2018.07.25
Today’s MAME release has two consecutive zeros in the version number! The
only other time that happened was over twelve years ago! Although MAME
version numbers are are just an incrementing number, by a series of
coincidences, MAME 0.200 delivers several major changes. First of all, if you
’re building MAME with Microsoft Visual Studio (MSVC), you’ll need Visual
Studio 2017. We’ve dropped support for Visual Studio 2015. Starting this
month, we’re building the official Windows binaries with GCC 7.3 – this
probably won’t affect you (we still support building with GCC 5 and up). We’
re mirroring tagged releases at GitLab (source only) and SourceForge (source
and binaries), so if for some reason you’re unable to access GitHub, you’ll
still be able to download official MAME releases.
MAME 0.200 includes replacements for the memory system and callback API. This
will enable new functionality and make MAME development more straightforward.
The artwork layout system has also had an overhaul which opens new
possibilities. We’ve tried our best not to break things, but if you do find
something wrong, let us know at MAME Testers, or on our IRC channel #mame on
the freenode network.
In arcade emulation this month, we have a number of new versions of supported
titles, including a very rare prototype of Led Storm Rally 2011 and three
more Street Fighter II': Champion Edition bootlegs. Dreamcast/NAOMI colours
are greatly improved thanks to snickerbockers, and cam900 fixed some
graphical effects in Gals Panic 3 and Billiard Academy Real Break. Enik Land
improved emulation of the Sega Master System, Game Gear and Mega Drive VDPs,
covering more corner cases.
The really exciting emulation improvements this month are on the computer
side. There are lots of improvements for UK home computers, including better
Camputers Lynx tape support (with lots of additions to the software list),
re-worked Acorn System emulation, and support for Acorn Bus slot devices. We’
ve got a brand-new modernised Apple IIgs driver, with improvements in just
about every area. Also, Wayder updated the Sharp 68000 software list,
correcting and organising the entries and adding the latest clean dumps.
But even more exciting is the fact that, thanks to Patrick Mackinlay’s
gargantuan effort and persistence, the CLIPPER-based InterPro 2000
workstation now works well enough to install and run CLIX (a UNIX operating
system). As far as we know, this is a first for MAME. The improvements to
SCSI, CD-ROM, and serial emulation also benefit other emulated computer
systems. Instructions are on the MAMEdev wiki if you want to try it out.
As usual, you can get source and Windows binaries from the download page.
MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
- 04621: [Timing] (ironhors.cpp) ironhors: 30fps framerate seems abnormal.
(Angelo Salese)
- 07027: [Sound] (vegas.cpp) warfa (and maybe clones): DCS2 OS Version Test
Failed. (Ted Green)
New working machines
- Acorn System 5 [Nigel Barnes]
New working clones
- Acorn System 2 [Nigel Barnes]
- Acorn System 3 (6502 CPU) [Nigel Barnes]
- Acorn System 4 [Nigel Barnes]
- Air Rescue (World) [Porchy, Muddymusic, The Dumping Union]
- Apache 3 (rev E) [coolmod, The Dumping Union]
- Hayaoshi Quiz Nettou Namahousou (ver 1.2) [Apocalypse, The Dumping Union]
- Led Storm Rally 2011 (US, prototype 12) [system11, Coolfox, The Dumping Union]
- Milmar Laser //c [R. Belmont, Peter Ferrie, KansasFest 2018]
- Pink Sweets: Suicide Club (2017/10/31 SUICIDECLUB VER., bootleg) [MetalliC]
- Raiden DX (Portugal) [Jorge Silva, Atro, Kravex]
- Scramble (bootleg, set 2) [hammy, The Dumping Union]
- Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (Mstreet-6, bootleg, set 1) [TwistedTom]
- Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (Mstreet-6, bootleg, set 2) [TwistedTom]
- Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (Mstreet-6, bootleg, set 3) [TwistedTom]
New machines marked as NOT_WORKING
- Boris - Electronic Chess Computer [TrevEB, Sean Riddle, The Dumping Union]
- Captain Zodiac [Siftware]
- CMS 6502 Development System [Nigel Barnes]
- DECstation 5000/133 [R. Belmont, Al Kossow]
- Donkey Kong / Donkey Kong Jr / Mario Bros [Michael Moffitt, coolmod, The
- Dumping Union]
- Fever Chance [GoneMad]
- iPhone (A1203) [MoochMcGee]
- Marbella Vice [Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]
- Topaz (Inder) [PinMAME]
New clones marked as NOT_WORKING
- Jokerz! (G-4) [PinMAME]
- Safe Cracker (1.0) [PinMAME]
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