MAME 0.61
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Release Date
MAME 0.61 was released on 4 July 2002.
Contributors
The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order:
- Aaron Giles
- Acho A. Tang
- Angelo Salese
- Barry Rodewald
- Bryan McPhail
- Charles MacDonald
- David Graves
- David Haywood
- ElSemi
- Fabio R. Schmidlin
- Jarek Burczynski
- Juergen Buchmueller
- MASH
- Mike Herrin
- Nicola Salmoria
- Paul Priest
- Quench
- Razoola
- Robin Merrill
- RYO
- Shiriru
- Stefan Jokisch
- Stephane Humbert
- Uki
- Zsolt Vasvari
Specific Contributions
The known contributions for this version are, in the order specified in the whatsnew:
- Nicola Salmoria fixed the tilemaps in Sotsugyo Shousho.
- Zsolt Vasvari fixed the graphics in Pinbo.
- Razoola improved the raster effects handling in the NeoGeo games.
- Acho A. Tang improved the graphics in HAL21.
- Barry Rodewald added preliminary support for raster effects in CPS2 games.
- Paul Priest added alpha blending to the Psikyo games.
- Jarek Burczynski fixed the Y8950 conflicting with YM3812/YM3526 in some SNK games.
- Nicola Salmoria fixed sound in Spinal Breakers.
- Acho A. Tang added sound to HAL21.
- Bryan McPhail fixed controls & gfx in Outrun and Space Harrier.
- Acho A. Tang simulated the protection in S.P.Y.
- Acho A. Tang fixed Rip cord.
- Acho A. Tang fixed the collision detection in Labyrinth Runner and Fast Lane.
- Bryan McPhail and Stephane Humbert fixed the protection in Funky Jet
- Shiriru and made several fixes to the F3 games.
- Bryan McPhail added light gun support.
- Aaron Giles did a major redesign of the OS interface for the display update.
- VIDEO_SUPPORTS_DIRTY flag removed
- osd_mark_dirty() removed
- osd_create_display() now takes an extra parameter rgb_components
- osd_set_visible_area() removed
- osd_allocate_colors() removed
- osd_modify_pen() removed
- osd_update_video_and_audio() now takes a mame_display pointer
- osd_debugger_focus() removed
- osd_set/get_gamma() removed
- osd_set/get_brightness() removed
- Aaron Giles completely redesigned the artwork handling. Any game can now use artwork, with no specific support in the driver. Configuration is done with external .art files.
- -noartcrop -- crops artwork to the game screen area only
- -nobackdrop -- enables/disables backdrop art
- -nooverlay -- enables/disables overlay art
- -nobezel -- enables/disables bezel art
- Aaron Giles changed the Windows version so it now rotates the screen at blit time instead of requiring the core to do so. Since the new code is usually faster than the old one, and it allows for great simplifications in the core, rotation at blit time will probably be a requirement in next release. Porters are advised to begin implementing it now.
- Fabio R. Schmidlin and Charles MacDonald added a new YM-2413 emulator.
Game Support
New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status
- Super Slams
- Macross Plus
- Quiz Bisyoujo Senshi Sailor Moon - Chiryoku Tairyoku Toki no Un
- Jump Kids
- Toffy
- Super Toffy
- Battle Cross
- Gulf War II
- Bubble 2000
- 4 Fun in 1
- Kick Goal
- Games V18.7C
- Games V25.4X
- Super Duper Casino (California V3.2)
- Super Ten V8.3
- Wily Tower
- Lethal Crash Race
- F-1 Grand Prix
- Dog-Fight
- Find Out
- Golfing Greats
- Sankokushi
- Super Shanghai Dragon's Eye
- Mechanized Attack
- Beast Busters
- Thunder Zone / Desert Assault
- The Next Space
- Bakutotsu Kijuutei
- Equites
- Bull Fighter
- The Koukouyakyuh
- Splendor Blast
- High Voltage
- Red Robin
- Net Wars
- Clay Shoot
- Mr. Kougar
- Car Polo
- Dingo
- Birdie King
- Inferno
- Dribbling
- Triple Hunt
- Orbit
- Monte Carlo
- Tube Panic
- Roller Jammer
- Kikiippatsu Mayumi-chan
- Knights of Valour / Sango
- Battle Bakraider
New clones added
- ESP Ra.De (International Ver 1998 4/22)
- ESP Ra. De. (Japan Ver 1998 4/21)
- The Outfoxies (Japan)
- Tactician (set 2)
- Battles (=Xevious)
- Power Spikes (World)
- Condor (= Phoenix)
- Grind Stormer (set 2)
- Battle Garegga (set 2)
- Hell Fire (1 player)
- Same! Same! Same! (2 players)
- Gravitar (prototype)
- Lunar Battle (= Gravitar)
- Super Cobra (Sega)
- S.P.Y. (World)
- Air Buster (English)
- Baraduke (set 2)
- Metro-Cross (set 2)
- Red Hawk (= Stagger I)
- Bagman (bootleg on Galaxian hardware)
