Due to the crash of the MESS Wiki and download page, it only has an offsite link of the source at this time.

MESS (source only) - http://mess.redump.net/downloads

MESSUI - http://messui.the-chronicles.org/

MESS:

0.145u5

 

Skeleton drivers:

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- Commodore 900 [Curt Coder]

 

System Driver Changes:

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-c64: Added support for Kingsoft cartridges. [Curt Coder]

- Classical Games/Protovision 4 player joystick interface

- Digital Excess/Hitmen, Kingsoft, and Starbyte 4 player joystick interfaces

- Final Cartridge III

- XL 80 column cartridge

- geoCable Centronics cable

- SpeedDOS/Burst Nibbler 1541 parallel cable. SpeedDOS kernal replacement and FCopy III are somewhat working. E.g. "mess c64p -user bn1541 -flop fcopy3.d64"

- several Kernal replacements, and extended the parallel cable support to 1571.

-apollo: do bounds checking on Ethernet packets [Hans Ostermeyer]

-a7800: Added controller line pullup signals from the riot chip.

Fixes two-button behavior on asteroids etc. [Huygens]

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

 

Software Lists:

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-pv1000.xml : New Casio PV-1000 dump (anondumper)

MESSUI:

• Applied MESS updates
  
• MESSUI - Added back the Samples folder to the Directories dropdown.
  
• MESSUI - Pictures (snaps, titles, etc) per software title is now available.
  
• MESSUI - Simplified background picture code. You will need to reselect your background after installation.
  
• NEWUI - Reorganised code.
  

Source patch -- http://mamedev.org/updates.html

MAMEUI -- http://www.mameui.info/

Ash-build -- http://ashura.altervista.org/

SDLMAME for Mac OSX 10.6+ -- http://sdlmame.parodius.com/

MAMEUIhiscore -- http://mameuihi.alfmans-community.de/Download.html

MameInfo.dat -- http://mameinfo.mameworld.info/

0.145u5

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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

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- 04712: [Graphics] fncywld, pangpang: characters offset is wrong (David Haywood)

- 04303: [Crash/Freeze] nost, nostk: Intermittent crash when the sun starts rising during demonstration (David Haywood)

- 04725: [Compiling] unidasm does not link in 0.145u4 (mingw64-w64 or w32, Intel, Windows 7 x64) (Olivier Galibert)

 

 

 

Source Changes

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

 

PowerPC: further DIVW improvements [R. Belmont]

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

CPS-1 update [Team CPS-1]:

* Added 1941: Counter Attack (World 900227), now new parent

* Fixed some labels in various sets to match real pcbs, added some documentation notes and confirmed pcb infos

* Reordered sf2cejx sets

 

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

 

SoftFloat: fixed sin/cos/tan to return correct results [Hans Ostermeyer]

 

m68k: sorted out the bit patterns for PFLUSHA and PFLUSHAN [Hans Ostermeyer]

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

 

 

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

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Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.02)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A) [Roberto Fresca]

Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01B)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.84A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.87-89)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

DoDonPachi II - Bee Storm (Japan, vers. 102,101,100)

[David Haywood, rtw]

Lucky Boom [f205v, David Haywood]

Demon Front (PGM cartridge versions) [David Haywood]

Galaxia [hap]

Astro Wars [hap]

 

New clones added

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

Mortal Kombat (Turbo 3.0 08/31/92, hack) [MK3Fan]

Street Fighter EX2 Plus (Hipanic 990611)

[Corrado Tomaselli, John666, Layne, The Dumping Union]

Intrepid (bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Wonder Boy (set 5, bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Caveman Ninja (bootleg, alt) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.57-SP)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62B)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62A alt)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62B alt)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A-S)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A-S alt)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.65A-N)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.70A beta)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.70A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.70A alt)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A-SP-BELG)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.74A alt)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6B/12B ver 1.75A-E)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.76A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.77A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.79A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.83A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Big Striker (bootleg w/Italian teams) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Fighting Soccer (Joystick hack bootleg, alt) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Witch Jackpot (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.25)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.40)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.62)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.64)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.65)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.70S)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.70P)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.87)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.87-88)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

S.V.G. - Spectral vs Generation (M68k label V100JP) (ARM label V100JP) (JAMMA PCB)

[Yohji, Layne, J. Wilke, Dave France, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union] (NOT WORKING)

Demon Front (68k label V107, ROM M107KR 11/03/03) (ARM label V107, ROM

10/16/03 S106KR) (JAMMA PCB) [Joerg Hartenberger] (NOT WORKING)

