MAME 0.144u4 source update released

[Robert]

Get the source here --> http://mamedev.org/updates.html

 

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

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

MAMEinfo.dat -> http://mameinfo.mameworld.info/

renameSET.dat -> http://www.progettos.../renset_en.html

MAMEplus! -> http://www.emucr.com/search/label/MAME-Plus

 

0.144u4

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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

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- 04556: [interface] Changing INC and DEC inputs, results in .cfg file issue (hap)

- 04569: [interface] Changing INC in UI menu changes DEC instead (Olivier Galibert)

- 04575: [interface] [uI] Box no longer drawn around physical DIP locations (Olivier Galibert)

- 04574: [speed] Many sets in snowbros.c: Graphic and gameplay slowdown (Angelo Salese)

- 04578: [Graphics] mwalk: Graphics corruption after a few seconds of gameplay (Alex Jackson)

- 04572: [Crash/Freeze] Many sets in dynax.c, royalmah.c: Failure to boot/Hang at Post (Angelo Salese)

- 04536: [sound] flicky, flickys2: Z80 PIO issues causing missing music (hap)

- 03457: [Graphics] choplift: Choplifter (8751 315-5151) scrolling problems (hap)

- 04558: [Gameplay] wboy and clones: 'gameplay smoothness' issue (hap)

- 04576: [Crash/Freeze] geebee, geebeeb, geebeeg: freeze when starting the game (hap)

- 04570: [Crash/Freeze] wof: Black screen (Brian Troha)

- 04562: [Crash/Freeze] All sets in namconb1.c: Failure to boot past post or disclaimer screen (Angelo Salese)

- 04564: [Crash/Freeze] dwex, drgw3 and clones: Access Violation after OK (Angelo Salese)

- 04566: [sound] rockragej, rockrage, rockragea: Stereo output is not implemented. (Angelo Salese)

- 04563: [Crash/Freeze] thedeep: Access Violation (Angelo Salese)

- 03538: [sound] salamand, lifefrce, lifefrcej, salamandj: Music is too quiet in Salamander and Lifeforce (Fujix)

- 04565: [sound] salamand, lifefrce: Reversed Stereo (Angelo Salese)

- 04559: [Documentation] m5draclb: The correct description is "Ooh Aah Dracula Club (Barcrest) (MPU5)".

- 04557: [Documentation] m5bankrl: The correct description is "The Bank Roll (Barcrest) (MPU5)".

 

 

Source Changes

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Forte Card improvements: [Roberto Fresca]

* A lot of work on inputs.

* Added DIP locations.

* Lamps documentation and support.

* Added Lamps layout.

* Fixed and simplified inputs. Now Owner, Rental and Credits are proper toggled service keys.

* Improved the button-lamps layout with the half and double addition for betting in the gamble stage.

* Reverse engineering and partially documented the serial EEPROM data.

* Added a clean default NVRAM and serial EEPROM.

* Added company and year notes.

* Added technical notes.

 

Adjusted volume levels in nemesis.c to mirror observed levels from PCB recordings for Salamander/Lifeforce. Partially addresses MT Bug #3538 [Fujix]

 

Various fixes to California Chase, it currently completes the POST [Grull Osgo]

 

Fix to CD-I video code [fgs]

 

Preliminary save state support to Naomi / AW / DC driver [Angelo Salese]

 

Improved SN76477 interface. [Curt Coder]

 

vigilant.c: fix reversed Demo Sounds dipswitch in kikcubic [Alex Jackson]

 

Modernized MSM6242 RTC device [Angelo Salese]

 

Added incrementing time to MSM6242 device [Angelo Salese]

 

Added preliminary IRQ generation to the MSM6242, updated drivers that uses it accordingly and removed various related kludges [Angelo Salese]

 

Capcom ZN-1, ZN-2 updates [Team CPS-1]:

* Confirmed and documented game board # for every set

* Properly fixed ROMs labels and locations to match real pcbs

* Marked MASK ROMs in ts2, ts2j as BAD_DUMP, current dumps don't match real pcbs, added a note

* Replaced HR2-01M.3A in strider2 and clones with proper 32MBit dump to match real pcb, 2nd half was cutted out

* Added a more accurate title description to some games

* Added some documentation notes to various sets

* Reordered all sets per release date

* Minor cleanups and fixes

 

Properly hooked up MSM6242 device to Super Kaneko Nova System [Angelo Salese]

 

Various avt.c progresses, it now properly shows some gfxs [Angelo Salese]

 

Removed PC-based sound hack from Mirax [Angelo Salese]

 

Fix for 8042kbc.c irq generation, now California Chase correctly accept keyboard inputs [Grull Osgo]

 

Softlist support cleanup and addition of compatibility filtering [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

Documented MCU ports in The Deep, doesn't work yet due of a MCS51 core bug [Angelo Salese]

 

Some progresses with atamanot, got a garbled title screen and realized that the game is heavily protected [Angelo Salese]

 

Added, and made Mr. Do! use the U8106 soundchip, which as far as I can tell is 100% identical to the sn76489 non-a, pending further testing. [Lord Nightmare, plgDavid]

 

Added a note about pins held high on the Raiden 2 sound Z80. [Lord Nightmare, balrog]

 

Converted gamtor.c to use the RAMDAC device [Angelo Salese]

 

Hooked up VGA device to Photo Play [Angelo Salese]

 

eeprom.c: Changed the 'erase' function to force all data bits of the specified address to 1s. [Wilbert Pol]

 

Other improvements to California Chase, it shows Windows 98 logo [Grull Osgo]

 

Fixed VGA line compare register masking, makes Windows 98 logo to display correctly [Angelo Salese]

 

Fixed irq ack in Itazura Tenshi [Angelo Salese]

 

Merged dacholer.c and itaten.c drivers, fixes priority and sprite Y positions in Dacholer and Kick Boy [Angelo Salese]

 

Added proper ROM labels for Taxi Driver [f205v]

 

Various changes for Neo-Geo driver [Johnboy]:

* Marked quizkof MVS AND AES VERSION

* Cleaned up all labels (consistent for all protos now) for prototype sets (in 99.9% of the cases the correct labels are not known) to: proto_ID-XX.XX

* Identified product codes for viewpoint, savager and blazstar

* kotm2p m1/s1 parent/clone fix

* Documentation update

* Reflected changes in internal db to xml (except /* Plane x */ )

 

 

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

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Forte Card (Spanish) [Angelo Salese, Roberto Fresca, Rob Ragon]

Itazura Tenshi [Team Japump!!!, Hau, Yohji]

 

 

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

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Special Criminal Investigation (Tourvision PCE bootleg)

[Mariusz Wojcieszek, Clawgrip, Charles MacDonald, AUMAP]