http://bgb.bircd.org/

1.4

 

• greatly improved game link accuracy, most games should now work perfectly.
  
• added optional HQ2X and Scale2x graphics filters
  
• various accuracy improvements including sound registers, joypad timing, and lcd/interrupt timing
  
• Performance/efficiency improvements including waitloop detection and more efficient high quality sound rendering and others
  
• Major debugger improvements: Supports SYM files containing debug symbols. "on jump" access breakpoints. immideate entry of data into assembler, data, and stack viewer. improved assembler flexibility. Multiline code/data entry window. Keyboard shortcut for navigation to previous/next breakpoint, label etc. Live update memory mode. edit IO map registers. Fixed causes of accidental running while debugging.
  
• Sound quality improvements: CH3 and CH4 are now bandlimited in high quality mode. Improved DC offset accuracy. fixed sound timing inaccuracies.
  
• Improved WAV writer + screenshot recording. Fixed audio/video desync problems. Exported files are now better named.
  
• fixed windows 98 compatibility problem. eliminated requirement for DX9. improved wine support.
  
• New truecolor/hi-res icon.
  
• Many small bug fixes and improvements.

http://mameload.mameworld.info/

ML TNG Release Notes

--------------------

May 21st, 2012

Beta u51 release

 

- Added ability to take in account newly added ability to use 7-Zip (.7z)

archives as well as ZIP (.zip). 7z container functionality was added to

MAME 0.145u1. Thanks again to B2K24 for his noticing this issue.

 

- Updated RESOURCE.ML to match MESS 0.146's needs

http://messui/the-chronicles.org/mess/index.html

0.146

 

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

----------------------

- 04811: [Gameplay] (coco3.c) coco3, coco3h: RTC emulation is not working (micko)

 

New System Drivers Supported:

-----------------------------

- Kristall 2 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Ensoniq VFX, Ensoniq EPS-16 Plus and Ensoniq SQ-1. [R. Belmont, Parduz]

 

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:

---------------------------------------

- Elekscmp [Robbbert]

- PIPBUG [Robbbert]

- Chaos [Robbbert]

- Dolphin [Robbbert]

- Instructor [Robbbert]

 

Skeleton drivers:

-----------------

- HUMAX HDCI-2000 [Lukasz Markowski]

- Krista 2 [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

System Driver Changes:

----------------------

-votrtnt: hook up to the 'new' votrax device; produces horrible noise

now. [ Robbert]

 

-tvc: Added sound. [sandro Ronco]

 

-apollo: Properly reset all motherboard devices on a 68k RESET

instruction; makes the PROM "RE" command work properly.

[Hans Ostermeyer]

 

-vidbrain: Fixed video and added sound. [Curt Coder, Kurt Woloch]

 

-DEC Rainbow: More keyboard i8251 hookup, also assume Z80 halted on

boot. [R. Belmont]

 

-tvc: added cassette load/save. [sandro Ronco]

 

-uk101: Added new boot rom which allows basic to work. Added the

missing Reset key. Added notes. [Robbbert]

 

-More Z8001 work, M20 now passes memory test [Christian Grössler]

 

-vic20:Implemented the user port. [Curt Coder]

 

-m20: Add i8255 and 2x i8251 skeleton hookups. BIOS still fails

because they are not connected to anything. [R. Belmont]

 

-lisa: Fixed MMU behavior in setup mode, system runs POST again.

[R. Belmont]

 

-lisa: Hooked up SCC, serial POST tests now pass [R. Belmont]

 

-lisa: Fixed polarity of COPS handshake signal, POST now passes.

[R. Belmont]

 

-m20: hook up CRTC readback, 6845 test passes. [Christian Grössler]

 

-m20: Hooked up 8253 PIT and 179x FDC. [Christian Grössler]

 

-m20: Hook up PIT timers 1 and 2 to clock the 8251s. Serial data

written to the keyboard is weird - maybe wrong values for the PIT

timers? [R. Belmont]

 

-tvc: added emulation of HBF floppy interface. [sandro Ronco]

 

 

Software Lists:

----------------

-snes.xml: added some prototypes [ReadOnly] (formerly MESSfan)

 

-tvc_cart.xml: added a few more carts. [K1W1]

 

-a800.xml: new entries, updates and further verifications [K1W1]

 

-pico.xml: added new Japanese dumps [Team Europe]

 

Source Changes:

----------------

-Initial work in preparation for some modernization on the whole

megadriv.c file, starting with better splitting of actual drivers

(megadriv.c, megacd.c, mega32x.c, megasvp.c and megavdp.c).

