We’re happy to announce that MAME 0.270 is ready! A lot of work has gone into a lot of different areas of MAME throughout September. One very interesting addition is the “Zoomer” PDA. Built by Casio and marketed under multiple brand names, this PDA ran MS-DOS 3.3, GEOS 2.0 and the PenRight user interface. It was one of the first PDAs to include software developed by Palm Computing. Other exotic systems include the Sony NWS-3270 workstation and 68000 development boards from Marion Systems and Motorola themselves.

The Hitachi Basic Master Jr. is now working, giving a glimpse of the Japanese home computer market in the early 1980s. UMC’s attempt at taking on Sega and Nintendo in the mid-1990s, the Super A'Can, is in a much better state than it was previously. Although it still isn’t considered working, numerous issues with graphics and sound have been addressed, and battery-backed cartridge memory is now supported. Several more Apple II input peripherals are now supported. Support for hard-sectored floppy disk formats has been added, which should open up storage options for computers from the S-100 era.

The effort to understand the IGS027A CPUs and dump their internal programs is paying off. Over a dozen slots, mahjong and card games from IGS are now playable. If you’re a fan of these games, you can now play them in the comfort of your home with no risk of blowing your paycheque.

That’s all we’ve got time to cover here, but you can read all the exciting (and mundane) tales of development in the whatsnew.txt file. As always, you can get the source code and 64-bit Windows binary packages from the download page.

MAME Testers bugs fixed

• 07470: [Graphics] (funtech/supracan.cpp) supracan [speedyd]: speedyd: The ground layer is not drawn. (Angelo Salese)
• 08789: [Interface] MAME may miss keys released while switching between windowed and full screen modes. (hap)
• 08900: [Crash/Freeze] (tangerine/oric.cpp) oric1, telstrat, orica, prav8d, prav8dd: Emulator crashes with disks mounted. (AJR)
• 08903: [Graphics] (trs/coco3.cpp) coco3: The rightmost column of the display not visible. (Tim Lindner)
• 08907: [Crash/Freeze] (sony/smc777.cpp) smc777: Emulator crashes with D88-format disk images mounted. (AJR)
• 08910: [Color/Palette] (nmk/nmk16.cpp) hachamf: Incorrect colors on the otter in the title screen animation. (hap)
• 08915: [Media Support] Any system that quickloads COM files: Error messages shown in failure cases are unhelpful. (Robbbert)

New working systems

• Aka Mahjong (Double Bet) [hammy]
• Casio / Tandy Zoomer (Z-PDA / Z-7000) [Devin Acker]
• CXG Systems / Newcrest Technology / Intelligent Chess Software Sphinx Royal [hap, Sean Riddle]
• DDRGame / Hyperkin 16-bit TV Dance Pad with 15 songs / Dance Dance Party Mix (DDRGame) [David Haywood, Sean Riddle]
• Marion Systems MS68K [Chris Hanson]
• Motorola 68000 Educational Computer Board [Chris Hanson]
• SciSys / Intelligent Software Travel Sensor Chess [hap, Sean Riddle]
• Sony NWS-3720 [Brice Onken, Plamen Mihaylov]
• Triple Slot (V200VE) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope, Vas Crabb]

New working clones

• Cherry Bonus III (ver.1.40, set 6) [hammy]
• CXG Systems / Newcrest Technology / Intelligent Chess Software Sphinx Granada [hap, Sean Riddle]
• CXG Systems / Newcrest Technology / Intelligent Chess Software Sphinx Supra [hap, Sean Riddle]
• Diet Go Go (Europe v1.1 1992.09.26, set 1) [Tailsnic Retroworks]
• Fidelity International The Classic (model CC8) [Berger]
• Fruit Paradise (V206US) [Ioannis Bampoulas, XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Lunar Rescue (Artic bootleg) [Guru]
• New Lucky 8 Lines (set 12, W-4, encrypted) [hammy]
• Novag Industries / Intelligent Heuristic Programming Diablo 68000 (set 1) [Berger]
• P-47 - The Freedom Fighter (World) [Guru]
• Sega Toys Mega Drive Play TV 1 (Japan) [TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• Triple Fever (V108US) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope, XingXing, Vas Crabb]

