Well that was quick. You can grab the .80u3 source update, aka "R.Belmont's update", right here. It includes his work on CHDCD / Konami GV stuff, plus Nathan Woods contributed several miscellaneous fixes too.

Thanks italie ~Twisty~

Lemme guess, you have kids and don't want them playing the naughty games right? Well here's a new (ahem :) tool that you can use to delete those evil roms! It's called MARRT and is basically a MS-DOS Batch File for use with Windows 2000/Windows XP which uses the mature.ini from TriggerFin's Catlist to remove all of the Adult Game ROMs from your MAME Roms Directory. Its author, Jonathon Leung, welcomes any feedback and/or suggestions you may have. ~Twisty~

Brace yourselves flyer fanatics, because Dan H. from The Arcade Flyer Archive just scored THE mother load :D ~Twisty~

History.dat .80d by Alexis is now available.

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

Yes indeed, even more Sega WIP was posted by Charles. Specifically, Pre-System 16 Hardware Notes are now available for viewing. Pretty technical stuff, and mere mortals will be hard-pressed to make any sense of it, but there ya go :-)

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

The first round of F 15 pictures on Phil's WIP Page. Thanks Dalthon :) -KC-

Here's an easy one! :) -KC-

Housekkeping is continuing over at the Arcade Flyers Archive where low res flyers are being replaced with high res versions. Thanks Gregf! -KC-

If you want to know about PCBs or any other MAME related info you better head over to M.A.S.H. and go get it! -KC-

Here we go with another round of "power builds", with extra features and such for the never satisfied :)

MAME32 80u3

MAME32 Plus .80u3

MAME32 FX .80u3

! -KC-

Entitled: The games that Time forgot, Cinemarcade brings you another couple of outstanding MAME (intro) movies. If you've never visited the Cinemarcade, this is your chance, not to be missed! -KC-

"Please enjoy R-Type Leo LOUDLY now ;-)"

YES SIR! :) -KC-

Haze released a whopper of a source update which includes Charles MacDonald's Sega System16 fixes among other goodies.

As usual, binaries should soon be available at Emu-France.com.

Thanks exodust ~Twisty~

I found this puppy browsing our messageboard! It's a mini table-top cab created by Vidiot, and it's insanely cool. Behold...

Vidiot's Table-top MAME Cabinet

NOTE: If you would like your arcade cabinet featured on Cab Corner, then please email me your link.

~Twisty~

AdvanceCD is a bootable LiveCD/DVD of a minimal Linux system containing the AdvanceMAME emulator.

You can boot this CD in any PC and play the contained games without any installation. The default distribution contains the arcade games Gridlee, Poly Play and Robby Roto and it uses only 20 Mbyte leaving the whole CD for your roms.

Changes in v2.2.0 include:

- New look.
- Added support for the most recent Radeon and GeForce boards.
- Auto eject of the CD before the shutdown.
- Added support for custom configuration of the Advance programs.
- Enabled the configuration interface in the emulators. It's required to load software in MESS.
- Removed the use of doublescan modes. This is a workaround to solve some problems on buggy drivers like Radeon.
- Upgraded AdvanceMAME 0.79.2, AdvanceMESS 0.79.0.1 and AdvanceMENU 2.3.2.
- Upgraded ALSA library 1.0.3b.
- Upgraded BusyBox 1.00-pre4.

Non-stop advances by Andrea Mazzoleni! Thanks Daftware ~Twisty~

You guessed it, a new shipment of PCB's is safely in Guru's possession. This guy dumps like there's no tomorrow :-)

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

A Dynamic Dice (unknown manufacturer) screenie was posted. This gambling themed game already made it into the .80u2 source update incidentally.

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

Alexis' latest History.dat release is at v.80c. Plus don't forget to update your bookmarks because it's being offered at a new site called 'The Arcade History Database' :-)

Thanks SecretAgentMan ~Twisty~

...and rankings and tourneys...and...and...are those red and blue pushbuttons renders by someone I know? Lol :)! -KC-

Check out this little baby which can and will get your old controllers to work on most systems...very cool, thanks TimO! -KC-

It pronounced "tafa" ... umh ... of course and it means: Incredible collection of incredibly cool retro flyers and posters...and stuff. Awesome! -KC-

Whahey! All your MAME Covers are belong to MW...and here I thought Ad_Enuff was a MAMEWorlder already! But no! Seems like some resist our imperialist longer than we care to believe! :) Welcome to MW and enjoy your sta...oh, and continue with the awesome cover work! -KC-

"AdvanceCD is a bootable LiveCD/DVD of a minimal Linux system containing the AdvanceMAME emulator."

