MAME 0.127u6

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Release Date

MAME 0.127u6 was released on 01 October 2008.


Contributors

The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order:


Specific Contributions

The known contributions for this version are, in the order specified in the whatsnew:

  • JohnBoy updated the neogeo driver:
    • Updated Neo-Geo game pcb infos.
    • 2020bba: Marked MVS and AES version.
    • sonicwi2: Added correct sized v2.
    • kof95 / kof95a:
      • Renamed kof95 to kof95h.
      • Renamed p1 to correct chip label.
      • Added note.
      • Renamed kof95a to kof95.
      • Renamed p1.
    • samsho3 / samsho3a:
      • Renamed samsho3a to samsho3.
      • Renamed samsho3 to samsho3h.
      • Renamed p1 to correct chip label.
      • Marked AES version.
    • kof98 / kof98n:
      • Renamed m1 in kof98 to correct chip label.
      • Renamed m1 in kof98n to correct chip label (kof98n should be latest revision, cart had very high SN 1xx.xxx).
    • kof97: Marked MVS version.
    • samsho5 / samsho5h:
      • Correct text layer size.
      • Marked samsho5h AES version.
    • neogeo:
      • Updated system set to what is found on NEO-MVH MV1FS.
      • Added note.
    • ms5pcb:
      • Hooked up bios dip.
      • Renamed bios to correct chip label.
      • Renamed p1 / p2 to correct chip label, marked NO_DUMP.
      • Added note.


