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MAME stands for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator. MAME’s purpose is to preserve decades of software history. As electronic technology continues to rush forward, MAME prevents this important “vintage” software from being lost and forgotten. This is achieved by documenting the hardware and how it functions. The source code to MAME serves as this documentation. The fact that the software is usable serves primarily to validate the accuracy of the documentation (how else can you prove that you have recreated the hardware faithfully?).

Over time, MAME (originally stood for Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) absorbed the sister-project MESS (Multi Emulator Super System), so MAME now documents a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles and calculators, in addition to the arcade video games that were its initial focus.

What’s New

• 05777: [Misc.] (commodore/c64.cpp) c64 all systems: C64 [systemm1]: Software disconnect is not implemented. (Curt Coder)
• 05995: [Gameplay] (nec/pce.cpp) pce [macr2036]: Attempting to start a game returns to the title screen. (Angelo Salese)
• 06643: [Sound] (rare/kinst.cpp) kinst, kinst2: DCS audio fade-in effects are not emulated correctly. (mjrgh)
• 07791: [Gameplay] (nec/pce.cpp) pce [madstlkr]: Game freezes on Kogado logo or when starting a game. (Angelo Salese)
• 07972: [Crash/Freeze] (nec/pce.cpp) pce and clones [fzone2]: Emulator freezes and eventually crashes on cutscenes. (Angelo Salese)
• 08562: [Crash/Freeze] (pc/genpc.cpp) ibm5150 and clones [digger]: MAME freezes when the game sets invalid CRTC parameters. (Carl)
• 08564: [Crash/Freeze] (apple/apple2gs.cpp) apple2gs [zanygolf]: Emulated system freezes loading the fourth level. (Peter Ferrie)
• 08570: [DIP/Input] (midway/midyunit.cpp) mkla1, mkla2: Buttons for the second player are labelled incorrectly. (Ivan Vangelista)
• 08573: [Graphics] artwork: Text components are not correctly aligned horizontally. (hap)
• 08578: [Sound] (toaplan/toaplan2.cpp) snowbro2: Oki MSM6295 sound chip clock frequency is incorrect. (hap)
• 08579: [Misc.] (taito/flstory.cpp) flstory, flstoryj: These games are newer and older versions, not regional variants. (Vas Crabb)
• 08580: [Crash/Freeze] (dynax/royalmah.cpp) janyoup2: MAME crashes with an access violation. (Vas Crabb)
• 08582: [Media Support] (commodore/c128.cpp) c128 all variations: Tape data is not received. (Curt Coder)
• 08590: [Sound] (heathkit/h19.cpp) h19: Keyclick sound plays indefinitely. (Mark Garlanger)

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