MESS v0.81

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Apr 8th, 2004

MESS, a multi-system emulator, has been updated recently. However, only the Windows binary and sources were touched. Here is what's new:

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

Tesla PMD-85.1/PMD-85.2/PMD-85.2A/PMD-85.2B/PMD-85.3
Didaktik Alfa Statny Mato
Multitech MPF-1/MPF1-B
[MSX] National CF-3300
[MSX] Sony HB-75D
[MSX] Sony HB-201
[MSX] Sony HB-201P
[MSX] Sony HB-501P
[MSX] Spectravideo SVI-738
[MSX] Gradiente Expert Plus
[MSX] Gradiente Expert DDPlus
[MSX] Daewoo IQ-1000 / DPC-200 - Korean
[MSX2] Daewoo IQ-2000 / CPC-300 - Korean
[MSX2] Daewoo X-II CPC-400 - Korean
[MSX2] Daewoo X-II CPC-400S - Korean
[MSX2] Philips NMS-8250
[MSX2] Philips NMS-8280
[MSX2] Philips VG-8235
[MSX2] Sony HB-F9P
[MSX2] Sony HB-F500P
[MSX2] Sony HB-F700D
[MSX2] Sony HB-F700S
[MSX2] Sony HB-G900P
[MSX2] National FS-5500F1/F2
[MSX2] National FS-4500
[MSX2] National FS-4700
[MSX2] National FS-5000F2
[MSX2] National FS-4600
[MSX2] Panasonic FS-A1F
[MSX2] Panasonic FS-A1FM
[MSX2] Sony HB-F500
[MSX2] Sony HB-F900
[MSX2] Sony HB-F1
[MSX2] Sony HB-F1II
[MSX2] Sony HB-F1XD
[MSX2] Sony HB-F1XDMK2
[MSX2] Sanyo Wavy PHC-23

System Driver Changes:

[DAI] Stack overflow interrupt added.
[MZ700] Fixed a crash on startup. (bug #530)
[NES] Fixed a crash when running certain games such as the SMB/Duck Hunt cartridge. (bug #534)
[PC] Fixed some floppy disk regressions. (bug #532)
[PC8801] Added natural keyboard support.
[PCE] Fixed a crash on startup. (bug #531)

User Interface Changes:

[Windows GUI] Fixed save state loading from the GUI. (bug #524)
[Windows GUI] Fixed a stupid error in which one of the help menu items failed. (bug #529)

Source Changes:

The core is based on MAME 0.81. This incorporates all features of the update to this core.
Changed around how CRC files work; changed the format to XML and they are no longer specific to CRC32; SHA-1 and MD5 are now supported. The files are now called 'Hash' files are are in the hash directory.
The artwork will now try to load artwork files with the goodname of the image in addition to the other filenames.

You can grab a copy of this from our MESS for Windows/DOS section!

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