MESS v0.158 is released. MESS is an open source project which documents the hardware for a wide variety of (mostly vintage) computers, video game consoles, and calculators through software emulation, as MAME does for arcade games. As a nice side effect to this documentation, MESS allows software and games for these hardware platforms to be run on modern PCs.

MESS v0.158 Changelog:

0.158 ------- MAMETesters Bugs Fixed ---------------------- - 05795: [Misc.] (ampro.c) ampro: Does not want to start! (Robbbert) - 05758: [Crash/Freeze] (sun3.c) sun3_80: [debug] Assert shortly after start New System Drivers Supported: ----------------------------- -Japanese Speak & Spell [plgDavid] -Electronic Detective [hap, Sean Riddle] -Split Second [hap, Sean Riddle] Systems Promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING: --------------------------------------- (none) Skeleton drivers: ----------------- -HP9000/310 [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -HP9000/340 [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -HP9000/380 [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -HP9000/382 [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -HP16500a (ver 00.00) [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -HP 1650b [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -HP 1651b [R. Belmont, Al Kossow] -VTech Genius Junior Redstar 2 (Germany) [TeamEurope] -VTech Genius Junior Movie (Germany) [TeamEurope] -VTech Genius Winner Notebook Fun (Germany) [TeamEurope] -Slicer 80186 single board computer [Carl] Software Lists: --------------- -ibm5170.xml: Added Multitasking MS-DOS 4.00. [PCjs Project] -Added VTech Genius Junior Movie softlist. [TeamEurope] -gamegear.xml: Fixed some unknown publishers and years. [Logan B] Source Changes -------------- -hp9k_3xx: support 9000/370 (same bootrom as 330,340). [Al Kossow] -Improve mouse tracking for pre-ADB Macs. [Rob Braun] -Fix dropped keystrokes on pre-ADB Macs. [Rob Braun] -macplus: add all 3 official boot ROMs plus a homebrew enhanced version. [R. Belmont, Rob Braun] -ap2_dsk: don't allocate 2Mb of *stack*, malloc() instead [Peter Ferrie] -mac: greatly improve keyboard reliability on Macs with first-generation ADB hardware (SE,II,IIx,IIcx,SE/30,IIci). [Rob Braun] -ui: when ESCing while creating a new floppy image, fall back to the correct menu. [Fabio Priuli] -gamate : added newer bios and emulated protection [PeT] -floppy.c: initialise error code instead of crashing when menu loads bad image [Peter Ferrie] -pc9821ap2: added newly dumped BIOS [caius] -Significant comment updates for the IAI Swyft based on board tracing. [Lord Nightmare, Sandy Bumgarner] -nes: converted input code to use slot devices. this means that now you change the emulated controllers (Zapper, NES Four Score Adapter, Bandai Power Pad and Family Trainer, Famicom Keyboard Component, Arkanoid Vaus Paddle and Mahjong Controller) via the Slot Device menu of the UI interface and not anymore from the System Configurations menu. Also, changing controller now requires to reset the system, so please take some time *before* starting the game if you want to play a game that uses particular controllers. [Fabio Priuli] -nes: added emulation of the Konami Hyper Shot controllers, which are necessary to play Hyper Olympics and Hyper Sports for Famicom. [Fabio Priuli] -nes: added emulation of the Yonezawa Party Tap controllers, which are necessary to play in more than two players some quiz games for Famicom. [Fabio Priuli] -nes: added emulation of the Pachinko controller used by a few pachinko games for Famicom. [Fabio Priuli] -nes: added emulation of the Epoch Barcode Battler unit (even if only as Famicom controller, and not as a standalone unit) which is necessary to play Barcode World for Famicom. [Fabio Priuli] -sms/gamegear: misc improvements [Enik Land] * Renamed the gear2gear port to EXT port, after reading the references in the official GG documents * Invert Y1 pin signal bits: now high is 1 and low is 0; * More complete Y1 behavior: goes low only for transparent pixels; * Fix color of column 0 when it doesn't completely entered in the active display; * Improve behavior of sprite overflow, to not be flagged when VINT is active.

Download: MESS v0.158 Windows command-line binaries
Download: MESS v0.158 Windows command-line binaries (I686 optimized)
Download: MESS v0.158 64-bit Windows command-line binaries
Download: MESS v0.158 Windows command-line binaries (debug build)
Download: MESS v0.158 sources
Source: Here