MAME/0.71

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Contents 1 Version 0.71 "Borg assimilates Zinc" 1.1 General Source Changes 1.2 New games supported 1.3 New clones supported 1.4 New TESTDRIVERS in source 2 Version 0.71u1 2.1 General Source Changes 2.2 New games supported 2.3 New clones supported 3 Version 0.71u2 3.1 General Source Changes 3.2 New games supported 3.3 New clones supported 3.4 New TESTDRIVERS in source 4 Version 0.71u3 4.1 General Source Changes 4.2 New games supported 4.3 New Clones supported 5 Other Versions

Version 0.71 "Borg assimilates Zinc"

Released: 2003-07-04

General Source Changes

• Fixed MultiPCM banking for Stadium Cross [R.Belmont]

• src/drivers/multi32.c
• src/sound/multipcm.c
• src/sound/multipcm.h

• Improved Ay8910 Noise Generator [Jarek Burczynski]

• src/sound/ay8910.c

• Corrected some filenames for Ajax [Brian A. Troha]

• src/drivers/ajax.c

• Improved Graphics in Strato Fighter and Super Pinball Action [Leon van Rooij]

• src/drivers/raiga.c
• src/vidhrdw/raiga.c
• src/drivers/spbactn.c
• src/vidhrdw/spbactn.c
• src/drawgfx.c

• Converted a bunch of drivers to tilemaps, fixed dipswitches etc. [Curt Coder]

New games supported

• Boxer (prototype) [Stefan Jokisch]

• src/drivers/boxer.c
• src/vidhrdw/boxer.c

• Star Sweep [smf, MooglyGuy]

• src/drivers/namcos11.c
• src/drivers/psx.c
• src/vidhrdw/psx.c

+ various other source files

• Magical Spot [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

• src/drivers/cosmic.c

New clones supported

• Sengekis Striker (Asia) [Brian A. Troha, David Haywood]

• src/drivers/suprnova.c
• src/vidhrdw/suprnova.c

• Maximum Force (v1.05) [Brian A. Troha]

note: there seems to be a problem with the way mame handles chd filenames for clones

• src/drivers/cojag.c

• Space Invasion (Europe Original?) [Brian A. Troha]

• src/drivers/commando.c

• Underfire (US and Japan) [Brian A. Troha]

• src/drivers/undrfire.c

• Puzzle Bobble (NeoGeo) (set 2) [Razoola]

• src/drivers/neogeo.c

New TESTDRIVERS in source

• Various ZN based systems [smf, MooglyGuy]

• Rougien [..]

• video hardware emulation needs finishing
• src/drivers/mermaid.c

Version 0.71u1

Released: 2003-07-08

General Source Changes

• Cleaned Up and Fixed filenames in Namco System 11 driver [smf]

• src/drivers/namcos11.c

• Added Cocktail Mode to Mole Attack [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

• src/drivers/mole.c

• Fixed Mame not looking in Parent directory for Hard Drive Images [Stefan Jokisch]

• src/mame.c
• src/audit.c

Converted Drivers to use Tilemaps [Curt Coder]

• src/drivers/rocnrope.c
• src/vidhrdw/rocnrope.c
• src/drivers/nova2001.c
• src/vidhrdw/nova2001.c
• src/drivers/hanaawas.c
• src/vidhrdw/hanaawas.c

Improved Genesis Emulation a bit in preparation for MegaTech / MegaPlay, sound code based on MESS [David Haywood]

• src/drivers/segac2.c
• src/vidhrdw/segac2.c

Improvements to GI Joe [Acho A. Tang]

• tilemap.h,tilemap.c

• added tilemap_get_transparency_data() for transparency cache manipulation

• vidhrdw\konamiic.c

• added preliminary K056832 tilemap<->linemap switching and tileline code

• drivers\gijoe.c

• updated video settings, memory map and irq handler
• added object blitter

• vidhrdw\gijoe.c

• completed K054157 to K056832 migration
• added ground scroll emulation
• fixed sprite and BG priority
• improved shadows and layer alignment

Improvements to Run and Gun making it playable (single screen game only) [Acho A. Tang]

• drivers\rungun.c (this file)

• mem maps, device settings, component communications, I/O's, sound...etc.

