• Brand new screenshots of EmuDX's crown jewel "Donkey Kong", showing all 4 stages and the Title screen. These are quite easily the best quality screenshots to date. Dont forget to click on them to increase the resolution.
• Donkey Kong is now almost complete, only lacking sound effects. This Virtually guarantees that EmuDX1.0 will support 5 enhanced games, but we're not finished yet :-)
• Galaxian now has stereo sound effects and music in place, although it is a little weird in places. The Video side of Galaxian has been re-written, giving a much needed speed increase.
• Frogger has also had its music re-wired and now is only lacking a few sounds for it to be complete.
• A Private beta release will be made very soon. If that goes well, there is the potential for a restricted public beta.

Be sure to take a look right now and thanks to Mike for the mail!

• Added 'Super Pacman (Midway)'
• Added 'Ms. Pacman Plus (Fast)'
• PacTray now correctly minimizes or closes, depending on your settings
• 'Run in System Tray' option now changes the caption to either 'Minimize' or 'Close'
• Corrected rom set names in PACMAME.LST
• Files SP2.GIF & SP3.GIF moved to the MAZES directory
• Files SP2.GIF & SP3.GIF renamed to SPM2.GIF & SPM3.GIF
• All files (images, flyers, cabinets, sounds, mazes, etc.) now read the path(s) from the registry
• Error trapping code added to handle if the above directory doesn't exist
• Added 'Pacman' & 'Ms. Pacman' to 'Cheat' menu
• Added 'Pacman (Alt)', 'Ms. Pacman (Alt)' & 'Ghost' icon to 'Configuration' tab
• Added 'Preview' option for icons

Thanks to MAMEWorld for the news!

• misc: combined 'unneeded' and 'name' check/fix. You can't do an unneeded check without a name check anymore. Same with fix option. So CMPro don't remove 'unneeded' files which only have a wrong name.
• misc: some better 'unzip error' messages
• fixed: 0-crc-creation should only be called when gameset exists
• fixed: didn't create destination rebuild folder when dropping roms
• fixed: wrong rebuilder-unzip-messagebox button ('YES' <-> 'NO')
• fixed: unused F1-Help key

• In sync with DOS beta 12. [Aaron Giles]
• Rewrote the video subsystem from scratch. This has a number of implications; check the documentation. [Aaron Giles]
• Added contextual menus in the frontend listbox, displaying information about the selected romset and its clones. [John Butler]
• Added Konami PPC CPU core based off the 6809 core. [Aaron Giles]

• More new graphics for you to feast your eyes upon. First Donkey Kong Screenshots now uploaded, albeit without any sprites. Also you can now see the new frogger screenshots in full colour glory!
• Pacman has moved from 256 to 24bit colour. One good thing about this is that Pinky is once again pink, rather than green! Check out the new high res screenshots of pacman on our screenshots page, along with the awesome Donkey Kong and Frogger artwork.
• Another candidate has joined the list of games to be included in EmuDX, that game is Mappy. This will be the first 6809 CPU based game.

• "Please note that this version is strictly a 'beta' release and has many known problems. Please refer to the readme.txt file for more details"
• Gradius III, Galaga, Arkanoid and Airwolf drivers
• VESA 2 support
• Recordable games
• Improved YM2151 emulation (audio in Vulcan Venture, Gradius II, Gradius III and Salamander)
• Stereo audio (not used in many games as yet)
• Audio sound quality improved via use of interpolation/oversampling
• Fixed slowdown during bench test
• Improved history sequence in Vulcan Venture, though still buggy
• Various improvements to games running on Galaxian-style hardware
• Most drivers now run faster

Thanks to everybody who send the news to me and be sure to grab the mystery rom from Arcade Rom Heaven! :-)

• Donkey Kong is about to make its debut in EmuDX. I recieved the first set of graphics and they look awesome. Certainly one to look forward to.
• Galaxian and Frogger have moved from 256 to 24bit colour, along with some speed improvements. The overall quality of the images has improved dramatically. You can see some new screenshots of Galaxian here, which will be joined soon by new pictures of Frogger, Mooncresta and possibly Phoenix.
• It was inevitable, the first multi processor game to be emulated by EmuDX will be Galaga! It is in doubt whether it will be possible to include it in EmuDX1.0, but you never know.
• Potentially, this raises the number of games enhanced by EmuDX1.0 to NINE.

