MAME 0.199

Release Date

MAME 0.199 was released on 27 Juny 2018.

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

• 06980: (Save/Restore) (spec128.cpp) specpls3: Unable to save state (regression). (AJR)
• 06983: (Sound) (mtouchxl.cpp) mtchxl6k (possibly others): All sounds play too fast. (Carl)
• 06984: (Graphics) (esd16.cpp) jumppop, jumppope: Missing graphics in first stage. (AJR)
• 06988: (Crash/Freeze) (kinst.cpp) kinst: Hangs during Attract Mode, noticeable when a fight loads. (Ivan Vangelista)
• 06989: (Sound) (champbas.cpp) champbb2j: AY-3-8910 sound is completely missing (Vas Crabb)
• 06992: (DIP/Input) (hornet.cpp) sscope and clones: Analog inputs do not function. (Ted Green)
• 07006: (Media Support) (at.cpp) atvga, at386, at486: (possible) Unable load Floppy Diskettes. (Carl)
• 07007: (Sound) (renegade.cpp) renegade, kuniokun: BGM stops playing after a while. (AJR)
• 07010: (DIP/Input) (missile.cpp) missile and clones: DIP switch trackball size large/mini labels reversed. (Tafoid)
• 07017: (Sound) (galaxian.cpp) kingball, kingballj: King's voice is not played correctly. (Ivan Vangelista)
• 07020: (DIP/Input) (lwings.cpp) trojan and clones: DIP switches incorrectly numbered, and info on unused DIP switches. (Tafoid)

Machine Support

New working machines

• El Fin Del Tiempo (Esther Barranco) (ARPA) (Juegos 2.0) (Recreativas.org) (Roberto Fresca) (The Dumping Union)
• Geneve 9640 Mod (Michael Zapf)
• Megatouch 7 Encore Edition (9255-90-01 R00, Standard version) (Brian Troha) (The Dumping Union)
• Player's Edge Plus (X000827S+XS000002) Red, White & Blue Slots (Brian Troha)
• Player's Edge Plus (X002149P+XP000038) Triple Bonus Poker (Brian Troha)
• R-Zone: Battle Arena Toshinden (hap) (Sean Riddle)

New working clones

• Apple //e (Spain) (AJR)
• Bubble Memories: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (Ver 2.5A 1996/02/21) (Arnaldo Abrantes) (Pascal Costa)
• Come-Cocos (Ms. Pac-Man) (Cocamatic bootleg) (Darksoft)
• Galaxy Wars II (Defender bootleg) (Juan Romero) (Recreativas.org) (The Dumping Union)
• Ghost Pilots (prototype) (Brian Hargrove)
• Golden Tee Golf (Joystick, v3.3) (hammy) (The Dumping Union)
• Gran Rally (Spanish bootleg of Pole Position II) (Jordi Beltran Casany) (Recreativas.org) (The Dumping Union)
• Hat Trick Hero '95 (Ver 2.6Asia 1994/11/17) (Artemio Urbina) (The Dumping Union)
• Hidden Catch (World) / Tul Lin Gu Lim Chat Ki '98 (Korea) (pcb ver 3.02) (hammy) (The Dumping Union)
• Jump Coaster (World) (ShouTime) (The Dumping Union)
• Knights of Valour 2 Plus - Nine Dragons / Sanguo Zhan Ji 2 Qunxiong Zhengba / Sanguo Zhan Ji 2 Feilong Zai Tian / Sangoku Senki Busyou Souha (ver. M200XX, 200, 100CN) (300wins) (Bill D.) (The Dumping Union)
• Metal Slug 3 (NGM-2560, earlier) (Razoola)
• Player's Edge Plus (PP0472) Deuces Wild Poker (Brian Troha)
• Player's Edge Plus (X000057P+XP000038) Deuces Wild Poker (Stratosphere Players Club) (Kemel Haidar) (Brian Troha)
• Raiden Fighters (US, newer) (Arzeno Fabrice) (The Dumping Union)
• Strikers 1945 (World, unprotected) (Blackfish) (brizzo) (rtw)
• Titan (Pac-Man hack) (Craig Anstett) (CraftyMech)
• Viper Phase 1 (New Version, Germany) (Arzeno Fabrice) (The Dumping Union)

Machines promoted to working

• War Mission (WM 4/6/87) (Jordi Beltran Casany) (Recreativas.org) (ArcadeHacker) (David Haywood)

