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06933 Crash/Freeze Critical (emulator) Always Apr 7, 2018, 09:05 Apr 28, 2022, 12:37
Tester trebor View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To Resolution Fixed OS
Status [?] Resolved Driver
Version 0.196 Fixed in Version Build 64-bit
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary MESS-specific 06933: adam: During Cassette Activity MAME Crashes With "Caught unhandled St9bad_alloc exception: std::bad_alloc" Message
Description After "Game Over" under Donkey Kong Jr DDP, during soon to follow during cassette activity, MAME crashes with summary error.
Steps To Reproduce 1. Start up MAME with the adam driver loading a ddp image via command line:
(I.E.)
mame.exe adam -cass1 "C:\Path\to\Coleco ADAM DDP Images\Donkey Kong Jr (Coleco Adam).ddp"

2. Play a game where cassette loads game fully and the cassette load/play status no longer appears on screen (Typically within a couple of minutes of starting and playing a new game).

3. Allow game to end AKA "GAME OVER" message appears.

4. Now the following takes place automatiocally:

-Tape plays/fast forwards until 25:45.
-Tape rewinds. It hits 00:17.
-Starts to play/ff again until it hits 00:36.
-Rapid rewind. It goes to tape position 00:-4 (?) and crashes.
-Both command line window and the MAME app window close out.
Additional Information Another user was able to produce a crash with the Zaxxon game as well.

"As soon as I lost all my ships and it flashed the blue screen with different game options, MAME closed itself with message:
 Caught unhandled St9bad_alloc exception: std::bad_alloc"

See MAMEWorld posts:
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=375451
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=375454
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=375417
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Affected Sets / Systems adam
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png file icon DKJRDDP.PNG (601,041 bytes) Apr 7, 2018, 09:05 Uploaded by trebor
Capture from recorded video at crash instance.
trebor
zip file icon error.zip (211 bytes) Apr 7, 2018, 11:56 Uploaded by trebor
Error log file produced via Command Line switch.
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No.14926
trebor
Tester
Apr 7, 2018, 09:33
In the screen capture the line denotes "mame.exe" as the name as the executable. It is simply the mame64.exe executable renamed, and not the actual x86 executable.

I have hundreds of shortcuts linked to batch files from many years ago that reference "mame.exe". After moving to 64-bit, it was simply easier to copy and rename the x64 executable rather than redo hundreds of shortcuts and batch files.
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No.14928
trebor
Tester
Apr 7, 2018, 11:54
Launched the game with the Command Line options log & verbose...

mame64.exe adam -verbose -log -cass1 "D:\RNI\Coleco ADAM Images\DDP\Donkey Kong Jr (Coleco Adam).ddp"

Played the game through, same results as mentioned in my previous post. An error.log file was generated. It provides the following information:

===================================
Soft reset
[:net4:fdc:u6] ':net4:fdc:u6' (FA7A): unmapped io memory write to 103 = 00 & FF
[:net5:fdc:u6] ':net5:fdc:u6' (FA7A): unmapped io memory write to 103 = 00 & FF
===================================

The error.log file upload will follow
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No.14929
trebor
Tester
Apr 7, 2018, 11:59
Per this post...
http://www.mameworld.info/ubbthreads/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=375457
...the issue is able to be reproduced...
"...playing dlair and loosing all your lives really quickly."
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No.17839
Robbbert
Senior Tester
Jul 19, 2020, 10:07
Does the exception still happen?
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No.20106
Robbbert
Senior Tester
Apr 28, 2022, 12:37
No answer, and just tested now and it works. Resolving.