• vidhrdw\rungun.c

• general clean-up, clipping, alignment

• vidhrdw\konamiic.c

• missing sprites and priority

Added missing rowselect effect to toaplan2 driver (bbakraid, batrider) [David Haywood]

• src/vidhrdw/toaplan2.c

Compiler Fixes [Bryan McPhail]

• src/vidhrdw/raiga.c

Compiler Fixes [Brad Oliver]

• src/drivers/system24.c
• src/vidhrdw/system24.c

New games supported

• Sonic (MegaTech, MegaPlay) [David Haywood]

just to show the current status, megatech has no menu system emulated, megaplay doesn't boot, everything else on the systems has been left as testdrivers

• src/drivers/segac2.c
• src/vidhrdw/segac2.c

New clones supported

• Landmaker (World prototype) [Bryan Mcphail]

• src/drivers/taito_f3.c

Version 0.71u2

Released: 2003-07-12

General Source Changes

• Some progress on MegaTech emulation [David Haywood]

menu is now displayed, but carts not recognised, display currently controllled by a dipswitch, will be changed later, enabled the other games on the driver while work is done, these might be disabled for 0.72

• src/drivers/segasyse.c
• src/vidhrdw/segasyse.c
• src/drivers/segac2.c
• src/vidhrdw/segac2.c
• src/includes/segac2.h

• Fixes to some NeoGeo sets [Razoola]

98e -> 98, -98a 99 <-> 99a

• src/drivers/neogeo.c

• Fixed Sound Chips in lsasquad [Jarek Burczynski]

• src/drivers/lsasquad.c

• Fixed Loading of Landmaker (prototype) [David Haywood]

• src/drivers/taito_f3.c

• Converted Some Drivers to Tilemaps [Curt Coder]

• src/drivers/bogeyman.c
• src/vidhrdw/bogeyman.c
• src/drivers/funkybee.c
• src/vidhrdw/funkybee.c
• + more

• Cleaned Up some Konami GX rom loading [R.Belmont]

• src/drivers/konamigx.c

• Various Changes [Nathan Woods]

• src/cpu/jaguar/jaguar.c
• src/includes/jaguar.h
• src/vidhrdw/jaguar.c
• src/vidhrdw/jagobj.c

• Adds save state support to Cojag
• Disables certain error logging and speedup hacks under MESS
• get_jaguar_memory() now based on memory_get_read_ptr()
• Jaguar blitter won't crash if it is instructed to blit to a weird address

• src/windows/winmain.c

• Moved helpfile name into a constant

• src/mame.c

• Minor tweaks in #ifdef MESS, and #ifndef MESS'ed a consistency check inapprpriate for MESS

• src/inptport.c
• src/inptport.h

• Added very small hooks for MESS

• src/input.c

• Changed seq_name() so that instead of saying "<KEY> or n/a", it will say "<KEY>"

• Cpu Interrupt Improvements fixing the Exidy 440 games (Chiller etc.), Ultimate Tennnis, and the Seibu Sound System [Aaron Giles]

• src/cpuint.c
• src/sndhrdw/seibu.c

• Fixed Reset in robokid when time runs out (robokid37b15red) [Tomasz Slanina]

• src/drivers/omegaf.c

• Stopped Nova2001 from resetting when a coin is inserted [Tomasz Slanina]

if you insert coins too quickly the game still resets, its probably just the way it was, the code for this part was changed in the clone

• src/drivers/nova2001.c

• Some Dipswitch Fixes [Iñigo Luja]

• src/drivers/rohga.c
• src/drivers/deadang.c

• Changed way Snapshot code works [Nathan Woods]

• Huge Improvements in Prop Cycle (Namco System 22) [Phil Stroffolino]

Changes include:

• pulled out matrix3d to its own module
• near plane clipping
• perspective correct textures
• preliminary lighting (all or nothing)
• gamma correction
• preliminary fader support
• per polygon and per object depth bias
• sprite-polygon priority
• two-sided polygon flag
• tile flip attributes
• tilemap color bank
• improved steering responsiveness
• camera zoom and pan feature
• fixes to display list parsing
• corrected rotation mappings for System22/21
• src/drivers/namcos22.c
• src/vidhrdw/namcos22.c
• src/includes/namcos22.h
• src/vidhrdw/namcos21.c
• src/vidhrdw/namcos3d.c
• src/includes/namcos3d.h
• src/vidhrdw/matrix3d.c
• src/vidhrdw/matrix3d.h

• Stopped Sprites being hidden by track in fourtrax [Phil Stroffolino]

• src/vidhrdw/namcos2.c

• Fixed CPS2 raster effect (xmvsf069agre) [ShiRiRu]

• src/drivers/cps2.c
• src/vidhrdw/cps1.c

• Added Missing Resources

• src/info.c

New games supported

• Xor World (prototype) [Manuel Abadia]

• src/drivers/xorworld.c
• src/vidhrdw/xorworld.c
• src/sound/saa1099.c
• src/sound/saa1099.h

• Big Event Golf [Tomasz Slanina, Jarek Burczynski]

