Robert

Finished compiling everything. There was a small issue in MAMEUI, easily fixed. Everything else is fine. Tried the new MAME on Windows 7, it does not run due to a missing entry point. So, ver 0.287 is the last one for Windows 7/8/8.1 .

MAME just made the move to c++20. At this stage I have not tried compiling to find out what has been broken, if anything. The only supported windows versions are now 10 and 11. The minimum GCC version is now 11 instead of 10.3 . More info as it becomes available...

MAMEUI64 0.287.0 has been released. Available at https://messui.1emulation.com Changes: - Winui: added DRC option switch, needed because of some recent model2 regressions but the game works with the switch off - Added or improved sounds in various mostly-silent 8-bit games: sspaceat, sspaceat2, sspaceat3, sspaceatc, sspacaho, invcarht, carhntds, alphaho, alphahob, ace, tinv2650, sia2650, dodgem, fgoal, fgoala, sshot, sshota, gunchamps, foolrace, blackhol, beaminv, pacominv, pacominva, ctainv, worldinv, ipminvad2, andromed, skychut, headoni, spacbeam, greenber, spfghmk2, spfghmk22, satsf3d. - Fixed the long-standing sound bug in schaser and clones.

* Qemu 10.0.9, 10.1.5, 10.2.2 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/ * SDLMAME 0.286 for Ubuntu - https://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/ * WinUAE v6.0.3 [Amiga] - https://www.winuae.net/download/ * Joyce v2.5.5 [Amstrad] - http://www.seasip.info/Unix/Joyce/index.html * MEmu v9.5.0 [Android] - https://www.memuplay.com/blog/en/category/release-notes * Applewin v1.31.0.2 [Apple 2] - https://github.com/AppleWin/AppleWin/releases * SDLMAME 0.286 for Debian - https://launchpad.net/~c.falco/+archive/ubuntu/mame * HBMAME 0.245.31 [Arcade homebrew] - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ * Raine 0.97.6 [Arcade] - https://raine.1emulation.com/download/latest.html * Gopher2600 v0.54.0 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/ * Gearboy v3.8.0 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases * Sameboy v1.0.3 [Gameboy] - https://sameboy.github.io/downloads/ * ClownMDemu v1.6.9 [Genesis] - https://github.com/Clownacy/clownmdemu-frontend/releases * GearSystem v3.9.2 [Genesis] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearsystem/releases * GearLynx v1.2.4 [Atari Lynx] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx/releases * Emulicious (2026-03-19) [Multiple systems] - http://emulicious.net/news/ * JGenesis v0.11.4 [Multiple systems] - https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis/releases * Gopher64 v1.1.15 [N64] - https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases * GearGrafx v1.7.3 [PCE] - https://github.com/drhelius/Geargrafx/releases * RPCS3 v0.0.40 [Sony PS3] - https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases * PPSSPP v1.20.3 [Sony PSP] - https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/releases * SimCoupe v1.2.15 [Sam Coupe] - https://github.com/simonowen/simcoupe/releases * Q-emuLator 4.0.3 [Sinclair QL] - https://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html * Extra Mame 26.3 [Front End] - https://www.wintools.net/extramame/

That's one thing I have heard about AI, it can make the nicest clean-looking code, but the side-effect is that it doesn't actually work. So, as you say, it's only a starting point. AI tends to pick up bad habits that other authors have got into, so that might be where the static arrays come from.

I've never used AI, and some of them make horrendous mistakes, but Claude seems to have a better reputation than some of the others. The question is, does this new driver work?

You could change the page to simply redirect people to the new site.

Yep, made 2 posts. Need to find out if the disk full problem has been fixed.

Yeah the missing rom never surfaced.

