MAME 0.8

Release Date

MAME 0.8 was released on 4 March 1997.

Contributors

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

• Mirko Buffoni
• Nicola Salmoria

Specific Contributions

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

• Carnival (upright) was added, but will only play through attract mode with bad graphics.

• Graphics were fixed in Moon Quasar.

• The sound initialization error checking was made more robust. Issues encountered will now inform the user rather than lock up MAME. Also, the "Silence" sound driver is supported as well.

• The "-nosound" command line switch was removed in favor of the "-soundcard n" switch, which allowed the user to select the sound driver to use.

• Added a ROM copyright notice screen when starting MAME.

• Improved the colors in Donkey Kong.

• Mirko Buffoni added a tileset viewer, accessible via the F4 key.

• Colors in Frogger (Sega set 2) and Amidar were improved.

• Added visible_area specifier to the MachineDriver structure. This allows MAME to display a specific rectangle within video memory as the visible screen, rather than all of video memory.

• Added function clearbitmpa(), which initializes a MAME bitmap using a given background_pen.

• Removed machine.c in favor of moving its contents into mame.c.

Game Support

Working Games Added

• Battle of Atlantis (set 1)
• Mario Bros. (US) (wrong colors, no sound)
• Moon Quasar

Non-Working Games Added

• Carnival (upright)
• Destination Earth
• Galaxy Wars (Taito?)
• Lunar Rescue
• Space Attack II
• Space Invaders
• Space Invaders Deluxe
• Super Earth Invasion (set 1)
• Zaxxon (set 1)