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31st July, 2008 - GameEx 9.43 released

 

New Features:

 

- Thanks to the hard work of Flash and Headkaze for providing the tools, the first of the updated databases using the new format are in this release. These are for the Sega Saturn and NEC PC-FX

- I realised today that the MAME manufacturer list and filter had really become a useless feature due to the huge amount of MAME games now supported and the data accuracy issues in the MAME XML output. Therefore GameEx now performs formating on the Manufacturer, resulting in less manufacturers in the list and more games grouped under each one as well as fixing the data accuracy issues in recent MAME builds. This results in a smaller list making the feature once again worth having hopefully. An update list is required

 

Changes:

 

- For new installs by default GameEx will not set the resolution to 800x600 but will use the current windows desktop resolution. This is to provide a better initial experience for new users, and should only be a problem on really low end machines set at high resolutions

- There is a slight change to the 2d animations. Hopefully for the better. Feedback welcome

- When choosing the Lite or MAME only option on install, ebooks and search will be disabled. The theme is set at Media Center instead of MCE Glossy

 

Fixes:

 

- GameEx should be more usable in touch screen setups as the issue where clicking the page down error did not return focus to the list from the menu with the default V3 themes is fixed

- Fixes issue where the menu would not be visible after updating the MAME list

- Fixes ICONS only being created on a restart when the first MAME list update is done

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Visual PinMAME is up to Version 2.0.1 now

- Added support for Stern's "Nascar" and "Grand Prix"

What's new in Visual PinMAME:

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Version 2.0 (August 1st, 2008)

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- Visual PinMAME went open source!

- No interface changes, refer to whatsnew.txt for PinMAME changes

 

 

Version 2.0 (August 1, 2008) - "Free Play Only!"

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This major version number change has nothing to do with new functionality for once - it was done to mark a different milestone in the PinMAME development:

from this day on, anybody will be free to compile Visual PinMAME for himself, so the four formerly crypted files are available in their unencrypted version from our source code repository now!

 

At the same time the expiration date was removed, so this version is both totally OPEN SOURCE and NEVER-EXPIRING at the same time. Well worth a 2.0, what do you think?

 

On a sad note, this means we won't emulate the new S.A.M. system by Stern for quite some time to come - because of the same reason Visual PinMAME was closed source before: once you're able to emulate one of the games using that platform, all of the other games will work instantaneously as well!

 

However, development on all other manufacturer's platforms is continuing. Playmatic games are working a little by now, and we will see more improvement in the future for sure; sound is next on our issue list.

 

The TMS5200 is about the most complicated piece of hardware to emulate it seems; Lord Nightmare spends almost all of his free time to get it right, and we'll keep track of the latest outcomings as used in MAME, and will port the updates to PinMAME as soon as they are available.

With this release, the speech sounds no longer as "hollow" as it did before, and a few chirps and clicks are gone by using the TMS5200 specific emulation.

 

Some more (Nuova) Bell games were added, and a dart-based pinball conversion kit for Bally machines was found by JRR (thanks!)

Brian also came up with Alvin G.'s "USA Football".

 

Changes:

 

*** CORE/CPU ***

Added new debugger command CODELIST

Fixed some disassembler glitches in the 6809 debugger

Better TMS5200 emulation for Bally / Zaccaria games that use it

 

*** ROM SUPPORT ***

Added Bell's Tiger Rag (thanks to Inkochnito & Hans Balk)

Added Nuova Bell's World Defender (-"-)

Added Nuova Bell's Dark Shadow (-"-)

Added Nuova Bell's Skill Flight (-"-)

Added Nuova Bell's Cobra (-"-)

Added Nuova Bell's Top Pin (-"-)

Added Nuova Bell's U-Boat 65 (-"-)

Added Grand Products' 301/Bullseye (thanks to Inkochnito & J.R.Robertson)

Added Alvin G.'s USA Football

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