[David Haywood]

 

-8530SCC: Read back tx/rx status bits correctly [R. Belmont]

 

-Made Z8001 I/O 16 bits wide, proper 8259 PIC hookup on M20 (no EC

tests fail now) [R. Belmont, Christian Grössler]

 

-Fix *BSD compile [ElBarto]

 

-Added Microsoft Natural Keyboard emulation. [Wilbert Pol,kevtris]

 

-ISA_EGA: Fixed several text mode issues identified by running AT

diagnostics. [Wilbert Pol]

 

-Fix apple2c0 and friends that assume IWM rather than Woz state machine

[R. Belmont]

 

-Fixed to read tags from DiskCopy 4.2 files properly. Lisa requires

this. [R. Belmont]

http://mamedev.org/release.html

0.146

-------

 

 

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

----------------------

- 04773: [Crash/Freeze] (midyunit.c) mkyawdim, mkyawdim2: Crash before OK

(Fabio Priuli)

- 04847: [interface] -video ddraw with 16-bit desktop causes crash

- 00501: [Crash/Freeze] (liberate.c) liberatr: Select any wave above

16 (19 or 22) and the game resets on the planet screen. (couriersud)

- 04834: [Graphics] All sets in batman.c, relief.c, shuuz.c,

thunderj.c: Missing or misplaced graphic elements (hap)

- 04843: [Crash/Freeze] feversoc: Black Screen (David Haywood)

- 04840: [Crash/Freeze] (xmen.c) xmen6p, xmen6pu: Crash after OK (hap)

- 04492: [sound] (missile.c) missile, missile1, missile2: Imperfect

sound played for UFO and bomber attack. (couriersud)

- 04822: [Crash/Freeze] (cdi.c) All sets in cdi.c: Crash after OK (micko)

- 04835: [Graphics] (gsword.c) gsword, gsword2, josvolly: Graphics

and palette corruption (hap)

- 04829: [save/Restore] (astrocde.c) gorf, gorfpgm1, gorfpgm1g:

Intermittent failure of autosave state function in gorf sets (hap)

- 04789: [Graphics] (megasys1.c) avspirit, monkelf: Missing sprites (hap)

- 04805: [DIP/Input] (seta.c) blandia, blandiap: Dip Default "Coin Mode 1"

now triggers freeplay (micko)

- 04804: [Crash/Freeze] (simpl156.c) candance, chainrec, charlien,

joemacr, joemacra, magdrop, magdropp, osman: Black Screen/Hang

(w/noted slowdown) (micko)

- 04823: [Gameplay] (dgpix.c) fmaniac3: game shows only white screen

after title (micko)

- 04807: [Crash/Freeze] (copsnrob.c) copsnrob: Hang/Freeze at boot (micko)

- 04833: [sound] (labyrunr.c) tricktrp & clones: music is too fast (hap)

- 04828: [Documentation] (bfm_sc4.c) sc4crgc and clones: The correct

year of production is '2003'.

- 04827: [Documentation] (bfm_sc5.c) sc5dmine and clones: The correct

year of production is '2002'.

- 04776: [Crash/Freeze] (raiden2.c) xsedae: Crash after OK (hap)

- 04826: [DIP/Input] (alpha68k.c) gangwars, goldmedl, skyadvnt, skysoldr,

timesold and it's clones: starting button for P1 is always on, you

cannot use P1 inputs (hap)

- 01631: [Crash/Freeze] (superqix.c) sqixb2, perestro, perestrof: game

resets after starting game (hap)

- 04824: [Documentation] (cps2.c) xmvsfu1d: In-Game selftest fails on

program rom 3 & 4

- 04817: [Graphics] (batman.c) batman: missing, corrupted graphics (hap)

- 04815: [Documentation] (bfm_sc5.c) sc5crnjw and clones: The correct

year of production is '2004'.

