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Some other highlights worth noting for 2023

on Apr 2

New working systems
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Space Micon Kit [Dillweed, smf]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/91046f0a2f8571e52a64246e3720bf1e4b0b928e

on Apr 23

New working machines
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Burger Kids (Japan) [Phil Bennett]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/bd3ca95831945c95634165ad812b4b27d9e3db1c

on May 4

chd: Add dvd support. better abstraction in general, multi-image supp…
…ort in arcade-type drivers

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/28104cdbdfc39b0ced6411381ffb074772dce345

on May 7 more Konami Pop’n Music series playable

konami/firebeat: Update pop'n music to use DVD CHDs + add clones for …
…popnanm and popnanm2 to allow for working license and expire license modes

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/8f05076b076adf494509d1ae5cbd2a6a07b25afa

on Jun 3 Votrax speech output considered good.

votrax: It's more than good enough to remove the flag

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/afd157a5e49de6827c756d88a55e7a23e7b8034d

on Jun 20

Cdg turbosub - Add new romsets for TurboSub and add start inputs back…
… to new prototype

* Added TSB8 TurboSub prototype driver and added inputs back that were needed

* Added TurboSub entry to mame.lst

* Changed new turbosub ROM set name to more accurately reflect version

* Tweaked inputs for new TurboSub TSB8

* Added remaining TurboSub romsets and checksums

* IO_PORT cleanup and resolved spacing issues in ROM and driver areas

* Fixed the rest of the spacing issues

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/be908cd44283ec9e826f93fdd241509809c043f6

Aug 16, 2023

Systems promoted to working
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Derby Quiz My Dream Horse (Japan, MDH1/VER.A2)
Kaiun Quiz (Japan, KW1/VER.A)

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/cf309d3fbc2aa644a020e88266e0e8548f143fe8

on Aug 17

midway/williams.cpp: Added support for Sinistar cockpit sound.
New working clones
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Sinistar (revision 2, cockpit) [SynaMax]
Sinistar (revision 3, cockpit) [SynaMax]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/1c09558bcb5c0621f4fc7838f13e5d08d609186e

on Sep 9

sound: add configurable speaker panning

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/688d6e212814ad041c2d382020bf320c2dafabbf

on Sep 18

New working machines
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Fishing Maniac 2+ [Phil Bennett, system11]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/e952f16a0d6fe17034f9eebc0142d28bbe767bb8

Nov 8, 2023

New working clones
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Astro Fighter (Taito) [David Bosque, ClawGrip]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/dea78adc32a25b97527f6fe970284a7a16731ae0

on Nov 16, 2023

New working systems
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Fengyun Hui [Guru, Dyq, little0]

New working clones
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Pili Shen Deng [Guru, Dyq, little0]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/3bc0a56edb95fbb57c3499b420d3b6352797c332

Various updates from Kale

Better understanding of dedicated version of Pro Golf RMW routines fixed the map display, matching the Cassette version.

https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=122876#Post122876

Sega Fortune Wheel doing something by fixing ROM bank (and hacking what it seems to be comms with the Wheel CPU)

https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=122878#Post122878

Looking at taito/sbmjb.cpp I realized it uses the same opto stuff as pkspirit/taito_o so added it.
sbmjb & bubbroul are now playable (I guess they errors out if payout is selected).
honooinv seems to require extra inputs so it keeps failing after some time

https://forums.bannister.org/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=122898#Post122898

Also other updates of games from various files shown with work from either Kale or Robbie.

snk/dmndrby.cpp
taito/smbjb.cpp

And Kale only.

konami/viper.cpp
xtom3d.cpp

And Jaleco Megasys updates.

on Nov 21, 2023

-jaleco/megasys1.cpp: Dumped I/O microcontroller for 64th. Street - A…
… Detective Story.

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/11b8f8af4c6ec0f062aefabf6fb54b13dbb603c5

As for non coinop items maybe worth adding?

on Oct 27, 2023

sega/sega_beena.cpp: Emulated Advanced Pico BEENA

Systems promoted to working
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Sega Advanced Pico BEENA

New non-working systems
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Sega TV Ocha-Ken

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/ba621ec24df739b7fc11f8b8a32bda2b7ec653e9

on Dec 10, 2023

Systems promoted to working
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Mahjong Raijinhai DX (Ver. D105) [Recreativos Piscis]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/000c31fae55296ae3a853f2ffbe44a6d46dc7a3a

on Dec 17, 2023

efo/cidelsa.cpp: Add Cidelsa's "Altair II"

New working machine
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Altair II [Basilio García, Recreativas.org]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/e2f6f61f0c8cf21ddb788f8060905cff0aef93fb

Anyway more updates likely happening on Haze’s page later.

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A part from Haze’s page of 2023 – A Big Year for Arcade Progress worth noting….

https://mamedev.emulab.it/haze/2023-twenty-twenty-three/

…mentions the auto racing game which the pcb in the photo was likely the pcb the roms originated from.

Electronic Devices, then Elettronica VideoGames

https://www.tilt.it/deb/edevg-en.html

Mortal Race (Ecogames)

Like Steel Force, this game was made by two Spanish companies: Ecogames SL (production) and New Dream Games (programming). An unit distributed with the Elettronica Videogames brand has never been seen, so it is not included in the list, but the name is clearly read on the PCB.

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on Jun 18

edevices/stlforce.cpp: Added Mortal Race

New working systems
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Mortal Race [Museo del Recreativo, David Haywood, ClawGrip]

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/c410ceeb2a653872ab18ce37e8a6b28a033d6126
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When Top Driving did show up, a lot of people recognized it as looking very similar to a game we did know about, but had never located. That game, going by the title Mortal Race was said to run on the same hardware as Steel Force, not the Proyesel board powering Top Driving. Digging through the ROMs to Top Driving also showed that a title logo for Mortal Race was present, but there was no code to use it, deepening the mystery.
Not long after, a board for Mortal Race did show up, and it was indeed running on Steel Force hardware, and the copyright display shows the original developer of the game, New Dream Games, rather than Proyesel, suggesting Proyesel had no hand in this version. It also has significantly different gameplay, with a stronger focus on the rally aspect, rather than racing other vehicles, additional set pieces in the tracks, and even an additional vehicle and set of tracks. It is not clear which game was released first.
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Good to know both versions of the auto racing game emulated.

Edited by gregf (01/03/24 04:50 AM)