MAME 0.8
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Release Date
MAME 0.8 was released on 4 March 1997.
Contributors
The known contributors for this version are, in first-name alphabetical order:
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
