Hi! I have compiled a list of ideas you can use to brainstorm your adventures.

Heroes'/Antagonist's Goals

Stories are fundamentally about problem solving. The problems usually come from the mix of two sources:

The Heroes strive to achieve a goal, and struggle to overcome challenges and obstacles on their path (often created by the Villain).
Villain wants something, and players are trying to disrupt their evil plan.

Whatever goal the Heroes have - the Villain will have the opposite one (and vice versa). You can start from the either side. Give the goal to the Players ("Obtain a valuable item"), and the Villain will want the opposite ("Obtain the item first"). Give the goal to the Villain ("Perform an Evil Ritual") and the players will want the opposite ("Stop the Evil Ritual"). The only difference is the motivation, Heroes want things for noble reasons, Villains want them for evil ones. If you'll be using the goal for the villain - just put an evil spin on it.
List of goals you can use for either Heroes or Villains:

Obtain McGuffin/Information.

Players and antagonist compete for the same item (be the first to the pirate treasure.) Players are trying to prevent antagonist from getting an item (Prevent a villain from getting a powerful dark artifact.) Get the pirate treasure, the lost crystal of Atlantis, your stolen belongings. Obtain a treasure map, secret codes, powerful spell, find Villain's only weakness.

Win a competition / prevent the other side from winning.

Win the race around the world. Win a mock-war between adventuring parties. Win a Quidditch game.

Seize power.

Evil Vizier wants to replace the king and players need to prevent that. Evil King is in charge and players need to overthrow him. The King has died and both sides want to be the next King.

Kill a Person.

Heroes: Kill the villain, a vampire/werewolf/basilisk, all the baddies in the area. Stop a serial killer. Villain: Kill the heroes, kill people to drink their blood or to satisfy violent urges.

Kill a Creature.

Heroes: Kill a monster. Villain: Kill an innocent creature.

Destroy an Item.

Destroy a doomsday device, the ring of power, a piece of blackmail.

Destroy a Target.

An enemy base, a castle, a ship, close a portal.

Protect a Person.

Save the person being targeted for an assassination. Save the family being harassed by criminals.

Protect a Creature.

Save the endangered creature from the hunter.

Guard an Item.

Someone is planning to steal the priceless diamonds during the party, stop them.

Kidnap a Person.

Heroes: Capture an enemy general to gain strategic information. Antagonist: Abduct a person for ransom or sacrificial ritual.

Rescue a Person.

Heroes: Rescue hostages, save the kidnapped princess. Recover a soldier behind enemy lines during a war. Break someone out of jail, or liberate a prisoner en route to prison.

Steal an Item/Information/Creature.

Rob a train/zeppelin/caravan with the treasure. Intercept a valuable message passed to the enemy.

Invade a Location.

Overtake a city, a castle, ship. Plan for an attack on the evil citadel. Compete for control of the territory. You have conquered a kingdom, defeat the remaining groups running guerrilla warfare against you.

Defend a Location.

Prepare the city to repel the enemies/monsters. Your town/building/ship has been captured and overtaken by enemies, survive under siege, and liberate it.

Escort a Person/Creature.

Deliver a prisoner to jail. Escort a bratty princess to the boarding school. Escort a caravan with the treasure.

Deliver an Item/Information.

Transport valuable treasure. Deliver a valuable intel to the central command before the enemy strikes. Deliver the ring of power to Mount Doom.

Track down, chase and capture a Person.

Capture the criminal/runaway. Bounty-hunters. Find a missing person. Find out what happened to the lost expedition. Find the only wizard who knows how to lift a curse.

Track down, chase and capture a Creature.

Capture a zombie to prove they exist. Capture a unique creature for research.

Escape.

Escape the pursuit of the law. Help a wrongly convicted to escape. Escape an ambush. Hide a person from danger. A massive assassins guild is trying to kill you, stay alive until dawn. Break out of prison.

Resolve conflict.

Broker peace between warring nations, families, factions of nobles, King and Queen, fighting giants.

Cause conflict.

Start a war, pit people/factions against each other.

Investigate a Mystery.

Solve a murder or a theft. Uncover a mysterious plot and understand who is behind it. Supernatural mystery. Understand what is causing the strange/weird events. Understand what happened in the abandoned/deserted city. Find out someone's dark secret, expose a corrupt official, find evidence to convict someone.

Uncover a conspiracy.

Find a spy/mole, prevent a convert mission from taking place.

Commit a stealthy Heist and don't get caught.

A covert crime, a ninja mission, a terrorist act. Enter and leave a heavily-guarded building without getting noticed.

Frame someone for a crime.

A business competitor, a nation.

Infiltrate and Spy.

Go undercover in the criminal gang. Blend in with the nobles to poison the King.

Enforce.

Enforce the law, collect debts, force a person to do something they don't want.

Clear the name.

Prove your or someone else's innocence. Convince the angry mob that the woman they're planning to execute is not a witch.

Perform a task.

Complete a ritual/experiment, build a weapon, open portal, resurrect/summon/awaken something.

Sabotage a task.

Prevent a ritual from taking place, prevent weapon from being built, prevent a terrorist act.

Diplomacy, Influence, and Negotiations.

Compete for the lady's heart, compete to convince the King to take a different course of action. Bribe/manipulate/intimidate a corrupt official into doing what you want. Try to close a business deal or prevent it from being closed. Play cupid. Make two quarreling people fall in love with each other. Find a lonely person/creature a girlfriend.

Persuade groups of people.

Brainwash and manipulate groups of people into doing your bidding, liberate brainwashed people. Free the town from the mind control spell. Convince enemy soldiers to defect to your side. Free a person from the influence of a sinister cult.

Run and improve a society/group/organization.

Run a kingdom, village, sports team, team of agents, organization, business. Raise morale, lower the crime, stop witch hunts, deal with corruption.

Explore a dangerous location. Survive/avoid environmental dangers, overcome environmental obstacles.

Think of the place itself as the “villain”, it is a monster without HP that "wants" to hurt players or drain their resources, and has certain powers to accomplish that. Traps, cave-ins, lava eruptions, rock-slides, avalanche, collapsing buildings, impenetrable mist, wild animals, dangerous/poisonous flora, falling into a pit, getting lost, etc. Climb a mountain, get through a swamp, quick sand,thin ice, wild magic area. Open an ancient gate. Retrieve an item from the bottom of the lake.

Survive wilderness or a hazardous environment and find a way back home.

Get stranded in the desert, an island, an alien land, becalmed or in a storm. Help other people survive a natural disaster (storm, earthquake, flood, meteor), a war zone.

Scavenger hunt. Collect several items from scattered locations.

Potion ingredients for a witch, parts of an engine that were scattered during crash landing.

Win a war.

Lead an army against enemy general, against rival mob boss or a cowboy gang.

Defeat a horde or a swarm, clear out an infestation.

Rats in the basement, wolves in the forest, Zombies, Aliens. Could be impossible to kill them one by one, and must be done with a ritual, destroying the mothership, smashing the necromancer's amulet, lifting an ancient curse, placating the restless spirits, activating the ancient defense mechanisms.

Incite rebellion/mutiny.
Put down rebellion/mutiny.
Prepare an ambush, set up traps to make the location impossible to pass.
Train a novice, keep a noble person safe while they go on adventure.
Act as an experimental subject for a crazy scientist/wizard.

Creating multiple unique adventures from the same goal

Here's the list of ways to create dozens of unique adventure ideas based on the same goal:

Switch players/antagonist sides.

Players try to get away with a crime instead of investigating it.

Reverse the goal.

Smuggle/Plant an item instead of stealing it. Close the portal instead of opening it. Banish the creature instead of summoning it.

Use a different target - person, creature, item, information, location/base.

Destroy an item instead of killing a person. Abduct a person instead of stealing the treasure. Protect a secret instead of the location. Chase a lost pet instead of the criminal.

Change "do it for yourself" to "help other people".

Don't get murdered - prevent a murder. Steal an item - create a distraction while someone else steals it. Get away with the crime - help someone else to get away with the crime.

Add restrictions/complications.

Make it stealthy (commit a heist instead of robbery). Avoid violence (capture a person alive instead of killing them). Achieve the goal by social means (ruin the person's reputation instead of killing them). Do it before the rivals do it first. See the list of complications for more ideas.

Combine multiple goals.

Deliver an item while on the run from the law. Sabotage a ritual to rescue a person. Infiltrate a group to steal an item. Solve a mystery to be able to find a lost person.

Add different subgoals, put different challenges/obstacles in the way.

Get through the dangerous location instead of an elaborate security system. Obtain information about the villain's weakness instead of the only weapon that can kill them. Convince a witness to talk instead of following the trail of footsteps. The object is difficult to deliver because it's being hunted by bandits, or because the terrain is dangerous and inhospitable, or because it's large and fragile, or because it's a criminal trying to escape, or because it's cattle you need to keep alive, or because it's a bratty princess who doesn't want to go to school. See the List of Challenges and List of Villain's Moves for more ideas.

Use different concrete details - High Concept Premise, Settings, NPCs, McGuffins, etc.

Steal the Elixir of Youth from the unicorn instead of stealing the Aztec gold from the Spanish Galleon. Steal an item from a dream instead of casino. Escort a dragon instead of a prisoner. Escape from Jurassic Park instead of the prison. Fight a self righteous paladin instead of the bandit gang leader.

Use different motivations.

Kill a person out of revenge instead of for money. Resurrect your loved one instead of summoning a demon. Compete for the heart of the lady instead of the treasure.

High Concept Premises

"High Concept" ideas are creative premises, interesting "What if?" scenarios. They will put your players into fantastical and unusual situations. You can use them as a starting point for your adventure - pick a High Concept idea, and see which interesting problems/goals it can generate, or just combine it with one of the goals from the list above.

Being shrunk to a tiny size, maybe put into a person's/creature's body. (Honey I shrunk the Kids, Ant Man, Anatomy Park).
Switching bodies (Freaky Friday).
Time Travel. Time loop (Groundhog Day).
Adventure taking place in a dream, illusion, virtual reality, computer game, a TV show (Inception, Ready Player One, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Matrix, Jumanji).
Deal with the Devil.
Animals/creatures gain sentience/intelligence.
Open portal to another world, a parallel dimension, an alternate timeline (Mist, Stargate, Another Earth).
A baby monster. An alien/dragon egg. A boy and his robot.
Body Snatchers, Brain Slugs - parasites that control your mind.
Shapeshifter - person/monster that can assume any form.
Evil Twins of the Heroes.
Hive mind. Creatures telepathically united into one consciousness. Assimilating other creatures.
Traditionally evil guys are good and vice versa (Shrek, Descendants, Megamind, Suicide Squad).
Memory wiping, altering, transplanting (Morty's Mind-Blowers, Memento.)
Possession / Mind Control (RoboCop, Captain America: Civil War.)
A mysterious magic force has created a zone where the laws of physics and magic have been warped (Annihilation, Stalker)
Befriend a creature (ET, How to Train your Dragon, Ratatouille, Astro Kid, Pokemon).
Post-apocalypse, aftermath of a disaster (Fallout, The Day After Tomorrow, Resident Evil).
Artificial Intelligence, sentient construct (Terminator, Wall-E, Avengers:The Age of Ultron).
An accident causes captive dinosaurs/monsters/demons/zombies escape (Jurassic Park).
Love Potion. Succubus.
Don't go below the speed limit - if you stop moving a person dies or a bomb explodes (Speed, Crank, The X-Files "Drive" episode).
A plague/disease/epidemic with unusual effects (fear of open spaces, rage, horniness, loss of one of the senses, wild magic / people to lose magic). It can be transmitted by magic, when infected casters target other casters with a spell.
Dangerous/violent plants.
An inanimate object comes to life.
Raising undead to return a loved one back to life.
You become God to race of tiny creatures.
Change age - turn into kids or old people.
Covert stealthy alien invasion.
A person turned into an animal.
A threat you forget about once you stop looking at it.
Infohazards.
Common animals are being turned savage (and giant) by a rogue magical effect (maybe an evil druid), and the party has to contain the destruction that they cause while trying to find a solution.
Magic is fading / going wild and unpredictable.
Superman goes genocidal. Defeat a being of incredible power, without it finding out that you're after it.
An ancient civilization is long gone, only a single robot/golem/computeweapon is still functioning.
Heroes are isolated in a confined environment with a monster.(Alien)
A location is occupied by enemies/monsters/terrorists, heroes are the only ones who escaped from being taken hostage. (Die Hard in a village, on a ship, on a zeppelin, on a train, in a magic school, in a King's castle).
A powerful monster begins killing people in the area (Tremors: Jaws in a desert).
Set in a world where the evil overlord has won.
The evil adventuring party.
Deadly game show / competition.
A location (small town, building, ship) is suddenly trapped underneath an impenetrable dome.
Someone from our world is stuck in fantasy.
A dangerous child (has faulty psychic powers, prophesied to be a devil, youngling of a dangerous monster)
Two huge powers (monsters, giants, powerful mages, armies) fight each other, causing a lot of collateral damage.
A large number of cursed or dangerous magical items have been sold or distributed to an unsuspecting populace (Friday the 13th series, Warehouse 13)
First Contact with a sentient race (Arrival, Alien Nation, Contact, District 9, Star Trek, V series)
Magic is fading / going wild and unpredictable.
Space ship crashing in middle ages.
Magic items (or maybe just some magic items) become secretly sentient and drive around their owners while they are asleep.
An ancient evil is very slowly rising out of the ground and waking up. People need to hurry to figure out how to make it go away or else assemble a team strong enough to kill it when it awakes.
The entire population of a town seemingly disappeared but in fact dug underground secret caves and is reverting to animal tendencies.
The party comes across a mysterious artifact, it melds with/into the first party member to touch it, granting them incredible powers but also changes their consciousness.
A long lost civilization is rising back up from the sea.
The local ruler may have been replaced by a doppelganger, but nobody wants to risk their neck to find out for sure.
Act as an experimental subject for a crazy scientist/wizard.
Creatures from video games, stories, paintings, come to life.
Spell/artifact/curse that prevents the whole town from being able to lie.
Space ship / UFO crashing in middle ages.
Duplication powers, making clones.
Ancient/Lost Civilization. Atlantis.
Gigantic Monster (Godzilla, Cloverfield, King Kong, Kaiju).
Superheroes/Supervillains.
Ghosts, haunted house/village. Restless spirits that need to be placated.
Zombies.
Vampires.
Ninjas.
Secret society/cult.
Underground civilization.
Underwater adventure. Merefolk.
Adventure set in a world where the forces of good won a little too well. Where the people in charge are all Lawful Good and have no tolerance for anything else. Tyranny of the traditionally good creatures like celestials, paladins, etc. The slightest misstep can cause a person to be 'disappeared'.

Use the Adventure Writing Template to help you develop these goals into a complete adventure.
See the List of Challenges, List of Complications, and List of Villain's Moves for more ideas on what challenges/obstacles the players will need to overcome on their path to the goal.
See the list of fun Fantasy Settings I have collected.
For interesting ideas for a Villain:

Take the personality from a TV/Movie character that you like, but make them evil. Adapt them to fantasy (Evil Steampunk Iron Man). Combine the traits from several characters (Legolas with the personality of Spider Man, John Snow with the personality of Jack Sparrow), or reverse their gender or a key personality trait (female Dr. Octavius, cheerful Batman).
For their appearance - find an illustration on ArtStation, Pinterest, or /ImaginaryCharacters. If the appearance is very different from the movie character you have based their personality on - even better.

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A Big list of Adventure Ideas - Heroes'/Antagonist's Goals, High Concept Premises, and a list of ways to generate dozens of unique adventure ideas based on the same goal.

Hi! I have compiled a list of ideas you can use to brainstorm your adventures.

Heroes'/Antagonist's Goals

Stories are fundamentally about problem solving. The problems usually come from the mix of two sources:

The Heroes strive to achieve a goal, and struggle to overcome challenges and obstacles on their path (often created by the Villain).
Villain wants something, and players are trying to disrupt their evil plan.

Obtain McGuffin/Information.

Players and antagonist compete for the same item (be the first to the pirate treasure.) Players are trying to prevent antagonist from getting an item (Prevent a villain from getting a powerful dark artifact.) Get the pirate treasure, the lost crystal of Atlantis, your stolen belongings. Obtain a treasure map, secret codes, powerful spell, find Villain's only weakness.

Win a competition / prevent the other side from winning.

Win the race around the world. Win a mock-war between adventuring parties. Win a Quidditch game.

Seize power.

