FB Alpha 0.2.97.18 Released

[Robert]

Arcade emulator.

 

Get it here --> http://www.barryharris.me.uk/fba.php

 

To celebrate New Year, here is a new FB Alpha release.

• Added driver for Lemmings [iq_132]
  
• Added support for trackball in Lemmings [barry]
  
• Added driver for Pac-Land [iq_132]
  
• Added driver for games on Psikyo4 hardware [iq_132]
  
• Added driver for games on Rabbit Punch hardware [iq_132]
  
• Added a preliminary driver for SNES hardware, enabled in debug builds only [kev]
  
• Changed CPS-3 driver to use MAME flash dumps, and added verification for CPS-3 driver back to ROM_VERIFY dat [barry, suggested by Haze]
  
• Added preliminary Puzzli2 protection simulation and removed the patches from the PGM driver [iq_132]
  
• Delayed the VBlank IRQ in the CPS-2 driver to part through the VBlank period, fixes disappearing text in the Dungeons & Dragons games [barry]
  
• Added sound to fantzonep in the Sega System 16A driver [barry]
  
• Improved IRQ timing in Sega System Y driver [barry]
  
• Reduced the volume of some CPS-2 games that were too loud [barry]
  
• Fixed sound in Konami drivers which weren't generating enough IRQs per frame to drive the sound [barry]
  
• Fixed a bug in the K052360 sound core, fixes Parodius booting [barry]
  
• Fixed inputs in Dream Land in the Bubble Bobble driver [barry]
  
• Fixed Rambo III in the Taito B driver [barry]
  
• Fixed default dips in Yes/No Sinri Tokimeki Chart in the Taito F2 driver [barry]
  
• Tidied the CPS-1, CPS-2, Galaxian, Irem, Konami, Neo Geo, Sega and Taito drivers [barry]
  
• Changed the Zet interface to initialise a single CPU at a time, updated all affected drivers [iq_132]
  
• Made sure the BurnYM2151 handlers are NULLed on exit [barry]
  
• Incorporated endian fixes from FBANext for various CPU cores and interfaces, as well as the CPS-3, Neo Geo, Psikyo, Sega, Taito and Toaplan drivers [barry, FBANext by Lantus]
  
• Added support for various MAME graphics decoding macros [iq_132]
  
• Added some Unicode titles to the PGM driver [JacKc]
  
• Fixed various localisation issues [barry, reported by Benjamin Siskoo]
  
• Changed default of the "Don't change Num Lock status" option to on [barry]
  
• Added SDL audio, input and video plugins so I can re-port to SDL [kev]
  
• Moved the burner/win32 folder to burner/platform/win32 [kev]
  
• Changed interface directory layout [kev]
  
• Changed the path handling to be more portable (changed // to \) [kev]
  
• Updated unzip.c to the latest version [kev]
  
• Improved the gamelist filter functionality and added support for Capcom (Other), Data East, Seta, SNES and Technos filters, updating relevant drivers [barry]
  
• Moved any Irem, Kaneko, Sega, Taito or Toaplan drivers in the misc filters to the relevant filter [barry]
  
• Moved Konami drivers from misc to the Konami filter [iq_132]
  
• Added defines for _XBOX headers and plugins in the burner and interface folders [barry]
  
• Reduced the optimisation levels for GCC 3.4.5 to match other GCC builds, fixed some warnings that are now generated by GCC 3.4.5 [barry]
  
• Matched all sets to MAME 0.144u4 [barry]