MAME 0.19

Release Date

MAME 0.19 was released on 26 April 1997.

Contributors

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

• Fabrice Frances
• Jarek Burczynski
• Marc Lafontaine
• Mike Coates
• Nicola Salmoria
• Paul Leaman
• Ron Fries
• Shaun Stephenson
• Richard Davies

Specific Contributions

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

• Mike Coates fixed the colors in Space Panic (set 2) and added high-score support.

• Nicola Salmoria determined the functionality of the backgrounds in Elevator Action.

• Some minor changes to the music tempo in Frogger (Sega set 2) et al.

• Partial sound support was added to Rally-X (Midway).

• Noise in Moon Cresta (Nichibutsu) was tweaked slightly.

• Sample support was added to Phoenix (Taito).

• The CPUINTRF macro was expanded to input ports 5 and 6.

• setdipswitches() and the frame rate counter were modified to work correctly with non-8x8 fonts.

• strcmp() was replaced with stricmp() in ROM name matching so that ROM loading is case-insensitive.

• The generic function copyscrollbitmap() was added to simplify games that use scrolling playfields.

Game Support

Working Games Added

• 1942 (set 1)
• Arabian (Atari)
• Elevator Action (bootleg)

Non-Working Games Added

• Popeye (bootleg)
• Warp Warp (Rock-ola set 1)

MAME Firsts

• First version to be maintained and released by Mirko Buffoni.