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New page: == Release Date == MAME 0.144u4 was released on 24 December 2011. == Contributors == The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order: * Alex Jackson * [[Angelo S...

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.144u4 was released on 24 December 2011.

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

* [[Alex Jackson]]
* [[Angelo Salese]]
* [[AUMAP]]
* [[balrog]]
* [[Brian Troha]]
* [[Charles MacDonald]]
* [[Clawgrip]]
* [[Curt Coder]]
* [[f205v]]
* [[fgs]]
* [[Fujix]]
* [[Grull Osgo]]
* [[hap]]
* [[Hau]]
* [[Johnboy]]
* [[Lord Nightmare]]
* [[Mariusz Wojcieszek]]
* [[Miodrag Milanovic]]
* [[O. Galibert]]
* [[plgDavid]]
* [[Rob Ragon]]
* [[Roberto Fresca]]
* [[Team CPS-1]]
* [[Team Japump!!!]]
* [[Wilbert Pol]]
* [[Yohji]]

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

* [[Roberto Fresca]] provided Forte Card improvements:
** A lot of work on inputs.
** Added DIP locations.
** Lamps documentation and support.
** Added Lamps layout.
** Fixed and simplified inputs. Now Owner, Rental and Credits are proper toggled service keys.
** Improved the button-lamps layout with the half and double addition for betting in the gamble stage.
** Reverse engineering and partially documented the serial EEPROM data.
** Added a clean default NVRAM and serial EEPROM.
** Added company and year notes.
** Added technical notes.

* [[Fujix]] adjusted volume levels in nemesis.c to mirror observed levels from PCB recordings for Salamander/Lifeforce. Partially addresses MT Bug #3538.

* [[Grull Osgo]] provided various fixes to California Chase, making it complete the POST.

* [[fgs]] provided a fix to CD-I video code.

* [[Angelo Salese]] added preliminary save state support to Naomi / AW / DC driver.

* [[Curt Coder]] improved SN76477 interface.

* [[Alex Jackson]] updated vigilant.c: fix reversed Demo Sounds dipswitch in kikcubic.

* [[Angelo Salese]] modernized MSM6242 RTC device.

* [[Angelo Salese]] added incrementing time to MSM6242 device.

* [[Angelo Salese]] added preliminary IRQ generation to the MSM6242, updated drivers that use it accordingly and removed various related kludges.

* [[Team CPS-1]] provided Capcom ZN-1, ZN-2 updates:
** Confirmed and documented game board # for every set.
** Properly fixed ROMs labels and locations to match real pcbs.
** Marked MASK ROMs in ts2, ts2j as BAD_DUMP, current dumps don't match real pcbs, added a note.
** Replaced HR2-01M.3A in strider2 and clones with proper 32MBit dump to match real pcb, 2nd half was cut out.
** Added a more accurate title description to some games.
** Added some documentation notes to various sets.
** Reordered all sets per release date.
** Minor cleanups and fixes.

* [[Angelo Salese]] properly hooked up MSM6242 device to Super Kaneko Nova System.

* [[Angelo Salese]] provided various avt.c progresses, it now properly shows some gfxs.

* [[Angelo Salese]] removed PC-based sound hack from Mirax.

* [[Grull Osgo]] provided a fix for 8042kbc.c irq generation, now California Chase correctly accepts keyboard inputs.

* [[Miodrag Milanovic]] did some softlist support cleanup and addition of compatibility filtering.

* [[Angelo Salese]] documented MCU ports in The Deep, doesn't work yet due of a MCS51 core Bug.

* [[Angelo Salese]] made some progresses with atamanot, got a garbled title screen and realized that the game is heavily protected.

* [[Lord Nightmare]] and [[plgDavid]] added, and made Mr. Do! use the U8106 soundchip, which as far as they can tell is 100% identical to the sn76489 non-a, pending further testing.

* [[Lord Nightmare]] and [[balrog]] added a note about pins held high on the Raiden 2 sound Z80.

* [[Angelo Salese]] converted gamtor.c to use the RAMDAC device.

* [[Angelo Salese]] hooked up VGA device to Photo Play.

* [[Wilbert Pol]] updated eeprom.c: Changed the 'erase' function to force all data bits of the specified address to 1s.

* [[Grull Osgo]] provided other improvements to California Chase, it shows Windows 98 logo.

* [[Angelo Salese]] fixed VGA line compare register masking, makes Windows 98 logo to display correctly.

* [[Angelo Salese]] fixed irq ack in Itazura Tenshi.

* [[Angelo Salese]] merged dacholer.c and itaten.c drivers, fixes priority and sprite Y positions in Dacholer and Kick Boy.

* [[f205v]] added proper ROM labels for Taxi Driver.

* [[Johnboy]] provided various changes for Neo-Geo driver:
** Marked quizkof MVS AND AES VERSION.
** Cleaned up all labels (consistent for all protos now) for prototype sets (in 99.9% of the cases the correct labels are not known) to: proto_ID-XX.XX .
** Identified product codes for viewpoint, savager and blazstar.
** kotm2p m1/s1 parent/clone fix.
** Documentation update.
** Reflected changes in internal db to xml (except /* Plane x */ ).

== Game Support ==
'''New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/fortecrd Forte Card (Spanish)]
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/itaten Itazura Tenshi]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* [http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/scitvpce Special Criminal Investigation (Tourvision PCE bootleg)]

[[Category:Releases 2011]]

MAME 0.144u4 - Revision history

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