* bus/hp9845_io: Added HP9871 printer.
New working machines
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Hewlett-Packard HP 9825A
Hewlett-Packard HP 9831A
New working software list items
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hp9825_rom: 9862 Plotter/Gen I/O ROM for 9825
hp9825_rom: General/extended I/O ROM for 9825
hp9825_rom: General/extended I/O/9862 plotter ROM for 9825
hp9825_rom: General/extended I/O/plotter ROM for 9825
hp9825_rom: Plotter/Gen I/O ROM for 9825
hp9825_rom: String/Advanced programming ROM for 9825
hp9831_rom: Mass storage ROM for 9831
New not working software list items
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hp9831_rom: Matrix/plotter ROM for 9831
* Marked double-sided images for single-sided releases as bad dumps.
* Added notes and serial numbers.
* Added ‘disk conversion’ to the descriptions of disk conversions.
* Removed disk conversions for software present in original form in other software lists.
* Removed non-working images made single-sided by cutting a double-sided dump in half: msxdosb, burgkilla, spacewlk, ballblaza, diamine2a, mj05, phstripa, raththaa, safarixa.
* Renamed spacewlka to spacewlk, mj05a to mj05, and pm1_asia to pm2_asia.
* Marked Spectravideo SVI-738 fully supported.
* nec/pc6001.cpp: Converted joystick ports to slots.
* nec/pc8801.cpp, nec/pc88va.cpp: Converted mouse port to a slot. Mouse
works beautifully in Ishido now, no jumpy movement.
docs: Expanded C++ guidelines following suggestions by P. Mackinlay.
ui/inifile.cpp: Got rid of the check for "arcade" systems - it broke
managing favourites for the slotted Neo Geo.
luaengine.cpp: Removed the "type" property from system driver metadata.
It's effectively deprecated.
bus/vme/vme_fcisio.cpp, commodore/mps1230.cpp: Fixed inappropriate use
of machine type flag constants.
megadriv.xml: Made notes about the two Galaxy Force 2 sets more explcit.
New working software list additions (nes.xml)
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Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators (prototype, 19930709) [ICEknight, steem69]
Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators (prototype, 19930630) [ICEknight, steem69]
Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators (prototype, 19930616) [ICEknight, steem69]
Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators (prototype, 19930528) [ICEknight, steem69]
Mick & Mack as the Global Gladiators (prototype, 19930528, alt) [ICEknight, steem69]
* megadriv.xml, pce.xml, pcecd.xml, x68k_flop.xml: Added cotroller
support usage notes for a few games.
* pcecd.xml: Noted the required CD-ROM system cards in usage notes,
fixed capitalisation and removed unnecessary markup in descriptions.
* megadriv.xml: Added compatibility tag for gforce2a (broken graphics on
PAL consoles).
* ibm5150.xml: 11 New working software list additions
New working software list additions
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Arcade Hits [The Good Old Days]
Bombuzal [The Good Old Days]
Mega Man (3.5") [The Good Old Days]
Pole Position [The Good Old Days]
Street Fighting Man (alt) [The Good Old Days]
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (5.25") [old-games.ru]
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Spain, 3.5") [Abandon Socios]
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles (Spain, 5.25") [Abandon Socios]
Zeliard (3.5") [The Good Old Days]
Zeliard (3.5", v2.0) [old-games.ru]
Zeliard (5.25") [The Good Old Days]
- video/upd3301.cpp: fix off by one attribute bugs happening for pc8801 N-88 Basic and several other entries;
- nec/pc8801.cpp: backported centronics hookup from pc8001, allows supporting Jast Sound thru Covox interface in some Jast entries;
- nec/pc8801.cpp: fix 1bpp graphic layer drawing when uPD3301 is not in color mode, fixes byoin regression;
Machines promoted to working
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nec/pc8801.cpp: PC-8801mkIISR, PC-8801MH, PC-8801MA [Angelo Salese, Oliver Galibert, Carl]
Clones promoted to working
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nec/pc8801.cpp: PC-8801mkIIFR, PC-8801mkIIMR, PC-8801FA, PC-8801MA2 [Angelo Salese, Oliver Galibert, Carl]
New working software list additions
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pc8801_flop.xml: D' (cracked) [Neo Kobe], Donkey Kong 3 - Dai Gyakushuu [Game Preservation Society, Carl, Disk Blitz]
New NOT_WORKING software list additions
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pc8801_flop.xml: D' (alt) [Neo Kobe]
CSK Research Institute games on FM Towns don't follow the same sequence
as other games when reading inputs. They depend on the data lines not
being updated for some time after /Ack goes high, and can miss
transitions if the timing is too tight (ironic that 16MHz '386 software
has these issues when the 7MHz 6502 in the PC Engine gets by fine).
This fudges the timings to work with the these buggy games without
breaking the other use cases.
Also for some reason, these games expect an XE-1AP in MD mode with a
Sega controller adapter - they won't work wth an XE-1AP in Personal
Computer mode, and they won't work with the XE-1AJ or its NEC-branded
relative. In MAME you can flip the Interface setting to MD in the
Machine Configuration options without needing to use an adapter device.
* Use full country names in description.
* Use lowercase for descriptive text in descriptions.
* Removed zero offsets in regions with a single file loaded.
New working software list additions
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ACE 2088 (MCM) [spectrumcomputing.co.uk]
Adidas Championship Football (Erbe) [spectrumcomputing.co.uk]
Adidas Championship Tie Break (Musical 1) [spectrumcomputing.co.uk]
Remove
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Agent - X 2 (Dro Soft) [duplicated entry]
metadata cleanups: Corrected parent/cloneof relationships, publishers, release years (based on the info provided by spectrumcomputing.co.uk)
New working software list additions (coleco.xml)
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Frogger II: Threedeep! (prototype, 19840615) [Ed Semrad, Hidden Palace, VGHF]
Star Wars: The Arcade Game (prototype, 19840412) [Ed Semrad, Hidden Palace, VGHF]
