MESS 0.134 released

[Robert]

Get it HERE.

 

New System Drivers Supported (in no particular order):

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- 4004 Nixie Tube Clock [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Busicom 141-PF [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Mikron-2 [Miodrag Milanovic]

- Nintendo Game Boy Advance [R. Belmont, Harmony]

- Tandy 1000RL [Wilbert Pol]

- DECTalk DTC-01 [Lord Nightmare]

- Ensoniq ESQ-1 (not working) [R. Belmont]

- Game Park GP32 (not working) [R. Belmont]

- Game Park Holdings GP2X (not working) [R. Belmont]

 

 

Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING:

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- Elektor Junior [Manfred Schneider]

- Elwro 800 Junior [Mariusz Wojcieszek]

- Sharp X1 / X1 Turbo [Angelo Salese]

 

 

Skeleton drivers:

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- HC-88

- Cobra / Cobra 80K

- Kaypro 4/plus88

- Kaypro 4 4-84

- Tatung Einstein 256

 

 

 

System Driver Changes:

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- [C64/C128] Implemented new VIC II core [Christian Bauer, Roberto Zandona']

 

- [C64/C128] Fixed TAD in CIA6526 [Roberto Zandona']

 

- [C64] Implemented some cart type [Fabio Priuli, Roberto Zandona']

 

- [COCO] Bug #1839 fixed [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

- [COCO1/2] Added support for hi-res interface. [Nathan Woods]

 

- [COLECO] Bug #1460 fixed [Robbbert]

 

- [DREAMCAST] Initial support for controllers and GD-ROM drive added. Discs do not boot yet. [R. Belmont]

 

- [GBCOLOR] Added preliminary support for the bootstrap rom. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [MEGADRIVE] Fixed multisession issues, fixed SRAM size and SRAM memory leak. [Enik]

 

- [iBMPCJR] Fixed the floppy watchdog timer. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [iBMPCJR] Main memory and video ram are now shared. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [iBMPCJR] Added proper support for b/w and color modes. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [iBMPCJR] Added selection of proper mc6845 input clocks for

different graphics modes. [Wilbert Pol]

 

- [JAGUAR] Replaced wave table code with a ROM. [Zerosquare, Robbbert]

 

- [JAGUAR] Fixed quickload problems. [Robbbert]

 

- [JAGUAR] Various miscellaneous improvements. [Robbbert]

 

- [NES] Changed the PPU to use a device memory map (bug #1831), enhancements and improvements to mappers 5, 68, 88, 119. [Robert Bohms]

 

- [NES] Improved NES APU when reading reading $4015 and sprite overflow emulation, fixed 4-screen mirroring. [Robert Bohms]

 

- [ORIC] Revert commented floppy code [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

- [PIPPIN] Added CD-ROM firmware. [incog nito]

 

- [PX4] Added RAM disk support. [Dirk Best]

 

- [sAMCOUPE] Added support for Extended DiSK/MV - CPC style disk images. [Dirk Best]

 

- [sAMCOUPE] Added support for tapes. [Dirk Best]

 

- [sNES] Plenty of improvements to SNES emulation (see MAME whatsnew for more details) [Fabio Priuli, Angelo Salese]:

* fixes to hi-res in Mode 5/6, interlaced graphics, rowscroll, window effect

* implemented open bus

* added proper priority tables for various bg/obj layers

* simplified tile, line and object drawing routines

* improved Mode 7 math precision, EXTBG and Mosaic

* fixed direct color gfxs in Mode 3/4/7

* improved joypad read/write handling and fixed a serial port quirk

* added OBJ interlace support

* corrected a bunch of SPC and PPU registers behaviour

* fixed HDMA mid-frame inits

* added clip colors to black window function

* fixed main/sub color maths

* fixed half colour blending behaviour

 

- [sNES] Added support for SuperFX games. [Harmony]

 

- [sNES] Added support for DSP-3 and DSP-4 add-on chips. [ZSNES Team, Fabio Priuli]

 

- [sNES] Added preliminary support for S-DD1 and S-RTC emulation. [Harmony]

 

- [TI81] Added v2.0 BIOS (possibly bad dump). [FloppusMaximus]

 

- [V1050] Fixed centronics output. [Curt Coder]

 

- [VBOY] Updates to graphics handling and port reading, some demos work [Miodrag Milanovic]

 

- [X1] Many improvements to Sharp X1 emulation [Angelo Salese]:

* Fixed memory maps and added basic graphic emulation

* Hooked up 320 bitmap mode and added char double height feature

* properly emulated PCG in order to support bitplane mask and color revert features

* added .D88 disk image support

* allow the X1Turbo versions to boot properly and hooked up YM-2151

* added basic keyboard irq

* added proper priority mixer emulation (PLY register)

* added basic PCG reading and RTC feature

* added v400 mode

 

- [X1] Improved keyboard support and implemented 'game' keys [barry Rodewald]

 

- [X1] Added cassette reading / writing (.wav only atm) [barry Rodewald]

 

- [Z8] Added preliminary Z8 cpu core for JuTe computer. [Curt Coder]

 

 

Source Changes:

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- The core is based on MAME 0.134. This incorporates all features of the update to this core. [MAME team]

 

- Floppy cleanup [Miodrag Milanovic