• Added Arkanoid, Scramble, Amidar, Pooyan, Frogger, Time Pilot, and Metro Cross.
• Added preliminary mouse support for paddle games.
• Cleaned up user interface and it now allows total control from the keyboard.
• Made speed-ups to SkyKid, PacLand and some minor improvements to others.

• In sync with DOS beta 11. [Brad Oliver]
• Fixed problems with the listbox highlight ring drawing improperly under MacOS 9. [John Butler]
• Added support for playing a splash movie at startup. MacMAME will look for a movie called "MacMAME.mov" and will use it if found. We recommend the movie by Dave Dries which has been circulating around the 'net as it was specifically designed for this. [John Butler]
• Added some fixes for RAVE mode when using 16-bit video. [Brad Oliver]
• Many changes to the code to make it Carbon-compliant. There are still pieces which won't work under Carbon, but the bulk of what can be changed at this time has been. [John Butler, Brad Oliver]
• Added NSC805 PPC CPU core based off the 6800 core. [Aaron Giles]

• Added mahoudai. Fixed sound.
• Increase music tempo in raizing games.
• Fixed keypad input.
• Fixed non-removed dsw problem when changing games.
• Fixed %ebp trashing caused by gcc 2.95.2 (fixes several games).
• Added [General] no_cpu_check to raine.cfg (disable check_cpu in about window).
• Fixed pbobble2 missing sprites.
• listdsw option (hi ne7).

• EmuDX is progressing, albeit slowly and painfully, especially with my total lack of internet access at the right times.
• Here's the games we *should* see supported in the next release: PacMan, Ms. PacMan, Galaxian, Pengo, and Phoenix.
• There should also be an assortment of sound card options (for people with sblive in particular)
• There's also other stuff that is still in progress. I'm looking into what other games can be included easily now that the program structure has changed totally, giving us the ability to plug new games in, or at least better than before.
• If things go well, such as the pengo/phoenix graphics, then I want to get the first big EmuDX release in, along with the screensaver and theme for Windows before Christmas, but all that really relies on the availability of the improved graphics & sound in time. If this is not the case, it won't be available until after the new year.

• Added the following 17 playable games: Darius (alternate), Nastar Warrior, Gun Lock, Grid Seeker, Kuri Kinton (alternate), Ghox, Exzisus, Snow Bros (japanese), Snow Bros (alt 2), Arkanoid 2 (japanese), Makai Densetsu, Solitary Fighter, Shippu Mahou Daisakusen, Quiz sekai wa show by, Quiz Chikyu Bouei Gun, Football Champ and Euro Champ 92

Changes from Antiriad:

• Fixed memory trashing bug in layer toggle (caused crashes with f3 games).
• Added an option to save individual game display settings, but I don't like it (use save_game_screen_settings in raine.cfg).
• Added board numbers to all the games I have info for.
• Added cloneof information, for the rom merge tools that use it.
• Replaced roms/ziprom paths, now there are 4 paths, which are used for *both* roms and ziproms (instead of 3 for zipped, 3 for unzipped).
• Changed screenshot names. Now they are gamename_nnn.pcx. Yes, they are 'long' file names, if this is a problem (in real dos), see below...
• Added long_file_names switch in raine.cfg (disable for shrtflnm screenshots).
• Added rotation and flipping support in about 40% of games.
• Rotation options on command line/config file: -rotate n -no_rotate -flip n -no_flip (mame compatabilities: -rol -ror -flipx -flipy).
• Finally added zooming sprites in Ninja Kids, Growl (should of done it ages ago when I did the other games...).
• Now compiled with gcc 2.95.2 and allegro3927. Merged Sidewinder alt into a single driver.

