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Visual PinMAME v3.3 has been released.

What's New:

Version 3.3 (December 24th, 2020) - "20 years already?"
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Compiling for iOS is now possible.
Also a new platform independent lib/dll is now available with a new, simple interface to request (some of) the internal data.
Fix -listxml for strings that contain embedded tags
pinPROC : updated library; VS2019 build
YAML-cpp: updated to 0.6.3; VS2019 build
Updated LISY support to 5.26-41 (Linux for Gottlieb System1 & System80, Bally, Atari, Williams and "HOme" Pinballs)
Added VGM file output support for AY8910, OKI6295, OKI6376, QSound, SAA1099, YM2151, YM2203, YMF262(OPL3), YM3526, YM3812, Y8950, and SN7648/9X (unsure about the mappings for these latter ones though!) sound chips
Either use -vgmwrite on the commmand line (PinMAME)
or select it in the game options (this requires a restart though, as VGM output requires to track everything)
PinMAME(32): Added an Automatic Sound Dump functionality:
Started via F6 (instead of the Recording function via F5) and
skips automatically to the next sound / creates a new file (in the wave subdir) if there is no sound at all anymore (silence) or the length reaches 4mins.
The dump stops automatically after soundcommand 0xFF (=max 256 overall generated sounds).
There is also an altsound CSV created with the dumps. This one can be
altered with lucky1s Altsound Editor.

** CORE/CPU **
Improved Atari Generation 1 sound emulation, rewritten similar to the style of the Gen 2 one
Tweaks to Atari Generation 2 emulation, too
Added Regama driver
Wicos Af-Tor fully working now
Sped up Video Dens games, found more dip switches, switch test, saving NVRAM
E.F.O. sound board mostly working - a strange issue with IRQ concurrency remains which sometimes causes a sound hangup
Sound support for early LTD system III
More sound found for LTD system 4 (extra lamp data is handled by sound chip port write!)
Inverted sound bits for early Playmatic games, tone frequencies left as noted in the schematics though, seem a little off
More solenoids found for LTDs Force & Haunted Hotel
More lamps found for LTDs Space Poker
Increased IRQ for LTD system III, helps with ball detection in outhole
Corrected CPU clock for Peyper / Sonic games, helps speeding up Gamatron game start
Doubled ZC frequency for Joctronic games, saving NVRAM
Enabled coin settings on early Playmatic games
Support 4-solenoid stepper motor mech used by High Roller Casino, Starship Troopers, and Playboy
Fixed 8085A DSUB instruction for the H register
Fixed some bugs in the TMS9995 emulation concerning port data writes / decrementer / CRU, NSM working now
Make color/brightness mappings of Data East 128x16 DMDs match the real hardware
Fix an old regression of Alvin G. solenoids not firing consistently (most notably breaking Mystery Castle)
Improve DMD timings for the Sega 192x64 DMD, matching the real one more closely (also a slight improvement for the DE/Sega/Stern 128x32 ones)
Improve IRQ timings of Sys3/4/6/7/11, DE and the Sega 192x64 DMD-machines
Change switch writing of DE and Sega 192x64 DMD-machines
Improve DMD timings for the Williams/Bally machines, leading to less flicker/wrong brightness on the early ones (e.g. T2 attract mode)
Improve sound filtering of Flash Gordon, Xenon and all Williams/Bally DCS machines, matching the real one more closely
Improve timings for GTS80 machines, especially for Rack em up until Tag-Team (1983-85 era)
Stabilized solenoids 16, 31, and 32 on GamePlan machines
Loosen up "fast flips" check for Starship Troopers
Fix init error (for example corrupted first song) for YM2151 (older Williams/Bally and others)
Slightly improve YM2151 noise (older Williams/Bally and others)
Slightly improve overall YM2203, YM3526, YM3812, Y8950 emulation (older Alvin G. and others)
Improve SAA1099 emulation (E.F.O.)
Switch Votrax/SC01 emulation over to real simulation core (some GTS80(A)s and Taitos)
Correct handling of Gottlieb System 1 displays (thanks to bontango)
Got Goofy Hoops working as some schematics showed up, illustrating how useful such documents are!
Make Williams Flash L-1 and T-1 use the Sys6 board (as these are newer than the yellow flipper based L-2)

*** SIMULATOR ***
Demolition Man: Added lamp layout, simulated all major shots (except maybe a weak car crash shot), the elevator and cryoclaw mechanism, along with the right ramp diverter that feeds it, and enabled the Buy-In button (also demonstrates how to show P1-P4 scores at all times)

*** ROM SUPPORT ***
Atari: Middle Earth (alternate)
Atari: Middle Earth (Prototype or German) - bad dump, not working
Bally: Scotts Test ROM (version 8 )
Christian Tabart: Grand 8, Le (using Gottlieb "Panthera" ROM, and its own sound board)
Christian Tabart: Sahara Love (using Gottlieb "Sinbad" ROM, and its own sound board)
Data East: Leon Test Chip (version 4)
Data East: Michael Jordan 1.30
Illinois Pinball: Pool Player 1.0 (based on Capcom hardware/similar to Breakshot)
Jac van Ham: Formula 1
Jac van Ham: Ice Mania
NSM: Cosmic Flash
NSM: Games, The
Regama: Trebol
Sonic: Storm
Sport Matic: Flashman
Taito do Brasil: Football (sound ROMs only)
Williams/Jess Askey: Spellbinder