Clones promoted to working

• Head On (Sidam bootleg, set 2) (Angelo Salese)
• Head On 2 (Sidam bootleg) (Angelo Salese)

New machines marked as NOT_WORKING

• Hikaru Check ROM Board (coolmod)
• Mad Dog II: The Lost Gold (3DO hardware) (incog) (The Dumping Union)
• Olympia Olytext 20 (Robbbert)
• Shootout at Old Tucson (3DO hardware) (incog) (The Dumping Union)
• Visual 550 (Al Kossow)

New clones marked as NOT_WORKING

• Air Hockey (6.12?, encrypted) (unknown)
• ALG 3DO Bios (Mr Invader)
• Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom (satellite) (Will Richardson) (Bill D) (The Dumping Union)
• Ferrari F355 Challenge (twin/deluxe, prototype) (coolmod)
• Power Stone 2 (bootleg) (Arzeno Fabrice) (rtw)
• Puyo Pop Fever (World) (GDS-0034) (Arzeno Fabrice) (rtw)
• Stakes Winner / Stakes Winner - GI Kinzen Seiha e no Michi (early development board) (ResO)
• The Bally Game Show (LG-6) Germany (PinMAME)
• The Bally Game Show (LU-3) Europe (PinMAME)
• The Key Of Avalon - The Wizard Master (client) (Rev C) (GDT-0006C) (rtw) (ShouTime)
• The Key Of Avalon 2.5 - War of the Key (client) (Rev A) (GDT-0019A) (rtw) (ShouTime)
• The Key Of Avalon 2.5 - War of the Key (server) (Rev A) (GDT-0018A) (rtw) (ShouTime)

New working software list additions

• HP9000/300 disks
  • 300 series Mainframe Tests (Sven Schnelle)
  • 300 series Terminal Emulator (Sven Schnelle)
  • AMS Utilities for 200/300 series (Sven Schnelle)
  • BASIC 4.0 Compiler (Sven Schnelle)
  • BASIC 5.0 Compiler (Sven Schnelle)
  • CS/80 Exerciser (Sven Schnelle)
  • Digital Filter Design (Sven Schnelle)
  • HP BASIC 4.0 (Sven Schnelle)
  • HP BASIC 5.1 (Sven Schnelle)
  • HP BASIC 6.4 (Sven Schnelle)
  • HP Museum Basic 5 Boot Disc (Sven Schnelle)
  • HP Pascal 3.22 (Sven Schnelle)
  • HP-UX 5.1 (Sven Schnelle)
  • Interactive Test Generator (Sven Schnelle)
  • Techwriter (Sven Schnelle)
  • Texteditor for 200/300 series (Sven Schnelle)
  • Wordwise 300 (Sven Schnelle)
• IBM PC disk images
  • DR DOS 6.0 (French) (breiztiger)
  • DR DOS 6.0 Business Update (French, 3.5") (breiztiger)
  • DR DOS 6.0 Business Update (French, 5.25") (breiztiger)
  • PC Games #3 (Foone Turing)
  • Spontaneous Assembly (Version 2.0) (Foone Turing)
• IBM PC/AT disk images
  • Excel (Version 2.10) (darksabre76)
• SNK Neo-Geo cartridges
  • Ghost Pilots (prototype) (Brian Hargrove)
  • Metal Slug 3 (NGM-2560, earlier) (Razoola)
• NEC PC-9801 disk images
  • 2601 - Teikoku Kidoubutai no Koubou (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 3tsu no Negai (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 714 MIDI Jr. (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 714 MIDI Special (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 88 Kantai Monogatari (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 98 Eiwa Jiten (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 98 Stadium (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • 98 Stadium 2 - Shouko no Chousen (Neo Kobe Collection)
  • PC-9801N/NS/NV Teiban Free Software Shuu - 98NOTE no Hissu Aminosan (Neo Kobe Collection)
• Exidy Sorcerer cassettes
  • Checkers (Robbbert)
  • Cross-Up (Robbbert)
  • How The West Was Won (Robbbert)
  • Lazer Fire (Robbbert)
  • Mine Field (Robbbert)
  • Nuclear Reaction (Robbbert)
  • Pie Lob (Robbbert)
• Squale cartridges
  • The Squale Intro (Jean-Francois DEL NERO) (HxC2001)

Software list items promoted to working

• NEC PC-9801 disk images
  • 0x0F exp.3 (Carl) (r09)
  • 177 (Carl) (r09)
  • The 4th Unit 2 (Carl) (r09)

New NOT_WORKING software list additions

• IBM PC/AT CD-ROM images
  • Jaxis (Japan) (SpinalFeyd)
• SNK Neo-Geo cartridges
  • Stakes Winner / Stakes Winner - GI Kinzen Seiha e no Michi (early development board) (ResO)

Contributions

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

• AJR updated the esb driver: Fixed ROM loading bug.

