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Tournament Leaderboard enhancement: Added percentage of perfect, placed next to the average score for recordings. Percentage of perfect = (Player's score / (Number of Players * 10)) {GB9}
Regulation Leaderboard enhancement: the average of the recordings is now in tenths of a point instead of whole points. E.G. I have 8,539 points, divided by 348 recordings and the page will post an average of 24.5, not 25 like it used to. {GB9}
Added Crash's picture gallery to the dropdown menu of the banner frame. {GB9}
Pat has updated the database reflecting beta 16 changes... and they are...New Games:berlwall - "Berlin Wall, The" bermudaa - "Bermuda Triangle (US early version)" bigprowr - "Big Pro Wrestling!, The" bombbee -- "Bomb Bee" champwrj - "Champion Wrestler (Japan)" crazycop - "Crazy Cop (Japan)" cutieq --- "Cutie Q" empcityj - "Empire City: 1931 (Japan)" ftsoccer - "Fighting Soccer" geebeeg -- "Gee Bee (Gremlin)" gtmralt -- "Great 1000 Miles Rally (set 2)" gwarj ---- "Guevara (Japan)" gwara ---- "Guerrilla War (Version 1)" gwarb ---- "Guerrilla War (bootleg)" kaitei --- "Kaitei Takara Sagashi" kaitein -- "Kaitei Takara Sagashi (Namco)" kodure --- "Kodure Ookami (Japan)" mkla3 ---- "Mortal Kombat (rev 3.0 08/31/92)" mkla4 ---- "Mortal Kombat (rev 4.0 09/28/92)" navalone - "Navalone" spacefbb - "Space Firebird (bootleg)" spceking - "Space King" spcewars - "Space War (Sanritsu)" spcewarl - "Space War (Leijac)" sos ------ "SOS" sws92 ---- "Super World Stadium'92 (Japan)" toryumon - "Toryumon" worldwar - "World Wars (Japan)" yosakdon - "Yosaku To Donbee (bootleg)"
Short Name Games changes:
psychosa -> psychosj - "Psycho Soldier (Japan)" timesol2 -> timesol1 - "Time Soldiers (Rev 1)"
Long Name Game changes:
bermudat - "Bermuda Triangle (World?)" -> "Bermuda Triangle (US)" empcity -- "Empire City: 1931" -> "Empire City: 1931 (bootleg?)" gtmr ----- "Great 1000 Miles Rally" -> "Great 1000 Miles Rally (set 1)" gwar ----- "Guerrilla War" -> "Guerrilla War (US)" mk ------- "Mortal Kombat (rev 3.0 08/31/92)" -> "Mortal Kombat (rev 5.0 T-Unit 03/19/93)" nbajam --- "NBA Jam" -> "NBA Jam (rev 3.01 04/07/93)" streetsm - "Street Smart (US version 1)" -> "Street Smart (US version 2)" sws93 ---- "Super World Stadium '93 Gekitouban (Japan)" -> "Super World Stadium'93 (Japan)"
Short AND Long Name Game Changes:
streets2 -> streets1 - "Street Smart (US version 2)" -> "Street Smart (US version 1)"
Fixed a couple links in the old versions page(MAME 36 beta 12 for dos, MAME32 36 version 10, and UPX 0.93). {GB9}
Meanwhile... back at regulation MARP... Ben Jos has made appropriate penalties in Track N' Field(trackfld, trackflc, hyprolym, hyprolyb), Hyper Sports(hyperspt, hpolym84), and '88 games(88games, konami88). In addition, I've erased all headon2 and headonb recordings because both will not be able to playback. Also made various changes for using extra lives/credits(especially in omegrace) that showed up through my confirmations logs. {GB9}
Let me print the official settings for our 3rd tournament. Anything that has a * in front of the game requires it's settings to be changed from default.Hopefully this will help everyone out :) Oh yeah... you may see that Gauntlet II's rules have changed to it's default settings, so we don't have to worry about changing them or what have you. {GB9}* Amidar(Stern) - amidaru - 3 lives to start, EXTRAS AT 50K + 80K THEREAFTER* Burning Rubber - brubber - 3 lives to start, HARD DIFFICULTY, EXTRA LIFE ONLY AT 30,000!!!
