MAME v117 released

Next MAME release.

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MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
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gauntleg0116u4red [Zsolt Vasvari, Aaron Giles]
vlm5030_0116u4gre [Zsolt Vasvari]
tetrisp2_0116u4red [Zsolt Vasvari]
primrage0116u3yel [Aaron Giles]
debuggerandmt_0116u2red [Aaron Giles]
memleak0116u4ora [Aaron Giles]
term2_0116u1yel [Aaron Giles]

Source Changes
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Added save state support to bzone.c games. [R. Belmont]

Fixed missing sound in Leprechaun. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Fixed some bugs involving empty or null ROM regions. [Nathan Woods]

Fixed potential crash in speglsht driver. [Atari Ace]

Changed the 6532riot code to split r6532_init into r6532_init and
r6532_reset. [Wilbert Pol]

Fixed CPS3 code to be big-endian friendly. [R. Belmont]

Added alpha blending effects to the CPS driver and improved sprite
positioning. [David Haywood]

Moved "Pandora" sprite chip implementation to its own file. Updated
Snow Bros, Air Buster, DJ Boy and Heavy Unit to use ths new generic
implementation. [David Haywood]

Fixed regression in segasyse driver. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Reverted patch to the 6526CIA as it was causing issues with Amiga/
Arcadia emulation. [Pete Rittwage]

Deduced a few more opcodes for gussun. The game now boots and you
can coin up. [robiza]

Fixed regression in vmetal and tatsumi drivers. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Fixed Taito version of chinhero. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Simplified code in tms9928 video system. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Fixed ROL opcode in the 68000 emulator. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Cleaned up tiny MAME target. [neoforma]

Fixed regression in Exidy sounds. [Zsolt Vasvari]

Improved accuracy of mame_timer_scale_up. [Aaron Giles]

Rotated the mame_rand() results by 16 bits to reduce periodicity of
the resuls. [Aaron Giles]

Fixed winalloc.c to be thread-safe. [Aaron Giles]



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Taisen Hot Gimmick 4 Ever (Japan) [Guru, David Haywood]

New clones added
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Photo Finish [Tomasz Slanina]
Golden Poker (no double up) [Roberto Fresca]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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39 in 1 MAME bootleg [R. Belmont, Guru]
Super Pool (Italy) [Roberto Fresca]
Guitar Freaks 6th Mix (G*B06 VER. JAA) [smf]
Guitar Freaks 11th Mix (G*D39 VER. JAA) [smf]

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And here we go again. Actually it has been a while since the last version was released. Doesn't look like there are that many changes to the supported rom set though so the update should be small.

Ok...so now I have broadband, I am extremely interested in getting MAME stuff. How big is it if you are starting from scratch? (Braces for extremely cringe worthy pain):(

About 15GB for the main ROMS. There's also CHDs available which are hard drive images of machines but these make for much bigger downloads. You'll also need a pretty decent PC to run the CHD games. The standard ROM pack will get you the majority of the older games.

EDIT: Just checked the MAME .117 torrent is 15.83GB.

Thats not TOO bad lol...except it goes over my monthly limit...is it broken down into sets or just one big one?

One big one. You could always download 50% of it this month and 50% next month? The updates tend to be around 100MB so once you've downloaded a full version it's pretty easy to keep updated.

Sweet! Where at? So Im assuming just pausing it is ok?

Yep, just pause it, the torrent is also for free at PD. But why can't you d/l in one time, don't you have storage?

The update is bigger than I thought, joining is at 95,n%.

Yea I do, but my monthly download limit is 10GB, so it goes to dial up after that...dont really feel like going back to that speed.

Downloading 8Gig of it this month and the rest next month seems the best idea. Head over to the Pleasuredome site to download it - it's a free torrent so won't affect your download ratio (only your upload).

cool, looks like I'll have to wait til next month....seems I have been on the net for extended periods of time already :p