MAME 0.93u1

Release Date

MAME 0.93u1 was released on 1 March 2005.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• Curt Coder
• Derrick Renaud
• Lawrence Gold
• Nicola Salmoria
• Pierpaolo Prazzoli
• R. Belmont

Specific Contributions

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

• Aaron Giles fixed several bugs introduced with the sound system update:
  • cninja games OKI frequency fixed
  • cps1 games OKI frequency fixed
  • cps1 QSound games properly remove the 2151
  • nemesis no longer references non-existant k005289
  • tnzs has missing 2203 interface reinstated
  • ay8910 no longer attempts to free memory allocated with auto_malloc
  • streams engine oversamples by averaging now
  • removed some obsolete code from the streams code
  • konamigx crash (R.Belmont)
  • fixed swapped left/right samples in Cyberball
  • fixed crash in Darius
  • made bbakraid mono again
  • fixed running with -nosound
  • fixed several issues with banking and playback in the OKI6295
  • removed obsolete macro in sound/streams.c
  • nbmj9195 crashes
  • adding missing memset when initializing the tms5110 and tms5220 structures; should prevent the crashes
  • fixed signed/unsigned error in 5110 core
  • as an experiment, removed oversampling from namco.c now that the sound core will do it for you

• Curt Coder updated the 10 Yard Fight driver:
  • converted to use tilemaps
  • cleaned up driver
  • conditional coinage doesn't work due to PORT_DIPCONDITION limitations
  • fixed rom names slightly
  • changed names to match title screen and flyer

• R. Belmont updated the flash ROM support:
  • Added support for arbitrary manufacturer and chip IDs instead of hardcoding
  • Added support for the extended chip ID protocol favored by AMD and Fujitsu
  • Bumped limit up to 8 chips

• Nicola Salmoria rebalanced the sound in Gyruss

• Nicola Salmoria made some UI changes:
  • Now shows grouped consecutive identical CPUs and sound chips in the game information screen, so games like Gyruss fit again.
  • Bumped the MAX dip switches that can be handled by the dip switch menu to 256 (and adds bounds checking so it doesn't crash anyway).

• Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed the visible area in Steel Force driver

• Lawrence Gold made misc compilation fixes

• R. Belmont fixed a crash in the Itech32 64-bit driver

• Nicola Salmoria made input corrections in Bubble Bobble (dipswitches etc.)

• Derrick Renaud updated the discrete sound support:
  • Discrete Sound Changes
    • Various tweaks to the discrete modules and updated all drivers to use the new code.
    • DISCRETE_COUNTER, DISCRETE_LFSR_NOISE, DISCRETE_NOTE: added different clocking types to be more flexible.
    • Removed and merged DISCRETE_COUNTER_FIX with DISCRETE_COUNTER.
  • New Discrete Modules
    • DISCRETE_DIODE_MIXERx - Mixes signals through diodes.
    • DISCRETE_MULTIPLEXx - 1 of 2/4/8 signal multiplexer.
    • DISCRETE_RCDISC4 - Various charge/discharge circuits.
  • Game Driver Changes
    • tank8 - added explosion gain control

Game Support

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

• Time Crisis 2