MAME 0.81u6

Release Date

MAME 0.81u6 was released on 18 April 2004.

Contributors

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

• Aaron Giles
• BouKiCHi
• Mariusz Wojcieszek
• Nathan Woods
• Pierpaolo Prazzoli
• R. Belmont
• smf
• Stefan Jokisch
• Tomasz Slanina
• Ville Linde

Specific Contributions

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

• Stefan Jokisch fixed missing enemies in noboranb

• Stefan Jokisch fixed the leprechn service switch broken in the last update

• Nathan Woods contributed misc fixes:
  • Partially implemented INT, INT3, ES segment override, an IMUL variant, LMSW, a minor 16 bit bug fix, and coprocessor escape instructions
  • Added the MESS specific TMS7000 core to the list of CPU cores

• Ville Linde updated the SPI driver:
  • Added sprite flipping and other improved sprite processing
  • Corrected palette banking on tilemaps

• BouKiCHi fixed the Kaitei Daisensou speedup. Note: speedups may soon be removed from the m92 driver as they aren't really that significant on modern hardware

• R. Belmont added sound to the Model 1 driver

• Mariusz Wojcieszek fixed some ST-V sprite bugs (hanagumi intro, othellos title, cottonbm intro, diehard intro, sleague)

• smf fixed the GPL12 opcode (fixes cbaj graphics)

• Ville Linde updated the i386 core:
  • Regression tested the i386 core. Found and fixed bugs in several shift/rotate instructions. This corrects the bosses in Raiden Fighters.
  • Completely rewrote REP/REPNE prefix handling. Fixes the following: Battle Balls attract mode runs correctly now, balls no longer all the same color in-game in Battle Balls, E-Jan now coins up, and Viper Phase 1 is now playable (with encrypted gfx).

• Aaron Giles contributed a MIPS software interrupt fix

• Aaron Giles updated the Seattle driver:
  • added a diagram of interrupt sourcing
  • fixed incorrect checksums on SF Rush: The Rock audio ROMs
  • added support for DCS HLE downloading via FIFO (used by Vegas games)
  • fixed incorrect sound pitch in Blitz 99/2k

• Pierpaolo Prazzoli added some Hyperstone fixes:
  • Added h flag handling in the dasm
  • Fixed wrong interpretation of some opcode bits in the dasm
  • Fixed Frame instruction when d-code was 0
  • Always set the new entry table

• Pierpaolo Prazzoli made a minor improvement to Lord of Gun driver (still doesn't work)

• R. Belmont updated the YMZ280B

Game Support

New games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING

• Renju Kizoku
• Neratte Chu

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

• Mayjinsen
• Mayjinsen 2
• Super Eagle Shot
• Super Real Mahjong P5