Belmont]
Joker's Wild (B52 system, set 1)
[Roberto Fresca, Tomasz Slanina, Gerald Vanderick]
Joker's Wild (B52 system, set 2) [Roberto Fresca, Tomasz Slanina]
Joker's Wild (B52 system, Harrah's GFX)
[Roberto Fresca, Tomasz Slanina, Gerald Vanderick]

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News & Communication / MAME Plus! XT 0.136u2

« on: 06 February 2010, 23:34 »

[ff] MAME Plus! XT

Due to the recent works of mamedevs and the introduction of a new set of compiling tools now Your preferred MAME build is available as standard 32 bit and 64 bit version.

279

News & Communication / MAME 0.136u2

« on: 28 January 2010, 12:26 »

[ff]MAMEDev.org

0.136u2 whatsnew:
-------

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 03667: [Interface] All default/per-game .cfg files are not saved
correctly (Aaron Giles)
- 03671: [Sound] fcrash: Bad sound ingame (Mamesick)
- 03663: [Graphics] tgm2, tgm2p: The warning boot screen has a black
background which should be blue.

Source Changes
--------------
Replaced vsnetscr GFX ROMs with correct dumps
[Team Japump, Dumping Union]

Fixed memory allocation issue in debug builds. [Aaron Giles]

Added makefile autotest for BIGENDIAN. A bit hacked, though.
[couriersud]

Redumped sound roms in Cyber Tank
[Antonio Gonzalez Jr., Dumping Union]

psikyosh improvements: [PsikyoFan]
* Add support for per-scanline scroll/zoom and per-column effects.
This is adds a significant performance penalty when enabled.
Removed warning flag from s1945ii and s1945iii. s1945iii needs
confirmation of correctness and x-zoom is a guess.
* Virtually completed video rendering. Only flipscreen missing (and
conversion to tilemaps one day). Per-line effects now respect
per-line alpha, priority and bank. As a result daraku text works
without any hacks.
* Added various optimisations to get back all games to a playable
speed.
* Fixed missing soldivid effect on final boss that was broken due to
above daraku hack.
* Added accurate scaling effects based on measurements from hardware.

cybertnk improvements: [Angelo Salese]
* Fixed sprite height
* Implemented flip x and negative y offsets
* Implemented preliminary zooming

sdl.mak rewrite [couriersud]
- TARGETOS=freebsd may now be given on make invocation
- modular approach, separate sections for opengl, x11, debugger
- most target specific settings parametrized.
- Added GTL_INSTLL_ROOT to optionally build win32 with the mame
debugger.
- On targets supporting "-m64" and "-m32" use them.
- On unix ppc targets, add -Dpowerpc automatically

Improved stack walking on crash in Windows. Now using StackWalk64 to
do the stack walk, resulting in cleaner logs. Also will try to use
system function to look up symbol and source/line information if
present. [Aaron Giles]

Improvements to subsino.c [Roberto Fresca]
(general):
- Lowered CPU clock to 1.5 MHz.
- Reworked former inputs.
- Added specific game and technical notes.
- Added lamps support.
- Cleaned-up a bit the driver.

Victor 5:
- Mapped the M6295 but commented out due to missing sample roms.
- Added keyin, keyout, payout, stats and settings inputs.
- Added coin/keyin/keyout counters.
- Limited the bet and coin pulses to avoid repeats and coin jams.
- Added complete coinage and keyin DIP switches.
- Added main game and double-up rates DIP switches.
- Added minimum bet DIP switches.
- Added maximum bet DIP switches.
- Added attract music DIP switch.
- Added button-lamps layout.

Victor 21:
- Mapped the M6295 but commented out due to missing sample roms.
- Added bet x10, keyin, keyout, stats and settings inputs.
- Added coin/keyin/keyout/payout counters.
- Limited the bet and coin pulses to avoid repeats and coin jams.
- Added complete coinage and keyin DIP switches.
- Added main game rate DIP switches.
- Added minimum bet DIP switches.
- Added attract music DIP switch.
- Added button-lamps layout.

Poker Carnival (crsbingo):
- Added change card, keyin, keyout, stats and settings inputs.
- Added coin/keyin/keyout/payout counters.
- Limited the bet and coin pulses to avoid repeats and coin jams.
- Added complete coinage and keyin DIP switches.
- Added double-up rate DIP switches.
- Added minimum bet DIP switches.
- Added maximum bet DIP switches.
- Added cards graphics DIP switches.
- Added double-up type DIP switches.
- Added button-lamps layout.

Super Rider, Super Moto:
- Added stats and settings inputs.
- Added coin counters.
- Added main game and double-up rates DIP switches.
- Added double-up and control type DIP switches.
- Added coinage and demo sounds DIP switches.
- Added button-lamps layout.