• src/drivers/bigevglf.c
• src/vidhrdw/bigevglf.c
• src/machine/bigevglf.c

• Strike Bowling [Tomasz Slanina, Jarek Burczynski]

lacks analog sounds, in progress

• src/drivers/sbowling.c

• Super Speed Race Junior [Tomasz Slanina]

bad colours due to missing proms

• src/drivers/ssrj.c
• src/vidhrdw/ssrj.c

• Great Guns [Jarek Burczynski]

graphics leave trails

• src/drivers/mazerbla.c

• Taisen Hot Gimmick 3 Digital Surfing [David Haywood]

• src/drivers/psikyo4.c

• Actraiser (Nintendo Super System) [MESS, Pierpaolo Prazzoli, David Haywood]

just to show the current status, has no menu system emulated, still being worked on, no sound, everything else on the system has been left as testdrivers

• src/drivers/nss.c
• src/vidhrdw/snes.c
• src/machine/snes.c
• src/sndhrdw/snes.c
• src/includes/snes.h

• Genix [David Haywood]

missing gfx / sound roms, might work with them

• src/drivers/pirates.c

New clones supported

• Cowbows of Moo Mesa (bootleg) [R.Belmont]

no sprites yet

• src/drivers/moo.c

• Cue Brick (Japan Ver. D) [R.Belmont]

I suspect its not Japan

• src/drivers/tmnt.c
• src/vidhrdw/tmnt.c

• Pest Place (Mario Bros bootleg) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

bad colours, some bad gfx etc.

• src/drivers/dkong.c
• src/vidhrdw/dkong.c

• Area 51 / Maximum Force Duo (R3000) [Brian A Troha]

speed hack needs doing

• src/drivers/cojag.c

New TESTDRIVERS in source

• Little Casino [Pierpaolo Prazzoli, David Haywood]

inputs, video etc. needs finishing

• src/drivers/ltcasino.c

• Super Draw Poker [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

needs inputs finishing, need to work out if its a gambling game, if so it will be removed

• src/drivers/supdrapo.c

Version 0.71u3

Released: 2003-08-07. Never publicly released.

General Source Changes

• Cleaned up tmnt.c cuebrick addition, added SSriders bootleg (not working) [R.Belmont]

• src/drivers/tmnt.c
• src/vidhrdw/tmnt.c

• Added some Slapstics used in Europe / Japan [Aaron Giles]

• src/machine/slapstic.c

• This patch adds some minor callbacks to the artwork system in order to enable some MESS specific functionality without polluting artwork.c with a bunch of ugly #ifdef MESS's. [Nathan Woords]

• src/drivers/artwork.c
• src/drivers/artwork.h
• src/mame.c

• Fixed Tile flip in mermaid driver [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

• src/vidhrdw/mermaid.c

• NSS Fixes [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

• src/cpu/g65816/g65816.c
• src/drivers/nss.c
• src/machine/snes.c

• Vector Cleanups / Improvements [Frank Palazzolo]

• Removed VEC_SHIFT and "magic numbers" stuff from all drivers, vector.c: all fixed point stuff is now always 16.16.
• Removed "bad trench vectors hack" from Star Wars which I created in 1997. Appears not to be necessary any more :)
• Moved flipping and swapping API stuff from vector.c to avgdvg.c, this is specific to tempest and quantum only.
• Added clipping to Sega games per the schematics
• Using floating point in vector.c to do scaling.
• Removed dead code using Machine->orientation from vector.c
• Added capability to register an external vector renderer.
• src/drivers/quantum.c
• src/drivers/tempest.c
• src/machine/starwars.c
• src/vidhrdw/avgdvg.c
• src/vidhrdw/avgdvg.h
• src/vidhrdw/aztarac.c
• src/vidhrdw/cchasm.c
• src/vidhrdw/cinemat.c
• src/vidhrdw/sega.c
• src/vidhrdw/vector.c
• src/vidhrdw/vector.h

• Fixed compile problems [Brad Oliver]

• src/vidhrdw/bigevglf.c
• src/vidhrdw/segaic24.c

• re-written and merged the drivers for Sprint 1/2 and Dominos [Stefan Jokisch]

• src/drivers/sprint2.c
• src/vidhrdw/sprint2.c

• Fixed some problems with Vector Patch [Frank Palazzolo]

• src/drivers/quantum.c
• src/drivers/tempest.c
• src/vidhrdw/sega.c
• src/vidhrdw/avgdvg.c

• Various Fixes [Nathan Woods]

• src/fileio.c:

• Fixes a bug in mame_fgetc() when reading characters between 0x80 and 0xFF

• src/hash.c:
• src/hash.h:

