MESS v0.81

posted in Emulator Release by mfc on Apr 9th, 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!