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Version 2020.13

  • New default artwork.
  • Netplay bugfix, must be running a game to join or host.
  • Save independant HUD position for landscape/portrait.

Version 2020.12

  • Metal frame-skip updates and fixes.
  • Updated the lineTron vector shader.
  • The HUD will honor the system DynamicType size.
  • PINCH and ZOOM to resize the HUD to exacly the size you want.
  • set MAME pause_brightness to 1.0
  • Support for Xbox GUIDE, DualShock PS, and Steam STEAM buttons on iOS 14.
  • Support WideColor (aka DisplayP3) devices.
  • Support SlideOver and SplitScreen on iPad.
  • Support macOS via Catalyst, requires macOS 10.15 (aka Catalina) or higher.
  • Mac menu bar and edge to edge game window.
  • A,B,Y,X,L,R on a hardware keyboard will function as buttons.
  • lineTron and simpleTron are now used as the default LINE and SCREEN shaders.
  • Skin support, use Export Skin... to create a Skin template file, and open the README.md inside the Skin.

Version 2020.11

  • Added new Vector Shader category for Vector games on both iOS and tvOS.
  • The HUD has received a lot of Ux updates, better sizing, new options, etc.
  • The HUD will honor the system DynamicType size.
  • Added a means to Pause MAME but still tweak the Shaders in realtime (available in debug mode).
  • Various texture cache fixes.
  • Added in ulTron CRT Screen Shader: this is the ulTimate CRT shader but it is very heavy to compute and may not perform in realtime on lower class hardware and/or at higher Resolutions.
  • Renamed the simpleCRT Screen Shader to simpleTron, to better align with the other shader naming conventions.
  • Added in lineTron Vector shader, for the best dang lookin' Vector games around...
  • P3 and P4 Start in the in-game and HUD menu.
  • MAME Soft Reset (aka F3) in the HUD.

Version 2020.10

  • New megaTron Shader.
  • Render with Metal on external displays.
  • Video Options are no longer specific to Portrait or Landscape.
    • except option to default to fullscreen.
  • New HUD UI, turn on showHUD to play with it.

Version 2020.9

  • Support for rendering with Metal (new)
    • Metal can be turned off in Options use Metal.
    • Simple CRT Effect, emulate a old CRT monitor.
  • Video options (new)
    • Use Integer Scaling Only
    • Ability to select the ColorSpace used to display MAME screen.
  • Colorspace (new)
    • DisplayRGB
    • sRGB
    • CRT (gamma 2.5)
    • Rec709 (gamma 2.4)
  • Border options (new)
    • Light
    • Dark
    • Solid Color
  • Effect options (was checkboxes, now a list)
    • CRT
    • Scanline
    • Simple CRT (Metal only)
  • Filter options (was a checkbox, now a list)
    • Nearest
    • Linear
  • Artwork
    • Artwork is shown at hires by default.
  • Add to Siri Support

Version 2020.8

  • Better INFO/HISTORY.DAT display in landscape (and tvOS)
  • Fixed tvOS MAME top shelf wide logo

Version 2020.7

  • Added in 4K/UHD MAME render resolution support so that MAME artwork looks much better
  • Added in iCade support for tvOS
  • Steam Controller support, controller must be in bluetooth mode and paired
  • Fixed issue where audio would stop when playing back content from another source or being interrupted by a phone call.
  • Set the audio catefory to AVAudioSessionCategoryAmbient so MAME4iOS will play nice with other audio apps.
  • Make the 馃厫 馃厬 馃収 馃叏 layout consistent across iPhone and iPad.
  • Added a Nintendo Button Layout option. if enabled the 馃厫 馃厬 and 馃収 馃叏 buttons will be swapped to match a Nintendo layout. This option has no effect on a custom layout, or a physical game controller.
  • Better handling for 2 Player games, a 1 Player and a 2 Player Start option will be on the in-game menu. We try to detect how many Players, Inputs, and Coins the current game is looking for and try to adapt to that.
  • Downgrade controllers, if you are trying to use Controller 3 on a game that only takes 2 inputs, Controller 3 will be mapped to Player 1.
  • Controller Identify, when you hit MENU on a controller the Player number is displayed as the title of the in-game menu.
  • Supports Controler trigger buttons L2, R2. MENU+L2 will Insert a P2 COIN, and MENU+R2 will do a P2 START.
  • Removed separate Load State and Save State from the in-game menu, to make room, the menu is cramped in landscape and tvOS
  • 馃厬 will exit a MAME menu
  • Added support for HISTORY.DAT and MAMEINFO.DAT. you can import a .ZIP file containing the files or manualy copy files into dats directory.

Version 2020.6

  • Version and Build info shown in Settings
  • Export all data for a game from Share context menu

Version 2020.5

  • Allow for the exporting of a game and all of its state (hiscores, saved state, artwork, etc)
  • Show app version number, and build info in Settings for easier tracking of builds
  • Added Reset option in Settings

Version 2020.4

  • Updated default game icon when icons are not in the game database such as neogeo.zip and others
  • Added a RESET TO DEFAULTS button
  • tvOS Settings page update and other UI/Layout improvements
  • Massive Zip import speed increase and refactoring
  • Added a means to filter by game driver such as CPS1, CPS2, etc

Version 2020.3

  • Turbo mode updates and Ux fixes
  • Only show one row of recent games
  • Menu context button updates
  • Use alternate source location for title images

Version 2020.2

  • tvOS UI cleanup
  • Add in Parallax UI behaviour in tvOS menu
  • Mame logo and general branding updates
  • General UI performance updates

Version 2020.1

Version 2020.0

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