MAME 0.34b3
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Release Date
MAME 0.34b3 was released on 17 September 1998.
Contributors
The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order:
- Allard van der Bas
- Bernd Wiebelt
- Brad Oliver
- Bryan McPhail
- Bud Crittenden
- Carlos A. Lozano
- Dani Portillo
- Ernesto Corvi
- Francesco Caporali
- Hiromitsu Shioya
- John Butler
- John Dondzila
- Juan Carlos Lorente
- Juergen Buchmueller
- Marco Cassili
- Mike Balfour
- Mike Coates
- Nicola Salmoria
- Phil Stroffolino
- Santeri Saarimaa
- Tatsuyuki Satoh
- Zsolt Vasvari
Specific Contributions
The known contributions for this version are, in the order specified in the whatsnew:
- Nicola Salmoria fixed the fg/bg priority in TeddyBoy Blues and Choplifter.
- Mike Balfour fixed the colors in Shark Attack.
- Nicola Salmoria fixed the transparency in Fire Trap.
- Brad Oliver fixed gfx banks in Pop Flamer.
- Ernesto Corvi fixed speech in Karate Champ.
- Hiromitsu Shioya fixed the pitch in the System 8 games.
- Zsolt Vasvari added sound in Exterminator. Have your PII/900 handy ;-)
- Juergen Buchmueller added smoothing to ADPCM playback.
- Francesco Caporali added RC filter emulation to Gyruss. This improves some sound effects, e.g. the force field noise.
- Phil Stroffolino added ADPCM sounds to Renegade.
- Brad Oliver fixed speech in King & Balloon.
- Nicola Salmoria added ADPCM sample playback to the bootleg Hyper Olympic.
- Nicola Salmoria added sound to Mysterious Stones.
- Mike Balfour added high score support to Shark Attack.
- Juan Carlos Lorente added high score support to Flicky, Bull Fight, I'm Sorry, Star Jacker, Mr Viking, 4d Warrior, TeddyBoy Blues, Beastie Feastie, Contra, Cobra Command, Super Qix, Vigilante, Pang, HigeMaru, Hexa.
- Dani Portillo added high score support to Tiger Road, Karnov, Chelnov, Heavy Barrel, Bad Dudes, Robocop, Hippodrome, Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance.
- Dani Portillo high score support in Star Force.
- Tatsuyuki Satoh improved the input handling in Gladiator.
- Phil Stroffolino improved the System 16 drivers.
- Brad Oliver fixed movement of the squares in Checkman.
- Nicola Salmoria rewrote the SN76496 emulator. This fixes speech in Choplifter.
- New -romident option in the DOS version. Use "MAME -romident dirname" to identify unknown ROM sets.
- John Butler improved the unzip code robustness when dealing with corrupt archives.
- Mike Coates fixed SBCD in the M68000 disassembler.
- Bernd Wiebelt added CRC-32 checksums for most files.
Game Support
New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status
- Terra Cresta (YM2203)
- Terra Cresta (YM3526 set 1)
- Regulus
- SWAT
- Heavy Metal
- Brain
- Toki no Senshi
- Gardia
- DakkoChan Jansoh
- Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan
- Wonder Boy
- Pitfall II
- Water Ski
- Last Duel (bootleg)
- Lady Bug (bootleg)
- Lode Runner (set 1)
- Lode Runner (2 Players)
- Penguin-Kun Wars (Japan)
- Penguin-Kun Wars (US)
- Stinger
- Zig Zag set 1)
- Zig Zag (set 2)
- River Patrol
- Silver Land
- Jumping
- 600
- Area 88
- 720 Degrees (set 2)
- Crystal Castles (set 2)
- Kangaroo (bootleg)
- Klax (set 3)
- Missile Command (set 2)
- Pooyan (Konami)
- Neo Mr. Do