  • Nicola Salmoria added pen_mask tile attribute to the tilemap system. Implemented dynamic tile & sprite bit depth in the Taito F3 driver.
  • Aaron Giles changed MAKE_RGB macro to set the alpha to 255 instead of 0. Updated palette.c to preserve the alpha when transforming palette values. These changes should be transparent to almost all drivers and rendering (ha-ha), but there may be an occasional instance where a driver relied on the alpha being 0 in the system palette. This also means that the palette_set_color() function preserves any alpha value that is set.
  • Aaron Giles changed Firefox to RGB32 to allow for mid-screen palette changes. Because of the above change, the hacky alpha manipulation that was previously required is no longer necessary; the alpha is set directly in the palette entry.
  • Aaron Giles removed render_container_set_palette_alpha() hack. Now the alpha value can be set directly in the palette entry and will be respected for laserdisc overlays.
  • stephh updated warpwarp.c driver:
    • Reworked 'geebee', 'navarone' and 'warpwarp' INPUT_PORTS definitions by using conditional Dip Switches.
    • Added 'geebeeb' INPUT_PORTS definition (this game has specific "Replay" settings).
  • stephh removed unneeded keys:
    • UI_ON_SCREEN_DISPLAY (there is now a "Slider Controls" menu).
    • UI_ADD_CHEAT, UI_DELETE_CHEAT, UI_SAVE_CHEAT, UI_WATCH_VALUE, UI_EDIT_CHEAT, UI_RELOAD_CHEAT (these keys belonged to the old cheat engine).
  • Wilbert Pol converted the z80pio implementation into a device.
  • couriersud verified watchdog behaviour in schematics for 8080bw.c.
  • Aaron Giles improved ldverify:
    • Uses back-end decoding for CHDs directly to bitmaps.
    • Changed min/max detection to only check 0/255.
    • Fixed off-by-one bug in min/max computation.
    • Separated white code detection from frame number detection.
    • Track cadence with frame numbers as well as white codes.
    • Use vbiparse.h constants where appropriate.
  • Aaron Giles plumbed machine parameters through the renderer. Removed need for deprecat.h.
  • Aaron Giles changed render_texture_set_bitmap() to accept a palette object instead of a palette index. The renderer remains optimized for the system palette but will work if objects have their own palette as well.
  • Aaron Giles changed renderer to permit palettes for RGB and YUY textures. If specified, these palettes specify a 32-entry (RGB15) or 256-entry (others) lookup for applying additional brightness/contrast/gamma on a per-texture basis.
  • Aaron Giles removed rescale notification. It never really worked that well and violated proper layering.
  • Aaron Giles renamed palette_set_brightness() to palette_set_pen_contrast() for clarity.
  • Aaron Giles changed palette objects to support global brightness/contrast/gamma in addition to per-group and per-entry controls.
  • Aaron Giles simplified core deinterlacing logic based on availability of pre-decoded VBI data. Added plumbing for allowing for overall brightness/contrast/gamma corrections on laserdisc video. Fixed bug when combining brightness values in the palette logic.
  • Aaron Giles converted Z80 CTC to a proper device. Updated all drivers. Added new item to the interface which is the tag of a CPU to take the base clock from.
  • Aaron Giles changed Z80 daisy chain interface to simply be a list of devices in the chain. Interrupt callback functions are now fetched via the standard device interface and referenced by the daisy chain code.
  • Aaron Giles changed Z80 PIO interrupt callback to pass a device instead of the machine. All device callbacks should provide the device.
  • couriersud updated merit.c:
    • Implemented palette & colour decoding from crt 200 schematics.
    • Hooked up 6845.
    • Hooked up lscnblk line.
    • Fixed Phraze Craze gfx rom ordering.
    • Clocks from schematics.
    • Ram palette moved to static var. This should not be in RAM.
    • Added save state support.
  • DITraI4D0 updated expro02.c:
    • Fixed DIPSW.
    • Added graphics decode routine (probably it can be simpler).
  • DITraI4D0 updated video/kaneko16.c:
    • Tilemap scroll position is different for expro02, so added new function (is it better to fix current one?).
  • Aaron Giles converted Z80 SIO to device. Updated drivers accordingly.
  • Aaron Giles added mechanism to generically specify input port tags in place of machine/device handlers. Unfortunately, the implementation relies on sentinel values to distinguish a port tag versus a pointer to function code. However, since this is a very common situation, it will hopefully be worth the slight grossness. New macros are defined in inptport.h:
    • DEVICE8_PORT(name) - use this to specify the name of a port to read wherever a read8_device_func would normally be used.
    • MACHINE8_PORT(name) - same as DEVICE8_PORT except it can be used wherever a read8_machine_func would normally be used.
    • IS_HANDLER_PORT(ptr) - accepts a read8_device_func or read8_machine_func and determines if it is an actual function or a reference to a port; intended for use by devices that accept DEVICE8_PORT-style functions.
    • CALL_DEVICE8_READ(ptr,device,offset) - either calls through the given read8_device_func, or calls input_port_read with the appropriate tag, depending on the result of IS_HANDLER_PORT; intended for use by devices that accept DEVICE8_PORT-style functions.
    • CALL_MACHINE8_READ(ptr,machine,offset) - same as CALL_DEVICE8_READ except for read8_machine_func.
    • Note that in order for these to be useful, the consumer of the function pointer must be enhanced to use the CALL_* macros above instead of directly calling through the function. So far, only the 8255 PPI is set up to do this, as part of the cleanup below. Also note that the sentinel value is currently 4 consecutive 0 bytes; this may need to change in the future, in either length or value, so it is important to stick to the macros above.
  • Aaron Giles cleaned up the 8255 PPI interface:
    • Added MDRV_PPI8255_ADD, MDRV_PPI8255_RECONFIG and MDRV_PPI8255_REMOVE macros; updated all drivers to use them.
    • Changed callbacks to device read/write handlers intead of machine read/write handlers; updated all drivers accordingly.
    • Normalized function and variable names to be lower_under.
    • Removed a number of redundant interfaces from the galaxian/scramble line of games.
  • Aaron Giles added some (compile-time removed) information about the ROM and memory map of the LD-V1000.
  • Aaron Giles changed 68000 interrupts to only trigger during execution. This means that multiple changes without any execution will be seen as atomic. It also means that PULSE_LINE no longer works for signalling IRQs.
  • Aaron Giles added checks in the debug build to catch people who try to use PULSE_LINE for non-NMI and non-RESET input lines on CPUs that no longer support direct interrupt generation. Over time expect this list to increase.
  • Matt Ownby fixed edge case bug in the Cube Quest line CPU involving adding with carry.
  • Sonikos continued work on System1 inputs:
    • Added dips location in all game.
    • Moved in generic Cabinet dip for eliminate the redundancy.
    • Better implementation of generic input.
  • Fabio Priuli changed the NSS/SNES loading code to support more cart/memory layouts and generally be more in line with the MESS way of handling SNES cartridges.


Game Support

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status


New clones added

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