Systems promoted to working

• Chaoji Dou Dizhu [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Crazy Bugs (V204US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Fruit Paradise (V214) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Hitachi Basic Master Jr. (MB-6885) [Angelo Salese]
• Jungle King 2002 (V209US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Long Hu Da Manguan [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Long Hu Zhengba 4 [XingXing, Vas Crabb, Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Long Hu Zhengba III [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Long Teng Hu Yue [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Manguan Caishen 3 (V101CN) [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Manguan Zhizun (V101CN) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Ocean Paradise (V105US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Que Long Gaoshou [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Shuang Long Qiang Zhu 3 (China, VS107C) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Zhongguo Chu Da D [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]

Clones promoted to working

• Crazy Bugs (V200US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Crazy Bugs (V202US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb]
• Long Hu Da Manguan Plus [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Manguan Zhizun (V100CN) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, David Haywood]
• Ocean Paradise (V101US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Triple Fever (V107US) [XingXing, Vas Crabb, Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]

New systems marked not working

• Bandai / Koto Dragon Ball Z: Scouter Battle Taikan Kamehameha: Ora to Omee to Scouter (Japan) [TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• Boo Boo Donpatchi (Japan) [Darksoft, TeamEurope]
• Cherry Bonus V Five (V1.3) [hammy]
• Cherry Master 2005 (Ver. 1.10U) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Countertop Champion 2 (ver 2.11) [Siftware]
• Double 8 Line [Ioannis Bampoulas]
• Elektronika PK-32 [holub]
• Fever 13 (Japan, v1.3) [hammy]
• Halloween Party (US.23.A) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• IBM ThinkPad 850 [ArcadeHacker]
• Jack's Venture - Inca Treasure [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• JoyPalette Anpanman: Let's Go! Ikunou Drive (Japan) [TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• Konami Teleshibai (Japan) [David Haywood, TeamEurope]
• Konami Teleshibai - Purple Version (Japan) [David Haywood, TeamEurope]
• Lucky V Line [hammy]
• Magical Kengo [Ioannis Bampoulas]
• Penguin Party [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Reel Magic Turbo Play [Ioannis Bampoulas]
• Sun Microsystems Ultra 45 [ArcadeHacker]
• Super Cherry Master Plus (V1.6) [Ioannis Bampoulas]
• Takara / SSD Company LTD Bakutou Sengen Daigunder DX (Japan) [TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• TV Mahjong Game (VTxx hardware) [David Haywood, TeamEurope]

New clones marked not working

• Automat (bootleg of Robocop, Modular System) [Darksoft]
• Cherry Master 2005 (Ver. 0.14H) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Cherry Master 2005 (Ver. 1.02U) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Mushiking The King Of Beetles - Mushiking IV / V / VI (Taiwan) [Justin Zhan, MetalliC, rtw, Xue]
• Turbo PK (Ver 2.3B2, encrypted) [hammy]
• Triple Fever (V105US) [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope]
• Yamaha MU90B [buffi]

