MAME 0.77u1

Release Date

MAME 0.77u1 was released on 21 November 2003.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• David Haywood
• Leon van Rooij
• Nathan Woods
• Pierpaolo Prazzoli
• Roman Scherzer
• Stefan Jokisch

Specific Contributions

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

• Aaron Giles added a new CHD format and management tools
  • hdcomp is now chdman
  • old chd files are _not_ compatible, they will need to be updated
  • using chdman -update oldchd.chd newchd.chd
  • CHD now stands for 'Compressed Hunks of Data' not 'Compressed Hard Drive' as the format is more flexible.

• Nathan Woods contributed misc changes
  • Minor cleanups (specifically changed some variables to static)
  • Fixes and updates from MESS

• Roman Scherzer updated a couple of drivers with new Hard Drive SHA1s

• Leon van Rooij fixed the sound in tpgolf

• Other changes by various people (DIP fixes, tilemap conversions etc.)

Game Support

New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status

• Angel Kiss
• Grand Striker 2
• Hatch Catch
• Cookie & Bibi 2
• Quiz Panicuru Fantasy
• Video Pinball

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

• BC Story (SemiCom)