And now it's got a ton of new and improved stuff, so don't be square and go get it :) -KC-

There you have it, moan moan moan, no-one's ever happy. So now choose your own:

Fixed Width Design

Liquid Design

...only kidding...but since I've been preaching that we should leave the choice with the user... And when I get a little spare time I might make some more :) The info gets stored in a cookie if you have these enabled, so you only have to choose once and we can all live in peace forever :) -KC-

Sweet :D Here's the one I just finished...

Old Skool Liquid

Yep that's right. The DOS version of .80 has been released. Head over to the official downloads page to grab a copy.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Roc~

After receiving a Super Rider (Venture Line, 1983) PCB generously donated by Mr. Do, Aaron immediately set about to write a trojan capable of retrieving "the missing 12k of ROM that is encased in an epoxy block from hell". Find out what the outcome was, as well as the obstacles encountered along the way :-)

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

He's been busy as of late with MTV Rock-N-Roll Trivia (Part 2) - Triumph Software Inc. 1986. Screenies included.

Thanks Sune ~Twisty~

Finally, yes finally...MAWS has screenshots! (courtesy of Crashtest) ~Twisty~

Easymame is still keeping things nice and easy with his terrific frontend. Here are the latest changes...

Version 2.4.3 release info:
- Fixed: A quick and small bugfix release because version 2.4.2 introduced a bug - resulting EasyMame marking some non-working roms as working roms.

Version 2.4.2 release info:
- New : Enable/disable function for hints.
- New : Added possibility to change the 'input' folder as well. (Previously forgotten)
- New : Change background for listview.
- New : Change fonts for listview and tabs.
- Improved : Cleaned-up some core code.

~Twisty~

Dan Hower (of TAFA fame) recently updated the sounds section of www.coinopvideogames.com. Now published are three additional audio tapes from 1983 and 1984, Video Games VI, Video Games VII and Video Games VIII. Highlights include:

The Tin Star by Taito
The Glob by Magic Electronics
Hunchback by Century Electronics
TX-1 by Atari
Goal To Go by Stern Electronics
Super Rider by Ventureline
Thief by Pacific Novelty (w cassette music in background)
Strength & Skill by Kitco
Hunchback's Olympics
Rug Rats by Nichibutsu
Aztarac by Stern
Nova 2001 by Universal
Fire Fox by Atari
Astron Belt by Bally/Midway/Sega

Listening to this stuff will drop you right into an 80's arcade in no time flat :-) ~Twisty~

Mr Goodwraith has successfully purchased the Alpine Surfer PCB :-)

NOTE: Unbeknownst to us, our dumping donation button (on the right-hand side of this page), was broken for a while but is now fixed. So if you tried to donate before, and weren't able to, please try again! ~Twisty~

This cab by EasyMAME (creator of the EasyMAME frontend) is pretty neat in that is has an X-Arcade motif to match the control panel, plus includes free plans to build your own! Check it out right here...

EasyMAME Cabinet

NOTE: If you would like your arcade cabinet featured on Cab Corner, then please email me your link.

~Twisty~

...well, what do you expect...? Update your bookmarks, the MAMETRIX is now .co.uk. -KC-

Here's the beef:

"Mamerola, the favorite Windows front-end for MAME, has been updated with new features!
Now supports MAME, MAME Analog+ and FastMAME, also updated the "Internet Update"
feature to help you stay up to date with the latest files!"

Roll on :) -KC-

2.4.2. is the word and it's as easy as ever: EasyMAME -KC-

Mr Goodwraith is desperately attempting to raise enough funds to purchase a Namco System 22 Alpine Surfer PCB. The dumping donation button is on the right-hand side of this page. You know what to do!

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

Not only has James built himself a very nice cab with a wooden finish, but he offers many pics, info, and links too...

James' MAME Machine

NOTE: If you would like your arcade cabinet featured on Cab Corner, then please email me your link.

~Twisty~

If you have one of these trackballs laying around, why not convert it into a MAME controller :D

dean T outlines the procedure on how to hack it using an Oscar USB interface.

Reference Pic ~Twisty~

Very much still in discrete sound mode, Aaron mentions what he's done so far with it.

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

MAGE is the Multiple Arcade Gambling Emulator maintained by El Condor. The new version is now available, and he states the following...

"The MAME32FX code is now removed for the moment, but in future it will return, providing I can find a new about.bmp (that was the only infringement)".

