MAME v144

After many updates, here's a new version of MAME:

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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
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- 04526: [Documentation] m4bigapl and clones: The correct description is "The Big Apple (Mdm)".
- 04525: [Documentation] ep_smoke: The correct description is "Holy Smoke! (Impulse) (EPOCH)".
- 04527: [Documentation] m4uuaw: The correct description is "Up Up and Away (Barcrest) (MPU4)".
- 04522: [Documentation] m5bwaves: The correct description is "Brain Waves (Barcrest) (MPU5)".
- 04523: [Documentation] m4click: The correct description is "Clickity Click (Barcrest) (MPU4)".
- 04524: [Documentation] j6rh6: The correct year is 2002.
- 04520: [Documentation] j2supsft: The correct description is "Supashifta (Jpm) (MPS)".
- 04519: [Documentation] nudgeit: The correct description is "Nudge-It".
- 04521: [Documentation] j6cas5: The correct description is "Casino 5ive Liner (Jpm) (IMPACT)".
- 04500: [Documentation] ep_simbg: The correct description is "SIMPSONS - Duff Beer Guide"
- 04517: [Documentation] j2cshfil: The correct description is "Cash-Filla (Pcp (MPS)".
- 04516: [Documentation] j5suphi: The correct description is "Super Hi-Lo (Jpm) (SYSTEM5)."
- 04515: [Documentation] megaaton: The correct name is "Meg Aaton".
- 04514: [Documentation] mousn_l1, mousn_l4, mousn_lu, mousn_lx: The correct description is "Mousin´ Around!".
- 00504: [Graphics] hharryu, dkgensan: They have some background misplacement. (Roberto ZandonÃ*)

Source Changes
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Fixed up the flicky and clones (system1.c) Dip Switches after a fair amount of playtesting. Also, added some specific set notes related to oddness/differences observed. [Tafoid]

Start of input ports cleanup in the Toaplan drivers: [Alex Jackson, kanikani]
* Removed some unused macros from toaplipt.h
* Fixed polarity of DIPLOCATIONs in toaplan2.c
* Added some missing inputs

Fixed tms99xx STCR command [Michael Zapf]

xmultipl: fixed tilemaps offsets [Roberto Zandona´]

SDL: Add TAP/TUN networking capability and shell script for configuration [Carl]

Added some common country and language names to the default strings, and removed some unused and/or redundant strings [Alex Jackson]

Various improvement to Amiga FDC system [O. Galibert]

ipf: Describe the remaining fields [O. Galibert, SPS]

Rewrote NCR539x SCSI emulation from scratch [R. Belmont]

More Toaplan input fixes: [Alex Jackson, kanikani]
* Added DIPLOCATIONs and missing inputs to twincobr.c, wardner.c, toaplan2.c
* Added information about ingame test/debug features to comments in toaplan2.c
* Unified toaplan2.c inputs with the other Toaplan drivers

Converted neogeo MVS driver to use software lists in preparation for multislot support [David Haywood]

neogeo.c: fixed kof98 on non-Windows builds [Alex Jackson]

Added per-channel volume control to ES5505/ES5506 sound chip, and hooked it up to the Taito F3 driver [Angelo Salese]

Added a preliminary ES5510 DSP DRAM input/output latches support in Taito F3 driver, fixes sound in Ring Rage and Riding Fight [Angelo Salese]

Implemented FRC hook-up to Sega System 24 HW, fixes missing SFXs to Bonanza Bros. [Angelo Salese, Phil Bennett, Charles MacDonald]

6522VIA: Implemented CA2 pulse output mode, and output interrupt state only when it changes. [Curt Coder]

6532RIOT: Output interrupt state only when it changes. [Curt Coder]

hikaru: added 0.84 BIOS [Arzeno Fabrice]

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Dirt Dash [Phil Bennett, hap]
Galaxy Game [Mariusz Wojcieszek, hap, Quantum Leaper]

