[Arcade] Mame Classic 8.8.0

New In This Version (For MAME 0.181)

• Added: Screen shots for machines formally found in MESS can now be displayed if created with F12 or Alt+F12
• Added: The BIOS drop-down now lists BIOS for machines formally found in MESS when configuring their options
• Added: You can now audit all ROMs of the machines formally found in MESS
• Changed: The Category filter can now filter machines formally found in MESS
• Changed: The Maintenance screen is now available when viewing machines formally found in MESS
• Fixed: A parent's screen shot would be displayed even if you didn't chose to use parent screen shots for clones
• Fixed: Ampersand (&) symbols would not be visible in the game lists
• Fixed: Changes to the BIOS Filter or Category Filter would not cause the lists to refresh with those changes if the changes were de-selecting everything
• Fixed: MAME would run on the main display even if another display was set in the screen option

MAME CLASSIC Version 26.2 - 30/01/2026

• Changed    : References and lookups to mameworld.info now refer to MAME Classic's new home.
• Removed    : Depreciated Offscreen Reload option.

MAME CLASSIC Version 26.1 - 01/01/2026

• Added : Classic II theme (no starfield background).
  
• Changed : Classic theme now only has the starfield background.
  
• Changed : MAME Classic now uses the CalVer versioning convention.
  
• Changed : Other.txt is now lists.txt. MAME Classic will no longer put an Other machine in the Arcade list because of an outdated file. It will just skip it.
  
• Fixed : Check For Update would error.

MAME CLASSIC Version 10.6.1 - 19/12/2025

• Changed: If Audit finds a newly added ROM set, you will need to refresh the list for MAME Classic to add it.
• Fixed: Changing the font size of the lists would sometimes not give the desired results.
• Fixed: Other Machine list would not show that the selected machine is unavailable in the Statusbar if the theme was Amethyst, Ruby or Sapphire.
• Fixed : Software lists would not show CD-ROM software. Thanks to Patrick for reporting this.
• Fixed: Software lists Requirement column may show N/A even though there is a requirement.
• Fixed: Some machines may not show if using multiple paths and their ROM sets were .zip compressed. Thanks to Patrick for reporting this.

MAME CLASSIC Version 10.5.0 - 01/11/2025

• Changed: Other Machines list is now positioned above the Software list.
• Changed: Software lists are now populated from MAME's listsoftware output instead of hash files.
• Fixed: First time viewing the Other Machine list may not show that the selected machine is unavailable in the Statusbar.
• Removed: Delete ROM and Delete Samples right-click menu options from the lists.

MAME CLASSIC Version 10.4.0 - 19/09/2025

• Added : Option to hide clone Other Machines
• Changed : If an Other Machine is not available, the entire row is red instead of just the first column... per request
• Changed : The Options form will load faster if it has already been opened once
• Fixed : Unable to start a GP32 game
• Removed : Orphan ROM Finder

MAME CLASSIC Version 10.2.0 - 05/01/2025

• Added: Support for AntoPISA's gameinit.dat and command.dat.
• Changed: Included mess.dat and portable.dat now have a .txt extension to differentiate them from official MAME .dat files. Be sure to replace or rename your portable.dat before running this version for the first time.
• Changed : The Information screen now loads individual files selected by the user.
• Fixed: MAME Classic would error if you clicked on a button or link during the delay while loading a software list.

MAME CLASSIC Version 10.1.0 - 02/04/2024

• Added : Ability to hide MESS Machines requiring .chd files.
• Changed : When selecting a MESS Machine, there is now a slight delay before it's software list is loaded. This makes it smoother to move through the machine list.
• Changed : When selecting a MESS Machine, the focus will no longer switch to it's software list... per request.
• Fixed : The background color of the lists would sometimes not match what was selected in Options.

10.0.0 (For MAME  0.254 - 0.259)

• Added  : 7-zip support for ROMs, Software and Samples... per request.
• Fixed : Unable to view the Favorite MESS Machine Changes report.
• Fixed : When switching from an Arcade list to the MESS list, some labels would still show the captions from the Arcade list.  Introduced in 9.9.4.