New working software list items

• bmjr_cass: Wilwesp [Gaming Alexandria]
• bml3_cass: BM Tetris [Anna Wu]
• ekara_cart: Kids' Song Mini Volume 6 (Japan) (MC0017-KSM), Kids' Song Volume 4 (Yuuki Rinrin, Osakana Tengoku, etc.) (Japan) (DC0007-KID), e-kara Web cartridge 8M (used, with 8 songs) (Japan) [David Haywood, TeamEurope]
• ibm5170_cdrom: Chex Quest, Demon Gate: 666 New Levels for Doom & Doom II, Depths of Doom Trilogy, Doom Collector's Edition, Doom Collector's Edition (2001), Doom II, Doom II (French), Doom Shareware, Final Doom, Hell to Pay (Doom II add-on), Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, Hexen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel, Master Levels for Doom II, Strife: Quest for the Sigil, Strife: Quest for the Sigil (v1.1), The Ultimate Doom (DOS), The Ultimate Doom (DOS + Windows) [Mike Swanson]
• mac_cdrom: Chex Quest, Hexen: Beyond Heretic, The Ultimate Doom [Mike Swanson]
• megadriv:
  Breach (prototype) [Gaming Alexandria]
  Earthworm Jim (USA, prototype 19940728), Earthworm Jim 2 (Europe, prototype 19950824), Out of the Vortex (prototype 19950710) [Hidden Palace]
• msx1_cart: The 4 Masters of Melody, The Battle on Gojo Ohashi, Ghost, Prisoner of War [anonymous]
• msx2_cart: Ark-A-Noah [anonymous]
• nes:
  D-Pad Hero (version 1.0), D-Pad Hero (version 1.1), D-Pad Hero II [Kent Hansen, Andreas Pedersen]
  Micro Mages [Mike Swanson]
• samcoupe_flop:
  Dave Infuriators, Dave Invaders, Lost Disks of Sam, Moby DX [Black Jet]
  Boggle Bubble, Hexagonia [Spectrum Computing]
  WaterWorks [TOSEC]
  Wop Gamma (pre-release version) [World of SAM]
• spectrum_cass:
  Astor Musica, Chaos (Aackosoft), Ficheiro Astor (cracked), Impero Romano, Master Word (Hopkinson / Tribe), Simulador de Voo (Groupi, pirate), Soko Ban, Soko Ban (hack), SSTV, SSTV (sample pictures), Tabuada Infantil, Tabuada Infantil (master tape) [Planeta Sinclair]
  Amnesia (v1.02, Spanish), Galivan (Erbe), Gridrunner (Century), Hydrofool (Zafi Chip), Indoor Soccer (System 4), Match Point (alt), Match Point (IBSA), N.O.M.A.D. (Erbe), Raptores de la Galaxia (Microbyte), Sokoban (Spanish), Strike Attack (alt) [Spectrum Computing]
  Soko-Ban Perfect [Spectrum Zone]
  Grand National (ABC), Grand National (Zafi Chip) [World of Spectrum]
• zx81_cass:
  AERI - Análise de Estruturas Recticuladas Isostácticas, Colunas - Dimensionamento de Colunas Montantes de Edifícios, Dis-ACSem, Geometria I, Grand Prix, Letter Hunt, Sabotagem (Timex Portugal), Simulador de Voo (Timex Portugal), Xadrez (Timex Portugal) [Planeta Sinclair]
  Accounts, Adventure (Gavin Baker), The Nowotnik Puzzle & Other Diversions, Purchases, Racehorse Trainer, Star Trek + 3D O's and X's, Tutor (French), Zor [Simon Holdsworth]
  Em Busca dos Tesouros, Tut-Tut [Spectrum Computing]
  3D Formule 1, Air Traffic Control, Alien Invaders, Bridgehead, Le Chateau Hanté, Gamespack, Inheritance, Serpents Tomb, Zedman + Spacers [Team Zeddy, Planeta Sinclair]

Software list items promoted to working

• bml3_flop: MA-5370 Disk BASIC (Version 1.1) [AJR]
• supracan: Journey to the Laugh ~ Xi You Ji, The Son of Evil ~ Xie E Zhi Zi, Super Light Saga - Dragon Force ~ Chao Ji Guang Ming Zhan Shi [Angelo Salese]

New software list items marked not working

• megadriv: Pro Version Action Replay (Europe) [TeamEurope]
• nes: 8-bit Xmas 2023 [retroUSB]
• takara_daigunder_dx_cart: R-01 ROM Robo Aoki Inazuma Bulion, R-02 ROM Robo Jurassic Soldier Bonerex [TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• thinkpad8xx: AIX 4.1.5, OS/2 Warp PowerPC Edition, Solaris 2.5.1 Limited Availability PowerPC Platform Edition, Windows NT Workstation 3.5 PowerPC Edition [ArcadeHacker, ClawGrip]
• zx81_cass: 1K Games Pack (Crystal), Deflexx, Lemonade [Team Zeddy, Planeta Sinclair]

