There hasn't been much activity because the holidays kept me busy. Unfortunately, there probably won't be any significant releases for a while still. I've been experimenting with new programming languages and (gasp!) some hardware programming as well. There are a few neglected releases that are over-due that I'll hopefully release before the month is out so keep your eyes peeled.

Headkaze has sent me a number of apps to host. One of them is Patcher FE. This handy little app patches in the best fe-friendly hacks into the mame source code. For those of you who insist on hiscore support or want to remove those disclaimers this will save you a lot of time! The app is in the Misc Utilities section.


Enjoy!

Version 2.1 of the source code is up. Be warned, the addition of the pac-drive was a bit of a hack and as of this build it is rather messy in there.

Just more of the clean-up process. Check the about J5 link if you are confused to it's usage and want some helpful links. Also the about InterOp page has been added.

Enjoy!

I'm really ashamed that it took so long for me to get this one up. The Mame InterOp project is what spawned mame hooker. Basically it is an open-source sdk that has a handy communication dll and source code examples in most languages showing how to connect to mame's outputs. Those of you wanting add mame output support to your app should definately look at this! It will make your life much easer! No need to re-invent the wheel folks.

Also take note that while I am the custodian of this project, I didn't do much to it. Headkaze and the mame team did a great deal more, I simply helped flesh out the vb examples and helped with bug testing.