HBMAME 0.245.31 has been released. https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ What's new in HBMAME ==================== 2026-03-01 0.245.31 New Games --------------------------------- - [breakrev09] Breakers Revenge (Enhanced, 2022-11-03) - [dksprfin3] Donkey Kong Springfinity v1.03 (2023-09-17) - [doubledr21] Double Dragon (Special 2017 v1.0.0311 2023) - [doubledr22] Double Dragon (Plus, 2015-03-11) - [doubledr23] Double Dragon (Optimised, 2014-09-17) - [fatfury2s05] Fatal Fury 2 (Alternate board) - [garoup13] Garou - Mark of the Wolves (Enhanced, 2023-06-06) - [gowcaizr05] Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer (Eternal, 2025-04-19) - [hypernoid01] Hypernoid (2022-02-24) - [jumpnrund01] Jump n Run Tech Demo (Dez 2020) - [kabukikl14] Far East of Eden (Enhanced, 2023-03-22) - [kof2000s68] Kof2000 (OTC, 2022-07-20) - [kof2000s69] Kof2000 (Special, 2023-03-06) - [kof2000s70] Kof2000 SP (Imitation BC 14 System Version, 2021-02-24) - [kof2001s51] Kof2001 (PS2 Krizalid Edition, 2021-01-30) - [kof2002s322] Kof2002 (Plus 2017, 2020-10-22) - [kof2002s323] Kof2002 (The Rise of The World War Edition, 2022-09-23) - [kof2002s324] Kof2002 (Infinite Energy, 2022-05-02) - [kof2002s325] Kof2002 (Battle with Orochi, 2021-03-30) - [kof2002s326] Kof2002 (Mugen, 2023-01-20) - [kof2003s77] Kof2003 (PlayStation 2 Style Portraits, 2022-04-13) - [kf2k5u19] Kof 10th Anniversary 2005 Unique (Optimised, 2025-03-28) - [kof94s43] Kof'94 (Team Edit Edition v1.2.4 Style Portraits, 2024-06-03) - [kof95s49] Kof'95 (Optimised, 2024-05-13) - [kof96s99] Kof'96 (The Aniversary Edition 2.3 Final Version (gfx), 2020-05-27) - [kof97s637] Kof'97 (Balanced & Optimised, 2023-12-25) - [kof97s638] Kof'97 (Champion Edition, 2024-02-08) - [kof97s639] Kof'97 (Evolution & Balance, 2023-12-17) - [kof97s640] Kof'97 (Evolution New Edition, 2022-09-16) - [kof97s641] Kof'97 (Invincible Plus!, B2.1.2107, 2021-07-09) - [kof97s643] Kof'97 (Randomised, 2022-07-18) - [kof97s644] Kof'97 (Strengthen Innovation, 2023-12-18) - [kof97s645] Kof'97 (Ultimate Battle Plus, 2020-03-27) - [kof98s53] Kof'98 (BC 2002 Style Edition, 2022-09-22) - [kof98s54] Kof'98 (Boss Chinese Edition, 2023-05-01) - [kof98s56] Kof'98 (Easy Combo Edition, 2024-12-01) - [kof98s57] Kof'98 (Plus Final Edition, 2019-09-10) - [kof98s58] Kof'98 (Plus Chinese Edition, 2023-06-18) - [kof98s59] Kof'98 (Ratio) - [kof99s185] Kof'99 (Anniversary Edition Original, 2020-04-07) - [kof99s186] Kof'99 (Evolution Edition Original Edition, 2023-02-13) - [kof99s187] Kof'99 (Infinite Energy, 2024-01-01) - [kof99s188] Kof'99 Plus - [kof99s189] Kof'99 (Remix Pro v2.01 Final 2022) - [kof99s190] Kof'99 (LC+SK, 2025-03-09) - [lastblad37] Last Blade (Infinite Energy, 2023-04-17) - [lastblad38] Last Blade (Special v2.5 Final) - [lastbld2s35] Last Blade 2 (Infinite Energy, 2023-02-02) - [lastbld2s36] Last Blade 2 (Enhanced Edition, 2014-04-09) - [mk08] Mortal Kombat (rev 5.1, 2026-02-06)(Wolf h/w, beta) [Asure] - [mk2s07] Mortal Kombat 2 (rev 3.2W, 2025-09-05)(Wolf h/w) [Asure] - [samsho14] Samurai Shodown (Alternate board) - [samsho2s34] Samurai Shodown II (Optimised, 2020-09-23) - [savagere09] Savage Reign (Plus, 2015-03-20) - [sf2prime] Street Fighter II': Prime (v0.72) - [svcsplus20] SVC Chaos Super Plus (Enhanced, 2023-06-21)

Some sneak preview items for the next release: - Winui: added DRC option switch, needed because of some recent model2 regressions but the game works with the switch off - Adding sounds to various space invaders clones as has already been done in ARCADE64. So far added the vicdual games: sspaceat, sspaceat2, sspaceat3, sspaceatc, sspacaho, invcarht, carhntds, alphaho and alphahob. Also did Allied & Leisure's Ace. More coming. - Fixed the long-standing sound bug in schaser and clones.