• AJR updated taito_b.cpp: Identified TC0180VCU as source of interrupts and converted to callbacks (timing is still guesswork).

• AJR updated the keytronic_pc3270 device: Corrected INT0 line polarity - fixes keyboard error on tosh1000.

• AJR updated exidy.cpp, victory.cpp: Fully encapsulated audio devices.

• AJR updated the atetrisb3 driver: Hooked up microcontroller to get working sound.

• AJR provided i8275 DMA refinements:
  • Exclude FIFO characters from counting towards filling character buffer.
  • Extend DMA up to one character past an "end of DMA" control code.

• AJR updated the wicat driver: Reduced video glitches with more sensible interrupt handling.

• AJR updated balsente.cpp: Split NVRAM between two X2212 devices.

• AJR updated jedi.cpp: Moderate driver overhaul:
  • Split NVRAM between two 4-bit X2212 devices.
  • Guarantee an invalid checksum when default NVRAM data is used (so that the manufacturer's high scores will be installed).
  • Modernized sound latches.
  • Use WSQ handler to drive TMS5220.

• AJR updated the vta2000 driver: Added speaker sound.

• AJR updated balsente.cpp: Use ACIA devices for sound communication.

• AJR updated the x2212 device: Removed memory interface and cleaned up code.

• AJR updated the tms9928a device: Exposed internal palette using device_palette_interface.

• AJR updated dynax.cpp: Encapsulated "Rev. 2" blitter as a device.

• AJR updated the cidx628 driver: Made this display something again.

• Angelo Salese provided tatsumi.cpp improvements:
  • Removed an ugly kludge in Round Up 5, fixing soft resets.
  • Added vertical text scrolling to Round Up 5.
  • Fixed Apache 3 out-of-bounds colors for sprites (trees and buildings).
  • Fixed Round Up 5 video priority on map screen after a play.
  • Added background bitmap layers to Round Up 5.
  • Improved road clipping for Round Up 5.
  • Make Cycle Warriors sub CPU not stall on soft reset.
  • Added row/column scroll register select for Cycle Warriors and Big Fight.
  • Added shadow sprites to Cycle Warriors and Big Fight.
  • Inverted Oki status for Cycle Warriors and Big Fight - fixes "we got 'em" sample playback in the former.
  • Implemented per-tile high priority and opacity enable bits for Cycle Warriors and Big Fight - fixes several glitches.
  • Fixed color banks for Cycle Warriors and Big Fight - fixes fade in/out effects and CRT test colors.
  • Applied page wraparound for backgrounds - fixes various glitches in Big Fight and Cycle Warriors.
  • Invert shadow product when a specific register is enabled (used by Big Fight to simulate disco strobe lights).

• Angelo Salese updated ninjakd2.cpp: Attempted to fix bullets not shot by enemies in Omega Fighter.

• Angelo Salese updated taitosj.cpp: Added input buttons mode to kikstart.

• Angelo Salese updated trucocl.cpp: Allowed multiple coin insertions.

• Angelo Salese provided cischeat.cpp improvements:
  • Fixed road/sprite priorities and long-standing road colors regression in Big Run.
  • Hand-tuned sound frequencies to match reference for Big Run.
  • Hooked up sprite DMA to Wild Pilot - fixes flickering.
  • Added backup RAM to Captain Flag.

• Angelo Salese updated ms1_tmap.cpp: Initialize VRAM to sane default - fixes ugly back pen showing up in Big Run.

• Angelo Salese provided jalmah.cpp improvements:
  • Re-wrote video emulation using Mega System 1 tilemap devices.
  • Fixed Urashima Mahjong video priority during gameplay (score display and calls).
  • Emulated video scrolling partial updates for Urashima Mahjong - fixes winning animations.
  • Fixed color protection in Urashima Mahjong (girls and test mode).
  • Wrote a preliminary snippet for sound banking in Urashima Mahjong/Mahjong Channel Zoom In/Mahjong Daireikai.

