new for EMU+ .36 beta 8 - Working on getting ALL the marp games in the Display list. Tournament scores, cheat scores, etc.. - Modified the marp list to not write to the text file so you can get the latest file from the marp site. - All the additions from 36B7 are here - Be sure to get the latest hinames.dat and hiscore.dat from http://marp.retrogames.com/emuplus.htm when they get updated with B8 info. new for EMU+ .36 beta 7 - Added support for the Top 3 MARP hiscore listings. Accessed via the tab menu. Highest Score (MARP Info). Shows you the highest score posted for that game at http://marp.retrogames.com (Mame Action Replay) from the hiscore.dat file. Get the latest ones at http://marp.retrogames.com/emuplus.htm - Added Robert J Ragno's mamegrip and mamejoy changes. Along with Andy's OPTIMame changes. Big thanks for all the work on those guys. -- Analog support should work (i.e., the analog pad on the Xterminator should work smoothly) -- Fixes annoying (but harmless) crashes upon exiting that occur on a few systems. -- Produces a "grip.out" file that shows the state of your joysticks and is useful for debugging. -- Ability to turn auto-centering on and off from the Analog Control menu, thanks to Andy and his OptiMame. -- The option to choose which analog joystick axis corresponds to which analog axis in the game. Thus, you can swap the analog X and Y axes, or use the flippers and throttle on the Xterminator (or an inferior controller) as true analog controls. To use this, select the menu option "Analog Axes" and use left and right to select the axis. Only available analog axes will show up. "default" chooses the first analog stick. (These settings aren't saved...) -- Debug output is created for all joysticks, in "joy.out". -- If an invalid joystick name is entered, the user is asked for a valid one, with a menu (like with sound). -- Unsigned axes (such as throttles, commonly) are fixed in MAME. -- Throttles register digitally, and can be used as buttons. -- A held-down button will not mess up the joystick settings process. -- Some more small Allegro fixes, such as in the axis names. -- All controls on the devices should be supported. The names should also be accurately fetched from the GrIP driver. - Added guihost support for rom audits via A@H front end. Thanks Tim See the readme_emu.txt for more info on what guihost = yes does. - Yes EMU+ isn't dead I was just busy with a new job working 80+ hours a week and my pc crashed to boot. Sorry about the delays but food comes first . :) - MAME32 version is coming next BTW. Still working some major issues with it. (Time to code is my only real issue. I'm up till 3AM working on this half the time cuz it's the only time I can. 5AM comes mighty early then. YAWN....) new for EMU+ .36 beta 5 - Added support for the MARP hiscore listings. Accessed via the tab menu. Highest Score (MARP Info). Shows you the highest score posted for that game at marp.retrogames.com (Mame Action Replay) from the hiscore.dat file. _PSI_ wanted this... :) - All the other goodies are there. new for EMU+ .36 beta 4 - Everything is the same as beta 2 and 3 as far as Sidewinder support and Gravis Devices (Grip, Exterminator, Stinger). Thanks to MAMEGRIP (Rob) for the fixes for Gravis Pads. - Read the info for beta 3 to use the joysticks. :) - Added support for many crazy different video modes. Thanks to HAZE and DGEN Author for this. (Please note: All video modes require 16bpp color except Eagle which supports both 8bpp and 16bpp) -craptv - A blurred out tv mode -eagle - Eagle routines like those found in kbmame. -lcdblur - This is a weird effect. Blurs the screen sorta like an lcd display. -lcdlarge_screen - Used in conjunction with -lcdblur Displays large or small screen. -cleanblur - This is also used in conjunction with -lcdblur, Some games look better with it on. Baseball Stars doesn't leave the word Strike on the screen for ages. Other games look better with it off, just experiment. -blur - This creates a different blur type effect. Draws every other line. -fifty - This is a 50% scanlines mode. Not every game will work with these modes. Most require stretch = Yes in mame.cfg. You can set these options in mame.cfg but you can only use ONE mode at a time. (If you say eagle = Yes and craptv = Yes. You will get eagle and not craptv.) - GUI Support - Added the GPILOTS loaded fix and the listinfo fix (for mamemerge, clrmame, etc). Thanks to HAZE and DUTCH for this info. new for EMU+ .36 beta 3 - Same as beta 2. Sidewinder fix, save states, demo, blah, blah - Added support for Gravis Devices (Grip, Exterminator, Stinger). Thanks to ROB from Killerclowns arcade for this added feature. Left all his documentation in the source zip. Look in allgrip.zip for all this information. -joy grip is for Gravis joysticks. -joy grip4 makes Gravis pads become a 4 Way Joystick (No Diagonals, great for Pacman, DigDug, Mr. Do, Q-bert, all the four way games.) -joy Sidewinder. Sidewinder pads. Please note: YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE JOYSTICK FROM GAME CONTROLLERS IN WIN 95/98 FOR THESE TO WORK FOR SOME REASON. Has to do with the way windows doesn't release these pads. Go into control panel and remove the pad. This will make it NOT work in win 95/98 so you'll have to add it BACK to use it. DON'T do this if you want it in windows or have something special configured you don't want to lose without backing it up first. Just letting you know it DOES work. new for EMU+ .36 beta 2 ----------------------- - Fixed the sidewinder allegro code. -joy sidewinder now works. Sometimes in win98 you have to deselect the sidewinder as a controller in Game Controllers. - Fixed bug in save states for neogeo in 36b1. - Newest version of allegro 3925wip - Added an autosave/autoload option -contsave for neogeo games only of course. - Added a demo mode. Cycles thru random games for a set time. Check the readme.emu for more info on these features. - Make sure to thank the mame team for mame, and the other emu authors out there. They all work their butts off. new for EMU+ .36 beta 1 ----------------------- Up-to-date with the latest MAME. Thanks MameDev :) NOTE: MAME is now compiled using a WIP allegro lib, so you may find EMU+ .36b1 a bit more unstable than .35 final. Just keep .35 final around to play the old stuff until .36 becomes stable. new for EMU+ .35 FINAL: ----------------------- - New Autofire code, much more MAME-Like, though now it's GUI-only (Use TAB key to access it). It is now capable of enabling autofire for ANY button (Autofire on the coin buttons is kinda funny :) - Autofire setup is now recorded in the cfg on a game basis, so it sticks when you play back the game. - New Overclocking code, also much more MAME-Line, and also GUI-only. It now as a single Enable/Disable option for all processors, processors are called by their names, original speed apears in front of them, etc.. - New Tips section on how to use the overclocking features (some people will enjoy this) - -force16 works on cps1 games now (actually, this was a mame core change) - Thanks again to the mame team!