MAME v0.72

posted in Emulator Release by spacetiger on Aug 12th, 2003

MAME has recently been upgraded from 0.71 to 0.72. So far, only the Windows versions and the source are available. Here's a partial list of what's new:

General Changes

Work Around for Genix Protection + tilemap scroll making it playable
Various Conversions to Tilemaps
Cleanups to Darius Video
6821 PIA fixes
Kludge for Combat School Music
Cleaned Up and Fixed filenames in Namco System 11 driver
Added Cocktail Mode to Mole Attack
Fixed Mame not looking in Parent directory for Hard Drive Images
Converted Drivers to use Tilemaps
Improved Genesis Emulation a bit
Improvements to GI Joe
Improvements to Run and Gun making it playable (single screen game only)
Added missing rowselect effect to toaplan2 driver
Fixes to some NeoGeo sets
Fixed Sound Chips in lsasquad
Fixed Loading of Landmaker (prototype)
Cleaned Up some Konami GX rom loading
Cpu Interrupt Improvements fixing the Exidy 440 games (Chiller etc.), Ultimate Tennnis, and the Seibu Sound System
Fixed Reset in robokid when time runs out
Stopped Nova2001 from resetting when a coin is inserted
Changed way Snapshot code works
Huge Improvements in Prop Cycle (Namco System 22)
Stopped Sprites being hidden by track in fourtrax
Fixed CPS2 raster effect (xmvsf069agre)
Cleaned up tmnt.c cuebrick addition, added SSriders bootleg (not working)
Added some Slapstics used in Europe / Japan
Fixed Tile flip in mermaid driver
NSS Fixes
Re-written and merged the drivers for Sprint 1/2 and Dominos
Fixed some problems with Vector Patch
Tiger Heli MCU simulation improvements
Coverted Text Layer of Act Fancer to Tilemaps
Fix drawgfx 1:1 optimization
Fixed i803x jumps
Sp0250 sound / g80 speech board emulation
Fixed Power Instinct Dips
Improved Risky Challenge decryption
Starsweep GFX improvements
Fixed register editing when Scanline display is enabled in debugger
Fixed the Act Raiser timer/score bugs
Added correct roms to Genix

New Games

Sonic (MegaTech, MegaPlay)
Xor World (prototype)
Big Event Golf
Strike Bowling
Super Speed Race Junior
Great Guns
Taisen Hot Gimmick 3 Digital Surfing
Actraiser (Nintendo Super System)
Genix
Power Instinct 2
Sprint 4
Pit 'n' Run
Special Forces
Eight Ball Action
Imago
Sengoku Mahjong

New Clones

Zero Point (alt)
Landmaker (World prototype)
Cowbows of Moo Mesa (bootleg)
Cue Brick (Japan Ver. D)
Pest Place (Mario Bros bootleg)
Area 51 / Maximum Force Duo (R3000)
Shuffle Shot 1.37
WC Bowling 1.61
Sprint 2 (set 2)
Parodius (World)
Acrobatic Dog Fight
Sunset Riders (bootleg)
Pit Fighter (Japan)
Various CPS2 clones

New Testdrivers

Little Casino
Super Draw Poker

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