New clones added
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King of the Monsters 2 - The Next Thing (prototype) [Tormod, Kevin Eshbach, f205v, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Alien Front (Rev T) [Arzeno Fabrice]
House of the Dead 2 (prototype) [Arzeno Fabrice]
18 Wheeler (Rev. A) [Arzeno Fabrice]
Zero Team (set 5, Korea, Dream Soft license) [Guru, gp-lee]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Gunbalina (GNN1 Ver.A) [Yohji, hap, Krusty, B. Munger, Brian Troha, D. Edwardson, Kevin Eshbach, R. Weidinger, J. Kretschmer, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Arcana Heart Full [Tormod, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Melty Blood Actress Again [The Dumping Union]

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Cool. Noticed a couple of nice games added to the New clones list. :)

Lets just hope the MAME set updates are not too big.

Have you seen how big the MAME updates are for this release? Roms has jumped from 28GB to 40GB and CHDs has jumped from 142GB to 222GB. That is one big update! :blink:

And to make things even worse, the rom torrent only joins at 43.6%. Ouch!

This because they have added the LD CHD's to the CHD's folder.The whole CHD's update is 4GB more or less.

Well spotted for the CHDs. I hadn't started updating them yet. Just finished updating the roms. still not sure why the Rom set is suddenly so much larger though. Any ideas?

I noticed that too as I started the d/l the weekend. I knew that the CHD set was bigger due to the LD games they constantly add, but I don't know why it is also with the normal ROM set, I guess you have to look in their forums.

I wanted to join mine, and as it really only joint at 43%, I deleted it and started an whole new clean set, didn't want things to perhaps get too messy, and as it's a free torrent, it doesn't really matter. From time to time I just want to make a fresh download to keep it proper.

The Extras are also now over 13GB, probably it's the core & alternatives merged?

The update information doesn't really give any clues why the rom set is so much larger, but it updated perfectly fine from the .143 set. And moving the LD set into the CHD set and updating it worked fine too and only took a short time to update.

I also am not sure why the Extras was so large. Still, it didn't take long to update.

Pleasuredome do have a tendency to merge smaller torrent parts into single large torrents without making announcements clearly about it. I've mixed feelings if this is a better way or not to do it. I suppose it keeps it all together in one easy torrent, making future updates easier, but I imagine for anyone new trying to get into MAME or other emulation with larger sets it is a bit of a stumbling block. Unless of course the know someone who can do them a copy of the current complete set, as I did for Wots a while back.

I always hate when they start to alter the structures, add/remove folders, and even rename some files in a different way.

Gave up updating MAME CHD's a long time ago - v106 was the last I believe. Still update the ROMS from time to time if I think it's worth it for a recent MAME.

Do you guys really play these newer CHD games or is it just about collecting?

I find on MAME I tend to play all the classics, up to about Marvel vs Capcom as the newest. More recent 3D games in MAME never really appealed to me, as well as running dog slow most the time!

It's just about collecting, didn't try newer CHD games lately, but I guess they are still quite unplayable due to the hardware power they need.

It is also more for the collecting for me also, just to know I have the complete set. However I do sometimes give them a play just to see how well the emulation has improved. And actually with a more recent PC most of them are now pretty playable, unlike 3 or 4 years ago when you were more likely to get a slideshow because the framerates were so slow. A quad core CPU with a decent GPU will give a good stab at running most of them. If you haven't played any of them in some time give some a go. There are some good games mixed in with more obscure. Definitely worth trying Streetfighter 3, Killer Instinct, Star Wars Trilogy, Simpson's bowling, and Blitz.

Just realized I do actually download some of the newer games including the CHDs, like Street Fighter 3 and Killer Instinct but run them in a dedicated emulator rather than MAME.

I'll certainly look at updating a few of those mention above in MAME too, but no way can I hold a complete set like you guys. Perhaps when I get a Blueray burner. :D

Years ago I used to backup my sets to DVD-R, but not for a long time. These days I just hold 2 copies of the sets, mirrored between 2 systems (download server and emulation PC).

DC has a better setup, using is NAS to store the lot, which has a RAID setup to protect it, and that is the best solution, if a little expensive.

But at the moment with the increase HDD prices it definitely isn't a good time to get into large rom sets, that is for sure.