Merged pull requests

• 12620: nmk/ddealer.cpp: Use timing PROM contents to trigger video interrupts. [Sergio Galiano]
• 12650: megadriv.xml: Added four working prototypes. [Hidden Palace, Gaming Alexandria, ArcadeShadow]
• 12660: misc/changyu.cpp: Added AY8910 to microcontroller external address space. [flama12333]
• 12666: bus/a2bus: Added Wico trackball card; bus/a2gameio: Added Sirius JoyPort and Wico Command Joystick. [as-tb-dev]
• 12668: zx81_cass.xml: Added twenty items (eighteen working). [ArcadeShadow]
• 12670: cpu/tms34010: Implemented TMS34020 cvdxyl_b instruction. [Priit Laes]
• 12690: sony/news_r3k.cpp: Added support for the NWS-3720 and cleaned up code. [Brice Onken, Plamen Mihaylov]
• 12692: dataeast/dietgo.cpp: Added a newer version of Diet Go Go with alternate graphics available. [Tailsnic Retroworks, ClawGrip]
• 12693: nintendo/vsnes.cpp: Fixed some save state and debugger issues. [cam900]
• 12695: dataeast/ffantasy_ms.cpp: Added a bootleg of Robocop on Gaelco Modular System called Automat. [Darksoft, ClawGrip]
• 12697: Fixed a number of places where comments said “complaint” when they meant “compliant”. [Michael Sanborn]
• 12698: Added three TV games (not working) and three e-kara cartridges. [David Haywood, TeamEurope]
• 12699: sinclair/sprinter.cpp: Added support for 312-line/320-line video mode selection. [holub]
• 12700: sinclair: Clear caches after loading saved states. [holub]
• 12701: igs/pgmcrypt.cpp: Fixed decryption for the Fruit Paradise games, allowing them to boot. [David Haywood]
• 12702: tvgames/spg2xx.cpp: Added the DDRGame 16-bit TV Dance Pad with 15 songs. [David Haywood, Sean Riddle]
• 12703: irem/olibochu.cpp: Adjusted video and interrupt timings and cleaned up code. [jackson2k2]
• 12704: ibm/thinkpad8xx.cpp, thinkpad8xx.xml: Added a skeleton IBM ThinkPad 850 driver and software list. [ArcadeHacker, ClawGrip]
• 12705: igs/igs_m027.cpp: Identified lhzb3 CPU ROM and removed inappropriate tilemap ROM unscrambling. [XingXing, David Haywood]
• 12706: msx2_cart.xml: Added Ark-A-Noah. [Wilbert Pol]
• 12707: msx1_cart.xml: Added four working items. [Wilbert Pol]
• 12708: igs_m027.cpp: Corrected byte order for 16-bit tilemap ROMs for several games. [David Haywood]
• 12709: sun/ultra45.cpp: Added a skeleton driver for the Sun Ultra 45 workstation. [ArcadeHacker, ClawGrip]
• 12711: igs/igs_m027.cpp: Dumped IGS027A ROMs for five games. [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope, XingXing, Siftware, David Haywood]
• 12712: tvgames: Added four TV games (one working) and two associated cartridges. [TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• 12713: motorola/mex68kecb.cpp: Added basic Motorola 68000 Educational Computer Board emulation. [Chris Hanson]
• 12718: nintendo/nes_arcade_bl.cpp: Added a note about the smb3bl timer CPU ROM content. [ClawGrip]
• 12719: motorola/mex68kecb.cpp: Added the Abort (non-maskable interrupt) button and fixed a comment. [Chris Hanson]
• 12720: apple/apple2e.cpp: Allow Apple IIc horizontal and vertical mouse movement flags to be set concurrently. [as-tb-dev]
• 12721: bus/a2gameio: Added support for the Softape Bright Pen. [as-tb-dev]
• 12723: trainer/ms68k.cpp: Emulated the Marion Systems MS68K single-board computer. [Chris Hanson]
• 12725: layout/mu2000.lay: Made internal Yamaha MU2000 artwork prettier. [Felipe Sanches]
• 12726: cpu/mipsx: Changed to 32-bit addresses, fixed disassembler bugs; tomy/kisssite.cpp: Improved addresss map. [Octocontrabass]
• 12727: imagedev/floppy.cpp: Set sectoring mode on the floppy connector rather than using different drive devices. [Mark Garlanger]
• 12728: igs/igs_m027.cpp: Dumped the internal IGS027A CPU ROM for Chaoji Dou Dizhu. [XingXing]
• 12729: yamaha/ymmu50.cpp: Hooked up LCD contrast and LED outputs. [Felipe Sanches]