~Twisty~

I bet there's more than a few old skool Atari Gravitar fans out there. Well the good news is that its designer, Mike Hally, recently gave an interview concerning the game which you can find here.

Thanks plowtruck ~Twisty~

I know a lot of you hope and pray for the infamous 'Sega Rewrite' to return all the System16 games to their rightful glory. But the good news is that, in the meantime, Charles is busy doing some big-time fixes for those drivers...complete with source updates and a new WIP page...smokin'.

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

Santeri updated the MAME Development Chart, which shows the total number of games / clones present in each version. Still holding strong apparently.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

Dave Widel, a Pac-Man hardware expert, decided to modify Zig-Zag (a Dig-Dug bootleg) to run on a Pac-Man board. Visit his site to learn more about the procedure.

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

Ad_Enuff has finally completed the 0.80 DVD covers collection :-) New for MAME 0.80 are Ms Pac-Man and Galaga, plus a few alterations too. You can download 'em right here. ~Twisty~

Clean your sets, whatever they may be, with the latest version of SetCleaner, which includes:

- sped detection up (20% faster)
- added Sample info on GameSet stats
- bug-fixing
- option for showing log after cleaning
- internal resource parsing

And you can get it here -KC-

SlikStik have added a hot new item to their product lineup that many of you will be interested in! It's called the SlikStik Solitaire and Christian has this to say about it...

"SlikStik Solitaire Single Player units have been released. They pack a host of standard features; can be upgraded with premium options and sport a dual joystick design."

Well I just heard back from from Dan Hower, and he offers a TAFA press release + several new flyers for you :)...

"I am proud to present several new recent flyer acquisitions from my collection. Thanks to a streak of luck in finding flyers, as well as more contributions from Sur-Gin, this update contains a lot of great ones!!

You'll also notice several updates. Any time we update flyer entries, it's usually due to the fact that the flyer scan was not 850 pixels wide, or it was a scan of a flyer that had damage or flaws."

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

Mahjong Block Jongbou - SNK
Cliff Hanger Edward Randy - DECO
Legend of Hero Tonma - Irem
Lode Runner - Irem (the original arcade version)
Mario Roulette - Konami
Action Fighter - Sega
Slap Shooter - Sega
French Can Can - Tecmo
Rabio Lepus - V Systems
Makyou Senshi - DECO (Gondomania)
Dwarfs Den - Electro-sport
Champion Ping Pong - Arizon Automation
And more!!

~Twisty~

David Maher has already released No Name MAME .80.07...

- Updated to MAME 0.80u1 source
- Updated to MAME32 0.80 source
- Added all MAME32FX 0.80 changes (may have broken some other functions)
- Added a bunch of new folders to MAME32 (CrashTest)

[SourceForge] [Homepage]

~Twisty~

After MIA for a couple days, the site is now back up and thus I can finally report on it :-)

I admittedly don't know too much about this frontend, other than it's designed for ease of use and is now at version .80. Try it out and see how you like it.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

Guru has successfully dumped Raiden Fighters 2 - 2000 Operation Hell Dive (Seibu, 2000). ~Twisty~

Jeurg is proud to announce his own collection of MAME CD covers for download, and here's what he had to say...

"I have made the world greatest Emulator CD Cover Central and there is an update available for MAME-COVERS. Now each .CHD File has it's own CD-Cover!"

Simply click the 'MAME' link on the top-left once you arrive. ~Twisty~

XMAME .80.1 is out for all of you Linux heads.

~Twisty~

An Ajax / 1942 machine in its previous life, but now...now it's the:

Skullkrax MAME Cabinet

NOTE: If you would like your arcade cabinet featured on Cab Corner, then please email me your link.

~Twisty~

In order to pacify and satisfy all the DOZ dudes, David Maher has made available No Name DOS MAME .79u4.04...

"The DOS version of No Name MAME 0.79u4.04 is now available. The MameAnalog+ stuff has been disabled though."

[SourceForge] [Homepage]

~Twisty~

MAGE is the Multiple Arcade Gambling Emulator maintained by El Condor, and is a MAME derivative. He has a new version up for grabs, and states the following...

"No need to update to MAME 0.80u1, nothing MAGE related changed.

Now using the MAME32FX UI, and associated improvements - makes everything easier for people, except me (15 compiles to get the right shade of green, then I realised it was an ini change, doh!)

Updated some drivers, such as pontoon.c (I think that lvcards is not a gambling games, there seems to be no payout code).

