Log Message:
mame: update to 0.232.

It’s time for MAME 0.232, and do we have a surprise for you! The
incredibly rare Universal game Mrs. Dynamite has finally been found
and dumped! This is an early example of a game where you place
bombs to kill enemies that walk over them, showing Universal’s
flair for cute characters and cutscenes. Mrs. Dynamite is believed
to had performed poorly on location tests, and never had a widespread
release. The graphics in the version that has been dumped don’t
match what’s shown on flyers. Other arcade additions include Dokaben
2 and a prototype of Spinal Breakers.

Namco racing games have taken a leap forward this month. Final Lap
has its sprite chip hooked up subtly differently to later games on
the System II platform, which had been causing graphical issues on
the title screen. Lack of playback status register emulation in
the C140 sound chip was causing issues with engine sounds in Final
Lap, Suzuka 8 Hours, and Four Trax. The horizontal position of the
road layer has also been adjusted to better match videos made using
original hardware.

A number of bug fixes allow previously unplayable Japanese home
computer games, including µPD7220 issues affecting the Madou
Monogatari games on PC-98, the missing 1-bit DAC sound on PC-98,
broken sprites in Asuka 120% Burning Fest. on FM Towns, and background
bugs on Sharp X68000. Mac media support continues to improve, with
working CD-ROM drives on more Macs, and fixes for high density
floppy drives. The V.Smile Smart Keyboard is now supported, in US,
French, and German variants. Tim Lindner has continued to fix
long-standing bugs in Tandy CoCo 3 emulation.

Software list additions include Taiwanese Game Gear cartridges,
Master System prototypes, a big batch of software for the Australian
MicroBee series, and quite a few add-on ROMs for the Acorn BBC
Micro. We’ve also got the latest Apple II floppy dumps and cracks,
FM Towns floppies and CDs, and PC floppies.