MAME 0.106u13

Release Date

MAME 0.106u13 was released on 20 July 2006.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• F.J. McCloud
• Krick
• MAME32Plus
• MASH
• Nathan Woods
• Robert

Specific Contributions

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

• Krick added some more fixes for the DTD in the -listxml output.

• MASH added more previously dumped PLDs to a number of games.

• Nathan Woods fixed a uninitialized variable in the debugger commenting code. Cleaned up allocations.

• Nathan Woods improved multisession support with the new renderer.

• Robert hooked up color PROM for schaser and fixed DIP switches.

• Aaron Giles fixed a bug that caused -prescale in Direct3D mode to fail in the last release.

• Aaron Giles fixed a bug that led to black crosshairs in lightgun games.

• Aaron Giles reimplemented the sparkle circuit to bring back stars in Tempest.

• Aaron Giles removed the background brightness in vector games by default. If you want to see the overlays faintly on vector games, increase the brightness a bit.

• Aaron Giles added more Crystal Castles tweaks:
  • Connected EAROM correctly (passes POST now)
  • Added a guess for what the "POTATO" chip does. If you're a CC fan report to MAMETesters how MAME looks compared to the arcade when the screen scrolls up inbetween level 4 and 5.

• Aaron Giles rewrote Cloud 9 driver to mimic the Crystal Castles driver since it is obviously an early version of the same hardware:
  • Implemented video RAM banking correctly based on tracing out a Firebeast PCB, which appears to be identical
  • Traced out color mapping and implemented correctly
  • Reduced EAROM down to 4 bits
  • Fixed DIP switch definitions

• Aaron Giles slightly modernized the xxmissio driver.

Game Support

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

• Firebeast (prototype)
• Digger Man (prototype)