- 04813: [Documentation] (arcadia.c) ar_airh ar_airh2: Missing

relationship (clone of...) between sets

- 04586: [DIP/Input] (gunbustr.c) gunbustr and clones: You cannot

insert coin (hap)

- 04588: [sound] (gunbustr.c) gunbustr and clones: No Sound (hap)

- 04738: [Graphics] (playch10.c) pc_mman3, pc_ngai2, pc_ngai3, pc_pwbld,

pc_radr2: Graphics are messed up

- 04809: [Crash/Freeze] (redclash.c) All sets in redclash.c: Hang on Boot (hap)

- 04808: [DIP/Input] (exprraid.c) All sets in exprraid.c: Hang after coining up (hap)

- 04806: [Crash/Freeze] (ladybug.c) All sets in ladybug.c (except sraider):

Hang/Freeze at boot (hap)

- 04810: [Crash/Freeze] (aleck64.c) 11beat, hipai, mtetrisc, srmvs, starsldr,

twrshaft, vivdolls: Crash after OK (micko)

 

 

Source Changes

--------------

Don't optimize tms57002 on OS X PowerPC builds [Couriersud]

 

galspnbl.c: Add in missing button to Gals Pinball & Hot Pinball along

with misc documentation. [brian Troha]

 

spbactn.c: Adjusted clock speeds based on OSCs actually on the PCB.

Added missing button and labeled buttons. Added dipswitch locations

and misc documentation. [brian Troha]

 

Added NMI sound ACK mechanism to tecmo.c driver [Angelo Salese]

 

Misc documentation updates and typo fixes for neogeo.xml as well as

updates and a cleanup of neodrvr.c [Johnboy]

 

Fixed ffightj2 ROMs labels and locations, added pcb infos to

video\cps1.c [Team CPS-1]

 

Fixed mapping for mmatrixd (cps2) to allow in-game region switch to

work and renamed to a US set due to rom labels. Replaced Phoenix Set

xmvsfu1d (cps2) bad dumps with others which pass in-game rom tests.

[barry Harris]

 

timeplt.c: Added inputs to chkun and bikkuric, making them playable.

[hap]

 

Corrected some off by one errors in DM01 dot matrix emulation, while

making it a bit more generic. Ultimately, it will plug into Scorpion

2 and 4 hardware. [James Wallace]

 

preliminary Toshiba TC8830F emulation [hap]

 

i8251: "reset" bit is only documented to revert to looking for a mode

byte, not reset the entire chip. [R. Belmont]

 

Preliminary Z8001 support [Christian Groessler]

 

Initial work in preparation for some modernization on the whole

megadriv.c file, starting with better splitting of actual drivers

(megadriv.c, megacd.c, mega32x.c, megasvp.c and megavdp.c).

[David Haywood]

 

More Z8001 work, M20 now passes memory test [Christian Grössler]

 

Fix for i286 preventing error 104 on ibm5170 [Carl]

 

Added PPC405GP to PPC cpu core [Lukasz Markowski]

 

Added custom DCR read/write handlers to PPC cpu core

[Miodrag Milanovic]

 

gei.c: Refactored Trivia rom questions. Added misc documentation.

Added DSW locations to several sets. [brian Troha]

 

This is phase 2 of the DMD changes, creating a new '5 dot' element to

make it more like the actual DM01 (which uses 5 by 7 blocks, but wires

them up row wise to a buffer, giving an unusual '65 dot row')

[James Wallace].

 

Z8001: Fix inb/outb @rX form. M20 PPI test now passes. [R. Belmont]

 

Correct labels for bcruzm12 and replaced overdumped rom from butasan

based on pcb pictures and observation [bonky0013, Tafoid]

 

Updating MAME drivers to use modern i8255 implementation instead of

the legacy one [Fabio Priuli]

 

z800x: Support for disassembly of Z8001 instructions

[Christian Grössler]

 

segas16b.c: Corrected the rom labels for the Japanese Cotton set and

added the Sega ID# for the rom board. [Tormod, The Dumping Union]

 

Small Konami update: [Mamesick]

* aliens.c : reverted wrong changes applied in 0.145u8.

* crimfght.c : reverted wrong changes applied in 0.145u8.

* vendetta.c : small cosmetic changes plus PCB components verified.