* CPC Alive v1.19j [Amstrad] - http://www.cpcalive.com/cpcalive_en.html * MEmu v9.3.3 [Android] - https://www.memuplay.com/blog/en/category/release-notes * Groovymame 0.285 - https://github.com/antonioginer/GroovyMAME/releases * HBMAME / HBMAMEUI 0.245.30 - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ * Hypseus v2.11.7 [Arcade] - https://github.com/DirtBagXon/hypseus-singe/releases * NegaMAME 0.286-1 - http://babelsoft.net/products/negamame.htm * Wolfmame 0.286 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases * Gopher2600 v0.53.1 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/ * Beebem v4.22 [BBC] - http://www.mkw.me.uk/beebem/index.html * Hades v1.1.1 [GBA] - https://github.com/hades-emu/Hades/releases * Clown MD Emu v1.6.6 - https://github.com/Clownacy/clownmdemu-frontend/releases * GearLynx v1.2.0 [Lynx] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx/releases * JGenesis v0.11.2 [Multi-system] - https://github.com/jsgroth/jgenesis/releases * MAMEUI64 0.286.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/ * ARCADE64 0.286.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/arcade * Gopher64 v1.1.14 [N64] - https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases * MAME 0.286 - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html * GearGrafx v1.7.0 [PCE] - https://github.com/drhelius/Geargrafx/releases * XEMU v0.8.134 [XBOX] - https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases * ScummVM v2026.1.0 - https://www.scummvm.org/downloads/ * JKCEMU v0.9.8.8 [East German computers] - http://www.jens-mueller.org/jkcemu/ * Q-emuLator v4.0.2 [Sinclair QL] - https://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html * Qemu v10.0.8, v10.1.4, v10.2.1 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/ * ClrMame v0.6.3 [Rom Manager] - https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/ * Simple Launcher v5.1.0 [Front End] - https://github.com/drpetersonfernandes/SimpleLauncher/releases * ExtraMAME v26.2 [Front End] - https://www.wintools.net/extramame/ * pfemame v3.3.5 [Front End] - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pfemame/files * IV/Play v2.4.16 [Front End] - https://john-iv.github.io/iv-play/

We cannot help you with that, because N are very litigation-happy and might sue us. You'll have to look elsewhere.

MAMEUI64 0.286.0 has been released. Available at https://messui.1emulation.com sstarkar: fixed crash at start - MT 09388.

That's been there for a few years. I was hoping for a more relevant release from the author, after all his big talk, but nothing happened.

HBMAME 0.245.30 has been released. https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ What's new in HBMAME ==================== 2026-02-08 0.245.30 New Games --------------------------------- - [attackfc] Attack Force (Extra Sounds) - [claybust] Claybuster (Extra Sounds) - [dkong24] Donkey Kong (longtime hack) - [dkong25] Donkey Kong (Bowser's Takeover v1.00) - [galactic] Galactica - Batalha Espacial (Extra Sounds) - [galaxian09] Galaxian (bootleg 09) - [gunchamp] Gun Champ (Extra Sounds) - [kof2002s118] Kof2002 (Magic Plus 3) - [sf2prime] Street Fighter II': Prime (v0.71) - [sflush] Straight Flush (Extra Sounds) - [skylove] Sky Love (Extra Sounds) - [violentv] Violent Vengeance: the universe hero (beta 3.28, 2026-02-01) - [wrldracr02] World Racer (2025-12-26)

