FBA 0.2.96.58 Released!

[iq_132]

I've made a new version of FBA available for download.

This is a fairly big update; changes are summarized below;

 

Neo-Geo

 

* Added driver for Diggerman (diggerma)

* Added driver for Jockey Grand Prix (jockeygp)

* Added driver for Metal Slug 5 (mslug5, ms5plus, ms5pcb)

* Added driver for Pochi and Nyaa (pnyaa)

* Added driver for Samurai Shodown V (samsho5, samsho5h, samsho5b, samsh5sp, samsh5sh, samsh5sn)

* Added driver for SvC Chaos - SNK vs Capcom (svc, svcboot, svcplus, svcplusa, svcsplus, svcpcb, svcpcba)

* Added driver for The King of Fighters 2003 (kof2003, kf2k3bl, kf2k3bla, kf2k3pl, kf2k3upl, kf2k3pcb)

* Added driver for V-Liner (vliner, vlinero)

* Added driver for Zintrick (zintrckb)

* Added aof3k to the Art of Fighting 3 driver

* Added ct2k3sp to the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2003 driver

* Added kog to the King of Fighters '97 driver

* Added lastsold to the Last Blade driver

* Added mslug3b6 to the Metal Slug 3 driver

* Added ms4plus to the Metal Slug 4 driver

* Added fswords to the Samurai Shodown III driver

* Added lans2004 to the Shock Troopers 2 driver

* Added kof10th, kf10thep, kf2k5uni, kf2k2mp, kf2k2mp2, kf2k2pls, kf2k2pla, kof2k4se to the King of Fighters 2002 driver

* ROM set changes to match MAME affecting the kizuna, kof2000, kof2001, kof2002, lastblda, matrim, mslug4, and rbff1 drivers

* Added emulation for PVC Protection

* Added extra emulation for various bootlegs and gambling games

* Enabled a protection patch for Metal Slug X making the game playable

* Updated Universe BIOS to latest version (2.2)

* Added missing bioses from MAME

* Added a compile-time define in the Neo-Geo driver to strictly match the MAME bios set for romset validation purposes

* Removed driver for bangbedp

 

CPS-2

 

* Added the decryption algorithm routines to allow games to be decrytped without XORs

* Removed the XORs from drivers where the decryption key is known

* Added driver for Hyper Street Fighter 2 (hsf2a)

* Added driver for Puzz Loop 2 (pzloop2, pzloop2j)

* Added 19xxa to the 19XX driver

* Added avspa to the Alien vs Predator driver

* Added armwar to the Armored Warriors driver

* Added ddsomr1, ddsomr3 to the Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow of Mystara driver

* Added ddtodr1 to the Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom driver

* Added mshj to the Marvel Super Heroes driver

* Added mshvsfj2 to the Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter driver

* Added spf2ta to the Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo driver

* Added ssf2tbr1 to the Super Street Fighter 2 driver

* Added ssf2u to the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo driver

* Added xmvsfu to the X-Men vs Street Fighter driver

* Emulated the paddles in Puzz Loop 2 (pzloop2, pzloop2j)

* ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the armwar, avsp, ddsom, ddtod, dstlk, msh, mshvsf, msvc, progear, sfa, sfa3, sgemf, spf2t, vhunt2, and xmvsf drivers

* Corrected the descriptions in the Cyberbots driver

* Disabled drivers for games without XORs or decryption keys

 

CPS-1

 

* Added cawingr1 to the Carrier Air Wing driver

* Added ffightua to the Final Fight driver

* Fixed the Saturday Night Slam Masters driver so the games now boot

* ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the forgottn, sf2, and varth drivers

* Removed driver for knightsh

 

Toaplan

 

* Added driver for Hell Fire (hellfire, hellfir1, hellfir2)

* Added driver for Truxton (truxton)

* Added driver for Zero wing (zerowing)

* Added batsugna to the Batsugun driver

* Added outzoneb, outzonec to the Out Zone driver

* Fixed the dip switches in the Out Zone driver

* ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the bbakraid, dogyuun, outzone and shippumd drivers

 

Cave

 

* Added donpachk to the Donpachi driver

* Added theroes to the Gaia driver

* Added uopoko to the Puzzle Uo Poko driver

* ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the btlkroad, ddonpach, dfeveron, donpach, gaia and uopoko drivers

 

Misc

 

* Added driver for Cooki and Bibi 2

* Added driver for Cooki and Bibi 3

* Added driver for More More

* Added driver for More More Plus

* Added driver for Puzzle King

* Added driver for Toppy & Rappy

* Added driver for Twinkle

* Added driver for XESS - The New Revolution (SemiCom 3-in-1)

* Added gtstarba to the Guardian driver

* Added newsa to the News driver

* Added slapftuk, slapfgtr to the Slap Fight driver

* Added snowbroc to the Snow Bros. driver

* Added solomon to the Solomons Key driver

* Added s1945a, s1945k to the Strikers 1945 driver

* Added supermanj to the Superman driver

* Added tigerhb2 to the Tiger Heli driver

* Added daisenpu to the Twin Hawk driver

* Fixed the sound generated by the YM2151 in the Final Star Force driver

* Fixed the hang bug in the Rastan driver when starting the game

* ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the gunbird, opwolf, rastan, s1945, solomon, tengai and tigerh drivers

 

Application

 

* Added a NODUMP flag for rom definitions and updated DAT file generation and rom scan routines to support it

* Increased the max length of a rom name to 32 characters

* Added support for the extra V-Liner inputs to the input dialog

* Made game selection dialog wider to accomodate longer game titles

* Fixed the player descriptions in the input dialog (Player 0 becomes Player 1, etc.)

 

So, what does this mean for FBA? No new releases are promised in the future. The FBA Team seems to have disbanded a while back and we all seem to be doing different things now. I caught the emulation bug again at the back end of last year and since FBA was rather out of date I have decided to release this update. New releases may follow depending how long the bug lasts....

 

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

 

 

Thanks to kof2112 for the news!

[olaf]

I never could figure out how to get my ROMs working with FBA... I guess I'm retarded. Too bad, it looks like such a good damned emulator.

[iq_132]

It requires an extended bios set (different than MAME's).

That's probably what the problem was. If you need anything FBA related my forums are a decent place to go http://neosource.1emulation.com/forums/