Correct Dumps:
Atari: Airborne Avenger (using 20252 sound PROM)
Atari: Atarians, The (using 07028 sound PROM)
Atari: Middle Earth (using 20252 sound PROM)
Atari: Time 2000 (using 07028 sound PROM)
Bally: Doctor Who P-5, P-6 (using SP-4 U18 sound ROM); also L-2, D-2 (using SL-2 U18 sound ROM)
Bally: Flash Gordon (Free Play) (using English sound ROMs)
Bally: Twilight Zone P-3, P-4 (using later U14 and U15 sound ROMs, only PA-1 uses SP-1 sound)
LTD: Time Machine (4 players) - confirmed that currently supported ROMs are correct
Micropin: Pentacup (rev. 2, 8085A hardware)
Sega: Baywatch 4.00 (Dutch) (using A4.00 display ROMs)
Williams: Pokerino (correct sound PROM)

Clones:
Addams Family, The L-5C (competition MOD) (updated with LED Ghost Fix)
Ator (2 bumpers)
Baywatch 2.01 (French)
Bigfoot R0.1e (FreeWPC based rewrite of White Water)
Big Game (MOD rev. 7 & 8 )
Brave Team (Free Play)
Canasta 86 (Free Play)
Cheetah (Blue cabinet Bonus shot 1/ball)
Cirqus Voltaire (D.52 Prototype w/ support for old Ringmaster voice) - sound ROMs missing however
Clown (Inder, Free Play)
Corsario (Free Play)
Creature from the Black Lagoon L-4C (competition MOD) (updated with LED Ghost Fix)
Demolition Man LX-4C (competition MOD) (updated and also now includes LED Ghost Fix)
Demolition Man H-6C (competition MOD) (updated)
Dragonfist (MOD 3 rev. 1105 & 1109)
Flight 2000 (modified rules rev. 3335 & modified rules + sound rev. 3347)
Flintstones, The LX-3
Funhouse (Prototype System 11 Sound ROMs)
Iron Man 1.85,1.86(+Vault Editions)
Junk Yard 1.2C (competition MOD) (updated)
Jurassic Park 3.05 (misses the matching display ROM though)
Lap By Lap (Free Play)
Laser Ball L-2 (PROM Sound)
Last Action Hero 1.04 (French), 1.07
Lethal Weapon 2.04 (English), also 3.00, 3.01 (unofficial MODs)
Lord of the Rings, The 3.00
Meteor (Bonus Count and Sound Fix)
Meteor (Bonus Count Fix, MOD, Free Play rev. 64 & 65)
Meteor (Bonus Count Fix, MOD, 7-Digit, Free Play rev. 74 & 75)
Moon Light (Free Play)
Mundial 90 (Free Play)
Nine Ball (Ball handling MOD beta18)
Nitro Groundshaker (7-digit conversion with siren patch)
Oba-Oba (old hardware)
Pin-Bot J-1 (PEMBOT (no relation))
Pool Sharks LA-7C (competition MOD) (updated)
Raid, The (alternate set)
Space Train (old hardware)
Spider-Man 1.02 (English, French)
Star Trek 25th Anniversary 3.00 (unofficial MOD)
Star Wars 1.01
Strange Science rev. C (which makes this the newest we have )
Striker Xtreme 1.00 (Italian)
Theatre of Magic 1.3XC (competition MOD) (updated)
Trident (MOD rev. 23c)
Twilight Zone L-5, LA-9 (aka PAPA Tournament Version 9.0)
WHO Dunnit 1.2 (Elevator text fix), 1.2 (German Sound / Elevator text fix)
World Cup Soccer 0.62b (FreeWPC based rewrite)

Removed Clones:
Atari: Atarians, The (MOD working bootleg) - the original ROMs work fine after latest emulation patches

*** VPM ***
New logos by tictox
If you create a VPMAlias.txt file in the VPinMAME folder, it will alias an input rom name to the specified (real) rom. Format example:
"mytallica,mtl_180hc"
"myacdc,acd_170hc"
This can be used to allow to use different PUP or DOF profiles per game (for reskins and such).
Fix the additional .raw/non-averaged file output dumping of GTS3 DMDs
Add Data East alphanumeric support to the builtin alternate sound file support (Sound Mode 1) (only briefly tested though, please report non-working machines)

Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/pinmame/files/pinmame/3.3/VPinMAME33_Minimal.zip/download

Download (alternate): https://www.vpforums.org/index.php?app=downloads&showfile=11571

Source: https://sourceforge.net/p/pinmame/code/HEAD/tree/