Shark Party:
- Added stats and settings inputs.
- Added coin counters.
- Added main game and double-up rates DIP switches.
- Added double-up, coinage and demo sounds DIP switches.
- Added button-lamps layout.

Created new template class tagged_list which manages a simple list
along with a tagmap. Changed memory regions, input ports, and devices
to use this class. For devices, converted typenext and classnext
fields into methods which dynamically search for the next item.
Changed a number of macros to use the features of the class, removing
the need for a bunch of helper functions. [Aaron Giles]

Replaced device_find_child_by_tag() -> device->subdevice().

Added Am29000 CPU core [Phil Bennett]

Removed stdlib.h from osdcomm.h. [couriersud]
- Added #include stdlib.h where now necessary
- Fixed Solaris build
- Fixed building unidasm for OSD=sdl on win32

Tools now include stdlib.h where needed. [couriersud]

Changed core library files to use osd_malloc/osd_free where
appropriate. [couriersud]

Added checkautodetect target to makefile. [couriersud]

Permit zlib and expat to be linked dynamically without changing the
makefile by specifying "=0": make BUILD_ZLIB=0 BUILD_EXPAT=0
[couriersud]

Improved vsnet sprite/roz alignment [David Haywood]

Converted the following drivers to use a driver_data structure:
[Atari Ace]
- bigstrkb, mugsmash, pass, sbugger, sderby, shadfrce, shootout,
silkroad, spbactn, sslam, stlforce, taitojc, tunhunt,
welltris, wwfsstar, xyonix
- 39in1, safarir, sbowling, shougi, skeetsht, skyarmy, sliver,
spoker, spool99, srmp5, srmp6, ssingles, sstrangr, sub, supdrapo,
superdq, supertnk, suprgolf

hng64 : Implemented low-res texture decoding. All red/green polygons
should now be textured. [Andrew Gardner]

Correct a long-standing design flaw: device configuration state is
now separate from runtime device state: [Aaron Giles]

* There is a new class 'running_device' which represents the
state of a live device. A list of these running_devices sits
in machine->devicelist and is created when a running_machine
is instantiated.

* To access the configuration state, use device->baseconfig()
which returns a reference to the configuration.

* The list of running_devices in machine->devicelist has a 1:1
correspondance with the list of device configurations in
machine->config->devicelist, and most navigation options work
equally on either (scanning by class, type, etc.)

* For the most part, drivers will now deal with running_device
objects instead of const device_config objects. In fact, in
order to do this patch, I did the following global search &
replace:

const device_config -> running_device
device->static_config -> device->baseconfig().static_config
device->inline_config -> device->baseconfig().inline_config

and then fixed up the compiler errors that fell out.

* Removed device_get_info_* functions and replaced them with
methods called get_config_*.

* Added methods for get_runtime_* to access runtime state from
the running_device.

* DEVICE_GET_INFO callbacks are only passed a device_config *.
This means they have no access to the token or runtime state
at all. For most cases this is fine.

* Added new DEVICE_GET_RUNTIME_INFO callback that is passed
the running_device for accessing data that is live at runtime.
In the future this will go away to make room for a cleaner
mechanism.

* Cleaned up the handoff of memory regions from the memory
subsystem to the devices.

Fix bug introduced with astring changes that caused malformed tokens
when writing out cfg files. [Aaron Giles]

Fix bug where memory regions were not properly enumerated for the
debugger memory view. Also, stop creating empty regions for disk
regions. [Aaron Giles]

Added Guru(TM)-readme to trackfld. [Curt Coder]

Refactored the CIA 6526 interface, adding SP/CNT callbacks. Fixed
serial transfer. [Curt Coder]

Convrted the rest of devintrf to classes and moved management
functions into methods of those classes. The most wide-ranging
change was converting device_reset() to device->reset(). Apart
from that it was mostly internal shuffling in the core. [Aaron Giles]

Added OS/2 autodetect to makefile. [couriersud]

Autodetection of PTR64 can be inhibited now by specifying PTR64=0.
On mixed 32bit/64bit targets identifying themselves as 64bit this can
be used to build a 32bit executable. [couriersud]

Added OpenBSD support in makefile/sdl.mak. Fixed XBSD detection of
PTR64 (uses amd64). [couriersud]

Fix bug that mistook a non-NULL token to mean that a device was
started. Fixes -video ddraw issue. [Aaron Giles]

Replaced vsnes bank installs with RAM installs, since the banks were
never changed. [Aaron Giles]

Exit from the unhandled exception filter cleanly now. Use
SetErrorMode() to disable the appearance of dialog boxes when crashes
occur. [Aaron Giles]

Fixed a typo in pgm.c that was causing a memory test error and
corrected some comments [XingXing]

Made direct accessors for device configuration state. Currently they
just call through to the get info function. Removed old macros that
wrapped calls. [Aaron Giles]

