Just repeating, a new CHD has appeared in MAME 0.95 for the game Nagano Winter Olympics '98. The CHD is called nagano98.chd. Details on this CHD have now come to light.
As of MAME 0.95 there are 76 CHD games in MAME made up of 61 CHD's and 15 clones. There are 10 sooners that haven't yet been added to MAME and may never be added.
I've updated the CHD Infos. See Tim's Emulation Page.
I've added several Stage 5 spell cards and updated both the replay pack and spreadsheet. I've now completed 1887 spell cards with the 12 character combo's. See Tim's Imperishable Night Page.
Haze has released MAME 0.95. Head over to the Official MAME Site for all the binaries and source. Titled the "Konami Curling" release, it contains many bug fixes. Aaron Giles has fixed some more discovered sound rewrite bugs and Nicola Salmoria has totally reorganised the Altered Beast roms and fixed rom names and descriptions. See the whatsnew.txt for all the details.
A new CHD has appeared in MAME 0.95 for the game Nagano Winter Olympics '98. The CHD is called nagano98.chd and it is reported to be around 400MB in size. Hopefully more information will come to light about this CHD.
As of MAME 0.95 there are 76 CHD games in MAME made up of 61 CHD's and 15 clones. There are 10 sooners that haven't yet been added to MAME and may never be added.
I've updated all but the CHD Infos: Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 207 + 229 = 436, no change to baddumps and nodumps down by 1 from MAME 0.94u5. See Tim's Emulation Page.
Haze has released MAME 0.94u5. Several changes and improvements, check the whatsnew.txt. My favourite change is the correction to galaga and bosconian star fields.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 207 + 230 = 437, baddumps down by 2 and nodumps up by 1 from MAME 0.94u4. See Tim's Emulation Page.
I've completed some more spell cards as well as beating normal with Youmu and Yuyuko. See Tim's Imperishable Night Page.
On February 27th, 2005, Dr. Martin Nowak discovered the largest known prime. The GIMPS Project has the news. I've updated Tim's GIMPS Page.
Also included in the update is my milestones in the GIMPS project - basically I've factored some largish numbers.
It's still Sega season. Haze has released MAME 0.94u4. Many fixes for items I didn't even know were broke :-) Check whatsnew.txt for specifics.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 209 + 229 = 438, no change to baddumps and nodumps down by 2 from MAME 0.94u3. See Tim's Emulation Page.
Imperishable Night is one of the best shoot-em-up's I've ever played on the PC. It simply rocks. I've played if for 2 months now and I'm still enjoying it. It's a Japanese game with Japanese instructions for installation and in game menu system. For those who can't read Japanese, these are only a small hurdle to get over before being treating to shoot-em-up heaven. It takes a bit of time to understand the game mechanics and the secret to getting really high scores, but it's all worth it.
If you like high difficulty, 2D vertical shooting games with complex bullet patterns, then you will enjoy Imperishable Night and the two previous installments: Perfect Cherry Blossom and The Enbodiment Of Scarlet Devil.
There are several Japanese sites devoted to the game. A good english forum that will help you understand all facets of these games is Shrine Maiden.
A trial version of the game that can be downloaded that contains the first 3 levels of the game - Imperishable Night Demo. I believe a patch is available for the game as well. Also linked is where to purchase the full game.
My Imperishable Night Page contains my replays for the game - you will need the full version of the game to play them back - Tim's Imperishable Night Page.
I've archived the Tomb Raider Page and zipped the text version of the Cunningham numbers to preserve disk space on the site.
Haze has released a double MAME 0.94u2 & 0.94u3. Several changes of note, the long awaited Buggy Boy has finally been added as a non working driver. Don't expect a lot of progress, it is a difficult driver that may never be completed. Read the whatsnew.txt for all release details.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 209 + 231 = 440, baddumps down by 1 and nodumps up by 2 from MAME 0.94u1. See Tim's Emulation Page.
Haze has released MAME 0.94u1 to kick off another u cycle. Several more sound fixes included as well as a XML update by Logiqx and more discrete sound updates by Derrick Renaud. The whatsnew.txt has all the details.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 210 + 229 = 439, no change to baddumps and no change to nodumps from MAME 0.94. See Tim's Emulation Page.
Caught sleeping on the job again. If you've been doing the same then head over the the official MAME site to grab MAME 0.94. Known as the "Sega Y-Board Release" it contains more sound fixes, in particular, Starforc is now working again. Ville Linde is now tackling the advanced graphics features of SPI. Read the whatsnew.txt for more information.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 210 + 229 = 439, no change to baddumps and nodumps down by 2 from MAME 0.92u3. See Tim's Emulation Page.
Haze has released MAME 0.93u3. Wow, 2 u releases in two days. There's been more progress with the 3 Semicom PCB's dumped and trojaned by the guys over at the MAME Italia Forum. See the whatsnew.txt for more.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 210 + 231 = 441, no change to baddumps and nodumps up by 2 from MAME 0.93u2. See Tim's Emulation Page.
Haze has released MAME 0.93u2. A small fix release, it contains a few more sound fixes. Check the whatsnew.txt for more.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 210 + 229 = 439, baddumps up by 20 and nodumps up by 9 from MAME 0.93u1. See Tim's Emulation Page.
The 93u cycle begins with MAME 0.93u1. As expected, there are several sound fixes added this release. This is inevitable with a major sound core change like this. Considering the number of drivers in MAME, it's astonishing how few bugs have crept in, thanks to the genius of the MAME Dev's. There are several other changes, read them in the whatsnew.txt.
I've updated the Infos: CHD, Baddumps, Nodumps, BIOS's. The Baddump + Nodump total is 190 + 220 = 410, no change to baddumps and no change to nodumps from MAME 0.93. See Tim's Emulation Page.