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New page: == Release Date == MAME 0.143u4 was released on 25 August 2011. == Contributors == The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order: * agemame * Angelo Salese ...

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.143u4 was released on 25 August 2011.

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

* [[agemame]]
* [[Angelo Salese]]
* [[B. Munger]]
* [[bnathan]]
* [[bodger319]]
* [[Brian Troha]]
* [[Cah4e3]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Dyq]]
* [[f205v]]
* [[Fabio Priuli]]
* [[Guru]]
* [[hap]]
* [[J. Wallace]]
* [[Jackc]]
* [[Joerg Hartenberger]]
* [[Jonhboy]]
* [[Kevin Eshbach]]
* [[Luca Elia]]
* [[M.A.S.H.]]
* [[Mark F.]]
* [[Miodrag Milanovic]]
* [[O. Galibert]]
* [[R. Belmont]]
* [[ranger_lannier]]
* [[Robert Muth]]
* [[robotype]]
* [[The Dumping Union]]
* [[Tirino73]]
* [[Yohji]]

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

* [[Fabio Priuli]] updated driver.h: fixed handling of compatible systems for MESS.

* [[Brian Troha]] updated tbowl.c: Corrected some dipswitches and settings. Added dipswitch locations to the Tecmo Bowl sets.

* [[Guru]] added correct sprite rom for "Mahjong Tian Jiang Shen Bing".

* [[Luca Elia]] decrypted sprites and palette in "Mahjong Tian Jiang Shen Bing", added inputs, sidestepped protection.

* [[Angelo Salese]] updated z80dma: Added an alternative way of register read-back that directly change the read mask without passing from the init read sequence command, also moved around DMA counters incrementing.

* [[Brian Troha]] updated tecmo.c: Added proper region to Gemini and Silk Worm sets. Added dipswitch locations to Rygar sets, Gemini, Silk Worm and Back Fire (Tecmo, bootleg).

* [[Fabio Priuli]] removed support for PORT_CATEGORY from the core, since PORT_CONDITION is enough to deal with removable controllers in MESS.

* [[Fabio Priuli]] updated ioport.c: during emulation, detect keyboard only when enabled.

* [[Jackc]] and [[Johnboy]] provided various Neo-Geo changes:
** Continued to document used pcb's for cartridges.
** More removal of .bin extension in favour of chiplabel.socketlabel naming convention.
** Cleaned up fightfev: Removed duplicate p2, marked p1 bad dump.
** Cleaned up fatfury2.

* [[J. Wallace]] fixed independent channel volumes in Okim6376 sound chip, used by the games from the Road Hog era of MPU4.

* [[Angelo Salese]] moved ST-V game-specific overrides from saturn.c/stvinit.c to stv.c, makes games to correctly return stv.c instead of saturn.c if you use -listsource.

* [[Angelo Salese]] moved change clock inside a timer and worked on NMI generation for SMPC, fixes most instances of 2 credits at start-up for ST-V games.

* [[Robert Muth]] and [[R. Belmont]] provided general portability fixes.

* [[Angelo Salese]] rewrote ST-V IOGA system from scratch.

* [[hap]] improved ymz280b.c: several minor fixes, including the issue that caused glitched sfx in tecmosys.c tkdensho and deroon.

* [[Angelo Salese]] fixed mahjong panel input quirks for Virtual Mahjong and My Fair Lady.

* [[Angelo Salese]] provided some cheesy hacks to allow Magical Zunou Power to boot.

* [[Angelo Salese]] converted VDP2 registers into proper 16-bits parallelism.

* [[Miodrag Milanovic]] updated chdman - supported full/relative paths when creating cd rom image, also added support for GDI with files containing space char.

* [[Miodrag Milanovic]] added support for loading other image types to cdrom device, with use of chdman part of code.

* [[O. Galibert]] updated the floppy emulation: Add generic track data descriptors.

* [[Angelo Salese]] added MVOL to the SCSP core, used for sound fade in/out effects.

* [[Angelo Salese]]: provided various fixes to the Taito JC system:
** Implemented preliminary object RAM bankswitch, fixes Densha de Go garbage video objects if you coin up during attract mode.
** Improved inputs in Densha de Go, promoted game to working state.
** Fixed analog inputs in Landing Gear.
** Work around for DSP reset line in Dangerous Curves, allows it to reach title screen (no 3d yet due of other problems).
** Implemented 4bpp mode for object RAM, used by Densha de Go 2 credit display.
** Fixed IRQ6 triggering in (it's a signal that's sent from DSP to Main to communicate that job is done).
** Faked the Mascon via an analog port, that fixes a bunch of issues with undefined input state for Densha de Go 1 and 2.
** Fixed ROM loading in Densya de Go 2 Kousoku-hen, fixes booting in it.
** Fixed Densha de Go 2 crash when entering into gameplay, game is now playable.
** Implemented gouraud shaded triangles, fixes Landing Gear messed up 3D.
** Fixed credit display in Densha de Go.
** Preliminary implementation of object RAM screen masking, used to cover left-right sides of the screen.
** Added DSP idle skips, mostly noticeable during POST screens.

* [[O. Galibert]] provided odometer and break table conversion for Densha de Go.

* [[O. Galibert]] updated the Naomi driver: Split the rom boards into a collection of devices.

* [[hap]] updated williams.c: added second sound board to blaster/blaster30.

* [[Angelo Salese]] fixed TMS32051 debug memory viewer.

* [[hap]] provided a second williams.c update:
** Fixed screen garbage when frameskipping.
** Fixed blaster background color (eg. screen flashes when hit).

* [[Angelo Salese]] added a work-around for TMS32051 crash on Taito JC system soft reset.

* [[Angelo Salese]] fixed a debugger crash if you try to view data memory in TMS32051.

* [[R. Belmont]] added preliminary support for big-endian SH-3/SH-4 CPUs.

* [[R. Belmont]] updated the m68k core: improved disassembly of CINV and CPUSH.

* [[Angelo Salese]] moved 3d drawing functions outside of the screen updating function in Taito Air System driver, this should help in preparation of properly fixing the 3d graphics in it.

* [[David Haywood]] provided further major organization, documentation and addition of numerous (over 800) gambling / Fruit machine titles covering multiple systems.

== Game Support ==
'''New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/tjsb Mahjong Tian Jiang Shen Bing (V137C)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/dendego Densha de GO!]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/dendego2 Densha de GO! 2]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/landgear Landing Gear]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/penky Penky]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/phoenixc2 Phoenix (Irecsa / G.G.I Corp - set 2)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/rescueb Rescue (bootleg)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/theendb The End (bootleg)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/mcombats Missile Combat (Sidam bootleg)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/biomtoya Biomechanical Toy (Ver. 1.0.1884)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/shockingk Shocking (Korea)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/puzzloope Puzz Loop (Europe, v0.94)]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/anmlbskt Animal Basket]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/alienfnt Alien Front]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/spss4240 S-Plus (SS4240) Coral Reef]

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Osso: New page: == Release Date == MAME 0.143u4 was released on 25 August 2011. == Contributors == The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order: * agemame * Angelo Salese ...