Gauntlet II - gaunt2 - 750 health, moderate difficulty, and although the secret code is on, IT IS NOT ALLOWED
Ghouls N' Ghosts - ghouls - 3 lives to start, normal difficulty, Extras at 30K, 60K, and 70K thereafter. Although this settings doesn't have to change, no continues allowed.
* Lady Bug - ladybug - 3 lives to start, MODERATE DIFFICULTY, Extra lives earned by spelling EXTRA
Marble Madness - marble - Normal Difficulty
* Ninja Kid II(set 2) - ninjak2a - 4 LIVES TO START, normal difficulty, NO EXTRA LIVES
Tron - tron - 3 lives to start, Difficulty: 5, Extra life at 10K
Xenophobe - xenophob - 1000 health / credit, Medium difficulty, one credit allowed
10 Yard Fight - yard - Normal Time Decrease, every unknown switch is off
Uploaded a new MAME 35 TG 3 - this time the B version - because the old one came out corrupt for some reason... {GB9}
Crash is starting a player profiles page for the MARP - if you'd like to bring in a picture, favorite games, and the like, contact Crash. {GB9}
And our third tournament is underway! We have seven judges standing by taking your recordings. The tournament ends on March 31st, 2359 GMT, and you must use MAME 35 TG 3 at all times! {GB9}
Ben Jos has disqualified some joustr and joustwr recordings for using the banned technique of pterodactyl hunting. While I'm at it, I'll note that I disqualified some gng and clones recordings for points leeching, a number of sega games for recording in the incorrect version(MAME 33 beta 4! Always!), and changed the scoring to the overtop games via a 2 - 1 vote between the competitors of the game at the time.(If I'm not mistaken) {GB9}
The time has run out on the autofire vote. The motion was to ban autofire from the MARP. The votes are 21 for the motion, 6 against the motion(although I got 22 1/2 - 5 1/2... but who cares?!), and the motion is agreed to. Autofire will now and forever be banned from MARP. This has been one of the most voted on controversies in MARP history, and I'm sure the entire MARP community appreciated every vote. {GB9}
Pat has updated the database reflecting beta 15 changes... and they are...
New Games:aliensyj - "Alien Syndrome (Japan)" astorm2p - "Alien Storm (2 Player)" fantzono - "Fantasy Zone (Old Ver.)" geebee --- "Gee Bee" goldnaxj - "Golden Axe (Version 1, Japan)" gtmr ----- "Great 1000 Miles Rally" jspecter - "Jatre Specter" jyuohki -- "Jyuohki (Japan)" moonwlka - "Moon Walker (Set 2)" passht4b - "Passing Shot (4 Players) (bootleg)" quartetj - "Quartet (Japan)" sdioj ---- "SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative (Japan)" shanghai - "Shanghai" shinobib - "Shinobi (set 3)" sidepctj - "Side Pocket (Japan)" svolly91 - "Super Volley '91 (Japan)" tetrisa -- "Tetris (Sega Set 2)" toramich - "Tora eno Michi (Japan)" wizt ----- "Wiz (Taito)"
Long Name Game Changes:
endurobl - "Enduro Racer (bootleg)" -> "Enduro Racer (bootleg set 1)" fantzone - "Fantasy Zone" -> "Fantasy Zone (Japan New Ver.)" gutangtn - "Guttong Gottong" -> "Guttang Gottong" invad2ct - "Space Invaders II Cocktail (Midway)" moonwalk - "Moon Walker" -> "Moon Walker (Set 1)" sidepckt - "Side Pocket" -> "Side Pocket (World)" striderj - "Strider Hiryu (Japan, set 1)" -> "Strider Hiryu (Japan set 1)" stridrja - "Strider Hiryu (Japan, set 2)" -> "Strider Hiryu (Japan set 2)" tetris --- "Tetris (Sega)" -> "Tetris (Sega Set 1)" tigeroad - "Tiger Road" -> "Tiger Road (US)"
Short Name Game Changes:
sidepckb -> sidepctb - "Side Pocket (bootleg)"
Q.T. Quazar has called a vote to decide about autofire. He has requested that all MARP players, newbie or veteran, vote, and you can do so here. {GB9}
I have uploaded tons of MAME32 versions, from 31 final to 36 beta 10. Some betas are missing... but it's a start! Oh yeah... uploaded UPX 0.93 as well. {GB9}
