MAME 0.102u3

Release Date

MAME 0.102u3 was released on 8 December 2005.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• Brian Troha
• Giuseppe Gorgoglione
• Guru
• Nathan Woods
• Phil Stroffolino
• Pierpaolo Prazzoli
• R. Belmont
• RansAckeR
• Razoola
• Rob Bohms
• Stefan Lindberg

Specific Contributions

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

• Pierpaolo Prazzoli updated Aquarium:
  • Fixed tilemaps - sprites priority
  • Added sprites wrap around y
  • Added tiles flipx and flipy

• R. Belmont fixed several bugs in the SPC700 core:
  • Fixed carry usage in ADC/SBC
  • Fixed overflow flag in ADDW/SUBW (I think)
  • BRK now modifies the status register properly
  • Fixed DAA/DAS edge case

• Brian Troha updated driver.c with more consistent and updated info.

• R. Belmont updated the NSS/SNES driver from latest MESS:
  • Improved memory mapping
  • Improved raster timing
  • Added HIRQ support and better VIRQ support
  • Improved joypad support
  • DSP-1 support (including all subtypes)
  • Counter latching support
  • Fixed OAM read/write
  • Fixed stereo sound

• Nathan Woods added a MESS specific ROM entry type, and changed ROM entry processing code to ignore any unrecognized ROM entry types.

• Nathan Woods merged in recent changes to the PC share code from MESS.

• Giuseppe Gorgoglione removed several obsolete files: machine\s16math.h, vidhrdw\medlanes.h, windows\dirty.h, windows\snprintf.c.

• Giuseppe Gorgoglione fixed a couple of minor compatibility problems exposed by VC2005.

• Rob Bohms fixed the ADC and SBC opcodes in G65816 (for BCD math).

• Rob Bohms fixed the $4014 sprite DMA in NES PPU.

• R. Belmont updated the H8/3002 emulation:
  • Added more bXXX.b #imm, (@)Rn instructions
  • Added subtract with carry instructions

• Rob Bohms implemented some N2A03 undocumented opcodes.

• Phil Stroffolino major update to Namco System 22:
  • depth cueing support (fog); some open issues remain
  • depth bias improvements
  • zbuffer has been replaced with back-to-front rendering
  • sprite and text translucency
  • direct access to rendering device (used by video tests)
  • preliminary support for spotlight feature
  • support for sprite bottom-alignment
  • support for sprite, polygon priority over text

• Aaron Giles more Voodoo updates:
  • Added support for CLUT/gamma ramps; enables fade in/out effects
  • Changed stall callback to notify both start and end of stalling
  • Decreased bilinear resolution to 4 bits for Voodoo 1
  • Fixed statistics and added some new ones
  • Now properly masking off unsupported bits for earlier chipsets
  • Fixed NOP command so it doesn't always reset statistics
  • Fixed bug that caused the refresh rate to never be updated
  • Fixed 16-bit writes to the frame buffer
  • Fixed crashing bug after resetting the chip
  • Added support for Voodoo 2's new fog, colorpath, and chromaRange modes
  • Added correct wrapping for ARGB, W and Z values
  • Fixed bug where depth was written to the Z buffer without bias
  • Now aggregates shorter commands to reduce the number of context switches

Game Support

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

• Magic Stick

New clones added

• Progressive Music Trivia (Question set 3)
• Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo (Asia 960529)
• Funky Jet (Japan)
• Kid Niki - Radical Ninja (World)

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

• Fortress 2 Blue Arcade