---
- branch: MAIN
  date: Sat Jul 29 19:42:10 UTC 2023
  files:
  - new: '1.174'
    old: '1.173'
    path: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/Makefile
    pathrev: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/Makefile@1.174
    type: modified
  - new: '1.134'
    old: '1.133'
    path: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/distinfo
    pathrev: pkgsrc/emulators/mame/distinfo@1.134
    type: modified
  id: 20230729T194210Z.41f34912fdafca09350955fc8d8700968f025aa3
  log: "mame: update to 0.257.\n\nWell, itçª¶å\x86± the end of another month, meaning
    MAME 0.257 is about\ndue! First of all, you might notice there are some big software\nlist
    updates this month. There are quite a few ZX Spectrum cassettes\nand a pile of
    MSX cartridges. Thereçª¶å\x86± also a boatload of original\nApple II floppy disk
    dumps, including plenty of Infocom, MECC,\nStickybear and Timeout titles. More
    3.5\" disks for 8-bit Apple II\ncomputers are being dumped now, so make sure you
    have your emulated\ndrives set up properly if you want to try them out. Speaking
    of\nApple, Macintosh computers with 68040 CPUs are starting to reach\nworking
    status in MAME. Get ready to relive the confusing array of\nQuadra, Centris and
    LC models from the early 1990s.\n\nFor many years, Capcomçª¶å\x86± Avengers was
    an enigma. It was obvious\nthat substantial parts of the gameçª¶å\x86± logic donçª¶å\x86²
    run on the main\nCPU, but how it was actually implemented was a long-standing
    mystery.\nIt turns out the cheeky boys at Capcom put an 8751 microcontroller\nunder
    the sound module on the circuit board, and no-one noticed it\nhiding there until
    Phil Bennett spotted it last year! Since then,\na microcontroller was sourced,
    and the internal program was\nexfiltrated by Caps0ff. Unfortunately, the data
    was damaged slightly,\nbut itçª¶å\x86± now running in MAME with a patch. This
    allowed the old\nsimulation code to be removed, providing a better representation\nof
    the gameçª¶å\x86± original logic.\n\nIf youçª¶å\x86µe been following updates this
    year, you might have noticed\nthe activity around the 16-bit Psion handheld computers.
    Quite a\nfew have been promoted to working this month, including several\nSeries
    3 clamshell PDAs and the Workabout data entry terminal.\nNaturally, thereçª¶å\x86±
    a software list for Psion Solid State Disk media\nfor you to try out. From the
    same corner of the world, MAME gained\nsupport for the Bellfruit çª¶å»\x9Dlack
    Boxçª¶ï¿½ electromechanical gambling\nmachine platform. Although the games are
    marked as not working,\nyou can spin the reels without having to worry about losing
    your\nshirt.\n\nThereçª¶å\x86± lots more in this release, ranging from an overhaul
    for\nTaitoçª¶å\x86± Change Lanes, to support for building against Qt 6 on Linux.\n"
  module: pkgsrc
  subject: 'CVS commit: pkgsrc/emulators/mame'
  unixtime: '1690659730'
  user: wiz