MAMEoXtras Xbox

MAMEoXtras 10th anniversary
General
Author	Erik Abair et al.
Type	Arcade
Version	2
License	Mixed
Last Updated	2022/06/08
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MAMEoXtras is a MAME/Arcade emulator for the Xbox. It is an update to MameDOX v1.1, which is based on the MAMEoX project by XPort.

Installation

To install on your Xbox HDD, simply pick your preferred emulator folder and FTP it across.

If you have previous version installed, make sure there is no previous save file in E:/Tdata/4d414d46/.

See also MAMEoXtras datafile organized by leonv32.

User guide

Virtual Memory Manager

All games were tested and VMM settings added for those that need them, but if you find a game gets a out of memory error while laoding, press Start, select options and look for VMM settings.

It is turned off by default, turn it on and the game should load.

FAQ

Q. Why When I try to start a game the Emulator loads a different one and Then Errors out?

You didn't remove your previous save file before booting up this new version.

Q. How do i skip warnings before the games load?'

In the main menu make sure all skip warning settings are enabled.

Q. What games does this play?

MAME arcade games only.

Q. Does it play Final Burn Legends Arcade Games?

No use FBL v1.26.

Controls

User interface:

A - Play selected ROM

B - Toggle rom favourite status

X - Toggle Help file

Y+D-Pad Up/Down - Quickly skip around in the ROM list

Black - Show/Hide clones

White - Cycle through ROM list modes (Verbose, Simple and Detailed)

Start - Start menu (remove/scan for new ROMS, Options, Lightgun calibration screen, etc)

Back - Cycle through sort options

Left-Stick Thumb - Dump screenshot (for debug only)

L+R+Black - Exit to the dashboard

List navigation:

L/R - Move ROM cursor up/down fast

D-Pad - Move ROM cursor up/down slowly

In game:

Black+Start - Exit game

Back+Right-Stick Thumb - On screen display

Back+Left-Stick Thumb - Toggle Crosshair

Back+White - In game menu

Back+Black - Pause

Back+L+R - Reset ROM

Back+Right-Stick Thumb+L - Load State

Back+Right-Stick Thumb+R - Save State

Back+A+B - Save screenshot

Default Player:

A - Button 1 (normally fire)

X - Button 2 (normally jump)

B - Button 3

Y - Button 4

L - Button 5 (rotate gun or brake)

R - Button 6 (rotate gun or accelerate)

Left-Stick Thumb - Button 7

Right-Stick Thumb - Button 8

White - Button 9

Black - Button 10

Back - Insert Credit

Start - P1 Start

Screenshots

Changelog

MAMEoXtras 10th anniversary Year Release 2

• New games now supported:
  • Angler Dangler / Fishing.
  • Hypernoid.
  • Marble Madness II.
  • Megumi Rescue.
• Games fixed and now playable:
  • Zeroize.
• Games with graphical improvements:
  • R-Type Leo.
• Games with sound improvements:
  • Tough Turf (Japan).
• General Fixes And Improvements:
  • Added invincibility flashing effect to R-Type Leo [Haze, arcadez].
  • Fixed broken graphics and colour cycling effects in R-Type Leo [arcadez].
  • Added Megumi Rescue to the Sega System E driver [Haze, arcadez].
  • Added support for the super rare Atari prototype Marble Madness II to the batman driver [Mame Dev, FBN Dev, MAME2003+ Dev Team].
  • Added support for Angler Dangler to the decocass driver and fixed Zeroize at the same time [Mame dev, arcadez].
  • Added Hypernoid to the NeoGeo driver [arcadez, KMFDManic].
  • Fixed sound and music and added missing speech support for the Japan version of Tough Turf [mahoneyt944].

