MAME Changes that relate to FME

[Altharic]

Been slow recently 

mpu4_oki_sampled_sound: fix fatalerror on sound routing

 

rendlay: remove invert flag from 7seg element, add inverted 7seg outputs to mpu4 (the only driver that used this flag)

Someone asked about SP.ace its in mame but sadly looks just to be a skeleton driver with no games attached just the devices and the reel controller firmware.

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/misc/ace_sp_reelctrl.cpp

[agemame]

Yeah, basically there's been some rewrites to how memory and artwork are handled, so I've been hands off until they finish sorting it out.

The inverter stuff is interesting, basically everything bar MAME uses the lines the other way around, so this is the fix.

If you like the more continental and US type 8 liners and other such, there's an absolute ton of those in. Basically, the Golden Star driver I literally fished out of the reject pile all those years ago (and started this whole sorry endeavour) is the base of loads of these, and I never knew.

 

Re spACE, yeah, it's stalled. When I'm less busy I'll see what's there and whether there's anything obvious I can map in to make something do something m

Edited September 10, 2025 by agemame

[wolf676]

12 hours ago, Altharic said:

Someone asked about SP.ace its in mame but sadly looks just to be a skeleton driver with no games attached just the devices and the reel controller firmware.

SP.ace driver with games is misc/acesp

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/misc/acesp.cpp

[Altharic]

Just tried out of interest and twlight zone boots but gives an error 36 and you just see the dot matrix more complete than I thought

[Altharic]

@agemame not sure if you have seen them but @johnparker007 had made some headrow on the issues with m1a sound on a few machines here - 

 

[johnparker007]

I did start some stuff in this fork (https://github.com/johnparker007/mame/commits/master/), still fairly WIP though.  From memory how the 'NAR' (Next Address Ready) is emulated seems a bit off in some circumstances, and that softlocks the emulation, I think that was what I was last looking at.

So you might get a bonus that boosts the trail to full, and then the CPU code is waiting for the sound chip to report it is free (nar), but then due to the slightly fudgy way that seems to be implemented, it will block so then the machine is soft-locked and sits there forever.  Note that lights that were flashing can continue flashing etc, just that the logic of the game itself is not progressing each time execution returns to the main  'thread' (I know it's just interrupts and not threads, but ya know what I mean  ).

[fruitsnappa]

On 04/08/2025 at 13:32, Altharic said:

Well the pluto items have gone in as expected incomplete sets sadly I see retroroms have got rid off the mega link where does everyone get their fills from now?

Some Pluto 6 game files here. Don't know if these are already available.

268632135_Pluto6.zip

[Altharic]

Not sure but I can have a check later looks like it's more than is in mame.

[slotsmagic]

Thanks to everyone keeping this thread up to date. I have yet to try MAME for any FME stuff but great to see progress, so thanks again for keeping us up to date with any developments

[Altharic]

Would seem that none of these are in MAME

 

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/jpm/pluto6.cpp

[fruitsnappa]

2 hours ago, Altharic said:

Would seem that none of these are in MAME

 

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/blob/master/src/mame/jpm/pluto6.cpp

Hopefully they help towards something in the future. They are just game files what would ordinarily go onto the CF card.

[Altharic]

I have passed them to a member of the MAME team to look at I think withoutthe security file they wouldn't run but I live in hope 

[agemame]

Cheers guys, @johnparker007if you do get that to a position you want it reviewing, put it up and I'll try to take a look.

[captainhaddock]

Interesting developments regarding pluto 6,had a look for some games and here's a set called super reels it's astra pluto 6 and is not in the rom dat - I guess there may be more to it than just loading the files to run it but who knows?

superreels.zip

[Altharic]

Update from the mame team these CF cards would need to be ripped to an image file so the filesystem is intact do you happen to have the card still?

[thealteredemu]

This is how they come.  My Astra I could just pop it into my pc and it just reads like an usb stick, I often updated or changed the game.  Some might differ but the ones I’ve seen are just files and folders.

J

[Altharic]

Might explain why it's not more in mame than it is would need the rules to bend and mame isn't good at that 

[Altharic]

I have passed the Pluto 6 ROMs to the person that has updated the driver in mame if anyone else has anymore feel free to share and I'll pass it on not promising but you never know.

[captainhaddock]

Here's a few more astra pluto 6 sets..  https://drive.google.com/file/d/13V8akmk4RzYRVq5IYIkIio5YX6t3LSI2/view?usp=drive_link

[captainhaddock]

And a few manuals to help with settings etc..  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i98E3_XUH0VhasJdUbpOa_yD4SJFupUQ/view?usp=drive_link

[Altharic]

Requested access 

[captainhaddock]

sorry about that I'll check the settings

[Altharic]

Got em and passed them on let's see what happens 

[Altharic]

Ah fuck pluto 6 has broken other systems could be facing a regression unless fixed.

https://github.com/mamedev/mame/issues/14187

[johnparker007]

Mpu4 Oki sound currently knacked to (at least Andy Capp is), though I think I saw a fix go in a week back.  Nice to see some new fruit machine techs being developed a bit though!