• Angelo Salese updated cyclemb.cpp: Bumped sprite size in Cycle Maabou, fixed some missing sprites (for example in how to play screen).

• balrog added AppVeyor build configuration.

• Belegdol added support for building on riscv64, and made m68000 makefile respect the VERBOSE build option.

• cam900 updated senjyo.cpp: Simplified starforc background color swap.

• cam900 updated seta.cpp: Simplified tilemaps and banking, and added output finders.

• cam900 updated ms32.cpp: Identified CPU types, fixed audio CPU clock.

• cam900 updated fmtowns.cpp: Fixed speaker output level.

• cam900 updated vis.cpp: Fixed sample rate divider.

• cam900 updated megaplay.cpp: Added notes and flagged imperfect graphics as overlay bitmap is scaled incorrectly.

• cam900 updated cybertnk.cpp: Reduced code duplication and runtime tagmap lookups, fixed sound output, and added notes.

• cam900 updated rltennis.cpp: Converted to object finders.

• cam900 updated sf.cpp, ninjakd2.cpp: Reduced code duplication and runtime tagmap lookups.

• cam900 updated dreamwld.cpp: Documented microcontroller and fixed microcontroller ROM region size.

• cam900 provided a williams.cpp cleaup:
  • Reduced runtime tagmap lookups, improved tags, and reduced code duplication.
  • Added input_merger for interrupts and output_finder for outputs.
  • Converted palette to device.

• cam900 provided m92.cpp updates/cleanup:
  • Reduced code duplication and runtime tagmap lookups, and split up machine configuration and address maps.
  • Made EEPROM save/load using NVRAM device.

• cam900 updated neogeo.cpp: Add notes and fixed metadata for kof2003.

• cam900 provided a powerins.cpp cleanup:
  • Reduced code duplication and runtime tagmap lookups
  • Cleaned up ROM loading.
  • Converted vertical blanking interrupt to screen vblank callback.

• cam900 provided a 20pacgal.cpp cleanup:
  • Converted palette to device.
  • Reduced runtime tagmap lookups and deferred allocation to start time.
  • Restricted drawing to clipping rectangle.

• cam900 provided a ddragon.cpp cleanup:
  • Replaced runtime tagmap lookups with object finders.
  • Converted darktowr bank switching to address_map_bank_device.
  • Fixed ADPCM ROM mapping.

• cam900 updated pgmprot_igs027a_type2.cpp: Fixed martmast metadata.

• cam900 updated alpha68k.cpp: Reduce runtime tagmap lookups, made tags more meaningful, and improved banking.

• cam900 updated shangha3.cpp: Cleaned up Oki banking.

• cam900 updated snk.cpp: Reduced runtime tagmap lookups, and separated countryc machine configuration/address map.

• Carl added a Discord presence plugin.

• David Haywood updated witch.cpp: Attempted to fix garbage graphics after a bonus stage in Keirin Ou.

• John Keoni Morris, Peter Ferrie and O. Galibert made floppy emulation more robust, and improved bitstream handling.

• kazblox provided markham.cpp updates:
  • Improved banbam protection simulation - still imperfect, but all graphics are correct and game doesn't crash.
  • Marked microcontroller program as good dump based on observations and Phil Bennett's comments.

• krom updated the PlayStation GPU device: Added missing primitives.

• Lord Nightmare updated buggychl.cpp: Changed microcontroller clock speed to 3 MHz as shown on schematics, and added notes.

• Lord Nightmare provided TMS5220 updates:
  • Removed unused time_to_ready and cycles_to_ready functions.
  • Fixed race condition with m_buffer_low and m_buffer_empty flags not being updated before setting interrupt state.
  • Fixed issue where Speak VSM command produces endless silence with no VSM connected.
  • Suppressed side effects on debugger reads.
  • Fixed conditions for asserting ready signal, and zero FIFO at appropriate times.

• Lord Nightmare and Tony Diaz updated the Apple II driver: Re-implemented Echo II read/write flags and write latch based on hardware tracing.

• MetalliC updated alien.cpp: Added hand-made boot ROMs for Pingu's Ice Block, and documented known games.

• Michael Zapf updated the geneve driver: Added BIOS options for selecting boot ROM, and made genmod a separate machine.

