MAME 0.5

Release Date

MAME 0.5 was released on 20 February 1997.

Contributors

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

• Brad Oliver
• Nicola Salmoria

Specific Contributions

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

• The Wizard of Wor driver was updated, but is still unplayable.

• The updated AY-3-8910 sound chip emulation code was scrapped and reverted to its previous version.

• The ROM loading functionality was modified to allow a file to be loaded into a non-contiguous space of memory.

• Brad Oliver fixed some bugs and made some changes to allow easier porting.

• The function copybitmap() was created.

Game Support

Working Games Added

• Donkey Kong Junior (US) (wrong colors, no sound)
• Galaxian (Namco set 1) (partial sound)
• Galaxian (Midway) (partial sound)
• Galaxian Part 4 (partial sound)
• Galaxian Part X (partial sound)
• Galaxian Turbo (partial sound)
• Space Invaders Galactica (partial sound)
• Super Galaxians (partial sound)
• Pisces (bootleg) (partial sound)
• Gingateikoku No Gyakushu
• War of the Bugs (wrong colors, partial sound)
• Moon Cresta (bootleg set 1) (wrong colors, partial sound)
• The End (Stern) (wrong colors, no sound)

Non-Working Games Added

• Robby Roto