With another month over, it’s time for another release, and MAME
0.209 is sure to have something to interest everyone. We’ve cracked
the encryption on the Fun World CPU blocks, making Fun World Quiz,
Joker Card, Mega Card, Power Card, Multi Win, Saloon and Nevada
playable. Regular contributor shattered has added Кузьмич-Егорыч
(Kuzmich-Egorych), a Russian Mario Brothers bootleg running on
heavily modified Apple II hardware. In other Apple II news, CD-ROM
drives now work with the Apple II SCSI card, and another batch of
cleanly cracked floppies has been added to the software list. The
NES SimCity prototype has been added to the software list, along
with MMC5 improvements to support it, and better emulation for
Famicom cartridges with on-board sound chips.
Henrik Algestam has continued his Game & Watch work, bringing Popeye
(wide screen) and Zelda to MAME. Chess computer support has been
expanded with Fidelity Chess Challenger 3, and additional versions
of Applied Concepts Boris, and Novag Super Expert and Super Forte.
Newly supported arcade games include Akka Arrh (an Atari title that
failed location testing), Little Casino II, a French version of
Empire City: 1931, and additional versions of Dock Man and Street
Heat. A better LM3900 op-amp model means Money Money and Jack Rabbit
are no longer missing the cassa (bass drum) channel, and mixing
between music and speech is improved.
Bug fixes include the Rockwell AIM 65 being returned to working
order, working support for multiple light guns on Linux from Kiall,
corrected screen freeze behaviour on Deniam hardware from cam900,
and better flashing characters on the Sinclair QL from vilcans.
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