MAME 0.37 beta 15

posted in Emulator Release by xip on May 24th, 2001

This release of MAME has been dubbed "Conquering Windows" because Windows is now the main port for MAME. Here's the full list of what's new for once: These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:
  • Fixed scrolling in Top Secret. [Ian Patterson]
  • Improved special effects and fixed pixel layer colors in the Taito F3 games.[Bryan McPhail]
  • Fixed sprites in World Grand Prix. [David Graves] These drivers have improved SOUND:
  • Fixed sound in Atari Basketball. [Stefan Jokisch] Other drivers changes:
  • Fixed Arkanoid "instant death in final round" bug. [Frotz]
  • Fixed the spinner in Dark Planet. [Zsolt Vasvari]
  • Simulated controls in Slick Shot. [Aaron Giles]
  • Fixed the NEC cpu bug that caused slowdowns in Raiden. [Bryan McPhail] Changes to the main program:
  • Fixed 68020 emulation bugs that prevented many Taito F3 games from working. [Bryan McPhail]
  • Rewritten the cheat engine. [Ian Patterson] Source:
  • The main binary distribution of MAME is now a completely new win32 console port. Some of the benefits are: support for full screen hardware stretching (if you have a decent video card), and a much better command line / options file parsing (ported from xmame). To create the mame.ini configuration file on startup, use the -createconfig option. -showusage lists all available options. [Aaron Giles, Bernd Wiebelt] New games supported:
  • Power Play [Aaron Giles]
  • Neck & Neck [Aaron Giles]
  • Shuffleshot [Aaron Giles]
  • Elevator Action Returns [Bryan McPhail]
  • Darius Gaiden [Bryan McPhail]
  • Puzzle Bobble 4 [Bryan McPhail]
  • Land Maker [Bryan McPhail]
  • Twin Qix [Bryan McPhail]
  • Gekiridan [Bryan McPhail]
  • Magic Bubble [Luca Elia]
  • J. J. Squawkers [Luca Elia]
  • Go Go! Mile Smile [Luca Elia]
  • Bang Bang Ball [Luca Elia]
  • Jitsuryoku!! Pro Yakyuu [Luca Elia]
  • Clash Road [Luca Elia]
  • Dommy [David Haywood]
  • Ixion [David Haywood]
  • Vandyke [David Haywood]
  • Tunnel Hunt [Phil Stroffolino, Owen Rubin] New clones supported:
  • Wheel of Fortune (set 2)
  • Rim Rockin' Basketball (v1.6)
  • Marble Madness (set 1)
  • Vindicators (4/26/88)
  • Slick Shot (V2.2)
  • Jungle Hunt (Brazil)
  • Shingen Samurai-Fighter (= Takeda Shingen)
  • Double Dragon 2 (World)
  • Street Fighter: The Movie (v1.12)
  • TMNT (Japan 4 Players)
  • Strahl (set 2) "Remember to use -createconfig when running the Win32 version for the first time." Get MAME at the MAME page.