MAME v0.79

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Jan 28th, 2004

MAME, the most robust Arcade Machine emulator around, has been updated today. Currently, only the Windows binaries and sources were updated. Here is what's new this time around:

General Source Changes:

Fixed most of the bugs caused by changes made in the .78 u cycle, please check any you reported to make sure
Updated many Atari / Midway drivers to use new style Memory Maps and cleaned them up
YMF278b update, improving sound in Asura Blade
Fixed a problem with the SH2 speedup previously added
Updated ST-V driver to use new memory system, cleaning up the map
Fixed ASM 68k core to compile again
Warning screens are now skipped if running with -ftr for less than 5 minutes
Fixed Black Dragon & Money Money filenames
Fixed poolshrk078u6yel
Fixed crash when taking screenshots of rotated vector games
Multiple Session fixes (for Mame32 etc.)
Unaligned SCU direct mode DMA fix
Fixed a problem with Star Wars
Various compiler specific fixes

New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status:

Scramble Spirits
Triv Four (1985 Status)
Super Triv III (1986 Status)
Winning Spike
Whizz
More More Plus
Pairs Love

New Clones supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status

Perestrokia Girls (without Fuuki license)
Changes (EME license)
VS. Tennis (Japan)
Dual Assault

New Non-Working games / clones supported

Varia Metal
Denjin Makai
Super Hang On Limited Edition
Plasma Sword (parent to Star Gladiator 2)

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