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November 28, 2005

NfoViewer 2.3 released

The truth is that I had to dig to find the source files for this utility. Most of you residents here know that it's nothing more, but a small program that reads nfo & diz files the good old DOS way. Changes are that I have recompiled using the Borland C++ 6.0 and I have added the ability to register nfo and diz files from command line. A good friend of mine (Badge) wanted such an option for use in his unattended WindowsXP CD. Ah I have added the blue "edit" background option (Request of BrKiller)... :)

You can download the new NfoViewer from the Free Programs page.

Whacker

November 22, 2005

ΜΑΜΕ32 0.102u1 released

After a week's break the mamedev team brings some more action. I'd consider the previous 0.102 release pretty stable for a safety backup. It took me 10 DVD-Rs to save all the roms (the supplementary files such as marquees, flyers etc were left behind). So, let's see what's new into the 0.102u1 release:

0.102u1
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Source Changes
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Several fixes for the kaneko16 drivers: [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
- fixed tilemap priorities
- fixed some sprites priorities
- added some missing coin counters
- added right palette filling for games using sprite type 1
- swapped berlwall and berlwalt sets as per SebV notes in the source code
Fixed compilation issue for MSVC when using the winalloc code. [Nathan Woods]
Replaced the 68705 MCU from the bootleg Knight Boy with simulation. Added
Knight Boy to keep using the MCU code. [Nicola Salmoria]
Added redump of bad ROMs for Cruis'n World (rev L1.3). [Guru]
Changed some i386 disassembly parameters to be unsigned. [Nathan Woods]
Fixed output of mame.ini options that have spaces in them. [Nathan Woods]
Improvements to Wheels and Fire, partial understanding of the blitter.
[David Haywood, Tomasz Slanina]
Added very, very preliminary emulation of the Ricoh RF5C400. [Ville Linde]
Added new inline math functions to mamecore.h, along with mechanisms for the
OSD layer to override them with platform-specific variants:
count_leading_zeros, count_leading_ones, and fixed_mul_shift. Updated the
TMS32031 core to make use of the first two. [Aaron Giles]
Changed the Windows blitters to use an array allocated by
osd_alloc_executable() to prevent potential access violations on systems
with no-execute support. [Aaron Giles]
Fixed some minor problems with the LOD calculations in the Voodoo driver.
[Aaron Giles]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Dark Horse [Luca Elia]
Virtua Bowling (Japan) [Luca Elia]
Honey Dolls [David Haywood]

New clones added
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Red Clash (set 2) [chaneman]
Stack Columns (World) [Arzeno Fabrice]
Puzzle & Action: Ichidant-R (Korea) [David Haywood]
Knight Boy [Nicola Salmoria]
Dragon World [Luca Elia]
Billiard Academy Real Break (Europe) [Corrado Tomaselli]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Fred Flintstones' Memory Match [Brian Troha]

Download this source update from mamedev's site.

My new Sony PSP part 2!

I have promised some screenshots didn't I? So here goes:

Click here for higher resolution.

Whacker

November 16, 2005

Official MAME / ΜΑΜΕ32 0.102 released

Yes. It's true. Several new games in an official build! MAME32 is also out for those of you who would like to play the GUI version. Here's what's new:

0.102
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New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Jockey Grand Prix [Mamesick]
Gradius 4: Fukkatsu [Ville Linde]
See See Find Out [Tomasz Slanina]
Pang Pang Car [Tomasz Slanina]
D-Day (Jaleco) [Tomasz Slanina]

New clones added
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Touch & Go (newer revision) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Avengers In Galactic Storm (World) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Metamorphic Force (ver EAA) [Stefan Lindberg]
Rohga v5.0 Asia/Europe [Stefan Lindberg]
Rohga v3.0 Asia/Europe (Alt) [Stefan Lindberg]
Tricky Doc (Alt) [Stefan Lindberg]
Vandyke (Jaleco lic. Alt set) [Stefan Lindberg]
Varth - Operation Thunderstorm (World 920714) [Stefan Lindberg]
Super Monaco GP (US, Rev B) [Arzeno Fabrice]
DownTown (Set 2) [Stefan Lindberg]
NFL Blitz (boot ROM 1.1) [Brian Troha]
Martial Champion (ver EAB) [Stefan Lindberg]
NBA Play By Play [Ville Linde]

You can download the official binary from MAME site. The MAME32 page is located here.

My new Sony PSP!

If you want to know what keeps me away from the net the last 10 days I will descibe it with one word. PSP! This machine is a small miracle. It has wifi, IR, a HUGE trubrite screen, runs several emulators from Macintosh, Amiga, SNes, Genesis, Gba, GB/GBcolor to even PC emulation (yes it runs win95!) :P
I'll come up with some screenshots right after I find sometime to leave it be and start having snapshots of it.

Ah... I forgot to mention. It plays (AWESOME) games too... :P

Whacker

November 5, 2005

MAME 0.101 u4 & u5 source updates

It's been sometime since I have last updated this page but Linear Algebra keeps me away :). Well, there are two updates to the main core the last couple of days: Let's see what's new:

0.101u4
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New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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The J. League [Anonymous]

New clones added
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Kosmo Killer [David Haywood]
Splash 1.0 [Corrado Tomaselli]
Glass 1.1 [Corrado Tomaselli]
Match It II [Brian Troha]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Dwarfs Den [David Haywood]
Trivia Quest [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
Wheels & Fire [David Haywood]
 

0.101u5
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New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Wonder Stick [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

New clones added
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Atomic Robo-kid (Japan, Set 2) [Brian Troha]
Raimais (Japan) [Brian Troha]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Ping Pong Car [David Haywood, Guru]
Daytona USA 2 Power Edition [Ville Linde]

You can download both source updates from mamedev's site.

Whacker

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