MAME's little brother, MESS, was updated to version 0.87. Here is what is new in this version:
- System Driver Changes:
- [APPLE1] Added natural keyboard support.
- [AMSTRAD] M6845 changes; the Backtro demo now runs.
- [MICROBEE,EXIDY,VTECH] Implemented a binary quickload device. (bug #599)
- [NESPAL] Fixed a major slowdown that only affected the PAL version of the NES driver. (bug #457)
- [VTECH1] Fixed '*' and '+' keys on natural keyboard.
User Interface Changes: - [Windows] Fixed a regression that prevented all customize input, analog controls and configuration dialogs from working on Win95/Win98/WinME.
- [Windows GUI] Fixed a problem in hash calculation in which UnmapViewOfFile() was not properly being called. (bug #584)
- [Windows GUI] ZIP paths prefixed with ./ will now have the ./ ignored.
Source Changes: - The core is based on MAME 0.87. This incorporates all features of the update to this core.
- Major changes to the IODevice structure; made major changes to how they are initialized and iterated. The new technique should be much more maintainable in the long run.
- Hash tags in hash file now can specify a 'type' attribute that indicates what device type to which any given entry pertains.