JAPE WIP

[Robert]

Source: http://www.innoveware.com/index.html

 

10-20-2006 - JAPE

 

Thanks to the invaluable help of AJ Mas, we have perfect sound support for Namco games!

We also have support for many Atari vectorial games (only BattleZone does not work properly yet).

Also I started experimenting with an automatic tool called Jappy. This tool does actually convert MAME C drivers into JAPE Java drivers.

It already works pretty well but there is still a lot of work to do in order to have automatic driver generation.

It will help us to concentrate on the interesting stuff (new cpu cores, new sound cores, sound support, MAME features and source changes) and less on the repeating drivers port process.

 

By the way, Robby Roto is now fully playable so you can expect to play this game freely online soon.

Just to remind you, Robby Roto is one of the free legal MAME game with ROMs available to the public domain.

 

Here are all the latest changes:

 

[JAPPY] Added preliminary support for Jappy, an automatic tool to convert MAME C Drivers into JAPE Java Drivers [Gollum].

[JAPE] Added preliminary sound support (only basic samples are supported) [AJ Mas, Gollum].

Sound is already working nicely in PacMan, Miss PacMan, Pengo, Dig Dug, Jr. Pacman, Super Pacman.

[JAPE] Added support for Unix-based makefiles [AJ Mas].

[MAME] Added support for Mr Do's Castle, Mr Do! RunRun, Mr Do! Wild Ride [Gollum].

[MAME] Added support for Mappy, Dig Dug and improved support for Super Pacman [Gollum].

[MAME] Added support for Seawolf II and improved support for Space Zap, Robby Roto, Gorf, Mappy, Dig Dug [Gollum].

[MAME] Added support for Three Stooges, YieAr Kung Fu [Gollum].

[MAME] Added support for the vectorial games Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Black Widow, Gravitar, Lunar Lander, Red Baron, Spaceduel, Tempest [Gollum].

[MAME] Incorporated most changes from MAME 0.26 to MAME 0.27 [Gollum].