Rom Changes:

• tatsujn2: tsj2rom2.bin is cut from 512kb to 256kb.
• Renamed Legend of Makaj -> Legend of Makai.

• added: multiple rebuilder sources support
• fixed: memory leak in unzip-inflating routine
• fixed: issue when using unzipped roms + games + check spelling
• misc: some changes in fix-name-confirmation-output
• misc: number of selected games is displayed in titlebar

• Fixed crashing bug with Pong. [Brad Oliver]
• Fixed issue where "Force 16-bit video" wasn't working. Note that not all drivers will render correctly if you force this depth, so report any oddities (we already know about Pong) to the appropriate message boards (URLs in the readme). [Brad Oliver]

Beta 10 new features:

• In sync with DOS beta 10. [Brad Oliver]
• Added some PPC assembly optimizations to the tms34010 core. [Aaron Giles]
• Fixed the workaround for RAVE video distortions under MacOS 9/OpenGL 1.1.2. [Brad Oliver]
• Added workaround for bug in InputSprocket 1.7.x and USB Gravis Gamepads. The 'dpad' need is broken on some USB devices (but not all), so I split it into 4 unique direction needs. [Brad Oliver]
• You can now set the creator type for the text files the reports generate. The default type is "R*ch" which is BBEdit. Find this by clicking on the "Options..." button in the front-end. [Brad Oliver]
• Many miscellaneous bug fixes and code cleanup. Additionally, the sample audit is disabled for this beta - it will return in the next release. [Brad Oliver]

• Galaxian now making good progress. The graphics renditions are almost complete, and are making their way albeit slowly into the main emulation engine. A Preliminary screenshot is available here
• Added Speedup cheats for Pacman & MsPacman
• Added support for more soundcards via -sound n option.

• In sync with DOS beta 10. [Brad Oliver]
• Added some PPC assembly optimizations to the tms34010 core. [Aaron Giles]
• Fixed the workaround for RAVE video distortions under MacOS 9/OpenGL 1.1.2. [Brad Oliver]
• Added workaround for bug in InputSprocket 1.7.x and USB Gravis Gamepads. The 'dpad' need is broken on some USB devices (but not all), so I split it into 4 unique direction needs. [Brad Oliver]
• You can now set the creator type for the text files the reports generate. The default type is "R*ch" which is BBEdit. Find this by clicking on the "Options..." button in the front-end. [Brad Oliver]
• Many miscellaneous bug fixes and code cleanup. Additionally, the sample audit is disabled for this beta - it will return in the next release. [Brad Oliver]

• Fixed in game music start position in Pacman.
• Fixed Ms Pacman sprite problem, which made mspacman look weird in certain poses.
• Added more command line switches.
• Added a "no dx" option, which can be changed on the fly between "DX" and "Original" modes.
• Transparency level of the ghosts can now be changed by the user via the -trans command line option.

• In sync with DOS beta 9.1. [Brad Oliver]
• Many bug fixes to the reporting and audit code. [John Butler]
• You can now force 16-bit color for all games via a new checkbox in the video tab of the front-end. Note that doing so for games which use less than 256 colors will most likely cause a speed hit. Games which require 16-bit color will use 16-bit color regardless of the setting. [Brad Oliver]
• Added extremely tacky workaround for bugs in the ATi RAVE drivers in MacOS 9 and/or OpenGL 1.1.2. {Brad Oliver]
• Added keyboard shortcut for grabbing screenshots - Command-G. Thanks for George Warner for the suggestion. [Brad Oliver]
• Synced in some MESS-specific changes. [Dennis Munsie]

• added: drag & drop support for the rebuilder
• misc: rebuilder speed increase (esp. when skipping files :o))
• misc: CMPro can create the destination rebuilder folder
• misc: Some things about legal usage of ClrMamePro

[romlist]
gun_lock = 86420

• parser update for some retrocade datfiles
• neogeo bios roms (neogeo.zip) can be put in the mame-main-folder, too