Evil Vizier wants to replace the king and players need to prevent that. Evil King is in charge and players need to overthrow him. The King has died and both sides want to be the next King.

Kill a Person.

Heroes: Kill the villain, a vampire/werewolf/basilisk, all the baddies in the area. Stop a serial killer. Villain: Kill the heroes, kill people to drink their blood or to satisfy violent urges.

Kill a Creature.

Heroes: Kill a monster. Villain: Kill an innocent creature.

Destroy an Item.

Destroy a doomsday device, the ring of power, a piece of blackmail.

Destroy a Target.

An enemy base, a castle, a ship, close a portal.

Protect a Person.

Save the person being targeted for an assassination. Save the family being harassed by criminals.

Protect a Creature.

Save the endangered creature from the hunter.

Guard an Item.

Someone is planning to steal the priceless diamonds during the party, stop them.

Kidnap a Person.

Heroes: Capture an enemy general to gain strategic information. Antagonist: Abduct a person for ransom or sacrificial ritual.

Rescue a Person.

Heroes: Rescue hostages, save the kidnapped princess. Recover a soldier behind enemy lines during a war. Break someone out of jail, or liberate a prisoner en route to prison.

Steal an Item/Information/Creature.

Rob a train/zeppelin/caravan with the treasure. Intercept a valuable message passed to the enemy.

Invade a Location.

Overtake a city, a castle, ship. Plan for an attack on the evil citadel. Compete for control of the territory. You have conquered a kingdom, defeat the remaining groups running guerrilla warfare against you.

Defend a Location.

Prepare the city to repel the enemies/monsters. Your town/building/ship has been captured and overtaken by enemies, survive under siege, and liberate it.

Escort a Person/Creature.

Deliver a prisoner to jail. Escort a bratty princess to the boarding school. Escort a caravan with the treasure.

Deliver an Item/Information.

Transport valuable treasure. Deliver a valuable intel to the central command before the enemy strikes. Deliver the ring of power to Mount Doom.

Track down, chase and capture a Person.

Capture the criminal/runaway. Bounty-hunters. Find a missing person. Find out what happened to the lost expedition. Find the only wizard who knows how to lift a curse.

Track down, chase and capture a Creature.

Capture a zombie to prove they exist. Capture a unique creature for research.

Escape.

Escape the pursuit of the law. Help a wrongly convicted to escape. Escape an ambush. Hide a person from danger. A massive assassins guild is trying to kill you, stay alive until dawn. Break out of prison.

Resolve conflict.

Broker peace between warring nations, families, factions of nobles, King and Queen, fighting giants.

Cause conflict.

Start a war, pit people/factions against each other.

Investigate a Mystery.

Solve a murder or a theft. Uncover a mysterious plot and understand who is behind it. Supernatural mystery. Understand what is causing the strange/weird events. Understand what happened in the abandoned/deserted city. Find out someone's dark secret, expose a corrupt official, find evidence to convict someone.

Uncover a conspiracy.

Find a spy/mole, prevent a convert mission from taking place.

Commit a stealthy Heist and don't get caught.

A covert crime, a ninja mission, a terrorist act. Enter and leave a heavily-guarded building without getting noticed.

Frame someone for a crime.

A business competitor, a nation.

Infiltrate and Spy.

Go undercover in the criminal gang. Blend in with the nobles to poison the King.

Enforce.

Enforce the law, collect debts, force a person to do something they don't want.

Clear the name.

Prove your or someone else's innocence. Convince the angry mob that the woman they're planning to execute is not a witch.

Perform a task.

Complete a ritual/experiment, build a weapon, open portal, resurrect/summon/awaken something.

Sabotage a task.

Prevent a ritual from taking place, prevent weapon from being built, prevent a terrorist act.

Diplomacy, Influence, and Negotiations.

Compete for the lady's heart, compete to convince the King to take a different course of action. Bribe/manipulate/intimidate a corrupt official into doing what you want. Try to close a business deal or prevent it from being closed. Play cupid. Make two quarreling people fall in love with each other. Find a lonely person/creature a girlfriend.

Persuade groups of people.

Brainwash and manipulate groups of people into doing your bidding, liberate brainwashed people. Free the town from the mind control spell. Convince enemy soldiers to defect to your side. Free a person from the influence of a sinister cult.

Run and improve a society/group/organization.

Run a kingdom, village, sports team, team of agents, organization, business. Raise morale, lower the crime, stop witch hunts, deal with corruption.

Explore a dangerous location. Survive/avoid environmental dangers, overcome environmental obstacles.

Think of the place itself as the “villain”, it is a monster without HP that "wants" to hurt players or drain their resources, and has certain powers to accomplish that. Traps, cave-ins, lava eruptions, rock-slides, avalanche, collapsing buildings, impenetrable mist, wild animals, dangerous/poisonous flora, falling into a pit, getting lost, etc. Climb a mountain, get through a swamp, quick sand,thin ice, wild magic area. Open an ancient gate. Retrieve an item from the bottom of the lake.

Survive wilderness or a hazardous environment and find a way back home.

Get stranded in the desert, an island, an alien land, becalmed or in a storm. Help other people survive a natural disaster (storm, earthquake, flood, meteor), a war zone.

Scavenger hunt. Collect several items from scattered locations.

Potion ingredients for a witch, parts of an engine that were scattered during crash landing.

Win a war.

Lead an army against enemy general, against rival mob boss or a cowboy gang.

Defeat a horde or a swarm, clear out an infestation.

Rats in the basement, wolves in the forest, Zombies, Aliens. Could be impossible to kill them one by one, and must be done with a ritual, destroying the mothership, smashing the necromancer's amulet, lifting an ancient curse, placating the restless spirits, activating the ancient defense mechanisms.

Incite rebellion/mutiny.
Put down rebellion/mutiny.
Prepare an ambush, set up traps to make the location impossible to pass.
Train a novice, keep a noble person safe while they go on adventure.
Act as an experimental subject for a crazy scientist/wizard.

Creating multiple unique adventures from the same goal

Here's the list of ways to create dozens of unique adventure ideas based on the same goal:

Switch players/antagonist sides.

Players try to get away with a crime instead of investigating it.

Reverse the goal.

Smuggle/Plant an item instead of stealing it. Close the portal instead of opening it. Banish the creature instead of summoning it.

Use a different target - person, creature, item, information, location/base.

Destroy an item instead of killing a person. Abduct a person instead of stealing the treasure. Protect a secret instead of the location. Chase a lost pet instead of the criminal.

Change "do it for yourself" to "help other people".

Don't get murdered - prevent a murder. Steal an item - create a distraction while someone else steals it. Get away with the crime - help someone else to get away with the crime.

Add restrictions/complications.

Make it stealthy (commit a heist instead of robbery). Avoid violence (capture a person alive instead of killing them). Achieve the goal by social means (ruin the person's reputation instead of killing them). Do it before the rivals do it first. See the list of complications for more ideas.

Combine multiple goals.

Deliver an item while on the run from the law. Sabotage a ritual to rescue a person. Infiltrate a group to steal an item. Solve a mystery to be able to find a lost person.

Add different subgoals, put different challenges/obstacles in the way.

Get through the dangerous location instead of an elaborate security system. Obtain information about the villain's weakness instead of the only weapon that can kill them. Convince a witness to talk instead of following the trail of footsteps. The object is difficult to deliver because it's being hunted by bandits, or because the terrain is dangerous and inhospitable, or because it's large and fragile, or because it's a criminal trying to escape, or because it's cattle you need to keep alive, or because it's a bratty princess who doesn't want to go to school. See the List of Challenges and List of Villain's Moves for more ideas.

Use different concrete details - High Concept Premise, Settings, NPCs, McGuffins, etc.

Steal the Elixir of Youth from the unicorn instead of stealing the Aztec gold from the Spanish Galleon. Steal an item from a dream instead of casino. Escort a dragon instead of a prisoner. Escape from Jurassic Park instead of the prison. Fight a self righteous paladin instead of the bandit gang leader.

Use different motivations.

Kill a person out of revenge instead of for money. Resurrect your loved one instead of summoning a demon. Compete for the heart of the lady instead of the treasure.

High Concept Premises

Being shrunk to a tiny size, maybe put into a person's/creature's body. (Honey I shrunk the Kids, Ant Man, Anatomy Park).
Switching bodies (Freaky Friday).
Time Travel. Time loop (Groundhog Day).
Adventure taking place in a dream, illusion, virtual reality, computer game, a TV show (Inception, Ready Player One, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Matrix, Jumanji).
Deal with the Devil.
Animals/creatures gain sentience/intelligence.
Open portal to another world, a parallel dimension, an alternate timeline (Mist, Stargate, Another Earth).
A baby monster. An alien/dragon egg. A boy and his robot.
Body Snatchers, Brain Slugs - parasites that control your mind.
Shapeshifter - person/monster that can assume any form.
Evil Twins of the Heroes.
Hive mind. Creatures telepathically united into one consciousness. Assimilating other creatures.
Traditionally evil guys are good and vice versa (Shrek, Descendants, Megamind, Suicide Squad).
Memory wiping, altering, transplanting (Morty's Mind-Blowers, Memento.)
Possession / Mind Control (RoboCop, Captain America: Civil War.)
A mysterious magic force has created a zone where the laws of physics and magic have been warped (Annihilation, Stalker)
Befriend a creature (ET, How to Train your Dragon, Ratatouille, Astro Kid, Pokemon).
Post-apocalypse, aftermath of a disaster (Fallout, The Day After Tomorrow, Resident Evil).
Artificial Intelligence, sentient construct (Terminator, Wall-E, Avengers:The Age of Ultron).
An accident causes captive dinosaurs/monsters/demons/zombies escape (Jurassic Park).
Love Potion. Succubus.
Don't go below the speed limit - if you stop moving a person dies or a bomb explodes (Speed, Crank, The X-Files "Drive" episode).
A plague/disease/epidemic with unusual effects (fear of open spaces, rage, horniness, loss of one of the senses, wild magic / people to lose magic). It can be transmitted by magic, when infected casters target other casters with a spell.
Dangerous/violent plants.
An inanimate object comes to life.
Raising undead to return a loved one back to life.
You become God to race of tiny creatures.
Change age - turn into kids or old people.
Covert stealthy alien invasion.
A person turned into an animal.
A threat you forget about once you stop looking at it.
Infohazards.
Common animals are being turned savage (and giant) by a rogue magical effect (maybe an evil druid), and the party has to contain the destruction that they cause while trying to find a solution.
Magic is fading / going wild and unpredictable.
Superman goes genocidal. Defeat a being of incredible power, without it finding out that you're after it.
An ancient civilization is long gone, only a single robot/golem/computeweapon is still functioning.
Heroes are isolated in a confined environment with a monster.(Alien)
A location is occupied by enemies/monsters/terrorists, heroes are the only ones who escaped from being taken hostage. (Die Hard in a village, on a ship, on a zeppelin, on a train, in a magic school, in a King's castle).
A powerful monster begins killing people in the area (Tremors: Jaws in a desert).
Set in a world where the evil overlord has won.
The evil adventuring party.
Deadly game show / competition.
A location (small town, building, ship) is suddenly trapped underneath an impenetrable dome.
Someone from our world is stuck in fantasy.
A dangerous child (has faulty psychic powers, prophesied to be a devil, youngling of a dangerous monster)
Two huge powers (monsters, giants, powerful mages, armies) fight each other, causing a lot of collateral damage.
A large number of cursed or dangerous magical items have been sold or distributed to an unsuspecting populace (Friday the 13th series, Warehouse 13)
First Contact with a sentient race (Arrival, Alien Nation, Contact, District 9, Star Trek, V series)
Magic is fading / going wild and unpredictable.
Space ship crashing in middle ages.
Magic items (or maybe just some magic items) become secretly sentient and drive around their owners while they are asleep.
An ancient evil is very slowly rising out of the ground and waking up. People need to hurry to figure out how to make it go away or else assemble a team strong enough to kill it when it awakes.
The entire population of a town seemingly disappeared but in fact dug underground secret caves and is reverting to animal tendencies.
The party comes across a mysterious artifact, it melds with/into the first party member to touch it, granting them incredible powers but also changes their consciousness.
A long lost civilization is rising back up from the sea.
The local ruler may have been replaced by a doppelganger, but nobody wants to risk their neck to find out for sure.
Act as an experimental subject for a crazy scientist/wizard.
Creatures from video games, stories, paintings, come to life.
Spell/artifact/curse that prevents the whole town from being able to lie.
Space ship / UFO crashing in middle ages.
Duplication powers, making clones.
Ancient/Lost Civilization. Atlantis.
Gigantic Monster (Godzilla, Cloverfield, King Kong, Kaiju).
Superheroes/Supervillains.
Ghosts, haunted house/village. Restless spirits that need to be placated.
Zombies.
Vampires.
Ninjas.
Secret society/cult.
Underground civilization.
Underwater adventure. Merefolk.
Adventure set in a world where the forces of good won a little too well. Where the people in charge are all Lawful Good and have no tolerance for anything else. Tyranny of the traditionally good creatures like celestials, paladins, etc. The slightest misstep can cause a person to be 'disappeared'.

Take the personality from a TV/Movie character that you like, but make them evil. Adapt them to fantasy (Evil Steampunk Iron Man). Combine the traits from several characters (Legolas with the personality of Spider Man, John Snow with the personality of Jack Sparrow), or reverse their gender or a key personality trait (female Dr. Octavius, cheerful Batman).
For their appearance - find an illustration on ArtStation, Pinterest, or /ImaginaryCharacters. If the appearance is very different from the movie character you have based their personality on - even better.

August 30 Community Roundtable

There was a Roll20 Community Roundtable on Aug 30, 2019. My (very) rough notes below, and a link to the Twitch VOD: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/474609461