The Gladiator - Road of the Sword / Shen Jian (M68k label V100) (ARM

label V100, ROM 02/25/03 SHEN JIAN) (JAMMA PCB) [softwareThis] (NOT

WORKING)

Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99, set 2)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99, set 3)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Up & Down (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.99T)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Falcons Wild - World Wide Poker (Video Klein, set 2)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

1945 2 - Battle Garegga Chinese hack

Bobble Bobble (set 2) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Dribbling (bootleg, Brazil)

[Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, David Haywood]

Galactic Empire

[Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, David Haywood]

Polaris (Brazil)

[Augusto Garcia, Silvio Finotti, Marcello Mancini, David Haywood]

Dragonninja (bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

Rastan (World set 2) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

1941: Counter Attack (World 900227) [Techmotour]

 

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

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Janken Man (Pretty Carnival) [Roberto Fresca, anonyMous donator, hap]

Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01A)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Strike (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.01B)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Kong (Brazil) [silvio Maeboto and David Haywood]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.57-TE)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Wild Witch (Export, 6T/12T ver 1.62A-F)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

Witch Jack (Export, 6T/12T ver 0.40T)

[Roberto Fresca, Team Europe, Marcus Jendroska, Video Klein]

1991 Spikes (Italian bootleg, set 2) [R. Belmont]

Wonder Boy (US bootleg) [ANY, The Dumping Union]

http://www.barryharris.me.uk/fba.php

• Rewrote the DAC core, improving performance and timing [iq_132]
  
• Updated the Mogura and The FairyLand Story drivers to use the new DAC core [iq_132]
  
• Updated the Armed Formation, King & Balloon, Irem M72 and M90, Route16, Sega System 16A, SunA16, Terra Cresta, The New Zealand Story, Vigilante drivers to use the new DAC core [barry]
  
• Fixed the new DAC core with GCC 3.4.5 [barry]
  
• Updated Z80 cycle counting, improving accuracy [iq_132]
  
• Added cycle counting to the I8039 CPU core [iq_132]
  
• Updated PGM driver making Bee Storm - DoDonPachi II and Demon Front playable [iq_132]
  
• Added Fantasic and Kong to the Galaxian driver [barry]
  
• Added Arange Mode hack of DoDonPachi to the Cave driver [JacKc]
  
• Added clone of 1941 to the CPS-1 driver [bonky0013, JacKc, Techmotour]
  
• Added clone of King of Dragons to the CPS-1 driver [barry]
  
• Added clone of Street Fighter II: Champion Edition to the CPS-1 driver [barry]
  
• Added clone of UniWar S to the Galaxian driver [barry]
  
• Added clone of Deer Hunting to the Seta2 driver [barry]
  
• Added clone of Super Chase to the Taito driver [barry]
  
• Added clone of Arkanoid 2 to the The New Zealand Story driver [barry]
  
• Added 1945 Part 2 (hack of Battle Garegga) to the Toaplan-2 driver [barry]
  
• Fixed sound samples in the Kageki driver [barry]
  
• Fixed sample sounds in King & Balloon [barry]
  
• Fixed 68000 CPU speed in Best of the Best driver [iq_132, reported by Cmart]
  
• Updated dip switches in the Side Pocket driver [barry]
  
• Changed CPS-1 sprite timing for bootlegs/hacks that render the sprites in reverse order [barry, identied by manliodp]
  
• Big-endian fixes for Data East, various Misc, and PGM drivers [lantus]
  
• Added Unicode title for 1945 Part 2 [JacKc]
  
• Added support for insane cheat file lengths [barry, reported by money_114]
  
• Fixed issue with the load progress dialog not being killed when loading unavailable sets [barry, reported by BisonSAS]
  
• Fixed crash if SampleInit is called without a sample list [iq_132]
  
• Removed sek.h and zet.h from burnint.h, and added to drivers where necessary [barry]
  
• Synced sets with MAME 0.145u5 [barry]

http://rocknes.kinox.org/

What's new for version 5.071 (03/25/2012)

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- The config file rocknes.ini wasn't being saved to the application path, but only being read from there. It has been fixed now.

- Fixed a CPU problem regarding dummy writes.

- The Famicom Disk System game manufacturer code $FF is now selectable.

- Reworked the way of loading/checking the FDS BIOS file.

- Added a new option: use the desktop resolution on triple buffering.

- Fixed "other options" menu.

- Fixed binary compiling problems.

- The video resolution is now displayed in the "System info" option.

- A few cleanups and minor fixes there and there.