• 12731: igs/igs_m027.cpp: Patched out Chess Challenge II startup checks to aid in verifying decryption. [David Haywood]
• 12732: cpu/mpk1839, ussr/pk32.cpp: Added preliminary L1839VM1 CPU and Elektronika PK-32 emulation (Soviet VAX-11 clone). [holub]
• 12733: sun/sun3.cpp, sun3/sun3x.cpp, sun/sun4.cpp: Added a SCSI tape drive as a slot option. [Chris Hanson]
• 12734: sun/sun3.cpp: Added the normal/diagnostic mode switch as a machine configuration option. [Chris Hanson]
• 12736: igs/pgm.cpp, igs/pgmcrypt.cpp: Use uploaded XOR tables for some games with their IGS027A CPU ROMs dumped. [David Haywood]
• 12737: bus/msx/slot/panasonic08r.cpp: Added the MSX turbo R internal firmware mapper. [Wilbert Pol]
• 12738: msx/msx.cpp: Reset MSX2+ boot flags on system reset. [Wilbert Pol]
• 12739: casio/zoomer.cpp: Emulated the Casio/Tandy “Zoomer” PDA. [Devin Acker]
• 12741: nes.xml: Added 8-bit Xmas 2023 (not working). [retroUSB, Mike Swanson]
• 12742: nes.xml: Added three D-Pad Hero homebrew games. [Kent Hansen, Andrean Pedersen, Mike Swanson]
• 12743: igs/igs_m027xa.cpp: Copied microcontroller interface and timers from igs/igs_fear.cpp (not working). [David Haywood]
• 12744: cpu/tlcs900: Replaced a number of preprocessor macro constants with enumerations and constexpr variables. [Felipe Sanches]
• 12745: taito/taito_f2.cpp: Distinguish PuLiRuLa World sets by the board sets they work with. [Tailsnic Retroworks, ClawGrip]
• 12746: bus/msx/slot: Use std::unique_ptr rather than std::vector for fixed size arrays. [Wilbert Pol]
• 12750: igs/igs_m027xa.cpp: Fixed communication with the microcontroller, and fixed sound and inputs for Crazy Bugs. [XingXing]
• 12753: msx/msx_s1990.cpp, msx/msxtr.cpp: Added preliminary MSX-Engine S1990 device and MSX turbo R emulation. [Wilbert Pol]
• 12758: cpu/tlcs900: Use callback arrays and member function templates to simplify I/O port handling. [Felipe Sanches]
• 12759: igs/igs027a.cpp: Improved timer interval calculation (fixes slowdown in Jungle King 2002). [XingXing]
• 12761: spectrum_cass.xml: Added 25 working items and improved metadata. [ArcadeShadow]
• 12763: attache.xml; smc777.xml: Edited software list descriptions. [ArcadeShadow]
• 12764: coleco.xml; coleco_homebrew.xml: Cleaned up software descriptions. [ArcadeShadow]
• 12766: igs/igs_m027.cpp: Implemented dual Oki sound sample banks and added non-volatile RAM. [XingXing]
• 12767: formats/mfi_dsk.cpp: Updated comments to cover newly supported hard-sectored formats. [Mark Garlanger]
• 12771: zx81_cass.xml: Added eleven items (ten working). [ArcadeShadow]
• 12772: atari/jaguar.cpp: Fixed comments incorrectly referring to GPIO as “GPI0”. [cam900]
• 12774: namco/namcos12.cpp: Edited comments about undumped games on the platform. [simzy]
• 12777: samcoupe_flop.xml: Added eight working items. [ArcadeShadow]
• 12779: igs/igs_m027.cpp, igs/igs_m027xa.cpp: Added three more video slots games. [Ioannis Bampoulas, TeamEurope, David Haywood]
• 12780: trs/coco3.cpp: Corrected visible display width to 640 pixels (fixes MT08903). [tlindner]
• 12781: nes_kstudio.xml; nes_ntbrom.xml: Avoid unnecessary abbreviations in descriptions. [ArcadeShadow]
• 12785: sinclair/tsconf.cpp: Replaced the Centronics port and Covox sound output device with a DAC. [holub]
• 12788: sinclair/tsconf.cpp: Added BIOS upgrade 24.07.28 option and made it the default. [holub]
• 12794: ibm5170_cdrom.xml, mac_cdrom.xml: Added seventeen items using or for use with the Doom game engine. [Mike Swanson]
• 12795: cpu/xa: Implemented add with indexed addressing mode for the source operand. [David Haywood]
• 12797: skeleton/gm1000.cpp: Dumped the ROMs from the Nihon Eniac BH-1000 Sound Saurus MIDI module. [buffi]
• 12810: thinkpad8xx.xml: Fixed the boot floppy image sizes for Solaris and Windows NT. [ClawGrip]
• 12811: thinkpad8xx.xml: Fixed the label for the second AIX CD. [ClawGrip]