MAME 0.35rc1

Release Date

MAME 0.35rc1 was released on 13 June 1999.

Contributors

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

• Al Kossow
• Andrea Mazzoleni
• Brad Oliver
• Brian Lewis
• Bryan McPhail
• Elestir
• Eric Hustvedt
• Jarek Burczynski
• Jarek Parchanski
• Marco Cassili
• Nicola Salmoria
• Phil Stroffolino
• Roberto Fresca
• Santeri Saarimaa
• Tatsuyuki Satoh
• Yasuhiro Ogawa
• Zsolt Vasvari

Specific Contributions

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

• Jarek Parchanski fixed the background colors in Great Swordsman.

• Nicola Salmoria fixed the colors in Blue Print.

• Bryan McPhail fixed Caveman Ninja.

• Tatsuyuki Satoh added sound to Great Swordsman, fixed ADPCM playback in Great Swordsman and Gladiator.

• Nicola Salmoria fixed Street Fighter.

• Elestir improved Nemesis/Gradius/Twinbee/Salamander.

• Nicola Salmoria added music to Block Block, Hatena etc.

• Jarek Burczynski fixed sound in LED Storm / Mad Gear.

• Nicola Salmoria added dip switches to the Atari System 2 games.

• Nicola Salmoria added a configuration option for the pause key in the "Keys (defaults)" configuration menu.

• Nicola Salmoria added a palette viewer to the gfx viewer (F4).

• Brian Lewis added new new video modes from CabMAME to the DOS version: low scanrate modes for connection to NTSC/PAL and arcade monitors. -monitor NNNN selects the monitor type: "standard" (default), "ntsc", "pal", "arcade". -centerx N and -centery N each take a signed value (-8 to 8 for centerx, -16 to 16 for centery) and let you shift the low scanrate modes around. -waitinterlace forces update of both odd and even fields of an interlaced display for each game loop.

• Nicola Salmoria turned off the many tweaked VGA modes in the DOS version, which may have caused compatibility problems with some video cards / monitors. By default, VESA is used; the -vesa command line switch is no longer used. Instead, there is a -tweak switch which enables the VGA tweaked modes.

• Brian Lewis and Andrea Mazzoleni added new tweaked VGA modes to the DOS version: 384x240 (for CPS1, Pang etc.), 384x256 (for Lode Runner etc.), 336x240 (for Gauntlet and other Atari games), 320x240 (for NeoGeo and others). They are used automatically, if your video card/monitor can't handle them, use -notweak (or try adjusting the parameters in mame.cfg if you know what you are doing).

• Nicola Salmoria removed the -nodouble command line option from the DOS version. Use -nostretch instead. If you are updating from an earlier beta, make sure to delete mame.cfg (or manually update it) otherwise stretch will be disabled.

• Nicola Salmoria changed the analog port handling to avoid problems with keyboard control (e.g. Arkanoid 2).

• Tatsuyuki Satoh added support for the slave mode to the MSM5205 emulation.

Game Support

New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status

• Mars
• New Sinbad 7
• Hot Shocker
• Levers
• Azurian Attack
• Saturn
• Quiz Sangokushi
• Spelunker
• Freeze
• Mahjong Gakuen
• Mahjong Gakuen 2 Gakuen-chou no Fukushuu
• Super Marukin-Ban
• Poker Ladies
• Capcom World
• Quiz Tonosama no Yabou 2
• Pang! 3
• Appoooh
• The Legend of Kage

New clones added

• Tank
• Major Havoc (prototype)
• Devil Fish
• Route 16 (original)
• Nebulous Bee (= Galaga)
• Block Block (Japan)
• Street Fighter II' - Champion Edition (Accelerator Pt.II)
• Snow Bros (Japan)
• Qix (set 3)
• Cadillacs & Dinosaurs (Japan)
• Pleiads (original)
• Dig Dug (Namco set 2)
• Dig Dug 2 (set 2)
• Alcon (= Slap Fight)