Removed some aliases between CPUINFO_ and DEVINFO_ to help clarify
usage. Also converted a few more places to use the new accessors.
[Aaron Giles]

Replaced drgninja set with one dumped from a genuine Data East PCB
[dlfrsilver]

Added MEC-M1 PCB layout to the dec0 driver and updated some clocks
and ROM names [Guru]

hng64 : Partially decodes translation-only geometry type 0102. This
makes the road appear in the racing games, the edge of the ring in
buriki, and a hallway during the buriki attract. [Andrew Gardner]

The return of the "misc" [couriersud]
- Added sdlmisc_<targetos>.c again. This was necessary since
certain tools create stubs for e.g. osd_break_into_debugger.
If we do not have this in a separate file, the link stage may
break.
- Applied OS/2 patch [Credit: KO Myung-Hun]
- Cleaned up #includes. Removed stdlib.h were possible.
- More malloc to osd_malloc rename.
- SDL monitor modes are read now when they are needed. This is now
consistent across platforms.

GTK Debugger work [couriersud]
- glade-2 can now be used again to edit the debug.glade file.
- No more need to edit the files created by glade-2
- All "activate" handlers now pass the parent window pointer.
- malloc ==> osd_malloc to prevent mixed c++/c window allocations.
- Run to cursor (main view)
- In place memory editing (memory view)
- implement key handling (Up, down, ..) like in windows
- Tab and ESC not yet handled
- Functionality now matches win32 debugger
- Further code review/rewrite/simplification
- Added more comment headings
- fix a compile warning for gcc-4.4 (not detected by gcc-4.2)
- Horizontal divider bar to individually size views.
- minimum height aligned to win32 debugger

ARM: preliminary SA-1110 support [R. Belmont]

Verified all deco32 clocks and corrected HuC6280 clock following old
Charles McDonald notes I had about internal divisor. Added a note on
the Arm cpu used by this game: it's a Data East 101 custom
[Corrado Tomaselli]

Changed the following games to use the 76489A variant (verified on my
pcbs): Green Beret, Do Run Run, Mr.Do's Castle, Jail Break,
Shaolin's Road, Yie Ar Kung-Fu [Corrado Tomaselli]

Fixed sn76489a periodic noise once again (and simplified a bit of
code), now should be closer to or match real chips as sampled. Added
true clock divider emulation, so emulation may be a bit slower.
[Lord Nightmare, PlgDavid, Kold666]

Popmessages can now be used in drivers which have an MC6845.
[Curt Coder]

Ensure that RAM and bitmaps are cleared when the ms32 driver is
started to avoid 64-bit build crashes [David Haywood]

Converted HD63484 ACRTC to be device. [Fabio Priuli]

hng64 : Hacks the camera to work in sams64. [Andrew Gardner]

Fixed crash issues with mchampdx [Fabio Priuli]

s14001a: updated comments; got rid of the squealing noise (hidden
behind a #define now, code is still there) until some other issues
can be resolved. [Lord Nightmare]

Dumped the proms in D-Day (Jaleco) [Chack'n, Team Japump]

Fixed background and sprites colors in D-Day (Jaleco) [Angelo Salese]

UI menu interface changes [couriersud]
- all ui functions now expect a render_container
- removed all macros referencing render_container_get_ui
- ui_menu_alloc now is passed a container to which to render the menu.

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
F-15 Strike Eagle (2 sets) [Phil Bennett]
Battle of the Solar System (rev. 1.1) [Phil Bennett]
Tank Battle (prototype rev. 4/21/92) [Phil Bennett]
Fortune I (PK485-S) Draw Poker [Jim Stolis]
Versus Net Soccer (5 sets) [David Haywood]
Island 2 (060529, banking address hack) [David Haywood]

New clones added
----------------
Insector X (Japan) [Gyrovision, Gatinho, Smitdogg, Dumping Union]
Viper Phase 1 =U.S.A= [Keven Eshbach, Dumping Union]
Cube Quest (12/30/83) [Bill K]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
------------------------------------
King Tut (Australia) [David Haywood]
Money Bank (Australia) [David Haywood]
Penguin Adventure (bootleg) [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Quarter Horse Classic [Siftware, Mariusz Wojcieszek]
Pinkiri 8 [Gyrovision, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Poker Ladies (Censored bootleg) [David Haywood]
Gundam Wing: Endless Duel (SNES bootleg)
[N. Francfort, manliodp, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Mortal Kombat 3 (bootleg of Megadrive version)
[Patrick McCarron, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

280

News & Communication / MAMEUIFX32 0.136u1 FIX released

« on: 25 January 2010, 10:00 »

* Updated to MAME 0.136u1 - MAMEUI 0.136u1

- Fixed "-listxml" parsing bug surfaced in previous version. (MESS)
- Fixed MAME Testers bug ID 03671. (fcrash: Bad sound in-game)

Download it Here