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- 0.123u6
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- MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
- ----------------------
- - 01520: [DIP/Input] wilytowr, atomboy: dipswitch info
- - 01236: [DIP/Input] psurge: Power Surge isn't coining up.
- - 01521: [Gameplay] ar_sdwr: Game hangs on title screen
- - 01477: [Gameplay] metamrph, metamrpj, metamrpu: Game doesn't start
- - 01452: [Misc.] boobhack: Crashes
- - 01474: [Sound] ninjakd2, ninjak2a, ninjak2b, rdaction: Ninja-Kid II
- sound problem
- - 01461: [Misc.] mazinger: reset caused by the watchedog message
- - 01440: [Speed] mazingar, agallet: Terrible slow down in some scenes.
- - 01087: [Misc.] spbactn, spbactnj: Crash in debug build. Corrupted
- graphics in normal build.
- - 00223: [Graphics] splndrbt: On the first level when you pass the
- asteroid belt the star road should be light blue instead of
- black like mam
- - 00220: [Graphics] splndrbt: Concerning the gfx, on the pcb the
- background is not linear as shown in mame.
- - 00217: [Graphics] splndrbt: On boot the pcb displays a clean light
- blu screen while in mame there is a black road.
- - 01531: [Misc.] polygon-based drivers: winwork.c memory leak
- - 00150: [Misc.] alpinr2b, alpinesa : Assertion with -debug
- - 01462: [Save/Restore] atarimo_render-based drivers: Crash when
- loading an autosave save state
- - 01538: [Core] -verifysamples: Inconsistent handling of missing
- sample sets
- - 01491: [Interface] switchres causes Exception at EIP=009413BF:
- ACCESS VIOLATION
- - 01529: [Misc.] AICA memory leak
- - 01511: [Save/Restore] batman: Fails to load autosave state
- - 01536: [Misc.] uballoon: Access Violation with -debug
- - 01535: [Misc.] usclssic: Access Violation with -debug
- - 01465: [Misc.] topgunnr: Crashes
- - 01534: [Misc.] ajax, ajaxj, typhoon: Access Violation with -debug
- - 01019: [Sound] Various Drivers: List of drivers with sound clipping
- - 01499: [Multisession] Various Drivers: Launching games from in-game
- [TAB] menu 2-3 times in a row throws access violation.
- - 01453: [Misc.] troangel, newtangl: Crashes
- - 01463: [Misc.] connect4, mpu4met0, mpu4tst2, mpu4utst, bctvidbs:
- Assertion
- - 01475: [Misc.] Screenless systems are broken because of a vblank
- callback
- - 01486: [Gameplay] meritm.c: access violation for all games
- - 01530: [Misc.] Various Drivers: bitmap memory leaks
- - 01508: [Misc.] most vector-based drivers: Assertions
- - 01527: [Misc.] all meritm.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01528: [Misc.] pzlestar, sexyboom: Assertion
- - 01522: [Misc.] all ddragon.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01523: [Misc.] nkdodge, nkdodgeb, spdodgeb: Assertion
- - 01524: [Misc.] btoads: Assertion
- - 01526: [Misc.] futflash, laserbas, laserbsa: Assertion
- - 01507: [Misc.] all naomi.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01503: [Misc.] sidearjp, sidearmr, sidearms: Assertion
- - 01509: [Misc.] backfire, backfira: Assertion
- - 01501: [Misc.] all m107.c drivers: assertion
- - 01504: [Misc.] all leland.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01506: [Misc.] all ataxx.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01500: [Misc.] all astrocde.c drivers: assertion
- - 01514: [Misc.] all cyberbal.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01515: [Misc.] all atarig42.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01516: [Misc.] all atarigx2.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01517: [Misc.] all atarigt.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01505: [Misc.] all vicdual.c drivers: Assertion
- - 01512: [Misc.] beathead: Assertion
- - 01496: [Misc.] all segae.c drivers: Crashing with Access Violation
- - 01498: [Gameplay] otwalls: Hangs before the game starts.
- Source Changes
- --------------
- Added a new device type for timers. Where applicable, added a parallel
- set of timer functions that take a device_config instead of an
- emu_timer. Added MDRV_TIMER_* macros to define the timers in the
- machine driver. Implemented both periodic and scanline-based timer
- variants. Modified Space Encounters and Centipede to make use of this
- feature. Going forward, this is the preferred way of creating periodic
- timers. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Renamed *_vbl_cb to *_vblank_callback. [Aaron Giles]
- Magicfly updates: [Roberto Fresca]
- - Completed the component list & PCB layout.
- - Added technical references to register $63 (magicfly).
- - Switched crystal to new predefined format.
- Funworld updates: [Roberto Fresca]
- - Added proper inputs to jolyc980.
- - Added temporary patch to allow bypass the "code" screen in jolyc980.
- - Updated technical notes.
- Changed exidy440_sound_command back to "UINT8." Since it's used by
- both 8-bit and 16-bit systems, the automatic allocation is not worth
- it if you need an ugly UINT16 ** cast. Removed deprecat.h from some of
- the exidy files. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Fixed Air Buster bootleg from reseting because of the watchdog.
- [Zsolt Vasvari]
- The on-screen "Reset by watchdog" message only appears in debug
- builds now. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Fixed the top screen in the megatech games. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Added internal artwork for Gorf. [Mr. Do!]
