MAME 0.35b5

Release Date

MAME 0.35b5 was released on 1 March 1999.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• Brian Stern
• Bryan McPhail
• Darren Olafson
• Ernesto Corvi
• Mike Haaland
• Nicola Salmoria
• Phil Stroffolino
• Roberto Fresca
• Zsolt Vasvari

Specific Contributions

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

• Nicola Salmoria kludged in a fix for char/sprite priority in Traverse USA.

• Ernesto Corvi added sound to Pac-Land, and improved Rolling Thunder.

• Bryan McPhail added full sound to Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance, Dark Seal.

• Brian Stern emulated the death sound in Mario Bros, the sample is no longer used.

• Roberto Fresca added high score support to the DEC8 games.

• Bryan McPhail emulated the protection in Sly Spy.

• Mike Haaland added a header to .inp files to the DOS version (same as MAME32). With the additional header, the user no longer needs to specify the game name when playing back .inp recordings.

• Nicola Salmoria added the ability to show the total number of colors on screen. This is useful during development to know if a game can be shrinked to 256 colors or it requires a 16-bit display. Press CTRL+F11 to toggle the display. This is only available in debug builds.

• Phil Stroffolino changed the TileMap code so it is now mature enough to be used in new drivers. For examples, look into gng, gaiden, travrusa.

• Aaron Giles merged the old and new Namco sound subssytem, and added support for stereo output.

• Bryan McPhail added a H6280 emulator, used by several DECO games.

Game Support

New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status

• Boulder Dash
• Crackshot
• Vimana

New clones added

• Crush Roller (set 2)
• Rampage (revision 2)
• Satan's Hollow (set 2)
• Bosconian (Midway set 2)
• Galaxians (bootleg)