MAME 0.37 Beta 16 just out

by **RabidYak** on Mon Jul 02, 2001 6:02 am

New MAME vertion came out a few minuites ago, heres the highlights -

- The proper Ms.Pacman has been decypted (didnt see that coming)
- The proper Toki and Cabal are now working
- Partial Protection fix for Avengers
- Galaxian Driver Rewrite
- Namco Arcade Classic Vol.1
- The 2 Technos WWF games
- Gun Bullet (Point Blank)
- Nebulus Ray (cool looking shooter, same h/w as GB/PB)
- Under Fire (Taito Gun game, mega processors apply only - F3 varient board)
- 25,50,75% Scanline Options
- New RGB output stuff (for TVs and Moniters I presume)

Should be entertaining to see what sort of PC you need for the new Namco stuff, ill be checking it all out tommorow.

[ 02 July 2001: Message edited by: RabidYak ]

by **Damian** on Mon Jul 02, 2001 7:26 am

Point Blank and WWF? Wow. Please give me a guesstimate (hate that word) on what sort of power you need to run those games, and is the new MAME available in Win32 format?

by **adidas** on Mon Jul 02, 2001 4:05 pm

Hahaha yeah! I've been waiting for Namco Classics. I'm going to download the new MAME when I get home this afternoon and the newly supported games. I hope there's a DOS version

by **Pdaimaoh** on Mon Jul 02, 2001 4:51 pm

couldn't get Gun Bullet to even be recognized in 'mamew' but in regular DOS mame, it runs w/o sound (not emulated/supported)

full speed, PIII 550 w/64 megs

course, no lightgun means this game sucks horribly

that's the only one I tested, but if it's all the same hardware, it can't be so bad

now to try avengers!

by **RabidYak** on Mon Jul 02, 2001 11:47 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by DamianMoran:
Point Blank and WWF? Please give me a guesstimate (hate that word) on what sort of power you need to run those games<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Point Blank = what Pd said

WWF Superstars/Wrestle fest = Dunno till I try, but it probably wont be more then 300/350.

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by DamianMoran:
And is the new MAME available in Win32 format?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

All new MAME verstions come in Win32 format as standard now (mamew). If your refering to MAME32, the interface is still being stiched onto mamew's core. I would expect to see it return in the next couple of months (or in time for 0.37 final anyway).

If you want Point Blank-style action on reasonably slower PCs, check out Zero Point. Its a shameless knock-off, but it uses standard parts rather then Namcos custom-fest.

NAC vol.2 is where its at for me (Pac-Man and Dig Dug) but looks like thats being held-over for the next Beta/RC.

[ 02 July 2001: Message edited by: RabidYak ]

by **adidas** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 2:16 am

I know Windows command line is the new official build, but isn't somebody still doing a DOS compile? I have 37b15 DOS

by **RabidYak** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 2:48 am

Yes, there are still official dos builds.

by **adidas** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 4:11 am

Grrrrr. I can't even get Namco Classics to run. Doesn't matter to much, it runs without sound according to the info screen anyhow.

What a shitty day. This is the topper, as playing Namco Classics was the only thing I was looking forward to when I got home.

by **Damian** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 6:13 am

I managed to get it running.

This main seem obvious but type in the command box mamew ncv1.

Make sure you downloaded the correct ROM from http://mame.dk and it really should work. BTW how does one get the mouse working in MAMEw?

I have edited this post because the URL was not working. It amazes me when high profile sites have a host that does not support a non www URL even my humble site supports this.

[ 03 July 2001: Message edited by: DamianMoran ]

by **RabidYak** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 6:31 am

Apparenty NAC uses some bizzare resoultion that doesent gel too well with DOS (512x512), try forcing some resolutions rather then using auto-detect (be careful though, dont go trying anything bizzare).

[ 03 July 2001: Message edited by: RabidYak ]

by **Pdaimaoh** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 6:40 am

sure I'm not the most well read, but...

aren't all the Namco Classics emulated in ORIGINAL FORM in MAME?

did I miss something?

by **RabidYak** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 6:44 am

NAC has tarted up re-mix vertions.

by **adidas** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 7:25 am

I still can't get it to run. I tried to force a number of different resolutions, but no luck.

Damian -- disable your joystick to use the mouse

[ 03 July 2001: Message edited by: adidas ]

by **adidas** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 6:20 pm

A lot of the games added to this release don't have sound yet. I tried Nebulous Ray, it doesn't have any.

by **Silverhaze** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 7:17 pm

Ahh bugger it for a while then. Its a bit of a palava to download for me at the moment so I'm happy to wait a while.

by **RabidYak** on Tue Jul 03, 2001 11:38 pm

Id hardly say alot, just the Namco NB-1 and ND-1 stuff (custom sound processors, dont hold your breath).