New In This Version (For MAME - 0.244)

• Added : Accel and Soft to the Video Rendering drop-down.
• Added : Option to List Slots available for MESS machines.
• Added : UI LUT and UI LUT Texture controls.
• Changed : MAME Classic is no longer available as an installer. The dependency files are now in a sub-folder under the MAME Classic folder. To have MAME Classic save its output and settings files in your Windows AppData folder, rename or delete portable.dat. Otherwise, these files will be stored in the MAME Classic folder.
• Changed : MAME Classic now supports the history.xml format instead of history.dat.
• Changed : XP Styles no longer supported.
• Fixed : If theme was set to Black, some text such as Audit or Info results would not be visible for subsequent MAME Classic runs.
• Fixed : MESS Settings button or link would sometimes become invisible.

Mame Classic GUI 9.3.0

New In This Version (For MAME - 0.224)

• Added : Control for Beam Dot Size.
• Changed : Beam Width Minimum and Beam Width Maximum values now match the slider values in the built-in GUI.
• Changed : The MESS Machine listview column headers are now visible

Mame Classic GUI 9.3.0

New In This Version (For MAME - 0.216)

• Added : Control for Low Latency.
• Added : You can now open MAME Classic's App folder and Data folder from the Tools menu.
• Changed : MAME Classic no longer converts paths to their short path name.
• Changed : MAME Classic now uses your LOCALAPPDATA folder to write output, reports and temp files. Any files in the old location (MAME Classic folder) will be moved to the new location the first time you run this version. Once they are moved, you can delete the output, settings and temp folders in the MAME Classic folder. This will allow MAME Classic to be run without admin rights "if" your MAME folders are in unprotected locations.
• Changed : The ROM Directories function is now called Orphan ROM Finder.
• Changed : The Settings screen will now default to the image type of the current select machine.
• Fixed : The Audit function would report "Samples are not needed with this driver." if the sample set was missing regardless if samples were needed or not.
• Fixed : The ROM Directories function would exit prematurely if an orphan ROM was found and you chose to move it.
• Removed : Depreciated Artwork options.

New In Version 9.2.0 - 09/02/2018 (For MAME 0..203)

• Added : Controls for BGFX LUT and BGFX AVI Name in the BGFX Post-Processing section
• Added : Controls for new Chroma options in the Direct3D Post-Processing section
• Added : Controls for new LUT and LUT Texture in the Bloom Post-Processing section
• Fixed : MESS Machine list font size would not change after selecting a different size
  
  

New In Version 9.1.0 - 04/02/2018

• Added: Controls for new Fallback Artwork, Override Artwork and NVRAM Save options
• Added: Cambria and Segoe UI GUI fonts
• Changed: The cursor no longer changes to a hand pointer on the main form
• Changed: The option "Use Link Style GUI" is now "Use Buttonless GUI"
• Changed: The reports folder has been renamed to output
• Fixed: Changing to the Classic theme from any other theme would leave the background color of the previous theme in one of the textboxes
• Fixed: Scroll Bar issue on the Maintenance screen when MAME Classic was restored from maximized
• Fixed: Vector controls would be disabled in MESS Settings
• Removed: References to obsolete help files in the Help pull-down menu
• Removed: MS Sans Serif and MS Serif GUI fonts

New In  Version 9.0.0 - 11/04/2017

• Added    : MAME Classic can now launch machines formally found in MESS which don't have software lists
• Added    : MAME Classic will automatically look for a "devices" folder and a "bios" folder in your MAME directory and in the parent directory of your ROMs folder for machines formally found in MESS
• Changed    : Screenless and mechanical systems are no longer displayed
• Changed    : The Color column is now Palette
• Changed    : The Hand Pointer cursor since it was showing as solid black on the Windows 10 Fall Creators Edition
• Fixed    : Some instances where MAME Classic was unable to determine the device type when trying to launch a machine formally found in MESS
• Fixed    : Color (Palette), Sound, and Graphics column not displaying proper data after a recent change to the listxml
• Removed    : The Devices directory path selection box

New In  Version 8.9.0 - 01/29/2017

• Added    : New PortAudio options
• Fixed    : The Beam Intensity Weight drop-down had incorrect negative values
• Fixed    : The ROM Compare function would not close a file if the Cancel button was pushed during the compare