Also, thanks to the Fruit Machine Emulation developers of Britain and the Netherlands, there is preliminary support for Coinmaster (DialTone), Bellfruit System 85 and Scorpions 1 and 2 (Re-Animator). From the Bellfruit work, has come an interesting new simulation core, this means that those new preliminary drivers don't sit too well with other MAME builds (not that they do anything yet, MAMEPlus etc shouldn't bother with them, as they are still error-strewn)."

UPDATE: Apparently .10u1 is no longer available for now, with the following reason given...

"The source is being rejected on all sites, as a zip or exe, so I'm not bothering until Monday."

By not having to gamble away your real noney, this could make you very rich! ;-) ~Twisty~

Gordon's rom info site is all up-to-date with v.80 :-) It's purpose is to provide a highly detailed overview of what rom changes occur from one MAME version to the next. Thanks Toe-Knee. ~Twisty~

Bobby just finished posting the latest over at unMAMEd, whose purpose is to list all unemulated arcade games. Here's what he had to say...

"Updated for MAME 0.80u1. Added Air Rescue, Buriki One, Lethal Enforcers to NOT WORKING. Removed Radikal Bikers, Surf Planet, and Zintrick. Added Mahjong Daichuukaken, Mahjong Reach, Mahjong Lucky Mangan, and Mahjong Dragon Challenge Tiger II."

Thanks Metroduck ~Twisty~

Fevs proudly added a Bailey International page at the Discrete Logistics website, whose primary purpose it to provide a 70's high for old geezers ;-) ~Twisty~

This easy-to-use frontend offers a new release with the following changes:

- New : Added Bios selection. (NeoGeo, ST-V, MegaPlay)
- Fixed : It is not possible anymore to view a empty favorites list.
- Improved : Several small GUI things.

Easy peezy. Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

LogiqX is offering Rombuild v1.18, which supports the new Neo-Geo dumps from MAME v0.80 and can convert them backwards for other emulators. Very handy.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

Category files at Triggerfin's Catlist are now .80u1 compliant. ~Twisty~

At long last, a new cheat.dat update by Mr J. can be found at
Emu-France.com for all you cheaters!

NOTE: The date provided is incorrectly listed as 29/02/03 instead of 29/02/04.

Thanks Metroduck ~Twisty~

Here's what's new at MAWS:

- MAME - 80u1
- catver.ini - 80u1
- mameinfo.dat - 80u1
- cheat.dat - Mr J. Cheat.dat WIP 29/02/03
- new & changed updated
- hall of fame/shame page

All of that at MAWS!-KC-

...saying:

Another new page! - Don't get too excited though, TAFA's random flyer system threw Bailey International at me from no-where and when I investigated it turned out they only had one known game so I threw up a page for them before I forgot!

Check it out!-KC-

The Arcade History Database and home of the history.dat file can now be found at www.arcade-history.com ... and there's a new relase available, too :) -KC-

This is some awesome news: You can now get an Atari 2600 to USB port adapter! Thanks TimO for posting this...Stella here we come! :) -KC-

I got some interesting news from Tom about the Philly Classic "Meet the Legends" reunion. It seems that there are going to be some world record holders present, too:

Bryan Wagner - Burger Time champion Greg Bond - Mappy champion Shawn Cram - Donkey Kong 3 AND Zookeeper champion Jason Cram - Congo Bongo champion Mark Little - Spy Hunter champion

Very impressive! Thanks a lot Tom :) -KC-

The official windows frontend build has been updated, too....it's all .80u1 today :) -KC-

The "Plus" build is up to date! Thanks Toe-Knee :) -KC-

Here's and intermediate release by Haze with some preliminary Hyper NeoGeo 64 system work...niiiice :)-KC-

.80u1 binaries optimised for Pentium and Athlon from the FX Crew :) -KC-

With Philly Classic...oooh yeah, this sounds like a darn fine meet!

"At least a dozen video game "legends" will be present at this year's event, March 20-21, 2004 at the Valley Forge Convention Center in King of Prussia, PA."

Find out who, what and where at the Philly Classic Homepage you'll love it :) -KC-

Have you ever wondered what a MAME cab built with a genuine pinball plunger would look like? Heheh, well then check this out...

John's Retro Arcade Cabinet

NOTE: If you would like your arcade cabinet featured on Cab Corner, then please email me your link.

~Twisty~

Here's what was announced by Peter concerning 3D-Arcade frontend related stuff...