• Adds a new function, hash_verify_string(), that takes a string and checks to see if it is a valid hash string

• src/mame.c:

• Added a consistency check that uses hash_verify_string() to make sure all of the hash strings are valid

• Tiger Heli MCU simulation improvements [Angelo Salese]

• src/drivers/slapfght.c
• src/machine/slapfght.c

• Coverted Text Layer of Act Fancer to Tilemaps [Angelo Salese]

• src/vidhrdw/actfancr.c

• Fix drawgfx 1:1 optimization [Olivier Galibert]

• src/drawgfx.c

• Fixed i803x jumps [Olivier Galibert]

• src/cpu/i8039/8039dasm.c
• src/cpu/i8039/i8039.c

• sp0250 sound / g80 speech board emulation [Olivier Galibert]

• src/drivers/sega.c
• src/drivers/segar.c
• src/includes/sega.h
• src/mame.mak
• src/rules.mak
• src/sndhrdw/sega.c
• src/sndhrdw/segar.c
• src/sndintrf.c
• src/sndintrf.h
• src/sndhrdw/segasnd.c
• src/sndhrdw/segasnd.h
• src/sound/sp0250.c
• src/sound/sp0250.h

• Fixed Power Instinct Dips [Brian Troha]

• src/drivers/powerins.c

• Improved Risky Challenge decryption [Angelo Salese]

• src/machine/irem_cpu.c

• Misc Patches [Nathan Woods]

• src/inptport.c:
• src/inptport.h:

• Raises the maximum number of ports to thirty
• Adds a few MESS specific IPT_* types (within #ifdef MESS)

• src/cpu/i86/i86.c:
• src/cpu/i86/i286.c:

• Adds state save support

• src/includes/snes.h:
• src/machine/snes.c:

• Update from Anthony Kruize (MESS SNES driver author)

• Starsweep GFX improvements [smf]

• src/cpu/mips/mips.c
• src/cpu/mips/mipsdasm.c
• src/driver.c
• src/drivers/namcos11.c
• src/drivers/zn.c
• src/includes/psx.h
• src/vidhrdw/psx.c

• Fixed register editing when Scanline display is enabled in debugger [Nathan Woods]

• src/mamedbg.c

• Fixed the BCD conversion when using the Decimal Flag in ADC and SBC opcodes in the G65816 CPU core.This fixes at least the Act Raiser timer/score bugs. [Angelo Salese]

• src/cpu/g65816/g65816.c
• src/cpu/g65816/g65816cm.h
• src/cpu/g65816/g65816op.h

• Added correct roms to Genix but it still doesn't work due to protection [David Haywood]

• src/drivers/pirates.c

• Improvements to Megatech emulation, although its still far from being correct and still under development, will be split from segac2.c once finished [Barry Rodewald, David Haywood]

• src/drivers/segac2.c
• src/vidhrdw/segac2.c

New games supported

• Power Instinct 2 [Olivier Galibert, ShiRiRu]

todo: figure out why we need a rom patch to avoid an ingame problem

• src/drivers/cave.c
• src/vidhrdw/cave.c

• Sprint 4 [Stefan Jokisch]

• src/drivers/sprint4.c
• src/vidhrdw/sprint4.c

• Pit 'n' Run [fTomasz Slanina, Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

missing analog sounds

• src/drivers/pitnrun.c
• src/machine/pitnrun.c
• src/vidhrdw/pitnrun.c

• Special Forces [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

no sound, missing rom?

• Eight Ball Action [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

bad colours, missing proms

• src/drivers/dkong.c
• src/vidhrdw/dkong.c

• Imago [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

gfx problems, bad colours due to missing proms

• src/drivers/fastfred.c
• src/vidhrdw/fastfred.c
• src/includes/fastfred.h

• Sengoku Mahjong [Angelo Salese]

• src/drivers/sengokmj.c
• src/vidhrdw/sengokmj.c

New Clones supported

• Shuffle Shot 1.37 [Brian Troha]
• WC Bowling 1.61 [Brian Troha]

• src/drivers/itech32.c

• Sprint 2 (set 2) [Stefan Jokisch]

• src/drivers/sprint2.c

• Parodius (World) [Brian Troha]

• src/drivers/parodius.c

• Acrobatic Dog Fight [Brian Troha]

• src/drivers/dogfgt.c

• Sunset Riders (bootleg) [R.Belmont]

doesn't work

• src/drivers/tmnt.c

• Pit Fighter (Japan) [Aaron Giles]

• src/drivers/atarig1.c

• Various CPS2 clones [Razoola]

• src/drivers/cps2.c
• src/vidhrdw/cps1.c

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