I thank Crash for the effort of giving me credit in recovering the server, but the real credit goes to Atila of retrogames.com, the site which hosts MARP. Because of him, we can begin the MARP tournament as scheduled! Thanks a million Atila! {GB9}
Updated the old versions page uploading MAME 36 betas 1 - 13. {GB9}
With this in mind, I don't know how I did it... me having no knowledge of python scripts, but I got it - MARP Tournament 3 scripts are ready for use!!! Only thing is... I get T2 when I login directly. So you should log in to the regular site, then click the tournament link, or log in directly, and hit the refresh button. That will get you to the T3 script. Why? I don't know... help? {GB9}
In case anyone is wondering, Gameboy9 is able to update the page - and will now indicate his updates as such: {GB9}
MARP Tournament 3 starts February 1st. The games list and the DIP settings with it are at this board thread. {GB9}
I've uploaded MAME 35 TG 3 for MARP Tournament 3 use. {GB9}
Pat updated the database for the new MAME 0.36 beta 14 release.
These games are new:and these games have just had their long names changed:baluba "Baluba-louk no Densetsu" blkhole "Black Hole" cosmognj "Cosmo Gang the Video (Japan)" galag88b "Galaga '88 (set 2)" hopmappy "Hopping Mappy" junglkj2 "Jungle King (Japan, earlier)" knockout "Knock Out !!" marvlanj "Marvel Land (Japan)" pinbos "Pinbo (Strike)" plumppop "Plump Pop (Japan)" poleposa "Pole Position (Atari version 2)" skykiddx "Sky Kid Deluxe (set 1)" skykiddo "Sky Kid Deluxe (set 2)" soldamj "Soldam (Japan)" spy "S.P.Y. - Special Project Y (US)" streakng "Streaking" sws93 "Super World Stadium '93 Gekitouban (Japan)" tankfrce "Tank Force (US)" tankfrcj "Tank Force (Japan)"cosmogng "Cosmo Gang the Video (Japan)" -> "Cosmo Gang the Video (US)" galaga88 "Galaga '88" -> "Galaga '88 (set 1)" junglek "Jungle King (Japan?)" -> "Jungle King (Japan)" marvland "Marvel Land (Japan)" -> "Marvel Land (US)" pacmanbl "Pac-Man (bootleg on Pisces hardware)" -> "Pac-Man (bootleg on Galaxian hardware)" polepos "Pole Position (version 2)" -> "Pole Position" polepos1 "Pole Position (version 1)" -> "Pole Position (Atari version 1)" polepos2 "Pole Position II (set 1)" -> "Pole Position II (Atari set 1)" poleps2a "Pole Position II (set 2)" -> "Pole Position II (Atari set 2)"
Pat updated the database for the new MAME 0.36 beta 13 release.
These games are new:this game has had both its short and long names changed:99lstwra "'99 The Last War (alternate)" aliensu "Aliens (US)" blockhl "Block Hole" blswhstl "Bells & Whistles" darkseaj "Dark Seal (Japan)" devstor3 "Devastators (version V)" dkongjpo "Donkey Kong (Japan set 2)" dotrikun "Dottori Kun (new version)" dotriku2 "Dottori Kun (old version)" fastlane "Fast Lane" gradius3 "Gradius III (Japan)" grdius3a "Gradius III (Asia)" minivadr "Minivader" mrvikinj "Mister Viking (Japan)" ninjemak "Ninja Emaki (US)" nov2001u "Nova 2001 (US)" pacnchmp "Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp" splash "Splash" thndrx2 "Thunder Cross II (Japan)" youma "Youma Ninpou Chou (Japan)"and these games have just had their long names changed:boscomd2 -> boscomdo "Bosconian (Midway, set 2)" -> "Bosconian (Midway, old version)"aliens "Aliens (set 1)" -> "Aliens (World set 1)" aliens2 "Aliens (set 2)" -> "Aliens (World set 2)" boscomd "Bosconian (Midway, set 1)" -> "Bosconian (Midway, new version)" dkongjp "Donkey Kong (Japan)" -> "Donkey Kong (Japan set 1)" nemesuk "Nemesis (UK)" -> "Nemesis (World?)" nova2001 "Nova 2001" -> "Nova 2001 (Japan)" pinbo "Pinbo (Strike)" -> "Pinbo"
Pat updated the database for the new MAME 0.36 beta 12 release.
