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.
  

This emulates many computers and consoles.

Get it here --> http://mess.redump.net/downloads

0.144u5

New System Drivers Supported:

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- Palm Z22 [Tim Schuerewegen]

- Mini2440 [Tim Schuerewegen]

- Mera-Elzab Meritum I (model 2) [Miodrag Milanovic]

- RM-380Z [Gabriele D'Antona]

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:

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- SLC1 [Robbbert]

Skeleton drivers:

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- Axel AX-20

- Didaktik M 92

- Mera 79152PC

- Mera Konin

- Siemens PC-D [rfka01]

- NCR Decision Mate V [rfka01]

- DEC Rainbow 100B [rfka01]

System Driver Changes:

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-poly1: Added Terminal roms [Andrew Trotman]

-Fix for a400, a800 and clones which caused a crash navigating the Input menu. [hap]

-a5105: Implemented memory banking. [sandro Ronco]

-mac: Cuda device talks to the 680x0 properly; Color Classic now shows something. [R. Belmont]

-mac: Fixed Cuda timer interrupt ack and default PRAM for Egret and Cuda [R. Belmont]

-victor9k: Fixed keyboard MCU clock. [Lord Nightmare]

-nc: Added v1.02 Danish and v1.02 German bios variations of the NC100. [Roberto Carlos Fernandez Gerhardt]

-cbm: Added ICT Mini Chief hard disk ROMs. [Curt Coder]

-mac: add preliminary support for LC520 (not working yet) [R. Belmont]

-pet: Added skeleton for SSE SoftBox IEEE-488 peripheral. [Curt Coder]

-macpci: new driver to support PCI-based Old World Macs, including Pippin [R. Belmont]

-c64: Added skeleton for Serial Box IEC peripheral. [Curt Coder]

-mac: Added skeleton device for low-level emulation of the original Mac keyboard [R. Belmont]

-ip22: Made the SGI Indy driver about 130% faster on my machine (from 50% speed to 115% speed on a 3.2GHz i7) by commenting out debug logging wholesale rather than leaving in an inline do-nothing if(). [MooglyGuy]

Software Lists:

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-coleco.xml: added an earlier dump of dkong. [k1w1]

-rainbow.xml: DEC Rainbow 100 Softlist [Kaylee]

Source Changes:

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-pc_cga.c: Fixed selection of mc6845 input clock. [Wilbert Pol]

-floppy: Add media type and write splice information to the internal representation, and start handling HD [O. Galibert]

-8530scc: Modernize. Hopefully nothing broke [O. Galibert]

-floppy: Add an "unknown" form factor and use it to fix floptool [O. Galibert]

-mcs48: Fixed I8021/I8022 clock divider. [Curt Coder]

-i386: Patch for i386 helps booting Phoenix bios [Carl]

-scsibus: Increment command index on acknowledge instead of data read, since Visual 1050 BIOS skips the message byte read and just acks it. [Curt Coder]

-Fix four spc700 opcodes which didn't disassemble correctly [kevtris]

-scsibus: Added group 6 (vendor specific) command length. [Curt Coder]

-scsibus: Implemented SASI group 6 command 00 (C0, Physical Device ID). [Curt Coder]

-scsibus: Sector size is now configurable in init_scsibus. [Curt Coder]

-scsihd: Get sector size from CHD metadata to support old 256 bytes/sector SASI drives, and allow hard disk image subdevices. [Curt Coder]

-uiimage/diimage: Dumbify the menus and add a control layer [O. Galibert]

-floppy: Add diskferret format support, and a minimal pc support [O. Galibert]

-First draft of i8279 device. Hooked up to mmd2, which now nearly works [Robbbert]

-softlist: Fix entry count tracking issue [O. Galibert]