- Fixed memory leak in clifront.c. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Added a crosshair_set_screen() to allow drivers to control which
- screen(s) on which crosshairs are displayed. [Nathan Woods]
- Made it a fatalerror to registr save state callbacks at the wrong time
- if the current driver claims to support save states. [Aaron Giles]
- Fixed chicken and egg problem with device_start callbacks:
- [Aaron Giles]
- - Added DEVINFO_INT_TOKEN_BYTES, which is queried before device
- startup. It should return the size of the structure that will
- be hung off of device->token. It must not return 0.
- - Changed the core device interface to allocate and zero a block
- of memory the size of DEVINFO_INT_TOKEN_BYTES before calling
- device_start. The pointer to this memory is already attached
- to device->token at the time device_start is called.
- - The primary motivation for this is to allow the device_start
- function to make internal calls and pass the device_config *
- around as if the object were fully constructed. Since the token
- is used to indicate whether or not a device is live, this makes
- the device "live" at the time device_start is called rather
- than after it completes.
- Moved per-screen initialization into DEVICE_START and per-screen
- cleanup into DEVICE_STOP in the core video implementation.
- [Aaron Giles]
- Fixed render_target_get_minimum_size() to return nominal values
- if no screens are found. [Aaron Giles]
- Alpha Denshi major update: [Nicola Salmoria]
- - Fixed Alpha 8201/830x MCU simulation.
- - all hacks from the equites driver removed
- - fixed equites restart position after going underground
- - fixed hvolume, splndrbt 2 players
- - removed hacks from exctsccr2
- - fixed CPU gameplay in shougi
- - added dump of Alpha 8201 MCU to games that use it
- (the ROM isn't used yet, HMCS44 CPU core needs to be written first)
- - major cleanup of the mess in equites.c:
- - many thanks to Corrado Tomaselli for precious hardware info.
- - implemented bg perspective scrolling using PROMs
- - fixed sprite flip & disable
- - fixed bg color
- - converted bg to tilemaps
- - fixed fg banking
- - fixed screen flip
- - removed meaningless banking of player inputs
- - added UI adjuster for MSM5232 frequency
- - MSM5232 volume control
- - fixed MSM5232 noise LFSR formula (done by Jarek Burczynski;
- thanks to Corrado Tomaselli for samples)
- - changed MSM5232 emulator to output channels separately
- - added output of SOLO channels to MSM5232 emulator.
- - fixed champbas inputs
- - merged talbot with champbas, some driver clenaup
- - fixed shougi inputs
- - switched exctsccb to use the correct gfx ROMs (matches screenshot
- found in 01058 exctsccb: Exciting soccer bootleg should be placed
- in champbas.c.)
- - fixed sprite bpp in exctscrr, removed the horrible hacks that were
- used to fix colors and transparency.
- - fixed sound clipping in exctsccr
- - added percussions to the equites.c games using samples; sound board
- emulation is still not complete. Cymbal hit and hi-hat are
- missing; bassline is incorrect, and DAC output should be filtered
- Fixed crash in spbactn. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- In drawgfx, removed unneeded pen lookups. Did some code formatting
- clean-up. [Zsolt Vasvari]
- Fixed ninjakd2 PCM sample rate to match pcb measurement.
- [Nicola Salmoria]
- Fixed chdman -extract to a physical drive on Windows. [Aaron Giles]
- Added return value to video_screen_update_partial() indicating whether
- or not the VIDEO_UPDATE was called as a result. [Aaron Giles]
- Fixed typo in pitnrun frequency. [Corrado Tomaselli]
- DIP switch improvements: [RansAckeR]
- 1945kiii.c, 88games.c and 40love.c: Made use of PORT_DIPUNKNOWN_DIPLOC
- 40love.c: Made use of PORT_INCLUDE
- 8080bw.c: Added more dip locations; Made use of PORT_INCLUDE
- wilytowr.c: Added dip locations for atomboy/wilytowr; Fixed coin modes
- battlane.c, battlera.c, battlnts.c, bbusters.c: added dip locations
- battlnts.c: made use of PORT_INCLUDE; fixed unknown dip switch
- bbusters.c: added note regarding correct gun calibration
- bionicc.c: Added dip locations
- bladestl.c: Added dip locations, made use of PORT_INCLUDE
- blockade.c: made use of PORT_INCLUDE
- beezer.c: Added dip locations
- bfm_sc2.c: dip switch improvements, made use of PORT_INCLUDE
- Conerted the MPU4 driver to use an HD6845, as the Hitachi part was on the
- PCB, while also using it to generate the VBLANK, rather than hardcoding
- a value. Added the pulldown resistor to the network, and added all the
- conditional inputs. Please note that on the later Cabinet Types (Ready
- Steady Go-1 onwards), the 10p slot is locked out (location of the true
- register for this is unknown), but the input setting is correct - you
- have to use Coin 2 or higher to get money in. [James Wallace]
- Fixed "garbage" (newlines) in the debugger window when debugging the
- SH-4 CPU. [Oliver Stoenberg]
- New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
- ---------------------------------------------------
- Gekisou [Nicola Salmoria]
- Pot Game (italian) [Roberto Fresca]
- New clones added
- ----------------
- Pitfall II (315-5093, Flicky Conversion) [Corrado Tomaselli]
- Thunder Dragon (4th Jun. 1991) [Corrado Tomaselli]