- Baraka made models for Choplifter, Black Tiger, Final fight, Ghouls 'n Ghosts, Golden Axe 2, Ikari Warriors, Journey, Shinobi, Side Arms and Sky Shark.
- Ed made models for Atari 2600, Space Duel and Stargate.
- Krusty made models for Killer Instinct I and II and a Scramble.
- Pariah made a model for After Burner and added the first 3 chapters of his modeling guide.
- Scapino made an edited version of the ambientsound loop that fits better with the large size of the 7th Heaven dome.

~Twisty~

VCMame is a set of project files and information that allow the official MAME source code to be compiled with Microsoft Visual C++. Mish (Bryan McPhail), who now runs the project, is currently offering new VCMame .80 projects there and has this to say...

"Fixed a few things from 0.79 - including the fact some CPU definitions were missed out in vcmame.h and so some games didn't run. As usual, let me know if any problems come up with this release!"

Thanks Mocas ~Twisty~

Check out those beautiful Star Wars Trilogy screenies :D Not yet emulated in MAME, but the PCB is indeed now dumped which is great news.

NOTE: R. Belmont's WIP page is now hosted at MW so please update your bookmarks. ~Twisty~

Yet another update was made to the ZNx Dump Status page. Guru is very much looking for more of the remaining ZN protection chips in order to get further along with the emulation of the other games, so if you can help out in any way then please get in contact with him.

Thanks Dalthon ~Twisty~

Aaron is currently in cahoots with Derrick Renaud in order to kick serious butt on those discrete sound games!

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

Tinker set himself up a spankin' new messageboard system for MiSFiTMAME, so drop by and register already.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

David Maher has an announcement regarding No Name MAME .80.06...

"I fixed my compiler and recompiled No Name MAME .80.06 and now it works. If you downloaded this version before, please redownload it now."

[SourceForge] [Homepage]

~Twisty~

It does have a name, and it's called No Name MAME :-) Here are the recent comments / changes for v.80.06...

"Yet another release, it almost makes up for disappearing for three months. I updated to the new MAME core and added SirPoonga's hacks. I also added the drivers from MAGE 0.10, a new MAME dirivative which has sprung up recently that concentrates on gambling games. As far as I know, the DOS version is still broken."

- Updated to MAME 0.80 source code
- Added horizont.ini, vertical.ini, and raster.ini (SirPoonga)
- Added buttonX.ini, playerX.ini, horizont.ini, and vertical.ini ctrlr files (SirPoonga)
- Added -skip_baddump and -skip_gamewarnings (SirPoonga)
- Added -showinputmenu and -atrwork_filledges (SirPoonga)
- Added the drivers from MAGE 0.10

[SourceForge] [Homepage]

~Twisty~

Want an Athlon or K6 optimized .80 build for a li'l extra speed? Then head on over to Shonk's MAME Page where he has those binaries up for grabs.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

The MAME32 Plus! boys have already released .80! It's a popular derivative build which includes several tweaks and enhancements for your gaming pleasure.

Thanks DocX and Aris ~Twisty~

In his latest WIP update, Charles provides info relating to the pin assignments for the program ROM board of a Neo Geo MVS cartridge, in addition to updated Sega SC-3000H hardware notes.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

MAME32FX .80 source changes are available courtesy of Mamesick for those wish to compile their own binary.

Thanks Toe-Knee ~Twisty~

ClrMamePro v3.25 by Roman is now out with the following changes...

- fixed: zlib 1.2.1 has some rare unzip problems (fixed by Cowering)
- fixed: listing a bad 0 checksum when unzip fails
- fixed: "move not renamed sets to backup" is broken
- fixed: enabled rom-analysis-fix with disabled crc32 check causes freeze
- misc: using zlib's 1.2.1 crc32 routine which seems to be faster
- misc: linked with updated ziparchive class including zlib 1.2.1
- misc: revised several renaming operations

~Twisty~

Just a reminder that Tailgunner samples are officially supported in MAME .80 :-) ~Twisty~

Category files at Triggerfin's Catlist are now .80 compliant. ~Twisty~

SlikStik, who happen to be one of our valued sponsors, are excited to announce the following...

"We have released 3 new web based Control Panel Color Designers for SlikStik control panels. They are used for selecting different button and joystick color combinations on the Classic, CO2 & Quad units and will give you a real feel as to the look of your panel before you purchase it.

They are not only for customers but for anyone who wants to see what layout appeals to them the most. A different version can also be accessed during the checkout process when purchasing a unit and will generate a custom color code for your order. Have Fun!

Check out the www.slikstik.com home page for all the details and links."

Very cool, and very slick :-) ~Twisty~

The ever popular MAME32, recently updated to version .79u4, can be found here along with the whatsnew.txt.

Thanks Ad_Enuff ~Twisty~