People presenting: Soraya (Director of Communications), Trivia (Director of Licensing), Eric (Business Analyst), Stephanie (Scrum Master)
Advanced Fog of War - Major things not working as expected since the previous update. They are working on a broad revision to the system to bring it more in line with dynamic lighting - back to the drawing board. This will take a little while because it is a major overhaul. They want to keep us updated, but it is in prototype stage right now so not much to show at the moment. Big focus, but will take a while. They have hired a new graphics programmer to help with that effort.
Next marketplace feature is Wishlist. Ability for more than 1 wishlist. Ability to see other people’s wishlist, such as your GM.
Orr Group Industry Report: Significant Changes, old version based on what users were saying was happening (basically a user survey). New report from scratch, includes original data but also Character Sheet usage. Captures about 85-86% of all games. Still need to find ways to capture custom sheets, and they are also looking at additional features for the report, such as HOW people are playing (what features they use from the Roll20 site like music, dynamic lighting, etc.). Also trying to solve chicken/egg question (what games do people play, and how much is it impacted by official Roll20 support and products such as 5e DND and Pathfinder) of support of games, so they can track usage based on release of new product, official licenses, etc.
New Help Desk - roll20.net/help - All policies in one place, feature info from Wiki moving over (not complete), easily searched, support tickets.
Roll20 Con Oct 5-6 - more info in September.
Chat question: Pathfinder 2e questions: Discussion about how much fun the devs are having in their 2e games. Matchmaking low, not a lot of games searching. Filter between 1e and 2e is available since last tuesday for matchmaking.
Chat question: 3D Dice miss-match to displayed roll - they don’t have the correct developer on to answer this, Trivia says the system has to roll all the dice even when the roll template presents different info. Math and presentation are tied together, not seperate like in a casino game.
Layer Up update? They are working to improve the architecture underneath this process, so they do not have a release date for this update (also effects Fog of War and other graphic components). This is a major architecture update instead of a patch.
Legality of using marketplace content to run paid games on Roll20? Paid GM on Roll20, it works the same as if you paid someone in real life. If you paid someone in real life and went to their house to play the game, it isn’t distribution to use their minis and maps and so forth - that is not distribution. And Roll20 doesn’t consider that distribution on their platform.
Blades in the Dark Character Sheet - maintained by creator of game, and it was re-classified because it was under community created instead of By Publisher (publisher supported sheet). If you are playing it, you just need to re-add the sheet to your game. This is technically an upgrade for the sheet.
Pathfinder 2e upcoming release support? Can’t guarantee every release because there are a LOT that are fast and regular, every month multiple releases. They will do their best to keep up with the releases that will help the most people.
Chat question: Search function of marketplace doesn’t use assets name? It does, it just uses pack names more highly weighted. This is new functionality and they will keep tweaking it in. First three tags on an individual item are the only tags used in the search, so if you are a creator with lots of tags contact Roll20. Seemed like there was more info being discussed in the chat with Drespar, and that devs will take a look at this more.
Chat question: User ratings in marketplace for verified purchasers? Internal discussion, worried about abuse, but they do understand people would like reviews of packs and products.
StarfindePathfinder 2e Charactermancer When? Starfinder delayed due to personnel issues, Cassie is hiring for developers to add more resources to the sheet team. Should come out this year. PF2 should be early 2020. Charactermancer are intense builds with lots of code, so take a lot of time/effort to create. Drag & Drop coming before charactermancer.
Why is development so slow? How do you plan to keep up with competing software at this rate? They push updates at least once a week, new product releases are very regular, it has been 8 months in 2019. In that time they have released: animations, AFoW revision (granted it had issues, but was a major update), Jukebox functionality, Marketplace Update (and behind the scenes infrastructure upgrades to support it), Token Bars, Player Avatars, Revised Chat Archive, sendping API update, Paizo Account Sync. Also behind the scenes updates: payment system updates, Marketplace Creator submission process, Marketplace Redemption Codes. We stay competitive by listening to our users, we are agile (always becoming more so), many things start as bug fix and then grow into bigger concerns due to user feedback, and are constantly developing to respond to both user needs and market needs. QA is now in place, not always the case, and they are hiring a second QA engineer. They are a platform, so can’t keep up with all character sheets. Development may take longer to implement a feature, but that isn’t because they aren’t aware, but more about technical challenges with the platform. The question should really be how do competing software intend to keep up with Roll20? There is a lot behind the scenes of rehashing behind the scenes that is foundational. It may not seem like much to users, but it is huge for the developers.Mobile App is being rewritten, lots of work, but it is still in the rebuilding foundational stages so nothing interesting to see. Reworking the foundation is important to growth in the future.
How many employees does Roll20 have? 30-31 and growing. Actively hiring and recruiting for several positions, and will keep growing into the future.
Timeline/ETA to fix animation tokens to freeze when imgsrc set by api? In backlog of bug reports to fix. They are also looking to understand better ways for bugs to be reported.
API suggestions. Frustration about threshold - API discussion now has a much lower threshold on the forum. Special tag for Character Sheet and API suggestions so they don’t auto close.
Return of the Runelords adventure path 2nd part (1e)? They doubled the production team, 4 new people. Return 2 and 3 will be out this year, 4-6 in 2020.
One Grung Above and Tortle Package - no because they are DMs Guild, and those relationships are complicated. Wayfinder Guide to Eberron (older book) is also DMs Guild, and has no plans to release.
SCAG and Eberron? Eberron: Rising from the Last War (new book) is day 1. SCAG, OotA, DMs Guide, they want to get out as soon as possible, but no specific date.
AoE systems and spell templates built in? API and marketplace templates cover this need. Drawing tool improvements are on road map, but down the road.
Any new RPG compendiums coming soon? Some cool stuff to be announced before end of the year, no official timelines or specific info.
Music - old jukebox? Fanburst is gone, we put in search filters and upload capability for your own audio files, and we’ve done what we can for now. If you have specific ideas post to suggestion to forums.
LFG tool has updates on road map, but not in next quarter.
Age of Ashes PF 2e - first part released before end of year.
What is the toughest part of maintaining the site and why? Keeping up with changing demands of users, shear amount of users ratio to amount of employees, scaling to please 4 million+ users, lots of legacy systems that have to be updated to scale, we don’t have enough time to play games with our co-workers. Keeping communities and users up to date has also been a challenge. Licensing has limited resources and would love to work with all publishers, but have to prioritize.
Chat Question: Custom compendium? Still internal discussions due to copyright and content. They want to do it for homebrew, but have to solve the bigger issues.
Chat Question: Dragon of Icespire Peak after Target exclusivity - September 3
Chat Question: Jukebox - any copyright issues thus far? None so far with music companies. They built it out in collaboration with their lawyers, and they have not had complaints - they feel confident in their solution.
Chat Question: Prices different on Roll20 and Fantasy Grounds - every platform sets its own prices, Roll20 feels their prices reflect the value of time and value put in to creating the products
Chat Question: General and Game specific forums - Roll20 forums are focused on the platform, organize the Roll20 game on the forum, but if you want to talk about a specific game system use the publisher forum or other online place.
Pets - Eric has a dog, has to wake it up.
User question: Questions from devs for users? what do you want, and put it in the suggestions forum!
Eric brings his adorable dog (timecode 1 hr 05 min)
Plan to do roundtables every other month or so. Might shift format in future roundtables.

[OC] Bought and Sold. Chapter 12, arc2

The crew is starting to dig in and experiment with their own designs. And other things happen...

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14 days after arrival

They were only partially in dataspace, just taking time to look at some of their spoils. They’d found a unique problem with the Gerlen weapons. The guys were handling the guns in real life as they looked deeper into the designs with Mason’s guidance.
The group of them were sitting in the main space, the living room of the large building where they had set up the makers they had personally brought with them. They’d had a simple table large enough for the whole crew and then some made with enough chairs for everyone. The weapons were laid out on that table.
“I’m thinkin’ that’s why they had to grab the gun barrels,” Daniel guessed.
“Did they?” Mike asked, he hadn’t seen the Gerlen use their guns.
“Yeah, those suckers had to get a grip on them handles on the front there,” Daniel explained. “I’m surprised the ship didn’t have some stupid lock too.”
“It does,” Mason replied. “But it’s all messed up. As long as you have and organic pattern to read, it unlocks.”
“Hah, lucky us.”
The first thing they found with the weapons they had taken from the Gerlen was that these ones were locked. There had been a genetic lock within the grips of the weapons, preventing them from being held and used by a person of another race.
“Can we fix that?” Mike asked.
Mason was sitting in with the brothers that morning, Otto was sitting across from them working at some files Mason had put a priority on, but wasn’t involved in the conversation.
“Sure, we can swap some parts,” Mason replied. “The gene lock is easy to fix for us, but that’s only because we’re lucky to have the makers. We’d be screwed if we tried to pick ‘em up and use ‘em.”
“Heh!” Daniel laughed, “Ya, guess yer’ right!”
Tank entered through the front door and walked up on the group. “It is the scheduled time,” he informed the brothers. “Shall we begin our patrol?”
“Sure,” replied Daniel.
Mike nodded and stood. “You think you can get those trigger locks sorted?”
“Probably,” Mason replied. “Since Stacey is well… better than me at the drone stuff, I can work on this.”
“Awesome,” Mike replied. “Cya soon.”
Matchka, Daniel, Mike, Tank and Rob were up for the patrol. The group wasn’t doing any heavy exploring. They weren’t pushing to anymore clone banks. Yet. They had agreed to take it easy and sweep around the estate for wandering Gerlen while the drone problem was worked on. They’d wipe out any stray problems, but advance carefully to avoid being surprised.
Truthfully, the crew was pretty nervous after the front of the large transport hover had been melted into slag. That plasma ball would have easily defeated any smaller D-field harnesses that the crew currently used. If they continued being over-confident, it would only bite them again, only luck had kept anyone from dying from that encounter.
That being said, it was two days until the so called armored variants of Gerlen might appear. And they had yet to see any of the stealth variants. There was a need to both be careful, but also a need to make good use of time.
They’d found the best sensor package they could fit on Mason’s little drone. The assault clones had scared them. They didn’t know what the stealth ones could do.
After the patrol left, Otto came walking out of the large building, whistling tonelessly as he approached the usual gathering spot of the sunning stones. The white room would have worked just as well. Since the drones had only needed to make it smaller, they’d been able to repurpose most of the components of the room, making for a quick rebuild.
But the sunning stones felt more open and more comfortable. So they’d built a small extension and dataspace router and placed it next to the stones so they could work just as easily there.
He found Aurula and Cynthia already working at something in dataspace. He sat down with them and ‘knocked’ by sending a ping to Aurula, asking if it was okay to join. He received an affirmative response after a moment. He sat down across from where the two of them were seated on adjacent stones. Cynthia seated on hers, Aurula sitting in front of a broad but low stone. She was actually leaning against it with a wing up above the stone.
He’d learned that Aurula preferred a bit warmer environment than the Humans did. So she went to greater lengths to enjoy the warmth the stones could put off.
Cynthia had been having the hardest time getting a handle on her data package. Which had surprised Otto, Matchka and Aurula. Cynthia had the best image control and creation of everyone, but was the worst at code manipulation.
He found them… taking it easy.
Cynthia started up her own conversation before he or Aurula had the chance to say anything.
“Hey-y Otto-o,” said Cynthia, drawing the statement with a slight whine to her tone. “Have any advice for this?”
She’d built herself a humanoid construct. She’d gone with a fantasy theme and had built a male elf, tall and lithe. He had an angular face, long pointed ears and flowing hair in a complex double braid. He was wearing a gilded tunic and trousers with high boots, but was currently standing rod straight.
“Advice for what now?” Otto asked.
“This,” she replied flatly and the figure… morphed as it attempted to take a pose. The form melted like wax. It flowed away from the original form and flowed into a fancy kung-fu pose with pointed hands, Otto figured it was something like a ‘mantis form’.
Cynthia was the best at image control. She could create, resize, squash or stretch or move objects better than anyone else. None of that included actually animating a fully realized image beyond static effects like a burning fire.
“Oh, yeah, that’s rough,” he admitted. “You haven’t been able to animate them?”
“Well, that was one of the worst attempts to be clear,” Aurula defended.
“Yeah, but not that much worse,” Cynthia added. “I was wondering if you have any tricks?”
“Hmm,” Otto hummed. “Well, did you try bones?”
“Bones?” asked Cynthia.
“Bones?” mimicked Aurula, by accident. Aurula brought both hands up to cover her beak. Although rare, whenever Aurula repeated what someone had said, she always became rather embarrassed. He’d have to ask her about that sometime.
“Well, I’ve only ever seen the most basic stuff about animating figures like this in videos of other people showing off their work,” Otto began explaining. “What I think animators will do is create a set of bones to act as a framework for the model. Any animations will act on the bones specifically and the features and details are, uh... programed to react to the movement of the bones.”
“Oh!” Cynthia responded. “Oh that makes so much sense! Why didn’t I think of that?”
“You’ve never looked at animation?”
“No! I’ve only ever drawn pictures, but, uh…”
“Yes?”
Cynthia’s mouth twisted in a bitter smile. “No one really supported my drawing before. Dad was always tellin’ me to stop. There weren’t a lot of uh, people around to show off to.”
“What about your mother?” Aurula asked.
Cynthia’s face turned dark. “Not gonna talk about that.” her arms reached down to her belly, although that body was just a dataspace construct. “I’m gonna do better anyways.”
While it wasn’t necessary to do so, and dataspace didn’t work that way, Otto had realized he habitually limited his perception as if he was looking through his physical eyes. This was a habit all of the Humans shared. Cynthia had ‘looked’ away from him and Aurula. So when Aurula opened her beak to say something Otto held up his hand in a clear sign to stop and she held her words. Cynthia never saw it.
“So, the bones,” Otto said warmly.
“Cynthia snapped out of it instantly. “Yeah! The bones. That gives me something to work with…” she suddenly turned meek. “Is it okay if I play with this for awhile?”
Otto frowned in thought. “Well, do what you can do right? Just don’t spend the whole time working on the fun stuff though.” She still had to finish the installation and set-up for her basic operator package, but he wasn’t wholly sure there weren’t other things that needed learning.
A message came across the communications from Stacey. “Otto, Aurula, can you come verify this for me?” she sent. “I’m not sure I have the pilot control right.”
Cynthia looked between them. “Well, I’ll keep working on what I need to work on,” she said with reluctance. “I think I should be okay for a bit.”
“I will be back soon,” Aurula told her.
“Okay, but you don’t have to push yourself,” Otto said to Cynthia with a smile. “We’re all still learning what we can do.”
The two of them dropped out of dataspace. Once fully back in the real world Otto sat up off his rock and approached the stone Aurula was sitting on.
“Need a hand up?” He asked, extending his left hand for her to grab.
Aurula froze solid for a moment as she give Otto one of her side looks, one deep black eye looking up at him. Tentatively she reached up and paused, giving him a good look at her softly scaled forearm and hand. She finally placed her taloned hand into his. This was new, she seemed oddly nervous. He wondered if and when he’d last offered her a hand like this before.
Once her hand was settled into his, he gripped firmly and helped lift as she smoothly came to her feet.
“Well, shall we see what Stacey is up to?” Otto asked.
“Ye-yes, of course.” Aurula replied, politely waving at him to go first.
Otto smiled and turned to walk. Aurula waited a moment and then followed behind, folding her hands in front of her and watching the Human closely.
When Otto had first met her, he’d easily noticed certain similarities she held to an Earth cockatiel. A small smiling beak, the cheek spots, although hers were black instead of a cockatiel’s signature orange cheeks. Her spots were also higher and further back on her head.
And of course the crest, made of the same blue feathers as the rest of her body, but for the white tips. He had seen her primary crest rise many times in pleasure or surprise. But the secondary crest, the feathers laying on her head behind the black spots, he hadn’t seen again.
He spent quite a bit of time around her really, but he hadn’t seen her full ‘tiara’ since that first meeting.
If only because he was looking away, he missed his chance to see it again.

