This file contains the version history for the Mac version.
Version History:
0.37b6 - 27 August 2000
Ñ In sync with MacMAME .37b6 and DOS MESS .37b6. [Raphael Nabet]
Ñ Started work on a user-friendy tape manager, which is still disabled since it is far from being functional. [Raphael Nabet]
0.37b5a - 6 August 2000
Ñ Several drivers were accidentally disabled in the b5 release - this has been fixed. [Brad Oliver]
Ñ Fixed issue with the Atari 7800 stalling at startup. [Brad Oliver]
Ñ Modified gz handling code - it should recognize and load any gz rom/disk image now. Writing to gz files is currently not supported. [Brad Oliver]
Ñ Misc. fixes to the in-game file selector. It now uses a Mac file dialog and properly disables 3D hardware when choosing a file. [Brad Oliver]
Ñ Fixed some sizing/redrawing issues introduced in b5. [Brad Oliver]
Please see the "MESS Readme First!" file for known issues.
0.37b5 - 5 August 2000
Ñ In sync with DOS MESS 0.37b5. The front-end window will no longer fit on 640x480 monitors, so 800x600 is now a minimum requirement. [Brad Oliver]
Ñ Games that require no ROMs are now automatically added to the front-end. Fake or dummy ROM placeholders are no longer needed. [Brad Oliver]
0.37b4a - 16 July 2000
Ñ Fixed some annoying bugs with file code
Ñ Revised the Readme file (Brad Oliver)
0.37b4 - 08 July 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .37b4 and MESS .37b4
Ñ Added GZ compressed image file support (Brad Oliver)
Ñ Cart/disk/tape... image swapping can be canceled
Ñ Added support for snapshot (not tested)
0.37b3 - 03 June 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .37b3 and MESS .37b3
Ñ Linked with the C 68k core for the Mac Plus emulation to work - this will SLOW DOWN all 68k based systems emulated (notably Megadrive/Genesis)
Ñ Note there are a few bugfixes and additions that a genuine MESS .37b3 does not include
Ñ Revised the Readme file (but it is still a horrible "MESS")
0.37b2 - 11 May 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .37b2 and MESS .37b2
0.36 - 05 April 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 and MESS .36
Ñ Added a "Swap cart/disk/tape" dialog.
0.36 beta 16 - 12 February 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 beta 16 and MESS .36b16
0.36 beta 15 - 30 January 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 beta 15 and MESS .36b15
Ñ Since disk support changed in MESS, the MESS tab in the "open new game" dialog has changed, too.
0.36 beta 14a - 21 January 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 beta 14a
Ñ NES bugs fixed
0.36 beta 14 - 21 January 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 beta 14 and MESS .36b14
0.36 beta 13b - 14 January 2000
Ñ The "open new game" dialog has been hacked to allow the use of ROM-less drivers.
Ñ You can now use NumLock instead of ScrollLock to toggle the keyboard mode.
0.36 beta 13a - 13 January 2000
Ñ The "open new game" dialog uses the standard MacMAME interface (at last !). As a nice consequence, you can read the "SYSINFO.DAT" file.
Ñ A few shared library were mistakenly marked as required, which prevented the program to run with earlier verions of MacOS. This should have been fixed.
0.36 beta 13 - 12 January 2000
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 beta 13a and MESS .36b13
0.36 beta 6 - 19 October 1999
Ñ Synchronized with MacMAME .36 beta 6 and MESS .36b6
0.2 beta 4 - 12 August 1998
Ñ Lots of changes to the core. See "whatsnew.txt" for details.
Ñ Supports triple-sized video.
Ñ Will adjust the framerate dynamically if the frameskip is set to 0 _and_ speed throttling is on. This will be configurable in the front-end in a future release. To disable this feature, go to frameskip 1 (or higher) or turn off speed throttling.
0.1 - 2 June 1998
Ñ Inaugural release!
Ñ Initial support for the ColecoVision, NES, Genesis/Megadrive, TRS-80 and Colour Genie.
