MESS v0.161 is released. MESS is an open source project which documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles, and calculators through software emulation, as MAME does for arcade games. As a nice side effect to this documentation, MESS allows software and games for these hardware platforms to be run on modern PCs.

MESS v0.161 Changelog:

0.161 ------- MAMETesters Bugs Fixed ---------------------- - 05721: [Misc.] (sms.c) sms, smspal: Failed on "SMS VDP Test" (Justin Kerk) - 05854: [Crash/Freeze] (ngen.c) 386i, ngenb38: [debug] Assertion (mahlemiut) New System Drivers Supported: ----------------------------- -Bambino Basketball - Dribble Away [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -TI SR-16 II [hap, Sean Riddle] -Speak & Read [hap, Sean Riddle, Kevin Horton] -Super Simon [hap, Sean Riddle] -Bandai Packri Monster [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Bandai Zackman [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Parker Brothers Q*Bert [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Tomy Kingman [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Tomy Tron [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -TI-1000 [hap, Sean Riddle] -Kosmos Astro [hap, Sean Riddle] -Coleco Pac-Man [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Coleco Ms.Pac-Man [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Coleco Donkey Kong [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] -Entex Space Invader [hap, Sean Riddle] -Bandai Frisky Tom [hap, Kevin Horton] -Mattel Star Hawk [hap, Kevin Horton] -Bambino UFO Master-Blaster Station [hap, Kevin Horton] -Bandai Crazy Climber [hap, Kevin Horton] -Tomy Scramble [hap, Kevin Horton] -Tomy Caveman [hap, Kevin Horton] -Mego Mini-Vid Break Free [hap, Kevin Horton] -Bambino Knock-Em Out Boxing [hap, Kevin Horton] -VTech Invaders [hap, Kevin Horton] -Bambino Soccer [hap, Kevin Horton] -Bambino Safari [hap, Kevin Horton] -Epoch Invader From Space [hap, Kevin Horton] -Epoch Football [hap, Kevin Horton] -Epoch Galaxy II [hap, Kevin Horton] -Tomy Cosmic Combat [hap, Kevin Horton] -Gakken Heiankyo Alien [hap, Kevin Horton, Rik] -Gakken Dig Dug [hap, Kevin Horton, Rik] -Gakken Crazy Kong [hap, Kevin Horton, Rik] -Parker Brothers Master Merlin [hap, Sean Riddle] -Gakken Poker [hap, Sean Riddle] -Entex Raise The Devil [hap, Sean Riddle] -Mattel World Championship Baseball [hap, Kevin Horton] -Gakken Jackpot: Gin Rummy & Black Jack [hap, Sean Riddle] -Milton Bradley Big Trak [hap, Sean Riddle] -Bandai Machine Man [hap, Kevin Horton, Rik] -Coleco Head to Head Football [hap, Sean Riddle] -Bandai Dokodemo Dorayaki Doraemon [hap, Kevin Horton, Rik] -Coleco Head to Head Baseball [hap, Sean Riddle] Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING: --------------------------------------- -Coleco Galaxian [hap, Kevin Horton, Olivier Galibert] Skeleton drivers: ----------------- (none) Software Lists: -------------- -pet_rom.xml: Added McTerm 1.10. [Bo Zimmerman, Steve Gray, Mike Naberezny] -abc80: Added ABCDemo floppy and cassette to the software lists. [Genesis Project] -softlist: Added new software lists for MSX2 tapes, MSX2+ disks and MSX Turbo-R disks [Riley110, Fabio Priuli] -msx1_cart: added several new dumps of Korean games [Fabio Priuli] -msx1_cass: added hundreds of tapes from existing collections [Riley110, Fabio Priuli] -c64_cart.xml: Added Diagnose64 cartridge. [Ray Carlsen] -pico.xml: added a few more Japanese dumps. [TeamEurope] -gameking.xml: added a new dump and two redumps. [SSJ & TeamEurope] -nes.xml: