MAME 0.71

posted in Emulator Release by spacetiger on Jul 5th, 2003

The incredible multi-arcade we all know as MAME has been updated to version 0.71. Here's what's new since 0.70:

Source Code changes

Fixed MultiPCM banking for Stadium Cross
Improved Ay8910 Noise Generator
Corrected some filenames for Ajax
Improved Graphics in Strato Fighter and Super Pinball Action
Converted a bunch of drivers to tilemaps, fixed dipswitches etc.
Some Dipswitch Fixes
Improvements and Fixes to Strato Fighter / Raiga
Fixed some Misplaced Sprites in Tricky Doc
Changed drivers to use mame_rand for random numbers
A Few Namco Fixes for things broken in u4
Changed Steel Gunner to use Correct Rom
Improved ncv1 filenames
Fixed Sprites in simpsons
Changed message for Double Clicking on EXE slightly
Tilemap viewer now displays a more logical ordering for "tilemap#1", "tilemap#2", etc.
Broadened support for palette_offset, and made it work in tilemap viewer
Silent Dragon Dipswitch Fixes
A Few Data East Rom Name Fixes / Board Info
Fixed a few minor problems in the Wolf Pack Driver
Fixed ports in some TESTDRIVERS so there are no complaints with the Sanity Checks
Various Sound Improvements to YM2610, YM2608, Y8950
Fixed i86 DAA opcodes + more
Corrected Green Beret Rom Names
Preliminary MCU simulation for Paddle 2
Fixed Audit with Optional Roms
Allowed Region to be selected via Dipswitch on Banpresto games in cave.c
Message Box prompting the user to read windows.txt if MAME.EXE is double clicked on
Fixed Colours in Mustache Boy with new Proms
Fixed Colours in Tricky Doc with new Proms
Added Colour Map to Enigma 2, swapped sets around, used a more sensible cpu freq
Fixed Trackball controls in Country Club
Fixed Night Striker dips
This fixes the data size parameter of the DUMP command in the debugger
This fixes the bug where SAVE only worked on 8bit cpus in the debugger
Made dbg_show_scanline the default
Changed a few MAME core files for MESS (shouldn't change Mame behavior)
Tiny changes to enable easy compiling under VC6/7 & older non-c99 compilers
Konami Updates and Fixes (including fix for dbz / moo / simpsons crashes in 0.70)
Fixed some problems with the new alt. bios code
Rewrote Wolf Pack driver based on schematics
D3D Code fixes / Improvements

New games supported

Boxer (prototype)
Star Sweep
Magical Spot
Grand Tour
Stadium Cross
R2D Tank
Final Lap
Suzuka 8 Hours 2
Four Trax
Final Lap 2
Suzuka 8 Hours
Battle Cry
Enigma 2

New clones supported

Some namco ones that were forgotten last time
Sengekis Striker (Asia)
Maximum Force (v1.05)
Space Invasion (Europe Original?)
Underfire (US and Japan)
Puzzle Bobble (NeoGeo) (set 2)
Dock Man (parent of portman)

New testdrivers supported

Cyber Commando
Air Combat 22
Cyber Cycles
Time Crisis
R2D Tank
Various ZN based systems
Rougien
Counter Run (bootleg)

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