Estate garage

Stacey was sitting on an office chair they had made for the garage console that served as the control for the two drone bays. Stacey had a couple designs queued up to look at. It had been a bit of work getting everything cleaned that they wanted to use.
The common designs that had been in use had been some if the most stable, but that corruption had been revealed in the poor movement and the hanging of drone logic that often caused them to stop firing during combat.
She had two custom variants of the small hover drone set aside in the dataspace, but was currently looking through the heavy combat drone she’d found the other day.
The arrival of Otto and Aurula was announced with a soft ping. The ping was relatively new, Otto had scared Stacey a couple times with the ease at which he would appear in the dataspace she was working. As an apology he’d come up with the friendly ping as a form of knocking.
Stacey turned her awareness toward them.”Hi guys, i finished the little hover drones,” she began, all business. “And I need the controls on the large one checked.”
Aurula was distracted by something else though. “Guys?” she asked.
“Oh! Sorry, it’s just a blanket term,” Stacey explained, “I’m not actually saying you’re a man.”
“Ah, a figure of speech,” Aurula replied. She reached out and drew the large drone model to herself, creating a copy to work with. She pulled out the control set and began looking through it.
At the same time Otto was combing through the logic on the two smaller hover drones. Stacey had made a defensive version and a sensor version. For the firepower she was depending on the large model hover and the members of the crew and whatever weapons they possessed.
For the defensive model Stacey had swapped the weapons out of the base model, put in a D-field generator instead and had enough room to upgrade the power source.
The sensor model of course had an improved sensor package that was better at reading biological signs. It also had the normal paired weapons. She had also found a higher performance anti grav drive.
“I wonder if the offensive drone would be better if it we had a smaller version,” Otto suggested. “They’ve been pretty easy to hit, if they aren’t going to have D-fields, more agility would probably help. We could managed that just as easily by making it smaller rather than giving it a more expensive drive."
“Well, they have the defensive drone to hide around,” Stacey countered. “The easiest way to shrink them is to reduce the power supply, but then they won’t be able to keep up when capturing the ship. And then I would have to downgrade the sensor and they couldn’t see much.”
“Hmm, the defensive drone can keep them under cover most of the time, true,” Otto acknowledged. “That doesn’t mean that will always be the case. But we could also make a mini drone without a weapon and just a sensor. We don’t want to call attention to it anyways.”
“I’m not against three different versions,” Stacey admitted. “I can whip something up pretty quick and a smaller sensor drone would probably be better for scouting without being spotted. There is still the power problem.”
Otto raised the false blue hand to his chin in thought. He then reached up and pulled the larger combat drone model up. It had the rounded anti-grav drive on the bottom, looking like a set of domes projecting from the bottom of the platform and a larger directly on the rear. The front of it had been extended out with a half windshield raised up in front of the new cockpit. The style of seat was that of a sportbike with a set of handles to hold onto.
The beam dome had been raised and the extra hull space had allowed for the larger generator and battery. Stacey had pushed those back and elongated the hull to make more room to make room for the pilot. The whole machine had a rounded and sleek look not so different from most of the Silianisca designs.
Otto spun the model around tapping on broad sections of the hull around the sides and back under the beam dome.
“Why don’t we place mini docking bays for the small drones on your combat hover?” Otto suggested. “They really don’t need to be buzzing around all the time anyways, and that hover has more than enough power generation to top them up if needed. We can also make a larger mount on the rear for the bigger shield drone.”
“Oh yeah! I can do that easily!” Stacey said with sudden excitement. “Yeah, I can put in about six small docks along with the one larger dock. I can totally make different little drones depending on what we want too!”
“Still, the combat hover is a lot more expensive materials wise than the regular types,” Otto noted. “It uses some rarer materials for the high end generator and battery. We might have enough for two with what we have on hand.”
“I’ve been looking into that a bit,” Stacey replied. “We do occasionally get some of the rare metals from the maintenance drones, but SPIRE says there is a matter converter in the central block along with the central stepdown generator core.”
“Hmm, that’s the second time the central block has come up in planning” Otto replied. “Guess it's time to start thinking about the Tower. Besides, it’s not like we have to capture the whole ship piecemeal.”
“...Sooner would indeed... be better,” SPIRE said, suddenly joining the conversation.
“Oh hey SPIRE, how did the self diagnostic go?”
“...I’ve cleaned the... visible corruption,” SPIRE said slowly. “...When you are finished with those scans... I will need you to do the final check.”
“SPIRE?” Otto said. “Are you okay?”
“...Of course…”
“Uhh…” Otto started and immediately trailed off.
Stacey and Otto looked each other in the eyes. “Don’t worry about this,” Stacey told him. “It sounds like you really need to go.”
“Yes,” Aurula agreed. “I am fine to inspect the control package.”
“Okay, I’m coming down to the basement SPIRE,” said Otto.
“... Very well…”
Otto dropped out of the dataspace he was sharing with Stacey and Aurula in the garage and headed back to the large residence for his harness. There was much he could do with the access disk and his own head, but it was important to have the extra support.
He went to the wall hangars they’d put just inside the door and picked his own harness down. He slung it over his shoulder and reached down to pull the straps between his legs. He snapped them in and reached up to pull the jack off the heavy collar and plugged it into his neck. The clasps pulled the harness in tight as he adjusted various… parts for comfort. He’d been pinched once before.
After that was settled he returned to the garage and headed down the steps behind the console Stacey was working on. It always threw him a bit coming down these stairs. The wall above the stairs was on the left, but going down the left opened up into the maintenance drone bay for the estate where they had put SPIRE and the right hand became the solid wall.
He walked up to the cradle and sat at the chair and console they’d build off to the right.
“Hey SPIRE, I’m here,” Otto spoke up. “Can you tell me what’s going on? You’re suffering some slowdown I think.”
“... Slowdown?” SPIRE responded after a moment. “... My perception may be… compromised…”
Otto dropped into dataspace but instead of his own castle, he was floating in space before a sphere. The diameter of the sphere was a football field and a half, but was otherwise identical to the realspace sphere that held SPIRE.
He took off and orbited the sphere a couple times looking for ‘visible’ signs of corruption.
“You’re gonna have to give me some directions SPIRE,” Otto spoke up “The problem isn’t visible from the outside, I’m going to need some access and a guide to areas that can affect your sense of time and self perception.”
He felt a ripple in the space as a shockwave passed through him. Just down and to his left a panel extended out from the sphere. It moved slowly, more so than his last visit. It shook and would intermittently stop. “... Access granted…” Spire finally replied. It took a few more moments for the panel to open right up. It was huge, There were four quadrants per hemisphere, and each quadrant had only four panels to it. That meant the surface consisted of only 32 panels in total. It was quite a bit bigger than him.
Otto floated over and looked underneath, there was an octagonal access tube in the center of the section, surrounded by blocks of glowing data and conduits that flashed with information flying around. Otto had been impressed the first and second times he’d seen this. This third time he was no less interested. He glided into the tube to explore into the dataspace construct.
Once inside SPIRE’s ‘space’ he could feel a subtle but pervasive pressure. Otto felt like he was deep underwater and had to steel himself against the feeling of the very space trying to push him back. He felt the pressure recede slightly as the support package in his collar ramped up, boosting his processing power.
“...How is… it?” SPIRE asked. The ‘air’ vibrated with the SI’s voice.
“Nothing yet,” Otto replied drifting down the corridor surrounded by walls of offset black boxes with glowing borders. Conduits would stick out at random points and run along to the corridor until they suddenly disappeared again. Only along the corners of the eight sided corridor were there permanent conduits running the length of the wall. One of those conduits was pulsing towards the inside of the structure, it's colour a bright green. This was the signpost SPIRE had given him to follow.
Every so often he would come to junction with various paths opening up into dedicated sections. Each of those paths could take off one of eight directions and would span a whole side, opening up into their own eight sided corridors. Another conduit would be set into the corner along those transitions and split off down the corridor as well. The pressure was rising faster than he remember last. Otto suspected he was coming close. He found a path leading straight ‘up’ from his orientation along which the green signpost went up into. He flew up and stopped almost right away.
“Well, I found it,” Otto spoke up. A grey oozing membrane had filled the whole corridor preventing further access.
“... This is an obscured part of… the infection,” SPIRE responded. “I do… not see any problems… in that portion.”
Otto frowned. It had always bothered him that SPIRE seemed to think only a small order of magnitude faster than the organics around it. So many times it felt like SPIRE should have been able to… to just do more. The man had a suspicion the SI had been limited by the Silianisca. If the infection hit the portion of the code that controlled or limited SPIRE’s ‘speed’ then Otto had a chance to learn something interesting.
If he could understand what he was looking at anyways. ‘Fixing’ thus far had often consisted of controlled damage. If he was careful in his application of cleaning, then he could extrapolate based on nearby components how to fix what he was looking at and SPIRE was able to fill in missing pieces.
This was dangerous. Otto knew it. But he was already doing what he could to learn how SPIRE worked and do the best he could to repair any problems found.
He clapped his hands and then spread them out, complex crystals of code forming at his palms and socketing into sides of an expanding crystal floating between his hands. After a few moments it was done, and the rainbow coloured spiky crystal flew out and struck the center of the membrane. A six point set of points facing Otto spit out a small six sided cylinder of data as the membrane ate the construct.
He grabbed the base of the cylinder and held it in front of his face. The six sides expanded out revealing a portion of the membrane being held in a lattice of glowing lines. The side of the cylinder facing him flashed a set of diagnostics telling him what variant of data corruption this was.
“It's a type 4,” Otto said. “Which could be good news.”
The designations were just what Otto had come up with. The various types tended to cause similar problems, but had slightly different methods and needed a different anti-type. Type 1 devoured and deleted, leaving empty data, like endless pages of blank paper. Type 2 converted, changing data into something else, typically corrupted junk that would attempt to misfire half formed programs. Type 3 copied, multiplying the section of data it had sprouted from like cancer cells. Type 4 overwhelmed, filling a section with junk data, slowing everything to a crawl. Sometimes there was nothing else under the type 4. Sometimes it was hiding one of the other types.
“That is… good but… I do not believe… I can support you at this… time.” SPIRE struggled to speak. “There is… interference.”
“That’s okay, save your capacity for yourself for the moment,” Otto reassured. He knew that if SPIRE couldn’t see it, the SI couldn’t effect repairs from it’s own side.
Out of the palm of his right hand formed another crystal which he placed into the center of the lattice trapped sample in his hand. It started to pulse and bubble and the cylinder closed up. He tossed the cylinder into the membrane, although this time a glowing line of information remained connected to his hand.
“Cleaning begun,” Otto reported.
The cylinder sunk into the membrane and began expanding outwards, it passed through the membrane and everything on the inside of the cylinder wall shrivelled up into ash and scattered like dust. Otto continued to process the cleaner and it expanded into the junk data forcing it's way down the corridor. He floated forwards as the area cleared, the walls around him started to reveal themselves. He knew he couldn’t see it but the cleaner would seep through the cracks in the walls around him and continue until the end of the corruption was found. He’d need SPIRE to allow him to sift through the data constructs to check for any remaining signs however. Otto simply wasn’t skilled enough to separate and inspect the code by himself. That he could already do as much as he could had impressed the SI greatly.
He pushed himself down the hallway, following the now rapidly advancing border as the junk data was wiped away.
“How are you doing there SPIRE?”
“I believe I am… seeing some improvement.”
“You sound like it too.”
The barrier continued to push ahead, leaving Otto behind, although staying tethered to the hand he was holding up. Another path opened up to his left, the pulsing green conduit leading into it. He turned the corner and instantly recoiled.
[Quick Command: Defense, regenerating barrier]
A blue, translucent six sided panel appeared in front of Otto and identical panels started popping into existence expanding out from the first in the next instant.
A segmented worm slammed into the barrier and tried to chew it’s way through with a maw that opened up to inky darkness. The scaled shell of it’s body glittered with white light. Anything directly in front of it's mouth quickly disintegrated. Otto had chosen well with the regenerating barrier. But the worm was winning
“SPIRE! Can you lend me some capacity?”
“Easily… done.”
He felt the pressure of the space give way as his own presence gained weight. The barrier began to fill in faster and Otto issued another command.
[Command. Full build, Tesla Orb, designate target path, building....]
The worm had struggled and flailed as is chewed at the barrier, running it’s mouth back and forth looking for a way past but not finding one.
Previously it had taken time to fully build this same attack program that had finished the Spectrum agent. This time with Otto’s own slight equipment upgrades and the significant direct support from SPIRE the program built in an instant. Otto had learned how to properly use a touch of command language and had used that to set his quick combat programs. He understood it as a Sapient Intelligence’ language of concepts and he only spoke it like a baby, limited to base words. Even so it executed the command and the program was formed before Otto would have been able to speak a single syllable of english. It worked as quickly as he could form his thoughts.
The almost clear orb that formed above his head crackled with lightning arcing between a second solid black orb inside it and the outer layer. Three connected rings surrounded the orb, joined to each other at each primary axis point and anchored to the orb by a spike that pierced into the center. An arc of power lanced out from the orb.
It blasted directly through one of the panels and stuck the body of the worm. The space shook as the worm vented it's distress with unformed waves of pressure. It writhed in panic as the arc passed all the way down to the tail of the worm and it began to disintegrate from the inside out, patches of damage quickly showing through.
“Well that surprised me,” Otto sighed as the thing broke up into particles of junk data.
“Now that you… have eliminated it, I see the traces of a worm,” SPIRE spoke. “It was blocking self perception, I can begin… self repair.”
“Oh, that’s good, you gonna be okay?”
“Mostly… yes. I expect a small amount of drift… however.”
“Drift?” Otto asked with worry.
“Yes, nothing serious has been damaged, I will... be able to restore damaged sections to full capacity, but the construction of the code may change slightly,” SPIRE explained. “I will need you to examine... some code blocks in person to assure proper function.”
“How dangerous is the drift?”
“It is within… acceptable parameters. I cannot remove the… drift until I can sync with the original template.”
“Any place you want me to start?” Otto said, frowning. Double checking code was a painful task, he wasn’t looking forward to it. On the other hand, he was interested in what he could potentially learn.
“Of course, if you could trace... the path of the worm, that would likely be best.”
Otto had been looking down the corridor as they spoke, resuming the function of the cleaner expanding through the section. He could see sections of this new corridor eroded away where the worm had burrowed through. He began following it back, highlighting damaged sections as he went.
“Okay, let’s see what I can find.”

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MAME 0.198

It’s the day you’ve been eagerly awaiting all month: MAME release day! MAME 0.198, our May release, is packed full of improvements in lots of areas. Newly supported arcade games include the rare video pinball game Tom Tom Magic, Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu EX ’98, and Keirin Ou. Newly supported computers include the TI-99/2, Dragon MSX-64, and BBC Master 512.
This release brings graphics emulation improvements to a number of systems, including more fixes for Sega Saturn/ST-V, missing effects emulated in 1945k III, and improvements to the title screen in Wolf Fang. The SH-4 recompiler now supports more FPU opcodes directly, and NAOMI keyboards are supported. Low-level floppy drive emulation improvements bring improved compatibility for Apple II software. Newly supported peripherals include a PC ISA LBA BIOS card, the Beeb Speech Synthesiser, and a number of BBC Micro pointing devices.
Other additions include new Tiger handhelds (Batman: The Animated Series, Operation: Aliens, Wayne’s World, and X-Men), the Fidelity Elegance and Prestige chess computers, and alternate versions of Battle Balls, Centipede, Final Fight, Karate Blazers, Last Mission, Real Puncher, Sengoku 3, Spy Hunter, and World Heroes 2. There are lots of additions to the Apple II cassette software list, and several additions to the Sorcerer cassette software list as well. MAME now supports Korean user interface thanks to a contribution from Neius.
For developers, we’ve fixed some issues in the debugger affecting CPUs that use word addressing, and the source list is sorted more intuitively in memory windows. We’ve made a number of changes to how machine configuration works to make driver development more intuitive and less error-prone.
Of course, you can get source and Windows binaries from the download page.

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

04539: [Misc.] (stv.cpp) dnmtdeka, diehard: Illegal Sprite Mode - Contact MAMEDEV (Angelo Salese)
05484: [Crash/Freeze] (jpmsys5sw.cpp) Various jpmsys5sw.c sets: [debug] Assert in Debug (Vas Crabb)
06543: [Crash/Freeze] (segapico.cpp) All sets in segapico.cpp: [debug] Assert when starting emulation (Vas Crabb)
06934: [ColoPalette] (x1.cpp) x1turbo40: Colors missing in all X1 Turbo (CZ-862C) software (Vas Crabb)
06948: [Media Support] (ptcsol.cpp) sol20 [basic5]: Program does not start after loading (Robbbert)
06954: [Core] (coco3.cpp) coco3dw1: Emulated system crashes when trying to access floppy disk image (David Ladd)
06958: [Crash/Freeze] (attache.cpp) Fatal error: No screen specified for device ':crtc', but multiple screens found (Ivan Vangelista)
06960: [Crash/Freeze] (qtsbc.cpp) qtsbc: Exception when using certain -rs232 slot options (AJR)
06962: [Crash/Freeze] (atlantis.cpp) Fatal error: No screen specified for device ':zeus2', but multiple screens found (Ivan Vangelista)
06963: [Crash/Freeze] (ms6102.cpp) Fatal error: No screen specified for device ':i8275_1', but multiple screens found (Ivan Vangelista)
06964: [Crash/Freeze] (apollo.cpp) dsp3000, dsp3500, dsp5500: Exception when using most -rs232 options (Vas Crabb)
06966: [DIP/Input] (missile.cpp) missile: DIP switch “Trackball Size” label reversed and R8 dip switch graphic inverted (Tafoid)
06971: [Graphics] (1945kiii.cpp) 1945kiiio, 1945kiiin, 1945kiii: Enemy damage flashes missing (AJR)
06982: [Gameplay] (coco12.cpp) Other Coco related drivers: 1bit audio DAC issue (AJR)

New working machines

Batman: The Animated Series (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
Dragon MSX-64 (MSX1) [David F.Gisbert aka Tromax, AUIC, Robcfg]
Fidelity Elegance Chess Challenger [hap, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, English) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu EX '98 (GC811 VER. JAA) [Charles MacDonald, Candy Wolff, Henrique Areias Pontes, Sean Sutton, Surgeville, Dane Biegert, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union, smf]
Keirin Ou [Michael Moffitt, Eric Diem, Angelo Salese, The Dumping Union]
Operation: Aliens (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
Scorpio 68000 [hap, yoyo_chessboard]
Tom Tom Magic [Jeffrey Gray, ranger_lennier, Evan Korzon, Dane Biegert, MrGoodwraith, Charles MacDonald, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Wayne's World (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
World Adventure [ArcadeHacker, The Dumping Union]
X-Men (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]