added three new dumps. [TeamEurope] -pet_rom.xml: Added KRAM 2.0. [Ville Laustela] -megadriv.xml: Added one new dump and documented several PCBs. [sunbeam] -cpc_cass.xml: completely revamped the software list, including proper publisher info, correcting titles and adding new dumps. [Fabio Priuli] Source Changes -------------- -Adding support for the N64DD [Happy] -imds2.c: added basic usage info [fulivi] -gba: vblank at line 160, don't do HIRQ or HDMA during Vblank. This fixes raster effects and glitches in dozens if not hundreds of games. [R. Belmont, endrift] -gba: Hblank IRQs do happen on all scanlines, just DMAs don't. [R. Belmont, Endrift] -abc80: Added cassette sound. [Curt Coder] -pce/tg16: added default values for pre-formatted BRAM. you could obtain the same result by launching PCE or TG-16 with the CD-SYSTEM cart and entering the BRAM configuration menu (by pressing Select), but it makes sense to be more user-friendly in this case. [Fabio Priuli] -abc80: Emulated a 16KB RAM card. [Curt Coder] -abc80: Use Z80 PIO pb7_w. (nw) -abc80: Emulated the Scandia Metric ABC FD2 floppy controller. [Curt Coder] -MT05721: Apply Enik Land's refresh rate workaround so that we pass FluBBa's SMS VDP tests. [Justin Kerk] -pet: Refactored the Commodore 8050/8250/SFD-1001 to use the new floppy system. [Curt Coder] -gameboy: removed separate implementation of MBC-1 collection cart, since it is just plain MBC-1 mapper with slightly different address lines wiring. [Tauwasser] -c64. Added FSD-1 disk drive ROMs. [Ray Carlsen] -atlantis: added PCI9050 device skeleton. [R. Belmont] -upd1771: replace waveforms with waveforms extracted from upd1771c-017 internal rom. [Lord Nightmare, plgdavid] -gameboy: added preliminary emulation of Sachen MMC-1 mapper, based on reverse engineering by Tauwasser. Logo handling not emulated yet (you have to select the "Skip BIOS check" in the System Configuration menu to play the games). [Fabio Priuli] -gameboy.xml/gbcolor.xml: Added some recent dumps of Sachen carts [Tauwasser, BigFred, taizou] -c64: Added ROMs for Indus GT floppy drive. [Ray Carlsen] -gameboy: added support for the simple multigame mapper used by Mani 4 in 1 (DMG-601-CHN). [Fabio Priuli] -Completely hooked up 6845 in cardline driver. Documented asic addresses. [Couriersud] -Implemented writing to Commodore d64/d67/d71/d80/d82 sector images. [Curt Coder] -Added sector image format for the Commodore 8280 8" floppy drive. [Curt Coder] -victor9k: Added writing to sector dump disk images. [Curt Coder] -c4040: Added own sector dump disk format since it's different from what the 1541 uses. [Curt Coder] -plus4: Default to the 1541 disk drive, since the 1551 is rare and unreliable. [Curt Coder] -spc1000.c: cassette motor fix so that recording fuction is now working. [Miso Kim] -sms.c: misc improvements: [Enik Land] * when GG runs in SMS compatibility mode, avoid access to the PSG stereo register. * implement the audio control that enables/disables the PSG chip on Japanese SMS. * play FM sound only when FM chip is enabled. * remove mirrors of the IO and memory control ports on the GG driver, fixing emulation of G-LOC Air Battle. -c8050: Added 901884-01 ROM. [Martin Hoffmann-Vetter] -fsd2: Added REX-DOS. [Julian Perry] -spc1000.c: Removed minor tape hack. To load tapes you *FIRST* press PLAY on the tape drive (e.g. by pressing 'F2' in partial keyboard emulation mode), and *THEN* you type LOAD at the BASIC prompt. The order of these operations matter. [Fabio Priuli]

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