These games are new:and this game has had both its short and long names changed:archriv2 "Arch Rivals (rev 2.0)" burningh "Burning Fight (set 2)" dspirito "Dragon Spirit (old version)" finalizb "Finalizer - Super Transformation (bootleg)" hal21 "HAL21" hal21j "HAL21 (Japan)" madgearj "Mad Gear (Japan)" madmotor "Mad Motor" paintrlr "Paint Roller" pinbo "Pinbo (Strike)" raidena "Raiden (Alternate Hardware)" raidenk "Raiden (Korea)" rthundrb -> rthundro archrivl "Arch Rivals" -> "Arch Rivals (rev 4.0)" burningf "Burning Fight" -> "Burning Fight (set 1)" dairesya "Dai-ressya Goutou (Japan)" -> "Dai Ressya Goutou (Japan)" dspirit "Dragon Spirit" -> "Dragon Spirit (new version)" higemaru "HigeMaru" -> "Pirate Ship HigeMaru"spaltanx -> spartanx "Spaltan X (Japan)" -> "Spartan X (Japan)"
voting is still going on until January 10th for Tourney 3 (http://www.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=0025F5)
archives was also updated (petegame.tripod.com/tourney/archives.html) that link also includes the top scores of the two tourneys combined... sort of neater looking stats file too... finally
rules was updated (petegame.tripod.com/tourney/rules.html)
The 2nd MARP Tournament finished a couple of days ago. GameBoy has uploaded some stuff, as follows:
Merry Christmas one and all!
Every man is an island / and the tide is coming in. To have never known yourself / is the ultimate sin.
Dave Kaupp has made a polling booth available for MARP votes. You can see it HERE.
In beta 11: These games are new:and these games have just had their long names changed:bladstle "Blades of Steel (version E)" centipb2 "Centipede (bootleg set 2)" cischeat "Cisco Heat" dairesya "Dai-ressya Goutou (Japan)" drgnbstr "Dragon Buster" f1gpstar "F1 Grand Prix Star" logitec "Space Invaders (Logitec)" mx5000 "MX5000" percuss "Percussor, The" phoenixa "Phoenix (Centuri)" polepos "Pole Position (version 2)" polepos1 "Pole Position (version 1)" polepos2 "Pole Position II (set 1)" poleps2a "Pole Position II (set 2)" punishru "Punisher, The (US)" sercharu "SAR - Search And Rescue (US)" sisv2 "Space Invaders (SV Version 2)" skykid "Sky Kid" soccer "Atari Soccer" spacewr3 "Space War Part 3" starw "Star Wars" swarm "Swarm" topracer "Top Racer" vimanan "Vimana (Nova Apparate GMBH & Co)"bladestl "Blades of Steel" -> "Blades of Steel (version T)" bmaster "Blade Master input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "Blade Master (World)" centipdb "Centipede (bootleg)" -> "Centipede (bootleg set 1)" drtoppel "Dr. Toppel Tankentai (Japan)" -> "Dr. Toppel's Tankentai (Japan)" gunforce "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island (World)" gunforcu "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island (US)" -> "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island (US)" gunhohki "Gun Hohki input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" -> "Gun Hohki (Japan)" hook "Hook input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "Hook (World)" inthunt "In The Hunt input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "In The Hunt (World)" kaiteids "Kaitei Daisensou input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" -> "Kaitei Daisensou (Japan)" majtitl2 "Major Title 2 input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "Major Title 2 (World)" mysticri "Mystic Riders input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "Mystic Riders (World)" pong "Pong!" -> "Pong" rtypeleo "R-Type Leo input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" -> "R-Type Leo (Japan)" searchar "SAR - Search And Rescue (US)" -> "SAR - Search And Rescue (World)" uccops "Undercover Cops input_ports_(World) (World)" -> "Undercover Cops (World)" uccopsj "Undercover Cops input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" -> "Undercover Cops (Japan)" valkyrie "Walkure no Densetsu (Japan)" -> "Legend of the Valkyrie (Japan)"
In beta 10:
These games are new:these games have had their short names changed:baraduke "Baraduke" ctribe "Combatribes, The (US)" ctribeb "Combatribes, The (bootleg)" dbldyn "Double Dynamites, The" dcon "D-Con" ddrago3b "Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone (bootleg)" ddragon3 "Double Dragon 3 - The Rosetta Stone" drtoppel "Dr. Toppel Tankentai (Japan)" dynduke "Dynamite Duke" flkatck "Flak Attack (Japan)" frogseg2 "Frogger (Sega set 2)" irobot "I, Robot" joyfulr "Joyful Road (US)" majuu "Majuu no Ohkoku" metrocrs "Metro-Cross" pong "Pong!" spaltanx "Spaltan X (Japan)" tsamura2 "Samurai Nihon-ichi (set 2)" yanchamr "Kaiketsu Yanchamaru (Japan)"these games have just had their long names changed:99 -> 99lstwar "'99 The Last War" frogger2 -> froggrmc "Frogger (modified Moon Cresta hardware)"and these games have had both their short and long names changed:bmaster "Blade Master (World)" -> "Blade Master input_ports_(World) (World)" frogger "Frogger (set 1)" -> "Frogger" fround "Final Round, The" -> "Final Round" gunforce "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island (World)" -> "Gunforce - Battle Fire Engulfed Terror Island input_ports_(World) (World)" gunhohki "Gun Hohki (Japan)" -> "Gun Hohki input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" hook "Hook (World)" -> "Hook input_ports_(World) (World)" inthunt "In The Hunt (World)" -> "In The Hunt input_ports_(World) (World)" kaiteids "Kaitei Daisensou (Japan)" -> "Kaitei Daisensou input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" kidniki "Kid Niki - Radical Ninja" -> "Kid Niki - Radical Ninja (US)" majtitl2 "Major Title 2 (World)" -> "Major Title 2 input_ports_(World) (World)" mnchmobl "Munch Mobile" -> "Munch Mobile (Japan)" mysticri "Mystic Riders (World)" -> "Mystic Riders input_ports_(World) (World)" rtypeleo "R-Type Leo (Japan)" -> "R-Type Leo input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)" tsamurai "Samurai (Taito)" -> "Samurai Nihon-ichi (set 1)" uccops "Undercover Cops (World)" -> "Undercover Cops input_ports_(World) (World)" uccopsj "Undercover Cops (Japan)" -> "Undercover Cops input_ports_(Japan) (Japan)"frogsega -> frogseg1 "Frogger (set 2)" -> "Frogger (Sega set 1)" ropeman -> rocnropk "Rope Man" -> "Roc'n Rope (Kosuka)"
Pat Laffaye has updated the MARP database for the 'new' MAME 0.36 releases beta 10 and beta 11. I've been too busy recently to do it, so Pat has been kind enough to offer to do it instead.
I've updated the database for the new MAME 0.36 beta 9 release.
