MAME v0.84

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jul 2nd, 2004

MAME, the arcade emulator for multiple platforms, has been updated today! Currently, only the Windows builds have been done, nothing for DOS yet. Here is what's new:
    MAME Testers bugs fixed (there are probably more)
  • mouja059yel
  • rimrockn057yel
    Driver Improvements:
  • Improved sound in the Metro games.
  • Correct clock speed for Head On (Irem).
  • Fixed intro in Gaiapolis.
  • Fix Red Robin
  • ZN updates
  • Added vertical flip to the sprites in Dragon Bowl.
  • Some cleanups/renaming in the PGM driver.
  • Cleaned up the itech8 driver, now using new memory maps and standard VIA support.
  • Factored machine/turbo.c into two parts, one containing all the sound code. Includes some very crude attempts at making the beeps discrete.
  • Added some newly discovered PIC IDs to the Seattle driver.
  • Fixed the Speaker Puncturing Unit in the PSX games.
  • Fixed the SPU/CDDA volume balance in the konamigv games.
  • Fixed sound clock frequency for Zero Point 1.
  • Added missing SHA1 checksums to several ROMsets.
  • Fixed Super Pacman DIP switches.
  • Fixed improper use of memcpy in the Sega C2 driver.
  • Added cocktail support to Super Stingray and Kyros, and coin counters to The Next Space.
  • Fixed the trackball & tidied up the flash load/save in Simpsons Bowling.
  • Some minor NeoGeo and Super Kaneko Nova rendering speedups.
  • Many improvements to Jackie Chan, but still not playable.
  • Several PSX SPU improvements.
  • Improved DIP switches in LSA Squad, Whizz, Chase HQ, and SCI.
  • Fixed save/restore crash in the YM2610 emulation.
  • Improved DIP switches in Rim Rockin' Basketball.
  • Fixed several endian issues in the PSX-related drivers.
  • Improved PSX root counters.
  • Improved YMF271C sound quality.
    Changes to the main program:
  • A number of obsolete backward compatibility macros have been removed.
  • Miscellaneous cleanups and refactorings done primarily to support a new MESS specific feature. Also removed some '#if 0' code.
  • New input port definitions, similar to the new memory map definitions. You can continue to use the old PORT_BIT, PORT_BITX, and PORT_ANALOG macros for now, but it is preferred going forward that all ports use only PORT_BIT, and append all other flags and options using the new macros. See pacman.c for an example of the new format. The new input ports also support tagging for easier tracking of ports, and the ability to import port definitions from another set.
  • Two minor fixes to xml2info so that 'mame -listxml|xml2info' matches 'mame -listinfo' exactly.
  • New option in the Windows version: -wavwrite to save sound output to a WAV file.
  • Removed -listinfo option now that xml2info produces fully correct output.
  • Added ADSP2181 variant to the ADSP21xx CPU cores.
  • Added support for many more instruction forms in x86drc.h.
  • Added consistency checking for the year field.
  • Removed some silly 6502 speedups in the Atari games.
    New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status:
  • Hangman
  • Dragon Bowl
  • Knightmare (prototype)
  • Many new sets of Grayhound Trivia
  • Psychic Force EX
  • Double Point
    New Clones supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status:
  • Puchi Carat (World)
  • Dragon World II (ver. 110X, Export)
  • Vapor TRX (prototype)
  • Street Drivin' (prototype)
  • Empire City: 1931 (US)
  • Final Blow (US)
  • Gold Medalist (alt)
  • Saboten Bombers (set 2)
  • Mega Zone (3 alternate sets)
  • Street Fight
  • Fantasy Land (set 2)
    New Non-Working games / clones supported
  • Idol Janshi Su-Chi-Pi Special
  • The Killing Blade
  • Squash (Ver. 1.0)
  • Thunder Hoop
  • Pocket Gal Deluxe
  • Diet Go Go
  • Double Wings
  • Boogie Wings
  • Osman
  • Chain Reaction
  • Magical Drop
  • Magical Drop Plus
  • Charlie Ninja
  • Joe & Mac Returns
  • Ganbare! Gonta!! 2
  • Heavy Smash
  • World Cup Volley '95
  • Backfire!
  • Space Lords (2 new sets)
  • Moto Frenzy (3 new sets)
  • BMC Bowling
  • Meijinsen
  • Mahjong Block Jongbou (Japan)
  • Gals Panic 3
  • Tornado (2 sets)
  • Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams (Euro 950605)
  • Street Fighter Zero 2 (Oceania 960229)
  • Marvel Vs. Capcom: Clash of Super Heroes (Brazil 980123)
  • Street Fighter Alpha 3 (Brazil 980629)
Wow... anyways, you can grab this from our MAME for Windows/DOS section.

Thanks to Huskobon for the heads up.