MAMEoXtras 10th Anniversary

• New games now supported:
  • Come Back Toto.
  • Dice - The Dice Game.
  • Dolmen.
  • Master's Fury.
  • Oriental Legend Special (ver. 101, Korean Board).
  • Snow Brothers 3 - Magical Adventure.
  • Xeno Crisis (Neo Geo MVS).
• Games fixed and now playable.
  • Chouji Meikyuu Legion.
  • Dragon Bowl.
  • Legion - Spinner-87.
  • Momoko 120%.
  • Operation Wolf.
  • Thunder Hoop.
  • Tokio / Scramble Formation.
  • Under Fire.
• Games with graphical improvements:
  • 1945k III.
  • Ambush.
  • Armed Formation.
  • Big Run (11th Rallye version).
  • Buggy Challenge.
  • Chouji Meikyuu Legion.
  • Crazy Climber 2.
  • Dragon Bowl.
  • Dragon Master.
  • In Your Face.
  • Kodore Ookami.
  • Legion - Spinner-87.
  • Magical Crystals.
  • The Legend of Kage.
  • Terra Force.
  • Twin Action.
• Games now with improved sound:
  • Air Buster.
  • Dragon Bowl.
  • Pack 'n Bang Bang.
  • Twin Action.
• Operation Wolf C-Chip simulation:
  • Reverted back to an older but more stable c-chip sim from MAME98 to prevent the game crashing on level 2 (end of level boss) and on level 6 (final boss sequence).
• Taito Protection MCU:
  • Added the protection mcu to the following game which is now playable and 100% emulated.
  • Tokio / Scramble Formation.
• General Fixes And Improvements:
  • Added Bryan McPhail's C-Chip sim code for Operation Wolf from MAME98 and modded it slightly so the final end boss and enemy has located you mini levels can now be played [arcadez].
  • Rolled back the Taito_x driver back to MAME72 to fix missing and or broken graphics in Superman and Twin Hawk [arcadez].
  • Sorted some sound niggles in Twin Hawk which would occur when the screen gets fairly busy [arcadez].
  • Support a new and improved priority prom for in Your Face in the megasys1 driver which fixes the previously broken mini game and some other graphical issues [dink, arcadez].
  • Fixed level four crash in Thunder Hoop and continue screen text distortions in Squash due to previously unknown refresh rate protection in both games [MAME Dev Team, arcadez].
  • Fixed graphical priorities in Thunder Hoop by using bigkarnak video update call [dink, arcadez].
  • Added support for the MVS version of Xeno Crisis to the Neo Geo driver [arcadez].
  • Added fake gunsights for Under Fire game now playable [mahoneyt944].
  • Fixed some graphical niggles in Dragon Master and added support for Master's Fury to the drgnmst.c driver [arcadez].
  • Backported some fixes for a couple of games in the armedf.c driver garbage sprites covering the entire playfield in **Legion and a timer crash bug in Kodore Ookami [arcadez].
  • Added sprite clut cycling colour effects for all games in the armedf.c driver fixes red ninja display in Kodore Ookami and makes Armed Formation etc etc look far prettier [arcadez].
  • Fixed sound in Dolmen and Twin Action then sorted an mcu simulation issue in Task Force Harrier [grant2258].
  • Improved road vs scenery priorities meaning you dont see things that should be hidden behind the hills appearing all over the road in Jaleco's Big Run [arcadez].
  • Fixed some graphical problems where the colours were wrong on level 3 and half the screen was missing eg rendered black in Buggy Challenge [arcadez].
  • Added support for Dice - The Dice Game a bootleg of the undumped DiceDiceDice by IREM to the M90 driver [arcadez].
  • Added a new protection simulation to pgm.c so that Oriental Legend Special - Xi You Shi E Zhuan Super (ver. 101, **Korean Board) now works in this core [arcadez].
  • Hooked up the M68705 protection MCU for the official Taito USA version of Tokio / Scramble Formation game now playable [dink, arcadez].
  • Fixed some graphical priority and screen display area niggles which affected The Legend Of Kage [arcadez].
  • Fixed missing adpcm sound effects in Pack 'n Bang Bang and hooked up the sound correctly for Blood Warrior [arcadez].
  • Added support for a special sprite effect to kaneko16 video used by Magical Crystals on the first boss [arcadez].
  • Added a missing graphical sprite effect which handles enemy damage flashes in 1945k III [arcadez].
  • Better balanced the sound in Kaneko's Air Buster [arcadez].
  • Fixed palette colours in Ambush [mahoneyt944].

Credits

MAMEoXTRAS contains coding by: Erik Abair, opcode, luckyMIC, superfro, XPort, bendermike, Ebsy, HK$, IQ_132, gamezfan, BritneysPAIRS, dink, leonv32 and grant2258.

This is an update to MameDOX based on version 1.1 it contains new updated driver work by IQ_132 gamezfan and BritneysPAIRS, plus brand spanking new skins by destronger and cbagy, plus it features support for many Arcade games that are playable nowhere else on the Xbox.

Thanks go out to floydthebarber for creating and sharing out the MAMEoXtras Best Of The Best Rompack tattyfurby for creating all those Art and Sample packs and leonv32 for renaming many romsets back to what they should be and spotting many roms which were not declared correctly in the source.

Big Thanks To: MadMab, +T+, IQ_132, dink, BritneysPAIRS, grant2258, mahoneyt944, leonv32, cbagy, destronger, hcf, XtecutorX73.

External links

• EmuXtras - https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=183&t=7572
• EmuXtras - https://www.emuxtras.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=181&t=7541