These games are new:these games have had both their short and long names changed:ajaxj "Ajax (Japan)" bigstrik "Big Striker" blueprnj "Blue Print (Jaleco)" checkmaj "Checkman (Japan)" contraj "Contra (Japan)" dkong3j "Donkey Kong 3 (Japan)" dsoccr94 "Dream Soccer '94" dumpmtmt "Dump Matsumoto (Japan)" exctscc2 "Exciting Soccer II" fantasyj "Fantasy (Japan)" fround "Final Round, The" kageki "Kageki (US)" kagekij "Kageki (Japan)" karatedo "Karate Dou (Japan)" kicknrun "Kick and Run" kickoff "Kick Off (Japan)" kikikai "KiKi KaiKai" megaznik "Mega Zone (Kosuka)" mexico86 "Mexico 86" miaj "Missing in Action (Japan)" psoldier "Perfect Soldiers (Japan)" ringohja "Ring no Ohja (Japan)" rthun2j "Rolling Thunder 2 (Japan)" sengokh "Sengoku / Sengoku Denshou (set 2)" thndblst "Thunder Blaster (Japan)" uccopsj "Undercover Cops (Japan)" xmen2pj "X-Men (2 Players Japan)"this game has had its short name changed:rtypej -> rtype "R-Type (Japan)" -> "R-Type (Japan)" rtype -> rtypeu "R-Type (US)" -> "R-Type (US)" walkyrie -> valkyrie "Legend of the Walkyrie (Japan)" -> "Walkure no Densetsu (Japan)"and these games have just had their long names changed:karatedo -> karatevs "Taisen Karate Dou (Japan VS version)"blueprnt "Blue Print" -> "Blue Print (Midway)" dkong3 "Donkey Kong 3" -> "Donkey Kong 3 (US)" fantasy "Fantasy" -> "Fantasy (US)" lethalth "Lethal Thunder" -> "Lethal Thunder (World)" mrheli "Mr. Heli" -> "Mr. HELI no Dai-Bouken" nspiritj "Ninja Spirit (Japan)" -> "Saigo no Nindou (Japan)" pacmania "Pacmania" -> "Pac-Mania" pacmanij "Pacmania (Japan)" -> "Pac-Mania (Japan)" sengoku "Sengoku / Sengoku Denshou" -> "Sengoku / Sengoku Denshou (set 1)"
On the other hand, I *did* fix the problem where the T2 points were being cached too much, so that when the 25th player joined the tournament, some of the people with 1st place scores were still only getting 24 points for them. The points shown on the T2 leaderboard should be correct now.
Unfortunately, the full version of Chase Ace 2 has been released, and so I've had very little time to work on MARP today... :o) I'll probably get bored of it in a couple of months though, so normal service will be resumed as soon as possible. Like GameBoy said... "aroooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
I've moved the 'T2' versions of MAME to the top of the version list on the upload page, 'cos it's a pain to have to keep hunting for them.
MAME32 0.35 is now allowed to be used in T2.
I've sped up the leaderboard pages a little (and temporarily lost some of the features - but I'll put them back soon). There's an option on the edit_user page now that will allow you to decide between 'fat' and 'thin' leaderboard (and eventually search) pages. It doesn't affect the server at all which you choose, but the more detailed pages have more links and data in them, and can take a while to download on a slow link - it's your call. I've defaulted everyone to using the 'thin' pages - you'll see an 'edit preferences' link on the leaderboard page now when you're logged in. Use the link to switch to the more detailed pages if you like.
I didn't receive any email at all since 2pm yesterday. I don't know whether it will all arrive at once when the problem is fixed, but basically, if you mailed me recently, I didn't get it. It might be best to write on the message board, or wait until I write here that my email is working again. Alternatively, I sometimes lurk around on EFnet's #marp channel.
OK - so forget the next item. My mail is working - it just had a 5 hour rest, is all. It's back now, and it looks like no messages were lost. If I didn't reply to your email them I *am* ignoring you. (Only joking).
While checking for lost recordings, I found a whole other bunch of recordings, and don't know what the deal is with them. Check this list - should any of these be added to the database as well, or are they missing for a good reason?
Had a bit of a minor disaster with losing 300 or so recordings. But it's OK - I found them again. Any edits made in the last week or so will be missing, as well as any confirmations done, but the recordings should be restored now. Please let me know if you think you're still missing any.
So I finally updated the page to use the new SQL scripts. It's probably still buggy, but please let me know, using the 'MySQL Bug Report' thread on the MARP Board. Thanks!