New working clones

Battle Balls (Germany, earlier) [Fabrice Arzeno, The Dumping Union]
Centipede (Japan, revision 3) [ShouTime, Javier Vidal Mata, Sean Sutton, Candy Wolff, Evan Korzon, Surgeville, Dane Biegert, Charles MacDonald, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Donkey Kong Junior (US, bootleg?) [unknown]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, English) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, French) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, German) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, Spanish) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, French) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, German) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, Spanish) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Final Fight (Japan 900405) [bonky0013, Manimani, The Dumping Union]
Grand Champion (set 3) [Malcor, MASH]
Karate Blazers (World, Tecmo license) [caius, The Dumping Union]
Last Mission (World revision 8) [caius, The Dumping Union]
Marvel Super Heroes (Brazil 951024) [SHVB, The Dumping Union]
Naughty Boy (bootleg, set 2) [f205v, Matteo]
Pit Boss Superstar III 30 (9233-00-06, California version) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Real Puncher (Japan, v2.12J) [ShouTime, Javier Vidal Mata, Sean Sutton, Candy Wolff, Evan Korzon, Surgeville, Dane Biegert, Charles MacDonald, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Sengoku 3 / Sengoku Densho 2001 (set 2) [Razoola]
Spy Hunter (Spain, Recreativos Franco S.A., Bally Midway license) [Carlos Matos Lara, Recreativas.org]
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (bootleg with level selection) [hammy, The Dumping Union]
Tandy Color Computer (Extended BASIC 1.0; HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tandy Color Computer (HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tandy Color Computer 2 (HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tandy Color Computer 2B (HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tapper (Budweiser, 1/27/84 - Alternate graphics) [Brian Troha]
The King of Dragons (World 910731) [Sergio Galiano, Recre_Piscis, Spain]
The Rocketeer (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
Trophy Hunting - Bear & Moose V1.0 (location test) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
V-Liner (v0.53) [Razoola]
V-Liner (v0.7a) [Razoola]
V-Liner (v0.7e) [Razoola]
World Heroes 2 (ALH-006) [Razoola]
World Soccer Finals (rev 4) [Kevin Eshbach, The Dumping Union]

Machines promoted to working

Capcom Vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (Japan) (GDL-0004) [Samuele Zannoli, R. Belmont, ElSemi, David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert, MetalliC]
Cleopatra Fortune Plus (GDL-0012) [Samuele Zannoli, R. Belmont, ElSemi, David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert, MetalliC]
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (new wide screen) [Sean Riddle]
Genius 6 (V110F) [Luca Elia, Fabrice Arzeno, The Dumping Union]
TI-99/2 BASIC Computer (24 KiB ROM) [Michael Zapf]
TI-99/2 BASIC Computer (32 KiB ROM) [Michael Zapf]
unknown Sidam poker [AJR]

Clones promoted to working

Coco Loco (set 3) [Roberto Fresca, Roberto Cervera, Recreativas.org]
IQ Block (V113FR, gambling) [Luca Elia, Guru, Dyq, Bnathan]
BBC Master 512 [Nigel Barnes]
Shuzi Leyuan (V127M, gambling) [Luca Elia, Guru, Dyq, Bnathan]

New machines marked as NOT_WORKING

Air Hockey (6.03, encrypted) [AJR]
Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom (host) [Darksoft, Bill D, The Dumping Union]
Fonz [TTL] [Andrew Welburn, The Dumping Union]
HP Integral Personal Computer 9808A [shattered]
InterPro 6000 [Patrick Mackinlay]
InterPro 6400 [Patrick Mackinlay]
InterPro 6700 [Patrick Mackinlay]
InterPro 6800 [Patrick Mackinlay]
Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken [Sean Riddle, Peter Wilhelmsen]
LD Quiz dai 4-dan - Kotaetamon Gachi! (Japan) [italiandoh]
Motogonki [IgorR76]
Multi Game V (AMGHU_V83.65) [Roberto Fresca, Pycur]
Pop'n Run - The Videogame (set 1) [Antonio Rodriguez, Recreativas.org, ShouTime, The Dumping Union]
Sharpshooter (coin pusher) [Joe Magiera]
The King of Fighters - Road to Revenge / The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match [Peter Wilhelmsen, brizzo]
unknown Ace System 1 game [Joe Magiera, The Dumping Union]
War Mission (WM 4/6/87) [Jordi Beltrán Casany, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]

New clones marked as NOT_WORKING

Autocue 1500 [Mikko Heinonen]
Batman (1.03 France) [PinMAME]
Bow & Arrow (Prototype, rev. 22) [PinMAME]
Grand Champion (set 2) [Malcor, MASH]
Micronics M55Hi-Plus [Samuele Zannoli]
NEC PC-9801VM [Fujix]
Poly 1 Educational Computer (early) [Nigel Barnes, Andrew Trotman]
Poly 2 Learning System [Nigel Barnes, Andrew Trotman]
Poly Development System [Nigel Barnes, Andrew Trotman]
Pop'n Run - The Videogame (set 2) [Antonio Rodriguez, Recreativas.org, ShouTime, The Dumping Union]
Strider 2 (Euro 991213) [Nomax, Corrado Tomaselli, f205v, The Dumping Union]

New working software list additions

abc80_flop: ABCBook [Five Finger Punch]
abc800: ABC832 Systemskiva v2.5 (Swe) [unknown]
apple2_cass: 3D Art Graphics, 3D Star Fire, 3D-Docking, A Beginner's Guide to Game Prgrams and Number Programs (Tape 2), A Beginner's Guide to Game Programs (Tape 3), Ack-Ack, Adventure 0 - Special Sampler, Adventure 1 - Adventure Land, Adventure 3 - Mission Impossible, Adventure 4 - Voodoo Castle, Air Traffic Controller, Andromeda Conquest, Apple Casino, Apple Derby, Apple ][ Organ, Applesoft Utility Programs, Assembler, B-1 Nuclear Bomber, Baseball, Battlestar I, Beneath Apple Manor, Black Jack / Slot Machine, Bomber, Bowling / Trilogy, Bridge Challenger, Canter Downs, Complex Mathematics, Computer Acquire, Computer Acquire (original), Conflict 2500, Craps / Bright Pen Craps, Crazy Climber, Crazy Eights, Cubik, Depth Charge, Disk-O-Tape, Dnieper River Line, Don't Fall, Don't Fall! / Memory Aide, DUNJONQUEST- Datestones of Ryn, DUNJONQUEST- Morloc's Tower, Echo, Electronic Index-Card File, Enchanted Island, Engineering Mathematics - 1, Escape!, Fastgammon, Financial Wizard 2, Financial Wizard 3, Financial Wizard 4, Football Predictions, Forte / Forte Music, Funpak I, Galaxian, Galaxy, Galaxy Travel, Gammon Gambler, Global War, Grading Routine / Drawing, Guns of Fort Defiance, Haunted House, Highres Graphic Printer, Highres Playground, Hires Boxing, House of Seven Gables / Journey to the Center of the Earth, I Got Mine, Journey to Atlantis, Jupiter Express, Kaleidoscope, Kidstuff, Laserblast, Learning BASIC, Pt. 1 & 2, Learning BASIC, Pt. 3, Lunar Lander, Lunar Lander II, Magic Squares, Match Wits, Maze Game, Memory Builder, Memory Check, Micro Invaders, Microchess 2.0, Microgammon 1.0, microtrivia, Midway Campaign, Missile Command v1.2, Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4, Module 5, Module 6, Module 7, Module 8, Moto-Cross, Music Box and Kaleidoscope, Music Kaleidoscope, North Atlantic Convoy Raider, Oil Tycoon, Othello, Othello for Apple v2.1, Peg Jump, Phasor Zap, Pinball / Infinite Number of Monkeys, Pirates!, Planet Miners, Planetoids, Preschool IQ-Builder, Quiz Baseball, RAM Test, Racer, Radar Interceptor, Raster Blaster, Renju, Retreat, Revive - A Utility Program for the Apple, Road Race / Saucer War, Rocket Pilot, Roulette, Sahara Warriors Commando / French Foreign Legion, Sargon I, Sargon II, Saucer Invasion, Softside August 1981, Softside December 1981, Softside January 1982, Softside July 1981, Softside July 1982, Softside July 1982 Computers in Education, Softside June 1981, Softside Mar 1981, Softside May 1981, Softside May 1982, Softside October 1981, Softside September 1981, Songs in the Key of Apple, Space Maze, Space War, Speedway, Spider Tag, Star Blazer, Star Wars, STARQUEST Rescue at Rigel, Statistics, Stocks & Bonds, Story Builder, Study Aide, Study Aide / Keyboard Organ, Super Arithmetica, Super Invader, Super Math / True/False Quiz, Super Othello, Super Starwars, SuperMath, Tank War, Tanktics, The Bomber, The Patient Professor 16K, The Patient Professor 24K, The Talking Calculator, Tic-Tac-Talker / Spectrum Analysis, Time Clock, Typing Tutor, U-Draw, Variable Message / Matching Quiz, Voyager I, Warlords [Dagarman]
bbcm_cart: VideoROM: Videodisc Player Control Software [Michael Sadler]
fmtowns_cd: Mega Lo Mania [DamienD, Tokugawa Corporate Forums]
ibm5150: Gunship, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (3.5"), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (5.25") [ArcadeShadow]
ibm5170: Curse of Enchantia, Descent, Gunship 2000 [ArcadeShadow]
neogeo: Sengoku 3 / Sengoku Densho 2001 (set 2), World Heroes 2 (ALH-006) [Razoola]
pc98_cd: Windows NT 4.0 Server [WinWorld]
sorcerer_cass: Arithmetic Practise, Racetrack, Shape Maker, Sightspell, Spelling, Star Wars, Stomper, Submarine Hunt, The Sorcerers Fruit Machine, Yahtzee, ZETU v1.2 Editor Assembler [Robbbert]
vic10: MultiMAX [Curt Coder]

Software list items promoted to working

pc98_cd: Magical Squadron, Ms. Detective File #1 - Iwami Ginzan Satsujin Jiken, Ms. Detective File #2 - Sugata-naki Irainin, NEC Driver Kit for Windows 95, Policenauts, Psychic Detective Series Vol. 1 - Invitation - Kage kara no Shoutaijou, Psychic Detective Series Vol. 2 - Memories, Psychic Detective Series Vol. 3 - Aya, Ryouki no Ori Dai-2-Shou, Schwarzschild GX - Sabita Sousei, Sensual Angels, Shamhat - The Holy Circlet, Tanjou - Debut, Windows 95 (OSR2, v4.00.950 B), Windows 95 (Retail, v4.00.950) [Carl, r09]

New NOT_WORKING software list additions

apple2_cass: Sweet Talker [Dagarman]
dc: DreamOn Volume 10 (Fra), Dreamcast Promotion Disk (Jpn), Eldorado Gate Dai-7-kan (Jpn), Erde: Nezu no Ki no Shita de (Jpn), Es (Jpn), Ever 17: The Out of Infinity (Jpn), Fire Pro Wrestling D (Jpn), First Kiss Story II: Anata ga Iru kara (Jpn), First Kiss Story II: Anata ga Iru kara - Tokubetsu Genteiban (Jpn), Fragrance Tale (Jpn), Godzilla Generations (Jpn), Golem no Maigo (Jpn), Golf Shiyou yo (Jpn, Rev. 2), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 1: Keiyaku (Jpn), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 2: Torikago (Jpn), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei (Jpn), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 4: Kaikou (Jpn), Happy Breeding (Jpn), Heavy Metal: Geomatrix (Jpn), Heisei Mahjong-sou (Jpn), Himitsu: Yui ga Ita Natsu (Jpn), KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (Euro), KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (USA), Kaitou Apricot (Jpn), Kao the Kangaroo (Demo) (World), Kao the Kangaroo (Euro), Kao the Kangaroo (USA), Karous (Jpn), Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de... - Tokubetsuban (Jpn), Kidou Senshi Gundam: Renpou vs. Zeon & DX (Jpn), Kitahei Gold (Jpn), Kiteretsu Boy's Gangagan (Jpn), Konohana 2: Todokanai Requiem (Jpn), Konohana: True Report (Jpn), Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinshou (Jpn, Rev. 1) [FakeShemp]
pc98_cd: Windows NT 3.51 Workstation, Windows NT 3.51 Workstation (Checked Build) [WinWorld]

Translations added or modified

Chinese (Simplified) [YuiFAN]
Chinese (Traditional) [YuiFAN]
Dutch [Jos van Mourik]
German [RafTacker]
Greek [BraiNKilleRGR]
Japanese [Katsuhiko Kagami]
Korean [Neius]
Portuguese (Brazil) [Wellington Uemura]
Spanish [A. Viloria]

