MAME 0.96

Release Date

MAME 0.96 was released on 3 May 2005.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• Angelo Salese
• Brad Oliver
• Brian Troha
• Bryan McPhail
• David Haywood
• Jonathan Lunman
• Mamesick
• Nathan Woods
• Nicola Salmoria
• Peter Sealy
• Philip Bennett
• Pierpaolo Prazzoli
• QWERTY

Specific Contributions

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

• Aaron Giles added step in/out support to TMS34010 disassembler.

• Aaron Giles added an explanation that left/right joystick wiggle works on "OK" screens.

• Jonathan Lunman fixed the -dual_lightguns option.

• David Haywood hooked up the Pocket Gal Deluxe bootleg graphics ROMs.

• Brad Oliver removed abort() calls from v60 CPU driver.

• Peter Sealy fixed the collision detection in bioatack, added missing RAM to the Taito SJ memory map.

• Nicola Salmoria decrypted Calorie Kun, and cleaned up the sega Z80 encryption code.

• David Haywood made some improvements to Dream World.

• Nathan Woods fixed the implementation of memory_get_op_ptr().

• Pierpaolo Prazzoli fixed coin inputs and dip-switches in joinem.

• Brad Oliver fixed a problem with beatmania games on the Mac.

• Mamesick updated the Vendetta chip frequencies to match real PCB.

• Philip Bennett made some improvements to Turbo Sub.

• Brad Oliver fixed endianness problems in the Sega System 32 games ROM loading.

• Angelo Salese made a number of ST-V improvements:
  • Fixed a DSP bug which was causing Treasure Hunt to hang. The game is working but with graphics artifacts because of other DSP bugs...
  • Added the possibility on the VDP1 to double the horizontal resolution under some circumstances.This affects Astra Super Stars, Virtual Mahjong & Virtual Mahjong 2.
  • Removed the Baku Baku Animal hack since it's not needed anymore (dunno when this was fixed).
  • Fixed a bug in the A-Bus protection handling for games which have rom data mapped here.
  • Made some small fixes to the SCU.
  • Added a quick hack to avoid the sound reading "hang",disabled by default.
  • There's also some WIP code for the protection in astrass & ffreveng.

• Brad Oliver fixed endianness problems in the Eolith games.

• QWERTY fixed graphics in Joyful Road.

Game Support

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

• X the Ball
• Torus
• Pocket Gal Deluxe
• Boogie Wings
• Rohga Armour Force
• Schmeiser Robo
• Treasure Hunt
• Pro Mahjong Kiwame S

New clones added

• Slick Shot (V1.6)
• Rong Rong (Europe)
• Golden Tee 3D Golf Tournament (v2.11)
• Survival Arts (World)
• Progressive Music Trivia (Question set 2)
• Rave Racer (Rev. RV1, Japan)
• Ridge Racer (Rev. RR2, World)
• Ridge Racer 2 (Rev. RRS2, US)
• Ridge Racer 2 (Rev. RRS1, Ver.B, Japan)
• Atomic Punk (US)
• Lup Lup Puzzle (version 2.9 / 990108)

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

• Double Wings
• Lock-On