* CPC Alive v1.19g [Amstrad] - http://www.cpcalive.com/cpcalive_en.html * MEmu v9.3.2 [Android] - https://www.memuplay.com/blog/en/category/release-notes * Flycast v2.6 [Arcade] - https://github.com/flyinghead/flycast/releases * MAME 0.285 for RPi - https://stickfreaks.com/mame/ * Wolfmame 0.285 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases * Pyboy v2.7.0 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/Baekalfen/PyBoy/releases * Hades v1.1.0 [GBA] - https://github.com/hades-emu/Hades/releases * Clown MD emu v1.6.3 [Genesis/Megadrive] - https://github.com/Clownacy/clownmdemu-frontend/releases * MAMEUI 0.285.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/ * ARCADE64 0.285.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/arcade * Gopher64 v1.1.13 [N64] - https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases * MAME 0.285 - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html * Ootake v3.05 [PCE/TG16] - https://www.ouma.jp/ootake/ * Q-emuLator v4.0 [Sinclair QL] - https://www.terdina.net/ql/winql.html * DCMOTO (2026-01-14) [Thomson] - http://dcmoto.free.fr/ * GearLynx v1.0.0 [Atari Lynx] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx/releases * ExtraMAME 26.1 [Front End] - https://www.wintools.net/extramame/ * IV/Play 2.4.12 [Front End] - https://john-iv.github.io/iv-play/ * Negatron v1.0.2 [Front End] - http://babelsoft.net/products/negatron.htm * Simple Launcher v4.9.1 [Front End] - https://github.com/drpetersonfernandes/SimpleLauncher/releases * dgVoodoo v2.86.5 [Plugin] - http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ * clrmame 0.6.2 [Rom Manager] - https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/ * Rom Properties v2.7.1 [Rom Manager] - https://github.com/GerbilSoft/rom-properties/releases

MAMEUI64 0.285.0 has been released. Available at https://messui.1emulation.com

The directory dialog is defined in mameui.rc and is therefore hard-coded. It can't be dynamically positioned by programming. I've moved the box out further, hopefully still fitting into everyone's screen. Property sheet positions are hard-coded by microsoft. See https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/property-sheets , particularly the quote "PropertySheet automatically sets the size and initial position of a property sheet." Reset play stats is obvious - the Played and Play Time fields change to 0 and 0:00 - that is your feedback. Not going add a messagebox for Delete Game Settings. The "Add Game to Custom Folder" size has been increased by 200 units horizontally and vertically.

* Qemu v10.2.0 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/ * WinUAE v6.0.2 [Amiga] - https://www.winuae.net/download/ * HBMAME v0.245.29 [Arcade] - https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ * MAME for RPi 0.284 - https://stickfreaks.com/mame/ * NegaMAME 0.284-1 - http://babelsoft.net/products/negamame.htm * WolfMAME 0.284 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases * Altirra v4.40 [Atari 8-bit] - https://virtualdub.org/altirra.html * Mark5 v2.1.2 [Hitachi BML3] and S1 v0.9.2 [Hitachi S1] - http://s-sasaji.ddo.jp/bml3mk5/download.htm * GearSystem v3.8.6 [Genesis] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearsystem/releases * ARES v147 [Multi-system] - https://ares-emu.net/download * MAMEUI 0.284.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/ * ARCADE64 0.284.0 - https://messui.1emulation.com/arcade * Gopher64 v1.1.11 [N64] - https://github.com/gopher64/gopher64/releases * MAME 0.284 - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html * 86box v5.3 [PC] - https://github.com/86Box/86Box/releases * GearGrafx v1.6.10 [PCE] - https://github.com/drhelius/Geargrafx/releases * RPCS3 v0.0.39 [PS3] - https://github.com/RPCS3/rpcs3/releases * ePSXe v2.0.18 [PSX] - http://www.epsxe.com/download.php * DCMOTO [Thomson] (2026-01-01) - http://dcmoto.free.fr/ * XEMU v0.8.130 [XBOX] - https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases * Simple Launcher v4.7.0 [Front-end] - https://github.com/drpetersonfernandes/SimpleLauncher/releases * IV/Play v2.4.10 [Front-end] - https://john-iv.github.io/iv-play/ * Erockus v13.8 [Front-end] - http://erockus.elementfx.com/arcade.html