Source Changes

Separated MS7002 keyboard emulation from VT100 keyboard, changed to Cyrillic key names and JCUKEN layout. [AJR]
msm58321: Corrected duty cycle for busy output. [AJR]
duet16, fmtowns: Fixed RTC busy signal handling. [AJR]
mcs51: Added more interrupt and timer registers to debug state. [AJR]
asteroid: Swapped start LEDs and suppressed logging for many spurious writes [AJR]
asteroid, astdelux: Added cocktail configuration that flips screen for second player. [AJR]
cit101: Somewhat major improvements: [AJR]
- Added high-level emulation of serial keyboard.
- Implemented double-height, double-width, boldface, and blinking/half intensity attributes.
- Implemented adjustable start-of-screen pointer (necessary for SET-UP mode).
- Implemented screen reconfiguration for 80/132-column and 50/60 Hz modes.
ppu2c0x family: Made palette internal to device. [AJR]
z80ctc: Disabling a channel interrupt also turns it off. [AJR]
Made “Keypad ,” and “Keypad =” standard keys. [AJR]
Made debugger dump command work with unaligned addresses. [AJR]
vectrex: Fixed probable bug with lightpen-triggered interrupt. [AJR]
sidampkr: Made the cards appear. [AJR]
1945kiii: Add sprite color flashes (MT06971), reduced palette size, and fixed OKIM6295 reads. [AJR]
i8275: Blank top and bottom row lines when underline is greater than 7. [AJR]
tomagic: Added sound system and inputs. [AJR, David Haywood]
exidy440.cpp, vertigo.cpp: Improved encapsulation of audio device. [AJR]
legionna.cpp: Kludged a few weird Godzilla collision checks. [Angelo Salese]
nb1412m2.cpp: Improved sound capabilities and added DAC sound to Mighty Guy. [Angelo Salese]
stvvdp1.cpp: Fixed transparent sprite shadows, and disabled transmask for mode 2 sprites. [Angelo Salese]
stvvdp2.cpp updates: [Angelo Salese]
- Disabled ROZ optimization in modes 2 and 3 (fixes Bulk Slash and Death Crimson ROZ layer bugs).
- Added support for line windows and vertical cell scroll.
- Added support for undocumented rotation parameter read mirroring.
- Don’t repeat ROZ when screen over process is equal to 1 (fixes D-Xhird practice stage).
- Fixed potential bug with window Y sizes when double density interlace is enabled.
sub.cpp: Added flip screen support for Submarine (Sigma). [Angelo Salese]
ltcasino.cpp: Added preliminary palette implementation. [Angelo Salese]
blmbycar.cpp: Added optical and potentiometer wheel inputs. [Angelo Salese]
f1gp.cpp: Added some undocumented DIP switches, and 4-way joystick inputs. [Angelo Salese]
dc-ctrl.cpp updates: [Angelo Salese]
- Added preliminary keyboard support, hooked up to The Typing of the Dead, La Keyboard, and Lupin 3: the Typing on Naomi.
- Fixed Dreamcast controller ID values, making it possible to suppress VMU not found errors in Dreamcast games.
pc9801.cpp updates:
- Fix sound ROM mapping, and fixed sound board initialization for Eikan wa Kimi ni 2. [Angelo Salese]
- Improved and reorganized -26 and -86 sound card ROM read-backs. [Angelo Salese, Takahiro Nogi]
- Added SpeakBoard sound card emulation. [Angelo Salese, Takahiro Nogi]
tatsumi.cpp improvements: [Angelo Salese]
- Added preliminary row/column scroll enable for tilemaps (fixes background scrolling and foreground text in Cycle Warriors).
- Improved road colors in Cycle Warriors.
amstrad: Allow loading CPR cartridges with odd numbers of blocks. [Barry Rodewald]
Added VS Systems LBA Enhancer ISA card – adds PC BIOS extensions for 28-bit LBA support. [Bavarese]
aica.cpp: Changed register names to match development manual, documented unimplemented registers, and flagged imperfect features. [cam900]
c6280.cpp: Implemented LFO and added notes. [cam900]
gunpey.cpp: Reduced code duplication, and deferred VRAM allocation to start time. [cam900]
renegade.cpp: Fixed bit manipulations. [cam900]
seibuspi: Fixed typo and added notes. [cam900]
fmtowns.cpp: Implemented stereo output, fixed PCM output level, and reduced code duplication. [cam900]
rohga.cpp: Fixed background color of title screen in wolffang. [cam900]
jaguar.cpp cleanup: [cam900]
- Moved CoJag ROM board mapping to derived address maps, and moved banking configuration to machine start.
- Reduced runtime tag lookups.
fuukifg2.cpp: Updated notes and cleaned up a little. [cam900]
m90.cpp: Reduced code duplication, added user_data for tilemap RAM base, reduced runtime tag lookups, and updated notes. [cam900]
dooyong.cpp: Cleaned up a little, and added input merger device for YM2203 interrupt handler. [cam900]
m72.cpp: Simplified graphics decode layouts. [cam900]
drgnmst.cpp: Changed to mono sound output – neither chip nor PCB supports stereo. [cam900]
argus.cpp: Fixed argus sound writes (only one YM2203), reduced code duplication, and reduced runtime tag lookups. [cam900]
pgm.cpp, pgm2.cpp: Corrected metadata so it matches title screens, transliterated Chinese names, and updated comments. [cam900]
sandscrp.cpp, puckpkmn.cpp: Transliterated Chinese titles. [cam900]
rf5c68.cpp: Converted to device_memory_interface and added save state support. [cam900]
megacd.cpp, segas18.cpp, segas32.cpp, system16.cpp: Reduced duplication, fixed bit manipulation, and reduced runtime tag lookups. [cam900]
nmk16.cpp: Fixed tdragon2 banking, transliterated Chinese titles, simplified graphics decode layouts, and fixed spacing. [cam900]
highvdeo.cpp improvements: [cam900]
- Split machine configuration and address maps for each game.
- Reduced code duplication, cleaned up drawing code, cleaned up ROM loading, and removed redundant code.
- Added pre-calculated color for games using RGB565.
funkyjet.cpp: Fixed company metadata for funkyjet and clones. [cam900]
simpl156.cpp: Changed company metadata to match title screens. [cam900]
topspeed.cpp: Cleaned up and used arrays to reduce code duplication. [cam900]
romload.h: Added macros for byte-wide ROMs on a 64-bit bus. [cam900]
Allowed internal register read-back on DECO HuC6280/YM2151 sound system. [cam900]
Reduced code duplication and changed to more meaningful tags in many Data East drivers. [cam900]
deco32.cpp: Moved dragngun/lockload m_sprgenzoom into dragngun_state and removed redundant code. [cam900]
argus, bigfight: Added links to reference videos in comments. [cam900]
tatsumi.cpp: Reduced runtime tag lookups, used more meaningful tags, and reduced code duplication. [cam900]
taitogn.cpp: Reduced code duplication. [cam900]
cbuster.cpp: Simplified tile banking. [cam900]
toaplan2.cpp, gp9001.cpp: Reduced duplicated and redundant code, reduced runtime tag lookups, and updated notes. [cam900]
leland.cpp improvements and modernisation: [cam900, Vas Crabb]
- Cleaned up duplicated code, reduced runtime tag lookups.
- Split out ataxx/wsf/indyheat/brutforc/asylum into separate state class.
- Converted background to tilemap and restricted drawing to clip rectangle.
abc806: Fixed memory banking allowing CP/M to boot. [Curt Coder]
Sort save state items in alphabetical order in the memory viewer source list. [Curt Coder, Vas Crabb]
rad_eu3a14: Improved rendering for rad_foot by making more correct use of sprite registers/bits. [David Haywood]
Started looking at the extra opcodes in the SSD 2000 type XaviX chip. [David Haywood]
coolridr.cpp, model2.cpp, model3.cpp: Converted Sega 315-5649 to device. [Dirk Best]
model1io: Improved interface, and added drive board read/write callbacks. [Dirk Best]
model2: Fixed input issue with srallyc. [Dirk Best]
floppy: Initialize created floppy images the same way as loaded images. [Dirk Best]
315_5338a: Cleaned up and improved code, and renamed ports to match other Sega I/O devices. [Dirk Best]
v60: Fixed disassembly of branch opcodes (displacement is signed). [Dirk Best]
tmpz84c015: Added missing callback for CTC zc3, and removed rxtxcb_w. [Dirk Best]
model1: Emulated I/O boards used by Wing War, Netmerc, and Virtua Cop. [Dirk Best]
- Supports serial ports, watchdog, and diagnostic display (in addition to I/O).
hp_ipc: Added HPIB interface chip and remotizer device. [F.Ulivi]
tms9914 updates: [F.Ulivi]
- Improved emulation – HPIB test of IPC diagb ROM now passes.
- Added methods to read ACCRQ and CONT output lines.
- Added RL state machine and other fixes – now passes HP9000/340 POST.
- Fixed handling of GTS aux command.
remote488: Added “checkpoint” command that performs a synchronous out-of-band echo request. [F.Ulivi]
Output module changes: [headkaze, R. Belmont]
- Cleaned up network provider protocol.
- Added pause and savestate commands to both network and win32 providers.
markham.cpp: Modernised and merged with strnskil.cpp. [kazblox]
- Added coin counters and added coinage DIP switch settings for markham, strnskil, banbam and clones.
- Added raw screen parameters based of 20 MHz clock on strnskil PCB.
citycon.cpp, ikki.cpp: Added raw screen parameters. [kazblox]
sega8_slot.cpp: Added check for Lode Runner SG-1000/SC-3000 ROM image. [Kalevi Kolttonen]
igs017.cpp: Emulated the protection in iqblocka, iqblockf, and genius6. [Luca Elia]
tutor: Turned off auto wait states – fixes cassette loading. [Michael Zapf]
tms9995: Fixed latching of pulsed interrupts. [Michael Zapf]
ti99: Fixed disk creation via OSD. [Michael Zapf]
hexbus: Added connectors to HX5102, allowing a second drive to be attached to the controller in the case. [Michael Zapf]
ti99_2: Added new/verified ROM dumps, and re-implemented driver. [Michael Zapf]
ti99_8: Inverted track count bits, and added DIP switches. [Michael Zapf]
gunpey: Emulated AG-1 sprite decompression algorithm. [Morten Shearman Kirkegaard]
bbc: Added various pointer devices on userport: [Nigel Barnes]
- AMX Mouse, Acorn Master 512 Mouse, Marconi RB2 Tracker Ball.
bbcm512: Added mouse, and promoted to working. [Nigel Barnes]
bbcmaiv: Added tracker ball. [Nigel Barnes]
bbc: Added Beeb Speech Synthesiser device. [Nigel Barnes]
poly.cpp: Use original encrypted ROMs, and decrypt. [Nigel Barnes]
- Implemented banking and system/user mode switching.
- Added PolyBASIC 3.0, 3.1, and 3.4.
apple2: Added support for WOZ image format. [O. Galibert]
emumem: Renamed direct_read_handler to memory_access_cache. [O. Galibert]
- Now templated on more information (data width, endianness) and capable of oversize/unaligned accesses.
debugger: Simplified now-obsolete and buggy memory access code. [O. Galibert]
cubeqst: Fixed cache endianness. [O. Galibert]
sound: Don’t try to generate a negative number of samples if stream->update() goes back in time. [O. Galibert]
floppy: Increased robustness and improved bitstream handling. [John Keoni Morris, Peter Ferrie, O. Galibert]
Added Brooktree Bt45x RAMDAC devices – Bt457 and Bt458 are used by InterPro graphics boards. [Patrick Mackinlay]
tms32031: Added tms320c30 variant and basic hold/holda support. [Patrick Mackinlay]
Moved Z80 daisy-chain mixin from src/devices/cpu/z80 to src/devices/machine. [Patrick Mackinlay]
interpro: Added low-level keyboard emulation (key mapping is incomplete). [Patrick Mackinlay]
interpro: Slowed down CPU – fixes graphical glitches and keyboard detection. [Patrick Mackinlay]
apple2: Recognize another form of DOS 3.3 image in ProDOS order. [R. Belmont, Peter Ferrie]
Apple II: Added 13-sector version of Disk II controller. [R. Belmont]
Added SoftFloat release 3E to 3rdparty. [R. Belmont]
sh4drc: Added UML implementations of FLDI0, FLDI1, FCMP_EQ, FCMP_GT, FSTS, FLOAT, FTRC, FNEG, FABS, FSCHG, and FRCHG. [R. Belmont]
neogeo: Added UniBios 3.3. [Robbbert]
apexc: Fixed regression/crash introduced on 2018-02-12. [Robbbert]
indy_indigo2: Cleaned up code, converted HAL2 and HPC3 to devices, and moved HAL2, HPC3, and IOC2 devices to separate source files. [Ryan Holtz]
vp415: Added proper dumps of Module S and Module W MCUs, which have identical programs. [Ryan Holtz, Simon Inns]
adc0808: Reduced CPU overhead with smarter timer usage. [Ryan Holtz]
Removed name mangling functions from driver initialisation methods, and renamed init_0 to empty_init. [Ryan Holtz]
atpci.cpp: Move m55hi-plus motherboard stuff to a new machine called m55hipl. [Samuele Zannoli]
hp_ipc: Added diagnostic ROMs and model 9808A (prototype of desktop version). [shattered]
i8255: Improved read-back of port C high output latches when port A is in mode 1. [hap, shattered]
pk8020: Hooked up interrupt sources. [shattered]
popeye.cpp improvements: [smf]
- Adjusted Popeye and Sky Skipper layer positions to match tests on real hardware.
- Added preliminary emulation of corruption on Popeye bootleg logo.
hp9k_3xx improvements: [Sven Schnelle]
- Added internal TMS9914 GPIB, clocked at 5MHz.
- Added HP 46021A (ITF) HIL keyboard, and changed h9k_3xx to use this device.
- Added “topcat” ASIC used on HP900/300 graphics cards, and hooked up to HP98544.
- Fixed PTM6840 hookup – clock 2 is driven by output of timer 1.
HP IPC keyboard: fixed ID byte returned for IDD command, and changed logging to use logmacro.h. [Sven Schnelle]
gime.cpp: Fixed handling of number of scan lines for legacy VDG/SAM modes on CoCo 3. [David Ladd, Tim Lindner]
Initial work on next-generation machine configuration syntax: [Vas Crabb]
- Made concrete device types callable and added support for device class constructor overloads.
- Made machine_config aware of current device being configured and made findecallback target tags apply relative to it.
- Allowed devcb to be bound to a device/mix-in or the target of an object finder.
- Allowed device finders to be used in place of literal tags in many places in machine configuration.
- Replaced many MCFG_ macros with overloaded device constructors and removed many macros that provide limited value.
- Removed implicit name mangling from macros for slot options, discrete sound descriptors, and graphics decode descriptors.
Further improvements to NeoGeo experience: [Vas Crabb]
- Moved arcade start buttons to controllers and allowed AES joystick to be selected on systems with D-sub connectors.
- Changed kizuna4p and irrmaze to use a configuration more like MV-1B/MV-1C as earlier models lack support for SIT/FTC1B.
- Made fixed software using mahjong panel default to Japan BIOS as European BIOS only supports joysticks in service mode.
- Changed mahretsu to use JAMMA joystick panel as it doesn’t support mahjong panel in MVS mode.
- Allowed controls to be changed for MVS mahjong games (BIOS and bakatono support joysticks).
- Gave the single-slot JAMMA variants parent/clone relationships.
Removed assert macro replacement as it can’t be used in destructors of classes that are literal types. [Vas Crabb]
Fixed incorrect device class for PCI APIC. [Vas Crabb]
Made slot device options menu localisable. [Vas Crabb]
ef9340/1: Made character set external an external ROM. [Wilbert Pol]
Completely eliminated deprecated indexed output functions. [Wilbert Pol, Ryan Holtz, Robbbert, Dirk Best, cam900, AJR]
galaxian.cpp: Updated ROM labels for froggers1. [Andrew Welburn, The Dumping Union]
alien.cpp: Re-dumped pingu CompactFlash card (sadly the source CompactFlash card is bad/corrupt). [Bill D]
ltcasino.cpp: Added PCB layout for Mini Vegas. [Brian Troha]
vamphalf.cpp: Redumped the graphics PORMs for Lup Lup Puzzle v1.05 from a second PCB. [Brian Troha, caius, The Dumping Union]
vamphalf.cpp: Added PCB layout for Boong-Ga Boong-Ga (Spank'em!). [Brian Troha]
hshavoc.cpp: Decapped and dumped PIC microcontroller. [Caps0ff]
gaelco2.cpp: Verified Dallas clock for World Rally 2. [Corrado Tomaselli]
gaelco2.cpp: Verified MCU clock for Touch & Go. [f205v]
holeland.cpp: Documented PALs for crzrallyg. [f205v]
splash.cpp: Documented some undumped PLDs. [f205v]
funworld.cpp, kingdrby.cpp: Identified some protected PAL dumps and marked them as bad. [f205v]
esd16.cpp: Verified different sound sample ROM for Multi Champ DX was bit-rot. [f205v, The Dumping Union]
pc9801.cpp: Dumped kanji ROMs for PC9801VM. [Fujix, hiromasha]
bionicc.cpp: Corrected MCU label for the original sets. [Guru]
chasehq, topspeed: Dumped motor CPU ROM and added detailed hardware description for chasehq. [Guru]
irrmaze: Improved internal artwork layout. [Jos van Mourik]
exidy.cpp: Added PROMs for venture. [Kevin Eshbach, The Dumping Union]
Updated hiscore.dat for recent changes. [Leezer]
spacewars: Fixed error in ROM definition introduced in MAME 0.37b2. [MASH]
model1io: Re-dumped epr14869b.25 used by Virtua Fighter. [Phil Bennett]
Amatic Multi Game 5: Added notes about the contents of Dallas DS1994 device. [Pycur]
pc98_cd.xml updates: [r09]
- Re-tested all software entries that previously had video/audio issues – around 70% now work.
- Demoted Miamisoft’s games to non-working since they seem to hang randomly.
- Tested some software entries on real hardware (PC-9821Nw150) to make sure the issues are emulation-related.
neogeo.cpp: Added two new MVS BIOS dumps. [Razoola]
Coco Loco (set 3): Redumped the bit-rotted ROM. [Roberto Cervera, Recreativas.org]
Coco Loco: Corrected metadata and updated notes. [RobertoFresca]
phoenix.cpp: Documented the Next Fase sound device. [Roberto Fresca]
Corrected years for Groove on Fight, Pop'n Music 2, and Pop'n Music 3. [sjy96525]
starwars.cpp: Added locations to ROM labels for all machines. [Tafoid]
sun2.cpp updates:
- Add boot ROM revisions N and 1.0F. [Ryan Eisworth]
- Added boot ROM revision M. [Josh Dersch]
Software list corrections: [Wintermute 0110]
- Made Acorn software list names more consistent.
- Stripped leading/trailing spaces from ROM names.
- Changed some ROM names that are problematic with Windows Explorer and Command Prompt.