Everywhere I look, there's something else that needs fixing in the scripts. My estimate of how long they would take to debug was a little optimistic. I'll try to get them up for tomorrow. Until then, feel free to upload T2 recordings to the test site (put a /sql after the .com in the address), but bear in mind that they'll be deleted once the scripts are really sorted out - so keep a copy on your own PC! Sorry for the delay.
I've updated the database for the new MAME 0.36 beta 8 release.
These games are new:these games have had both their short and long names changed:ark2jp "Arkanoid - Revenge of DOH (Japan)" assault "Assault" assaultj "Assault (Japan)" assaultp "Assault Plus (Japan)" bogeyman "Bogey Manor" burnforc "Burning Force (Japan)" chukatai "Chuka Taisen (Japan)" cosmogng "Cosmo Gang the Video (Japan)" cuebrick "Cuebrick" darkadv "Dark Adventure" devilw "Devil World" dsaber "Dragon Saber" dsaberj "Dragon Saber (Japan)" finehour "Finest Hour (Japan)" flyboy "Fly-Boy" gradius2 "Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan set 1)" grdius2a "Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan set 2)" grdius2b "Gradius II - Gofer no Yabou (Japan set 3)" gutangtn "Guttong Gottong" hpolym84 "Hyper Olympics '84" hpuncher "Hard Puncher (Japan)" jackalj "Tokushu Butai Jackal (Japan)" looper "Looper" marvland "Marvel Land (Japan)" mirninja "Mirai Ninja (Japan)" ordyne "Ordyne (Japan)" outzonep "Out Zone (bootleg)" phelios "Phelios (Japan)" rthun2 "Rolling Thunder 2" rtype2j "R-Type II (Japan)" theends "End, The (Stern)" thehustj "Hustler, The (Japan version J)" thehustl "Hustler, The (Japan version M)" triothep "Trio The Punch - Never Forget Me... (Japan)" tumblep "Tumble Pop (World)" vulcan "Vulcan Venture" walkyrie "Legend of the Walkyrie (Japan)"and these games have just had their long names changed:flyboy -> flyboyb "Fly-Boy (bootleg?)" -> "Fly-Boy (bootleg)" tumblep -> tumblepb "Tumble Pop (bootleg set 1)" -> "Tumble Pop (bootleg set 1)"64street "64th. Street - A Detective Story" -> "64th. Street - A Detective Story (World)" colony7 "Colony 7 (Set 1)" -> "Colony 7 (set 1)" colony7a "Colony 7 (Set 2)" -> "Colony 7 (set 2)" defcmnd "Defense Command" -> "Defense Command (set 1)" hyperspt "HyperSports" -> "Hyper Sports" imgfight "Image Fight" -> "Image Fight (Japan)" jackal "Jackal" -> "Jackal (World)" mayday "Mayday" -> "Mayday (set 1)" maydaya "Mayday (alternate)" -> "Mayday (set 2)"stratgyb "Strong X" -> "Strategy X (Stern)" stratgyx "Strategy X (Stern)" -> "Strategy X" topgunr "Top Gunner" -> "Top Gunner (US)"
Sorry if the scripts are a little up-and-down at the moment. I'm making a couple of changes for the new MARP feature in EMU+ - an enhanced version of MAME which allows you to see the high score from this site for whatever game you're currently playing.
The scripts should be behaving themselves as normal again now (badly, that is - taking up all the server's CPU, only updating once an hour, that kind of thing). I've been learning how to access MySQL from Python today, and it's quite easy, so hopefully within the next month I'll be able to move my scripts over to using MySQL to hold all the data, which should be faster and safer than the scary way I'm currently doing it. This process, of course, will mean the occasional problem, as I use you, the MARP visitors, as my alpha, beta and gamma testers. Please bear with me - we should end up with a speedier, more up-to-date and more socially acceptable MARP at the end of it...
Stig Remnes, one of the players at this site is a co-sysop at www.pure-emu.net. He asked me to tell you all that the site currently has all the MAME beta 5 ROMs, and will have all MAME roms including NeoGeo shortly. He also asked me not to tell you where the ROMs are. You have to find them for yourself.