 

Z8001 has 16-bit wide I/O ports [R. Belmont, Christian Grössler]

 

68681: Timers start immediately; unlike counters they don't wait for a

start command. [R. Belmont]

 

Finally done the last part of the dotmatrix changes, which is to

create a dot by dot display mode. This makes the BFMDM01 emulation far

more straightforward, and should mean that anyone wanting a matrix can

call some combination of functions and make it work. [James Wallace]

 

info.c: added screen tags to xml output, so that it is possible to

easily identify which screens depend on optional devices (mostly of

use in MESS, for its slot options, but eventually handy for PC-based

arcades too) [Fabio Priuli]

 

Improved sound emulation in for pokey chip. Changed audio emulation to

emulate borrow 3 clock delay and proper channel reset. New frequency

only becomes effective after the counter hits 0. Emulation also treats

counters as 8 bit counters which are linked now instead of monolytic

16 bit counters. [Couriersud]

 

i386: IRET/Virtual 8086 mode fixes [Carl]

 

Added the alternative bios found on Gachagachamp, it appears to just

be recompiled. [smf]

 

Added the 700B01 bios, only the CRC is known. [smf]

 

Stop the elephant stage on Handle Champ from crashing, though other

graphics issues remain. [smf]

 

New Mega-Tech BIOS added. [El Barto]

 

Fix regression on POKEY device introduced in last commit. Fixed high

pass filters for POKEY. Added POKEYN device based on modern device.

Migrated bzone, ccastles and missile to use this device. [Couriersud]

 

Fixed random lfsr generation in pokey.c. This fixes MT00501 while

tempest is still starting up. [Couriersud]

 

Convert all remaining drivers to use the modern pokey device.

[Couriersud]

 

Emulated the protection(s) in lhzb2a, making it playable [Luca Elia]

 

mc68681: Fixed generation of spurious interrupts, and provide

ASSERT/CLEAR states to the IRQ callback. [R. Belmont]

 

i386: another small vm86 fix [Carl]

 

Added I/O board ROM dump for Ninja Assault

[Tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

 

Chance 32 driver improvements: [Roberto Fresca]

* Inputs from the scratch.

* Completely demuxed the output lines.

* Added lamps support.

* Added a nice button-lamps layout.

* Found and added the FEVER! lamp.

* Fixed the Oki6295 and CRTC 6845 clocks.

* Corrected the refresh rate to 52.786 Hz (similar to Major Poker).

* Hooked the vblank input line.

* Figured out the following DIP switches:

Auto Max Bet, Flip Screen, Maximum Bet,

Auto Hold, Double-Up Type, Remote Credits,

Bet Limit, and Coinage Multiplier.

 

 

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

---------------------------------------------------

Chance Thirty Two [Roberto Fresca]

Chance Kun [hap]

Bikkuri Card [hap]

DS Telejan (DECO Cassette) [Guru, Charles MacDonald]

Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ (GQ876 VER. EAA) [smf, Guru, Thorsten]

Hyper Bishi Bashi Champ (GQ876 VER. AAA) [smf, any]

Handle Champ (GQ710 VER. JAA)

[smf, Yasuhiro, Tormod, Paratach, M. Healey, Dr. Spankenstein, f205v,

T. Bailey, Mr. CAST, J. Finney, M. David, anonymous, Pernod, hap,

gatt9, redk9258, L. Genier, Yohji, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

Mahjong Long Hu Zheng Ba 2 (VS221M) [Luca Elia, Guru, Dyq, bnathan]

 

 

New clones added

----------------

Hamburger (DECO Cassette, Japan)

[Charles MacDonald, Dr. Spankenstein, Kevin Eshbach, T. Huff, SteveS,

E. Page-Hanify, Hikari, ArcadeDude, F. Bukor, N. Francfort, jmurjr,

arcade-history.com, ThumB, Hurray Banana, Paratech, Xiaou2, Cornishdavey,

A. Costin, M. Ponweiser, Tormod, Rambo, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union,

Team Japump!!!]

Pro Golf (DECO Cassette) (set 2) [Guru, Charles MacDonald]

Super Poker (Version 10.10) [brian Troha, The Dumping Union]

Ms. Pac-Man II (bootleg) [Jim Skilskyj, MisfitMAME]

Ms. Pac-Man II (Orca bootleg set 2) [Corrado Tomaselli, MisfitMAME]

Tecmo Bowl (World, prototype?)

[Mr. CAST, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

Zero Team 2000 [Mr. CAST, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]

OutRunners (Japan) [shouTime]

 

 

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

------------------------------------

Touryuumon [Yohji, Mr. CAST, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]