MAME 0.198

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

04539: [Misc.] (stv.cpp) dnmtdeka, diehard: Illegal Sprite Mode - Contact MAMEDEV (Angelo Salese)
05484: [Crash/Freeze] (jpmsys5sw.cpp) Various jpmsys5sw.c sets: [debug] Assert in Debug (Vas Crabb)
06543: [Crash/Freeze] (segapico.cpp) All sets in segapico.cpp: [debug] Assert when starting emulation (Vas Crabb)
06934: [ColoPalette] (x1.cpp) x1turbo40: Colors missing in all X1 Turbo (CZ-862C) software (Vas Crabb)
06948: [Media Support] (ptcsol.cpp) sol20 [basic5]: Program does not start after loading (Robbbert)
06954: [Core] (coco3.cpp) coco3dw1: Emulated system crashes when trying to access floppy disk image (David Ladd)
06958: [Crash/Freeze] (attache.cpp) Fatal error: No screen specified for device ':crtc', but multiple screens found (Ivan Vangelista)
06960: [Crash/Freeze] (qtsbc.cpp) qtsbc: Exception when using certain -rs232 slot options (AJR)
06962: [Crash/Freeze] (atlantis.cpp) Fatal error: No screen specified for device ':zeus2', but multiple screens found (Ivan Vangelista)
06963: [Crash/Freeze] (ms6102.cpp) Fatal error: No screen specified for device ':i8275_1', but multiple screens found (Ivan Vangelista)
06964: [Crash/Freeze] (apollo.cpp) dsp3000, dsp3500, dsp5500: Exception when using most -rs232 options (Vas Crabb)
06966: [DIP/Input] (missile.cpp) missile: DIP switch “Trackball Size” label reversed and R8 dip switch graphic inverted (Tafoid)
06971: [Graphics] (1945kiii.cpp) 1945kiiio, 1945kiiin, 1945kiii: Enemy damage flashes missing (AJR)
06982: [Gameplay] (coco12.cpp) Other Coco related drivers: 1bit audio DAC issue (AJR)

New working machines

Batman: The Animated Series (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
Dragon MSX-64 (MSX1) [David F.Gisbert aka Tromax, AUIC, Robcfg]
Fidelity Elegance Chess Challenger [hap, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, English) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Jikkyou Powerful Pro Yakyuu EX '98 (GC811 VER. JAA) [Charles MacDonald, Candy Wolff, Henrique Areias Pontes, Sean Sutton, Surgeville, Dane Biegert, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union, smf]
Keirin Ou [Michael Moffitt, Eric Diem, Angelo Salese, The Dumping Union]
Operation: Aliens (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
Scorpio 68000 [hap, yoyo_chessboard]
Tom Tom Magic [Jeffrey Gray, ranger_lennier, Evan Korzon, Dane Biegert, MrGoodwraith, Charles MacDonald, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Wayne's World (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
World Adventure [ArcadeHacker, The Dumping Union]
X-Men (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]

New working clones

Battle Balls (Germany, earlier) [Fabrice Arzeno, The Dumping Union]
Centipede (Japan, revision 3) [ShouTime, Javier Vidal Mata, Sean Sutton, Candy Wolff, Evan Korzon, Surgeville, Dane Biegert, Charles MacDonald, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Donkey Kong Junior (US, bootleg?) [unknown]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, English) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, French) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, German) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (Budapest program, Spanish) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, French) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, German) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Fidelity Prestige Challenger (original program, Spanish) [hap, Berger, yoyo_chessboard]
Final Fight (Japan 900405) [bonky0013, Manimani, The Dumping Union]
Grand Champion (set 3) [Malcor, MASH]
Karate Blazers (World, Tecmo license) [caius, The Dumping Union]
Last Mission (World revision 8) [caius, The Dumping Union]
Marvel Super Heroes (Brazil 951024) [SHVB, The Dumping Union]
Naughty Boy (bootleg, set 2) [f205v, Matteo]
Pit Boss Superstar III 30 (9233-00-06, California version) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Real Puncher (Japan, v2.12J) [ShouTime, Javier Vidal Mata, Sean Sutton, Candy Wolff, Evan Korzon, Surgeville, Dane Biegert, Charles MacDonald, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
Sengoku 3 / Sengoku Densho 2001 (set 2) [Razoola]
Spy Hunter (Spain, Recreativos Franco S.A., Bally Midway license) [Carlos Matos Lara, Recreativas.org]
Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (bootleg with level selection) [hammy, The Dumping Union]
Tandy Color Computer (Extended BASIC 1.0; HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tandy Color Computer (HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tandy Color Computer 2 (HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tandy Color Computer 2B (HD6309) [David Ladd]
Tapper (Budweiser, 1/27/84 - Alternate graphics) [Brian Troha]
The King of Dragons (World 910731) [Sergio Galiano, Recre_Piscis, Spain]
The Rocketeer (Tiger handheld) [hap, Sean Riddle]
Trophy Hunting - Bear & Moose V1.0 (location test) [Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
V-Liner (v0.53) [Razoola]
V-Liner (v0.7a) [Razoola]
V-Liner (v0.7e) [Razoola]
World Heroes 2 (ALH-006) [Razoola]
World Soccer Finals (rev 4) [Kevin Eshbach, The Dumping Union]

Machines promoted to working

Capcom Vs. SNK Millennium Fight 2000 Pro (Japan) (GDL-0004) [Samuele Zannoli, R. Belmont, ElSemi, David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert, MetalliC]
Cleopatra Fortune Plus (GDL-0012) [Samuele Zannoli, R. Belmont, ElSemi, David Haywood, Angelo Salese, Olivier Galibert, MetalliC]
Game & Watch: Super Mario Bros. (new wide screen) [Sean Riddle]
Genius 6 (V110F) [Luca Elia, Fabrice Arzeno, The Dumping Union]
TI-99/2 BASIC Computer (24 KiB ROM) [Michael Zapf]
TI-99/2 BASIC Computer (32 KiB ROM) [Michael Zapf]
unknown Sidam poker [AJR]

Clones promoted to working

Coco Loco (set 3) [Roberto Fresca, Roberto Cervera, Recreativas.org]
IQ Block (V113FR, gambling) [Luca Elia, Guru, Dyq, Bnathan]
BBC Master 512 [Nigel Barnes]
Shuzi Leyuan (V127M, gambling) [Luca Elia, Guru, Dyq, Bnathan]

New machines marked as NOT_WORKING

Air Hockey (6.03, encrypted) [AJR]
Donkey Kong Banana Kingdom (host) [Darksoft, Bill D, The Dumping Union]
Fonz [TTL] [Andrew Welburn, The Dumping Union]
HP Integral Personal Computer 9808A [shattered]
InterPro 6000 [Patrick Mackinlay]
InterPro 6400 [Patrick Mackinlay]
InterPro 6700 [Patrick Mackinlay]
InterPro 6800 [Patrick Mackinlay]
Kenshin Dragon Quest: Yomigaerishi Densetsu no Ken [Sean Riddle, Peter Wilhelmsen]
LD Quiz dai 4-dan - Kotaetamon Gachi! (Japan) [italiandoh]
Motogonki [IgorR76]
Multi Game V (AMGHU_V83.65) [Roberto Fresca, Pycur]
Pop'n Run - The Videogame (set 1) [Antonio Rodriguez, Recreativas.org, ShouTime, The Dumping Union]
Sharpshooter (coin pusher) [Joe Magiera]
The King of Fighters - Road to Revenge / The King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match [Peter Wilhelmsen, brizzo]
unknown Ace System 1 game [Joe Magiera, The Dumping Union]
War Mission (WM 4/6/87) [Jordi Beltrán Casany, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]

New clones marked as NOT_WORKING

Autocue 1500 [Mikko Heinonen]
Batman (1.03 France) [PinMAME]
Bow & Arrow (Prototype, rev. 22) [PinMAME]
Grand Champion (set 2) [Malcor, MASH]
Micronics M55Hi-Plus [Samuele Zannoli]
NEC PC-9801VM [Fujix]
Poly 1 Educational Computer (early) [Nigel Barnes, Andrew Trotman]
Poly 2 Learning System [Nigel Barnes, Andrew Trotman]
Poly Development System [Nigel Barnes, Andrew Trotman]
Pop'n Run - The Videogame (set 2) [Antonio Rodriguez, Recreativas.org, ShouTime, The Dumping Union]
Strider 2 (Euro 991213) [Nomax, Corrado Tomaselli, f205v, The Dumping Union]

New working software list additions

abc80_flop: ABCBook [Five Finger Punch]
abc800: ABC832 Systemskiva v2.5 (Swe) [unknown]
apple2_cass: 3D Art Graphics, 3D Star Fire, 3D-Docking, A Beginner's Guide to Game Prgrams and Number Programs (Tape 2), A Beginner's Guide to Game Programs (Tape 3), Ack-Ack, Adventure 0 - Special Sampler, Adventure 1 - Adventure Land, Adventure 3 - Mission Impossible, Adventure 4 - Voodoo Castle, Air Traffic Controller, Andromeda Conquest, Apple Casino, Apple Derby, Apple ][ Organ, Applesoft Utility Programs, Assembler, B-1 Nuclear Bomber, Baseball, Battlestar I, Beneath Apple Manor, Black Jack / Slot Machine, Bomber, Bowling / Trilogy, Bridge Challenger, Canter Downs, Complex Mathematics, Computer Acquire, Computer Acquire (original), Conflict 2500, Craps / Bright Pen Craps, Crazy Climber, Crazy Eights, Cubik, Depth Charge, Disk-O-Tape, Dnieper River Line, Don't Fall, Don't Fall! / Memory Aide, DUNJONQUEST- Datestones of Ryn, DUNJONQUEST- Morloc's Tower, Echo, Electronic Index-Card File, Enchanted Island, Engineering Mathematics - 1, Escape!, Fastgammon, Financial Wizard 2, Financial Wizard 3, Financial Wizard 4, Football Predictions, Forte / Forte Music, Funpak I, Galaxian, Galaxy, Galaxy Travel, Gammon Gambler, Global War, Grading Routine / Drawing, Guns of Fort Defiance, Haunted House, Highres Graphic Printer, Highres Playground, Hires Boxing, House of Seven Gables / Journey to the Center of the Earth, I Got Mine, Journey to Atlantis, Jupiter Express, Kaleidoscope, Kidstuff, Laserblast, Learning BASIC, Pt. 1 & 2, Learning BASIC, Pt. 3, Lunar Lander, Lunar Lander II, Magic Squares, Match Wits, Maze Game, Memory Builder, Memory Check, Micro Invaders, Microchess 2.0, Microgammon 1.0, microtrivia, Midway Campaign, Missile Command v1.2, Module 1, Module 2, Module 3, Module 4, Module 5, Module 6, Module 7, Module 8, Moto-Cross, Music Box and Kaleidoscope, Music Kaleidoscope, North Atlantic Convoy Raider, Oil Tycoon, Othello, Othello for Apple v2.1, Peg Jump, Phasor Zap, Pinball / Infinite Number of Monkeys, Pirates!, Planet Miners, Planetoids, Preschool IQ-Builder, Quiz Baseball, RAM Test, Racer, Radar Interceptor, Raster Blaster, Renju, Retreat, Revive - A Utility Program for the Apple, Road Race / Saucer War, Rocket Pilot, Roulette, Sahara Warriors Commando / French Foreign Legion, Sargon I, Sargon II, Saucer Invasion, Softside August 1981, Softside December 1981, Softside January 1982, Softside July 1981, Softside July 1982, Softside July 1982 Computers in Education, Softside June 1981, Softside Mar 1981, Softside May 1981, Softside May 1982, Softside October 1981, Softside September 1981, Songs in the Key of Apple, Space Maze, Space War, Speedway, Spider Tag, Star Blazer, Star Wars, STARQUEST Rescue at Rigel, Statistics, Stocks & Bonds, Story Builder, Study Aide, Study Aide / Keyboard Organ, Super Arithmetica, Super Invader, Super Math / True/False Quiz, Super Othello, Super Starwars, SuperMath, Tank War, Tanktics, The Bomber, The Patient Professor 16K, The Patient Professor 24K, The Talking Calculator, Tic-Tac-Talker / Spectrum Analysis, Time Clock, Typing Tutor, U-Draw, Variable Message / Matching Quiz, Voyager I, Warlords [Dagarman]
bbcm_cart: VideoROM: Videodisc Player Control Software [Michael Sadler]
fmtowns_cd: Mega Lo Mania [DamienD, Tokugawa Corporate Forums]
ibm5150: Gunship, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (3.5"), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (5.25") [ArcadeShadow]
ibm5170: Curse of Enchantia, Descent, Gunship 2000 [ArcadeShadow]
neogeo: Sengoku 3 / Sengoku Densho 2001 (set 2), World Heroes 2 (ALH-006) [Razoola]
pc98_cd: Windows NT 4.0 Server [WinWorld]
sorcerer_cass: Arithmetic Practise, Racetrack, Shape Maker, Sightspell, Spelling, Star Wars, Stomper, Submarine Hunt, The Sorcerers Fruit Machine, Yahtzee, ZETU v1.2 Editor Assembler [Robbbert]
vic10: MultiMAX [Curt Coder]

Software list items promoted to working

pc98_cd: Magical Squadron, Ms. Detective File #1 - Iwami Ginzan Satsujin Jiken, Ms. Detective File #2 - Sugata-naki Irainin, NEC Driver Kit for Windows 95, Policenauts, Psychic Detective Series Vol. 1 - Invitation - Kage kara no Shoutaijou, Psychic Detective Series Vol. 2 - Memories, Psychic Detective Series Vol. 3 - Aya, Ryouki no Ori Dai-2-Shou, Schwarzschild GX - Sabita Sousei, Sensual Angels, Shamhat - The Holy Circlet, Tanjou - Debut, Windows 95 (OSR2, v4.00.950 B), Windows 95 (Retail, v4.00.950) [Carl, r09]

New NOT_WORKING software list additions

apple2_cass: Sweet Talker [Dagarman]
dc: DreamOn Volume 10 (Fra), Dreamcast Promotion Disk (Jpn), Eldorado Gate Dai-7-kan (Jpn), Erde: Nezu no Ki no Shita de (Jpn), Es (Jpn), Ever 17: The Out of Infinity (Jpn), Fire Pro Wrestling D (Jpn), First Kiss Story II: Anata ga Iru kara (Jpn), First Kiss Story II: Anata ga Iru kara - Tokubetsu Genteiban (Jpn), Fragrance Tale (Jpn), Godzilla Generations (Jpn), Golem no Maigo (Jpn), Golf Shiyou yo (Jpn, Rev. 2), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 1: Keiyaku (Jpn), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 2: Torikago (Jpn), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 3: Kansei (Jpn), Grauen no Torikago Kapitel 4: Kaikou (Jpn), Happy Breeding (Jpn), Heavy Metal: Geomatrix (Jpn), Heisei Mahjong-sou (Jpn), Himitsu: Yui ga Ita Natsu (Jpn), KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (Euro), KISS Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (USA), Kaitou Apricot (Jpn), Kao the Kangaroo (Demo) (World), Kao the Kangaroo (Euro), Kao the Kangaroo (USA), Karous (Jpn), Kidou Senshi Gundam Gaiden: Colony no Ochita Chi de... - Tokubetsuban (Jpn), Kidou Senshi Gundam: Renpou vs. Zeon & DX (Jpn), Kitahei Gold (Jpn), Kiteretsu Boy's Gangagan (Jpn), Konohana 2: Todokanai Requiem (Jpn), Konohana: True Report (Jpn), Kuon no Kizuna: Sairinshou (Jpn, Rev. 1) [FakeShemp]
pc98_cd: Windows NT 3.51 Workstation, Windows NT 3.51 Workstation (Checked Build) [WinWorld]

Translations added or modified

Chinese (Simplified) [YuiFAN]
Chinese (Traditional) [YuiFAN]
Dutch [Jos van Mourik]
German [RafTacker]
Greek [BraiNKilleRGR]
Japanese [Katsuhiko Kagami]
Korean [Neius]
Portuguese (Brazil) [Wellington Uemura]
Spanish [A. Viloria]

