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)