- Fixed a crashing bug with Bra$il;
- Added "New Magic Card" to the Bra$il driver,working without sound;
- Added "Fashion",an earlier revision of Bra$il.Not yet working;
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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New Magic Card [David Haywood,Angelo Salese]
New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Bra$il [David Haywood,Angelo Salese]
It should also be noted that many games using this chip are clipping at the moment. This is something that might date back to when sound mixing was upgraded to 32-bit. It is sensible for the 6295 emulator to output at this level because it ensures that bits of precision are not lost, so the mixing levels in the drivers should be adjusted to avoid clipping.
- Decripted saloon's program, graphics and color PROM.
- Created a new memory map and machine driver for saloon.
- Removed set jolycdae (it's not coming from a real board).
- Renamed the sets magiccrd, magiccda and magiccdb, to magicrd2, magicd2a and magicd2b.
- Updated technical notes.
- Changed the driver name to goldnpkr.c (Golden Poker is the most representative hardware).
- Splitted the PIA interfases to cover witchcrd/pottenpkr connections.
- Fixed the witchcrd/pottnpkr/sloco93 double up mode.
- Replaced the pottenpkr layout with goldnpkr one in all Jack Potten's Poker sets.
- Updated game notes for Witch Card and Super Loco 93 sets.
- Fixed al inputs & lamps to allow double up mode to the above games.
- Added Witch Card (Video Klein) but still not working.
- Added several Buena Suerte! sets.
- Added new games: Maverik, Brasil 89 & Poker'91.
- Reworked the sets parent-clone relationship (still in progress).
New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
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Maverik [Roberto Fresca]
Brasil 89 [Roberto Fresca]
Poker'91 [Roberto Fresca]
New clones added
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Buena Suerte (21 new sets) [Roberto Fresca]
Royalea [Roberto Fresca]
New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Witch Card (Video Klein) [Roberto Fresca, Guru]
* Fixed a bug with irq timings;
* Added ODD bit emulation;
* Fixed vblank period timings;
* Optimized a bit the whole interrupt routines,getting a 4x speed gain;
* Fixed an irq mask handling bug;
(This fixes at least Astra SuperStars and Pebble Beach booting,but the latter still fails the timer 1 irq routines...I need to check why)
We can't test these, I gave Robbie a final deadline on them a long time ago now.
If you're the one who dumps something and put the rest of the team in a situation where the submission can't be tested, then don't expect the driver to stay. Numerous chances have been given.
Unacceptable due to inability to test.
I won't be writing this driver, it fits somewhere between System21 and System22, with multiple PCBs etc. I just created this to document what we know so far. Chances are Phil or somebody with good Namco knowledge will have to emulate it.
