MAME 0.16

Release Date

MAME 0.16 was released on 13 April 1997.

Contributors

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

• Brad Oliver
• Marc Lafontaine
• Matthew Hillmer
• Mike Coates
• Nicola Salmoria
• Peter Clare
• Richard Davies
• Stefano Mozzi
• Tormod Tjaberg

Specific Contributions

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

• Joystick support was added to Vanguard (SNK)
• The colors in Carnival (upright) were fixed by Mike Coates and Peter Clare.
• A better palette for Mario Bros. (US) was provided by Stefano Mozzi.
• Matthew Hillmer submitted a better (albeit still incorrect) palette for Donkey Kong 3 (US).
• Tormod Tjaberg added sound support to Space Invaders and clones, using samples.
• A few graphics glitches in Wizard of Wor were fixed.
• Several fixes were made to the Burger Time (Midway) driver:
  • The CPU clock speed was adjusted to avoid slowdowns on the fourth level.
  • The driver was made faster on 486 platforms, which were common at the time.
  • Sprites are no longer left on-screen when going to the next level.
  • A bug in high-score saving was fixed.
• The interface to the AY-3-8910 audio chip core was simplified.
• The GameDriver structure was modified to avoid garbled text in Time Pilot.
• The Zilog Z80 and MOS 6502 CPU cores were modified to work together better.
• The functions cpu_getpc(), cpu_geticount(), and cpu_seticount() were added.
• Some bugs in the MOS 6502 CPU core's handling of BCD arithmetic were fixed.
• Brad Oliver modified the POKEY audio chip core to be more portable.

Game Support

• Working Games Added
  • Fantazia
  • Green Beret (wrong colors, partial sound)
• Non-Working Games Added
  • Fantasy (US)
  • Venture (version 5 set 1) (partially working, wrong sprites)