HBMAME 0.245.29 has been released. https://hbmame.1emulation.com/ What's new in HBMAME ==================== 2026-01-02 0.245.29 New Games --------------------------------- - [aof03] Art of Fighting (Brazil) - [bbb2d2] Bang Bang Busters 2 (demo 2) [Pixelheart] - [galaxian01] Galaxian (bootleg 01) - [galaxian02] Galaxian (bootleg 02) - [gradius2s01] Gradius II - GOFER no Yabou (Ver xH, 2008-08-28) [Tailsnic] - [karnovr05] Karnov's Revenge (Revolution v0.2) - [kof2001s50] The King of Fighters 2001 (All Boss Plus 2025-12-17) - [maglord03] Magician Lord (Again Changes From Hell v1.0.0, French/English) - [mkyawdim6] Mortal Kombat (Yawdim bootleg, set 6) - [mspacman05] Ms Pac-Man (alt bootleg dump) - [nbajam06] NBA Jam Tournament Edition SE (rev 5.05, 2025-12-23)(Wolf h/w, preview) - [nbajam07] NBA Rewind 4 Jam (unprotected, v1.2) - [ng4psyschk] MVS 4P Key System Check - [rastsaga01] Rastan Saga (Brazil) - [sfpp] Street Fighter (Plus Plus) - [sf2s16] Street Fighter II: The World Warrior (Plus Plus) - [toki01] Toki (Brazil) - [violentv] Violent Vengeance: the universe hero (beta) - [wrldracr] World Racer (2025-11-14) [Blastar] - [wrldracr01] World Racer (2025-12-12) [Blastar] - [xeviousn01] Zetsu Xevious (beta 1) - [xeviousn02] Zetsu Xevious (beta 2) - [xeviousn03] Zetsu Xevious (beta 3) - [xeviousn04] Zetsu Xevious (beta 4)

MAMEUI64 0.284.0 has been released. Available at https://messui.1emulation.com

I've thought about this, and decided not to do it.

* Qemu v7.2.22, v10.0.7, v10.1.3 [PC] - https://download.qemu.org/ * SDLMAME 0.283 for Ubuntu - https://sdlmame.wallyweek.org/download/ * MEmu v9.3.1 [Android] - https://www.memuplay.com/blog/en/category/release-notes * SDLMAME 0.283 for Debian - https://launchpad.net/~c.falco/+archive/ubuntu/mame * MAME 0.283 for Rpi - https://stickfreaks.com/mame/ * NegaMAME 0.283-1 - http://babelsoft.net/products/negamame.htm * Wolfmame 0.283 - https://github.com/mahlemiut/wolfmame/releases * Gopher2600 v0.53.0 [Atari 2600] - https://github.com/JetSetIlly/Gopher2600/releases/ * GearColeco v1.5.5 [Colecovision] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearcoleco/releases * Yape v1.2.7 [Commodore Plus/4] - http://yape.homeserver.hu/ * Xroar v1.10 [Coco/Dragon64] - http://www.6809.org.uk/xroar/ * Gearboy v3.7.5 [Gameboy] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearboy/releases * GearLynx v0.0.11 [Atari Lynx] - https://github.com/drhelius/Gearlynx/releases * MAMEUI64 0.283 - https://messui.1emulation.com/ * ARCADE64 0.283 - https://arcade.mameworld.info * MAME 0.283 - https://www.mamedev.org/release.html * GearGrafx v1.6.7 [PC Engine] - https://github.com/drhelius/Geargrafx/releases * dgVoodoo v2.86.4 [Plugin] - http://dege.freeweb.hu/dgVoodoo2/dgVoodoo2/ * clrmameUI v0.6 [Rom Manager] - https://mamedev.emulab.it/clrmamepro/ * Erockus v13.7 [Front-end] - http://erockus.elementfx.com/arcade.html * Extramame v25.12 [Front-end] - https://www.wintools.net/extramame/ * IV/Play v2.4.9 [Front-end] - https://john-iv.github.io/iv-play/ * pfemame v3.3.1 [Front-end] - https://sourceforge.net/projects/pfemame/files

MAME does the same thing, so you're stuck with it.