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- branch: MAIN
  date: Sat Apr  2 13:15:50 UTC 2022
  files:
  - new: '1.148'
    old: '1.147'
    path: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/Makefile
    pathrev: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/Makefile@1.148
    type: modified
  - new: '1.64'
    old: '1.63'
    path: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/PLIST
    pathrev: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/PLIST@1.64
    type: modified
  - new: '1.118'
    old: '1.117'
    path: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/distinfo
    pathrev: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/distinfo@1.118
    type: modified
  id: 20220402T131550Z.73e04ff7187343c517cdffadcbca20d8a9c9d3ad
  log: "mame: update to 0.242.\n\nToday is a bittersweet day. After a quarter of a
    century, we窶å\x86µe\ndecided that it窶å\x86± no longer in our best interests
    to distribute\nMAME as Open Source/Free Software. Wait, that窶å\x86± not the
    right\nannouncement窶ｦ After many fruitful years, we窶å\x86µe come to realise
    MAME\nhas achieved everything it can. The project is now in maintenance\nmode,
    and there will be no new functionality or regular releases.\nHang on, that can窶å\x86²
    be right, either! Happy April Fools窶� day!\n\nWe have an interesting release
    today in several ways. Yes, the\nrumours are true, after many years, we窶å\x86µe
    added support for another\nLaserDisc-based arcade system. It窶å\x86± a system
    that only ran a single\ngame: Time Traveler, created by Rick Dyer at Virtual Image
    Productions,\nstarring Stephen Wilber, and published by Sega. This full-motion\nvideo
    game consists of a near-constant stream of quick time events,\nutilising a mixture
    of live action video and computer-generated\nimagery. Although re-living the early
    窶�90s corniness is pretty\nawesome, this is a milestone because it窶å\x86±
    the first LaserDisc arcade\ngame preserved using the Domesday86 Project toolchain.
    In short,\nthis involves the use of custom hardware to record the raw radio\nfrequency
    signal from a LaserDisc player窶å\x86± laser pickup, and then\ndecoding it in
    software. This frees you from the limitations of\nLaserDisc player demodulators
    and video capture devices. As well\nas better, more consistent video quality,
    this opens up possibilities\nlike combining multiple captures to overcome disc
    degradation and\nlaser pickup dropout.\n\nIn another first for emulation, MAME
    0.242 adds support for systems\nbased on Rockwell B5000 family microcontrollers.
    This includes\nseveral electronic toys from Mattel, and calculators from Rockwell\nthemselves.
    You窶å\x86¤l also find the first working game based on a\nSharp SM530 microcontroller:
    the Star Fox game watch from Nelsonic.\n\nThere are plenty of software list updates
    this month, including\nrecently-released prototype dumps for Mega Drive, NES and
    Super\nNES, all the latest Apple II dumps, and some more of the steady\nstream
    of Commodore 64 cassettes. You窶å\x86¤l also see that a big batch\nof Amiga software
    has been promoted to working 窶� that窶å\x86± because\nthe Amiga family has
    had an overhaul this month, and it窶å\x86± paid off\nwith substantial improvements
    in compatibility.\n\nThere窶å\x86± lots more going on, in fact this was a record
    month for\npull requests, with over a hundred and thirty merged, including\nquite
    a few from first-time contributors, as well as some regulars.\nIt窶å\x86± great
    to have you all with us! There are dozens of reported\nbugs fixed, too, with a
    particular emphasis on fixing up DIP switch\nlabelling.\n"
  module: pkgsrc
  subject: 'CVS commit: pkgsrc/emulators/mame'
  unixtime: '1648905350'
  user: wiz