• Michael Zapf updated the upd765 device: Clear ST1.ND on ID scan failure, implemented head load delay, and improved logging.

• Patrick Mackinlay updated the debugger: Added command for go_exception, and made save/load aware of address translation.

• R. Belmont updated the sonydriv device: Fixed issues with the 3.5" drive reporting disk switches on Apple IIgs and Mac drivers.

• Robbbert updated zaurus.cpp: Converted to new PXA255 peripheral device interface.

• Ryan Holtz updated the apc driver: Reduced runtime tagmap lookups.

• Ryan Holtz updated the kbdc8042 device: Added rudimentary PS/2 mouse support.

• Ryan Holtz updated the indy_indigo2 driver: Added mouse cursor support to Newport graphics emulation.

• Ryan Holtz updated the 39in1 driver: Split Intel XScale PXA255 peripherals into a separate device.

• Ryan Holtz updated the mips3 core: Added disassembler for Emotion Engine core opcodes.

• Ryan Holtz, Tafoid and Vas Crabb updated the vgmplay virtual driver: Added playback controls and activity indicators.

• shattered updated the sblaster device: Implemented direct DAC mode - successfully tested in Scream Tracker 2.2.

• shattered updated the ec1841 driver: Added mouse emulation (Logitech bus mouse protocol).

• snickerbockers updated the Dreamcast driver: Made GD_LEND return bytes transferred by DMA rather than bytes remaining - allows Daytona USA 2001 to boot.

• Sven Schnelle added HP98543 medium-resolution color graphics card emulation.

• Sven Schnelle provided hp9k_3xx improvements:
  • Fixed keyboard microcontroller part number.
  • Removed BASIC ROM cards from the default configuration as booting from floppy works now.
  • Hooked up NMI line to keyboard controller.
  • Split out common machine configuration.

• Sven Schnelle added HP9122 floppy drive emulation.

• Sven Schnelle updated the m68000 driver: Fixed carry flag in divs instruction, and fixed pack instructions.

• Sven Schnelle updated the 6840ptm device: Fixed divide-by-8 mode.

• Sven Schnelle updated the topcat device: Improved window mover and fixed cursor handling bugs.
  • Allows Pascal and other software to show something after boot on hp9k_3xx.

• Ted Green updated the voodoo device: Reinstated texture address masking - fixes segmentation fault in warfa.

• Ted Green updated the hornet driver: Added separate DIP switch settings for gradius4 - allows gun to work with default settings in terabrst and sscope.

• Ted Green updated DCS audio to get sf2049 closer to working.

• Vas Crabb made ROM BIOS macros more intuitive to use, and added a validity check for unselectable BIOS ROMs.

• Vas Crabb provided machine configuration improvements:
  • Reduced code duplication in addrmap.h and added support for object finders in more places in memory maps.
  • Allowed implicit references to owner device in address maps.
  • Improved syntax for specifying address maps and screen update functions in machine configuration without macros.
  • Reduced overloading of member function names - it's less practical without macro helpers selecting desired overload.
  • Consider floating point epsilon when validating crystal values.

• Wilbert Pol cleaned up bulk refactoring of output code.

• Brian Troha updated asteroid.cpp: Documented Asteroid Deluxe Revision 3 changes, and corrected Difficulty DIP switch settings.

• coolmod updated naomi.cpp: Added an alternate Ferrari F355 Challenge 2 program ROM dump.

• Jordi Beltran Casany, Recreativas.org and The Dumping Union updated polepos.cpp: Dumped the missing PROMs for grally and confirmed they match the ones from the other bootlegs.

• Kevin Eshbach and The Dumping Union updated bking.cpp: Updated ROM labels for bking2.

• r09 provided pc98 software list updates:
  • Re-tested software with current MAME.
  • Corrected titles and re-labeled disks with their actual names.
  • Added usage notes for software that needs DOS.
  • Removed user disks from games where they aren't included in the original box, and the user is expected to create them.
  • Removed floppies for CD games that already exist in the CD software list.
  • Removed notes stating that the FDD format is not supported, as this is no longer true.

• Razoola updated neogeo.cpp: Added Japan NEO-MVH MV1C BIOS.

• ShouTime, Dane Biegert and The Dumping Union updated alien.cpp: Re-dumped Pingu's Ice Block CompactFlash card.