Source Changes

Separated MS7002 keyboard emulation from VT100 keyboard, changed to Cyrillic key names and JCUKEN layout. [AJR]
msm58321: Corrected duty cycle for busy output. [AJR]
duet16, fmtowns: Fixed RTC busy signal handling. [AJR]
mcs51: Added more interrupt and timer registers to debug state. [AJR]
asteroid: Swapped start LEDs and suppressed logging for many spurious writes [AJR]
asteroid, astdelux: Added cocktail configuration that flips screen for second player. [AJR]
cit101: Somewhat major improvements: [AJR]
- Added high-level emulation of serial keyboard.
- Implemented double-height, double-width, boldface, and blinking/half intensity attributes.
- Implemented adjustable start-of-screen pointer (necessary for SET-UP mode).
- Implemented screen reconfiguration for 80/132-column and 50/60 Hz modes.
ppu2c0x family: Made palette internal to device. [AJR]
z80ctc: Disabling a channel interrupt also turns it off. [AJR]
Made “Keypad ,” and “Keypad =” standard keys. [AJR]
Made debugger dump command work with unaligned addresses. [AJR]
vectrex: Fixed probable bug with lightpen-triggered interrupt. [AJR]
sidampkr: Made the cards appear. [AJR]
1945kiii: Add sprite color flashes (MT06971), reduced palette size, and fixed OKIM6295 reads. [AJR]
i8275: Blank top and bottom row lines when underline is greater than 7. [AJR]
tomagic: Added sound system and inputs. [AJR, David Haywood]
exidy440.cpp, vertigo.cpp: Improved encapsulation of audio device. [AJR]
legionna.cpp: Kludged a few weird Godzilla collision checks. [Angelo Salese]
nb1412m2.cpp: Improved sound capabilities and added DAC sound to Mighty Guy. [Angelo Salese]
stvvdp1.cpp: Fixed transparent sprite shadows, and disabled transmask for mode 2 sprites. [Angelo Salese]
stvvdp2.cpp updates: [Angelo Salese]
- Disabled ROZ optimization in modes 2 and 3 (fixes Bulk Slash and Death Crimson ROZ layer bugs).
- Added support for line windows and vertical cell scroll.
- Added support for undocumented rotation parameter read mirroring.
- Don’t repeat ROZ when screen over process is equal to 1 (fixes D-Xhird practice stage).
- Fixed potential bug with window Y sizes when double density interlace is enabled.
sub.cpp: Added flip screen support for Submarine (Sigma). [Angelo Salese]
ltcasino.cpp: Added preliminary palette implementation. [Angelo Salese]
blmbycar.cpp: Added optical and potentiometer wheel inputs. [Angelo Salese]
f1gp.cpp: Added some undocumented DIP switches, and 4-way joystick inputs. [Angelo Salese]
dc-ctrl.cpp updates: [Angelo Salese]
- Added preliminary keyboard support, hooked up to The Typing of the Dead, La Keyboard, and Lupin 3: the Typing on Naomi.
- Fixed Dreamcast controller ID values, making it possible to suppress VMU not found errors in Dreamcast games.
pc9801.cpp updates:
- Fix sound ROM mapping, and fixed sound board initialization for Eikan wa Kimi ni 2. [Angelo Salese]
- Improved and reorganized -26 and -86 sound card ROM read-backs. [Angelo Salese, Takahiro Nogi]
- Added SpeakBoard sound card emulation. [Angelo Salese, Takahiro Nogi]
tatsumi.cpp improvements: [Angelo Salese]
- Added preliminary row/column scroll enable for tilemaps (fixes background scrolling and foreground text in Cycle Warriors).
- Improved road colors in Cycle Warriors.
amstrad: Allow loading CPR cartridges with odd numbers of blocks. [Barry Rodewald]
Added VS Systems LBA Enhancer ISA card – adds PC BIOS extensions for 28-bit LBA support. [Bavarese]
aica.cpp: Changed register names to match development manual, documented unimplemented registers, and flagged imperfect features. [cam900]
c6280.cpp: Implemented LFO and added notes. [cam900]
gunpey.cpp: Reduced code duplication, and deferred VRAM allocation to start time. [cam900]
renegade.cpp: Fixed bit manipulations. [cam900]
seibuspi: Fixed typo and added notes. [cam900]
fmtowns.cpp: Implemented stereo output, fixed PCM output level, and reduced code duplication. [cam900]
rohga.cpp: Fixed background color of title screen in wolffang. [cam900]
jaguar.cpp cleanup: [cam900]
- Moved CoJag ROM board mapping to derived address maps, and moved banking configuration to machine start.
- Reduced runtime tag lookups.
fuukifg2.cpp: Updated notes and cleaned up a little. [cam900]
m90.cpp: Reduced code duplication, added user_data for tilemap RAM base, reduced runtime tag lookups, and updated notes. [cam900]
dooyong.cpp: Cleaned up a little, and added input merger device for YM2203 interrupt handler. [cam900]
m72.cpp: Simplified graphics decode layouts. [cam900]
drgnmst.cpp: Changed to mono sound output – neither chip nor PCB supports stereo. [cam900]
argus.cpp: Fixed argus sound writes (only one YM2203), reduced code duplication, and reduced runtime tag lookups. [cam900]
pgm.cpp, pgm2.cpp: Corrected metadata so it matches title screens, transliterated Chinese names, and updated comments. [cam900]
sandscrp.cpp, puckpkmn.cpp: Transliterated Chinese titles. [cam900]
rf5c68.cpp: Converted to device_memory_interface and added save state support. [cam900]
megacd.cpp, segas18.cpp, segas32.cpp, system16.cpp: Reduced duplication, fixed bit manipulation, and reduced runtime tag lookups. [cam900]
nmk16.cpp: Fixed tdragon2 banking, transliterated Chinese titles, simplified graphics decode layouts, and fixed spacing. [cam900]
highvdeo.cpp improvements: [cam900]
- Split machine configuration and address maps for each game.
- Reduced code duplication, cleaned up drawing code, cleaned up ROM loading, and removed redundant code.
- Added pre-calculated color for games using RGB565.
funkyjet.cpp: Fixed company metadata for funkyjet and clones. [cam900]
simpl156.cpp: Changed company metadata to match title screens. [cam900]
topspeed.cpp: Cleaned up and used arrays to reduce code duplication. [cam900]
romload.h: Added macros for byte-wide ROMs on a 64-bit bus. [cam900]
Allowed internal register read-back on DECO HuC6280/YM2151 sound system. [cam900]
Reduced code duplication and changed to more meaningful tags in many Data East drivers. [cam900]
deco32.cpp: Moved dragngun/lockload m_sprgenzoom into dragngun_state and removed redundant code. [cam900]
argus, bigfight: Added links to reference videos in comments. [cam900]
tatsumi.cpp: Reduced runtime tag lookups, used more meaningful tags, and reduced code duplication. [cam900]
taitogn.cpp: Reduced code duplication. [cam900]
cbuster.cpp: Simplified tile banking. [cam900]
toaplan2.cpp, gp9001.cpp: Reduced duplicated and redundant code, reduced runtime tag lookups, and updated notes. [cam900]
leland.cpp improvements and modernisation: [cam900, Vas Crabb]
- Cleaned up duplicated code, reduced runtime tag lookups.
- Split out ataxx/wsf/indyheat/brutforc/asylum into separate state class.
- Converted background to tilemap and restricted drawing to clip rectangle.
abc806: Fixed memory banking allowing CP/M to boot. [Curt Coder]
Sort save state items in alphabetical order in the memory viewer source list. [Curt Coder, Vas Crabb]
rad_eu3a14: Improved rendering for rad_foot by making more correct use of sprite registers/bits. [David Haywood]
Started looking at the extra opcodes in the SSD 2000 type XaviX chip. [David Haywood]
coolridr.cpp, model2.cpp, model3.cpp: Converted Sega 315-5649 to device. [Dirk Best]
model1io: Improved interface, and added drive board read/write callbacks. [Dirk Best]
model2: Fixed input issue with srallyc. [Dirk Best]
floppy: Initialize created floppy images the same way as loaded images. [Dirk Best]
315_5338a: Cleaned up and improved code, and renamed ports to match other Sega I/O devices. [Dirk Best]
v60: Fixed disassembly of branch opcodes (displacement is signed). [Dirk Best]
tmpz84c015: Added missing callback for CTC zc3, and removed rxtxcb_w. [Dirk Best]
model1: Emulated I/O boards used by Wing War, Netmerc, and Virtua Cop. [Dirk Best]
- Supports serial ports, watchdog, and diagnostic display (in addition to I/O).
hp_ipc: Added HPIB interface chip and remotizer device. [F.Ulivi]
tms9914 updates: [F.Ulivi]
- Improved emulation – HPIB test of IPC diagb ROM now passes.
- Added methods to read ACCRQ and CONT output lines.
- Added RL state machine and other fixes – now passes HP9000/340 POST.
- Fixed handling of GTS aux command.
remote488: Added “checkpoint” command that performs a synchronous out-of-band echo request. [F.Ulivi]
Output module changes: [headkaze, R. Belmont]
- Cleaned up network provider protocol.
- Added pause and savestate commands to both network and win32 providers.
markham.cpp: Modernised and merged with strnskil.cpp. [kazblox]
- Added coin counters and added coinage DIP switch settings for markham, strnskil, banbam and clones.
- Added raw screen parameters based of 20 MHz clock on strnskil PCB.
citycon.cpp, ikki.cpp: Added raw screen parameters. [kazblox]
sega8_slot.cpp: Added check for Lode Runner SG-1000/SC-3000 ROM image. [Kalevi Kolttonen]
igs017.cpp: Emulated the protection in iqblocka, iqblockf, and genius6. [Luca Elia]
tutor: Turned off auto wait states – fixes cassette loading. [Michael Zapf]
tms9995: Fixed latching of pulsed interrupts. [Michael Zapf]
ti99: Fixed disk creation via OSD. [Michael Zapf]
hexbus: Added connectors to HX5102, allowing a second drive to be attached to the controller in the case. [Michael Zapf]
ti99_2: Added new/verified ROM dumps, and re-implemented driver. [Michael Zapf]
ti99_8: Inverted track count bits, and added DIP switches. [Michael Zapf]
gunpey: Emulated AG-1 sprite decompression algorithm. [Morten Shearman Kirkegaard]
bbc: Added various pointer devices on userport: [Nigel Barnes]
- AMX Mouse, Acorn Master 512 Mouse, Marconi RB2 Tracker Ball.
bbcm512: Added mouse, and promoted to working. [Nigel Barnes]
bbcmaiv: Added tracker ball. [Nigel Barnes]
bbc: Added Beeb Speech Synthesiser device. [Nigel Barnes]
poly.cpp: Use original encrypted ROMs, and decrypt. [Nigel Barnes]
- Implemented banking and system/user mode switching.
- Added PolyBASIC 3.0, 3.1, and 3.4.
apple2: Added support for WOZ image format. [O. Galibert]
emumem: Renamed direct_read_handler to memory_access_cache. [O. Galibert]
- Now templated on more information (data width, endianness) and capable of oversize/unaligned accesses.
debugger: Simplified now-obsolete and buggy memory access code. [O. Galibert]
cubeqst: Fixed cache endianness. [O. Galibert]
sound: Don’t try to generate a negative number of samples if stream->update() goes back in time. [O. Galibert]
floppy: Increased robustness and improved bitstream handling. [John Keoni Morris, Peter Ferrie, O. Galibert]
Added Brooktree Bt45x RAMDAC devices – Bt457 and Bt458 are used by InterPro graphics boards. [Patrick Mackinlay]
tms32031: Added tms320c30 variant and basic hold/holda support. [Patrick Mackinlay]
Moved Z80 daisy-chain mixin from src/devices/cpu/z80 to src/devices/machine. [Patrick Mackinlay]
interpro: Added low-level keyboard emulation (key mapping is incomplete). [Patrick Mackinlay]
interpro: Slowed down CPU – fixes graphical glitches and keyboard detection. [Patrick Mackinlay]
apple2: Recognize another form of DOS 3.3 image in ProDOS order. [R. Belmont, Peter Ferrie]
Apple II: Added 13-sector version of Disk II controller. [R. Belmont]
Added SoftFloat release 3E to 3rdparty. [R. Belmont]
sh4drc: Added UML implementations of FLDI0, FLDI1, FCMP_EQ, FCMP_GT, FSTS, FLOAT, FTRC, FNEG, FABS, FSCHG, and FRCHG. [R. Belmont]
neogeo: Added UniBios 3.3. [Robbbert]
apexc: Fixed regression/crash introduced on 2018-02-12. [Robbbert]
indy_indigo2: Cleaned up code, converted HAL2 and HPC3 to devices, and moved HAL2, HPC3, and IOC2 devices to separate source files. [Ryan Holtz]
vp415: Added proper dumps of Module S and Module W MCUs, which have identical programs. [Ryan Holtz, Simon Inns]
adc0808: Reduced CPU overhead with smarter timer usage. [Ryan Holtz]
Removed name mangling functions from driver initialisation methods, and renamed init_0 to empty_init. [Ryan Holtz]
atpci.cpp: Move m55hi-plus motherboard stuff to a new machine called m55hipl. [Samuele Zannoli]
hp_ipc: Added diagnostic ROMs and model 9808A (prototype of desktop version). [shattered]
i8255: Improved read-back of port C high output latches when port A is in mode 1. [hap, shattered]
pk8020: Hooked up interrupt sources. [shattered]
popeye.cpp improvements: [smf]
- Adjusted Popeye and Sky Skipper layer positions to match tests on real hardware.
- Added preliminary emulation of corruption on Popeye bootleg logo.
hp9k_3xx improvements: [Sven Schnelle]
- Added internal TMS9914 GPIB, clocked at 5MHz.
- Added HP 46021A (ITF) HIL keyboard, and changed h9k_3xx to use this device.
- Added “topcat” ASIC used on HP900/300 graphics cards, and hooked up to HP98544.
- Fixed PTM6840 hookup – clock 2 is driven by output of timer 1.
HP IPC keyboard: fixed ID byte returned for IDD command, and changed logging to use logmacro.h. [Sven Schnelle]
gime.cpp: Fixed handling of number of scan lines for legacy VDG/SAM modes on CoCo 3. [David Ladd, Tim Lindner]
Initial work on next-generation machine configuration syntax: [Vas Crabb]
- Made concrete device types callable and added support for device class constructor overloads.
- Made machine_config aware of current device being configured and made findecallback target tags apply relative to it.
- Allowed devcb to be bound to a device/mix-in or the target of an object finder.
- Allowed device finders to be used in place of literal tags in many places in machine configuration.
- Replaced many MCFG_ macros with overloaded device constructors and removed many macros that provide limited value.
- Removed implicit name mangling from macros for slot options, discrete sound descriptors, and graphics decode descriptors.
Further improvements to NeoGeo experience: [Vas Crabb]
- Moved arcade start buttons to controllers and allowed AES joystick to be selected on systems with D-sub connectors.
- Changed kizuna4p and irrmaze to use a configuration more like MV-1B/MV-1C as earlier models lack support for SIT/FTC1B.
- Made fixed software using mahjong panel default to Japan BIOS as European BIOS only supports joysticks in service mode.
- Changed mahretsu to use JAMMA joystick panel as it doesn’t support mahjong panel in MVS mode.
- Allowed controls to be changed for MVS mahjong games (BIOS and bakatono support joysticks).
- Gave the single-slot JAMMA variants parent/clone relationships.
Removed assert macro replacement as it can’t be used in destructors of classes that are literal types. [Vas Crabb]
Fixed incorrect device class for PCI APIC. [Vas Crabb]
Made slot device options menu localisable. [Vas Crabb]
ef9340/1: Made character set external an external ROM. [Wilbert Pol]
Completely eliminated deprecated indexed output functions. [Wilbert Pol, Ryan Holtz, Robbbert, Dirk Best, cam900, AJR]
galaxian.cpp: Updated ROM labels for froggers1. [Andrew Welburn, The Dumping Union]
alien.cpp: Re-dumped pingu CompactFlash card (sadly the source CompactFlash card is bad/corrupt). [Bill D]
ltcasino.cpp: Added PCB layout for Mini Vegas. [Brian Troha]
vamphalf.cpp: Redumped the graphics PORMs for Lup Lup Puzzle v1.05 from a second PCB. [Brian Troha, caius, The Dumping Union]
vamphalf.cpp: Added PCB layout for Boong-Ga Boong-Ga (Spank'em!). [Brian Troha]
hshavoc.cpp: Decapped and dumped PIC microcontroller. [Caps0ff]
gaelco2.cpp: Verified Dallas clock for World Rally 2. [Corrado Tomaselli]
gaelco2.cpp: Verified MCU clock for Touch & Go. [f205v]
holeland.cpp: Documented PALs for crzrallyg. [f205v]
splash.cpp: Documented some undumped PLDs. [f205v]
funworld.cpp, kingdrby.cpp: Identified some protected PAL dumps and marked them as bad. [f205v]
esd16.cpp: Verified different sound sample ROM for Multi Champ DX was bit-rot. [f205v, The Dumping Union]
pc9801.cpp: Dumped kanji ROMs for PC9801VM. [Fujix, hiromasha]
bionicc.cpp: Corrected MCU label for the original sets. [Guru]
chasehq, topspeed: Dumped motor CPU ROM and added detailed hardware description for chasehq. [Guru]
irrmaze: Improved internal artwork layout. [Jos van Mourik]
exidy.cpp: Added PROMs for venture. [Kevin Eshbach, The Dumping Union]
Updated hiscore.dat for recent changes. [Leezer]
spacewars: Fixed error in ROM definition introduced in MAME 0.37b2. [MASH]
model1io: Re-dumped epr14869b.25 used by Virtua Fighter. [Phil Bennett]
Amatic Multi Game 5: Added notes about the contents of Dallas DS1994 device. [Pycur]
pc98_cd.xml updates: [r09]
- Re-tested all software entries that previously had video/audio issues – around 70% now work.
- Demoted Miamisoft’s games to non-working since they seem to hang randomly.
- Tested some software entries on real hardware (PC-9821Nw150) to make sure the issues are emulation-related.
neogeo.cpp: Added two new MVS BIOS dumps. [Razoola]
Coco Loco (set 3): Redumped the bit-rotted ROM. [Roberto Cervera, Recreativas.org]
Coco Loco: Corrected metadata and updated notes. [RobertoFresca]
phoenix.cpp: Documented the Next Fase sound device. [Roberto Fresca]
Corrected years for Groove on Fight, Pop'n Music 2, and Pop'n Music 3. [sjy96525]
starwars.cpp: Added locations to ROM labels for all machines. [Tafoid]
sun2.cpp updates:
- Add boot ROM revisions N and 1.0F. [Ryan Eisworth]
- Added boot ROM revision M. [Josh Dersch]
Software list corrections: [Wintermute 0110]
- Made Acorn software list names more consistent.
- Stripped leading/trailing spaces from ROM names.
- Changed some ROM names that are problematic with Windows Explorer and Command Prompt.

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