• Moved over from Marat's Z80 core to use Neil Bradley's Awesome MZ80. (Thanks to Neil himself!)
• Speed improvements due to cpu core change of 200% and up!
• "HIGH SCORE" & "CREDIT" now displayed properly (due to cpu core change)
• New sound effects implemented.
• Recieved lots of sound effects and music in the mail, which sound REALLY good in-game.
• Preliminary Galxian Support now in progress, joining Phoenix and MsPacMan on the EMUDX page
• Want to help? Phoenix needs some nice new graphics more so than any of the other games, so if you are interested, get in touch

• added: zip options (Strict Scanner, No Messages)
• added: scanresults can be copied to Windows-Clipboard
• fixed: two very important create-0-crcs issues
• fixed: some rebuilder-stopping issues
• fixed: some minor ScanProgressWindow related things
• fixed: some minor ScanResultWindow related things
• misc: ListinfoError-Dialogs can be stopped
• misc: better import-data-check
• misc: GUI changes (no more 'hidden' menus, new icons, etc.)
• misc: warning message for Merger

• In sync with DOS beta 7. [Brad Oliver]
• Many changes to the audit options, and the audit settings are now saved. [John Butler]
• Brought the 680x PPC cores inline with their DOS counterparts. [Aaron Giles]
• Fixed problem with Nemesis & related games rendering improperly in software mode. [Brad Oliver]

• A decently fast computer with a serial port capable of supporting 9600 baud (probably any Pentium or better will work).
• Windows 95/98/NT or x86 Linux. (Source code is available to easily port to other platforms!)
• The Dragon's Lair or Space Ace ROM images
• A Dragon's Lair or Space Ace Laserdisc
• A Laserdisc player that is compatible with the Sony LDP-1450 instruction set.
• A null-modem serial cable. (To interface with an LDP-1450 your serial cable will need a male 25-pin RS-232 connector on one end.)

• added: (advanced) fix missing option (a.k.a. add roms)
• added: rebuilder subfolder switch (a.k.a. no recursive rebuild)
• added: rebuilder remove-all-rebuilt-files-from-source switch
• added: optional creation of a rebuilder-logfile
• added: support for zipfiles with 'authentic verification' tags
• added: always-on-top-option for scan-results window
• added: five seconds timeout for lengthfix operation
• added: tooltips
• fixed: some current directory issues when using relative paths
• fixed: selecting a game without wildcards doesn't select it
• fixed: rebuilder doesn't stop in all cases when pressing stop
• fixed: some minor gui related issues
• misc: all files in backupfolder will be zipped
• misc: backuped files aren't restored automatically anymore Use the 'fix missing' option instead. (add the backupfolder to the 'add-paths' list)
• misc: small rebuilder speed-up when rebuilding ~crcs + 0crcs
• misc: new font for statistics dialog
• misc: renamed exe and documentation file

"At MARP, the MAME Action Replay Page, the 1st Tournament has just ended, after 3 months in which 34 players challenged in 12 games (2020 Super Baseball, Bomb Jack, Combat School, Discs of Tron, Galaga, Gyruss, Lock 'n' Chase, Money Puzzle Exchanger, Mr. Do's Wild Ride, Pang3 (panic mode), Us vs Them, Zzyzzyxx). The tournament had 2 winners (a 1st place tie at 366 points between BeeJay and JoustGod), followed by Brian McLean (362), Cicca (341) and Q.T.Quazar (335). It is now possible to vote for the next tournament 10 games, under the "tournament" section, or join the 2nd Tournament starting on Nov, 1st. On the Marp site is also possible to download the games recordings, view statistics, discuss in the board, or just partecipate to the regular MARP contest."

• Ghosts now have transparency
• Backdrop support for intermission screens
• "dots" now have lighting effects
• Text colours fixed to the new graphics
• Improved fruit graphics, such as the strawberry and the bell

• In sync with DOS beta 6. [Aaron Giles]
• Fixed bug in the Z80 core which affected sounds in Jungle King. [John Butler]
• Renamed some files/targets. [Aaron Giles]
• Fixed problem with game window occasionally downsizing to 1x1. [John Butler]