WinArcadia 17.41 (Windows): 12 January 2012

AmiArcadia 17.41 (AmigaOS 3): 12 January 2012

AmiArcadia 17.4 (AmigaOS 4): 31 December 2011

AmiArcadia 17.4 (MorphOS): 31 December 2011

Super Bug Advance 1.3 (GBA): 11 September 2009

AmiArcadia and WinArcadia are multi-emulators of these machines:

* Emerson Arcadia 2001 console family (Bandai, Emerson, Grandstand,

Intervision, Leisure-Vision, Leonardo, MPT-03, Ormatu, Palladium, Poppy,

Robdajet, Tele-Fever, Tempest, Tryom, Tunix, etc.) (1982);

* Interton VC 4000 console family (Acetronic, Fountain, Interton,

Prinztronic, Radofin, Rowtron, Voltmace, Waddington, etc.) (c. 1978);

* Elektor TV Games Computer (1979);

* PIPBUG-based machines (Electronics Australia 77up2 and 78up5, Signetics

Adaptable Board Computer, Eurocard 2650, etc.) (c. 1977-1978);

* Signetics Instructor 50 trainer (1978);

* Central Data 2650 computer (1977);

* Astro Wars, Cat and Mouse, Galaxia, and Laser Battle coin-ops by

Zaccaria (1979-1982);

* Malzak 1 and 2 coin-ops by Kitronix (c. 1980);

* Chaos 2 computer (1983);

* Dolphin trainer (1977);

* PHUNSY computer (c. 1980); and

* AY-3-8550-based Pong systems (c. 1976).

Features include: ReAction GUI, load/save snapshots, windowed and full-

screen modes, CPU tracing, trainer, drag and drop support, graphics

scaling, automatic load/save of configuration/game, keyboard/joystick/

gamepad/paddle/mouse/trackball support, autofire, turbo mode, gameplay

recording/playback, PAL/NTSC modes, sprite demultiplexing, help windows,

source code, debugger, frame skipping, redefinable keys, save screenshots

(4 supported formats), ARexx port, network play, real-time monitor, locale

support, game selection sidebar, text-to-speech, printer output,

undithering, support for ZIPped games, clipboard support, palette editor,

tone retuning, high score management, force feedback, sprite editor.

The supported languages are currently English, Dutch, French, German,

Italian, Russian and Spanish.

Changes since V17.4:

* Coin-ops: "Edit|Copy text" command.

* New ARexx commands: OPENPALETTE and CLOSEPALETTE (AmiArcadia only).

* Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

http://amigan.1emu.net/releases/

http://amigan.yatho.com/

This is a frontend, you can get it here --> http://emuloader.mameworld.info/

Fixed

Minor cosmetic fixes in the user interface

Events of several buttons and components in "MAME Settings" screen were missing (folders tabs). Not a single bug report about this either :_(

Status bar not updated after single game scan (audit)

The folder for SEGA Model 2 Emu config file could not be located, as the folder was not being properly set. That means NO ONE could run games with the frontend! Sadly, nobody reported this :_(

Minor bug that was not properly adding merged clone "names" into "arcade\mame_merged.ini"

Changed

If option "Set All Games Available", only the games from the selected "scan games" option will be updated (not the entire games list). But the "arcade\system_name.miss" file will not be updated

Selection bar updated

Big core change 1! From now one, the entire ROMs database is loaded in RAM for easier and faster access. You must re-create the games list for all systems!

- ROMs database changed again ("\arcade\systemname_roms.el" files). Used by following features: "scan games (audit)", "scan results" and "game details"

- no more "baddump" / "nodump" tags detection (this is not a ROM manager), although "nodump" is set if the checksum is empty

- entries "gmtitle", "cloneof", "biosname" removed since they're not needed anymore

- an addition of 3 seconds to load the ROMs database, when loading the games list

Features "Scan Games (Audit)" and "Scan Results" updated to use the new ROMs database format. The data needed (game info and ROMs list) are read directly from the games list

- code 0 -> available game

- code 1 -> missing ROMs/CHDs

- code 2 -> missing (no .zip file found)

Code cleanups

Removed

The following "selection bar" settings were removed (preferences screen, "Selection Bar" frame box)

- "Full Item Paint" -> it's always enabled anyway

- "Gradient Bar" -> gradient selection bar is always enabled now

Added

New scan games option: audit multiple selected games at once

- only games from ONE system will be scanned (based on the first selected game)

- option located below "Selected Game [shift+F5]", called "Selected Games (Multiple)"... games popup menu, "Scan Games (Audit ROMs)" sub-menu or just use the hot-key "Shift+F6"

New selection bar option: "Round Corners". Enable or disable the rounded corners in the selection bar (preferences screen)

Get it here --> http://code.google.c.../downloads/list

0.044 joystick test (1/9/2012)

- Added preliminary joystick support (thanks to Zlika) To use this, the lib folder must be extracted in the same location as halfnes, and also the program must be run from the "run.bat" file. The first detected gamepad will be used as Controller 1, and the second will be Controller 2. Currently the buttons used are not configurable.

- Also improved the NTSC filter, color is perfect now and it looks better than Blargg's. (Sadly, the speed has taken another hit; I think the problem is cache churn due to the order I operate in?)

This is MESS in a nice front-end.

Get it here --> http://messui.the-chronicles.org/

Here is the changelog:

• Fixed a reported problem with the Vertical Refresh selection. [Calamity (MAMEUIFX forum)]
  
• Updated to work with core astring changes.