Log Message:
mame: update to 0.244.

Given how many exciting updates have gone into MAME 0.244, it’s
hard to believe it’s only been a month since the last release! Only
one disk has been added to the Apple II software lists, but it
comes with a very engaging story involving physically damaged media
and manual data repairs. The Zilog Z80 CPU has had a bit of an
overhaul this month, allowing more accurate memory access timings
for the ZX Spectrum family. This fixes a lot of broken visual
effects and other glitches. The HP 9000/300 series computers have
had the necessary floppy disk image formats hooked up, allowing
them to mount floppy disks from their software list.

MAME’s driver for JPM’s first CPU-based fruit machine platform,
dating all the way back to the late 1970s, has been almost completely
rewritten this month. Four games are now playable, albeit with
minimal internal artwork. Colour video output has been implemented
for Zilec’s Vortex. Don’t get too excited, though – while the
approach they used to produce colourful graphics without adding
any video memory is technically interesting, the results are very
ugly and don’t make a bad game any better.

Other improvements in arcade emulation include:

    Score display and diorama control outputs have been hooked up
    for Bubble Trouble (this means you’ll need updated artwork for
    Golly! Ghost! as well).  Layer offsets in Slap Fight and Alcon
    should be fixed, and cocktail mode now works for the original
    sets.  The communication board for Super Street Fighter II:
    The Tournament Battle is now supported, allowing it to actually
    run in eight-player tournament mode.

SDL builds (the default for Linux and macOS) now detect game
controller reconnection. Note that due to limitations of SDL itself,
MAME may confuse similar controllers, potentially causing issues
if multiple controllers are disconnected at the same time. Issues
using MIDI input or output with 64-bit Windows builds should be
fixed.