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07133 Graphics Minor Always Oct 29, 2018, 15:14 10 days ago
Tester MetalGod View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To hap Resolution Fixed OS Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?] Resolved Driver
Version 0.202 Fixed in Version 0.273GIT Build 64-bit
Fixed in Git Commit e5e2ca3 Github Pull Request #
Summary 07133: cosmos: Title logo of the game doesn't appear
Description Title logo of the game doesn't appear

It appeared before version 134u1, in which some improvements to the cvs driver were done.
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Regression Version 134u1
Affected Sets / Systems cosmos
Attached Files
png file icon mame 0.134.png (1,839 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 15:14 Uploaded by MetalGod
MetalGod
png file icon mame 0.202.png (2,007 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 15:16 Uploaded by MetalGod
MetalGod
png file icon MAME 0.122u3.png (2,296 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 17:37 Uploaded by M.A.S.H.
M.A.S.H.
png file icon flyer pcb.PNG (425,296 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 18:34 Uploaded by MetalGod
MetalGod
gif file icon MAME 0.122u3-0.122u4.gif (46,233 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 18:36 Uploaded by M.A.S.H.
M.A.S.H.
png file icon mame-0.202-variation-1.png (2,576 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 21:07 Uploaded by MetalGod
MetalGod
png file icon mame-0.202-variation-2.png (2,658 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 21:07 Uploaded by MetalGod
MetalGod
png file icon mame-0.202-variation-3.png (2,688 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 21:08 Uploaded by MetalGod
MetalGod
jpg file icon s-l1600.jpg (194,693 bytes) Oct 29, 2018, 22:37 Uploaded by M.A.S.H.
M.A.S.H.
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No.15651
M.A.S.H.
Senior Tester
Oct 29, 2018, 17:36
edited on: Oct 29, 2018, 17:37
The "Regression Version" is not MAME 0.134u1. The title logo disappears in MAME 0.122u4.
And in MAME 0.122u3 the title logo looks different from MetalGod's 0.134 shot (see 0.122u3 screenshot).
@ MetalGod: Can you check this again!
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No.15652
MetalGod
Senior Tester
Oct 29, 2018, 18:02
edited on: Oct 29, 2018, 18:33
I can confirm that in mame 0.125 the logo appears and looks the same as in 0.134 (white letters).
Sorry but I cannot check older mame versions for cosmos because I don't have an older mame rom set, and current cosmos rom fails to run in mame 0.124 and below.
Checking the mame 0.123 whatsnew file, I see there are plenty of changes in the 0.122 update mame versions:

0.122u7
Added all known variants of the tms5110 as proper chips. Updated
dkong, cvs and scramble to use new chips. [couriersud]

0.122u6
Added VIDEO_ALWAYS_UPDATED for reliable collision detection in the
CVS driver. [Zsolt Vasvari]

0.122u5
Reogranized and started to clean up the CVS driver. Added emulation
of the speech CPU. Removed CVS BIOS entry. Removed unnecessary
patching. [Zsolt Vasvari]

0.122u4
Rewrote the CVS system video code. [Zsolt Vasvari]

0.122u2
cvs games: according to PCBInfos speech chip is TMS5100.
Changed driver to use TMS5100 and "game system operational" now
sounds more natural
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No.15653
MetalGod
Senior Tester
Oct 29, 2018, 18:14
edited on: Oct 29, 2018, 18:35
In ticket 1129 we have a flyer with a snapshot of the pcb game title screen: https://mametesters.org/view.php?id=1129
None of the title logos seen in mame look the same
I've uploaded that screenshot from the flyer.
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No.15654
M.A.S.H.
Senior Tester
Oct 29, 2018, 18:41
@MetalGod
I've check my MAME versions now with Windows10 64bit and i can confirm that the title logo looks the same as in 0.134.
It changed from green to grey in MAME 0.122u4 (see animated GIF MAME 0.122u3-0.122u4.gif).
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No.15657
MetalGod
Senior Tester
Oct 29, 2018, 21:05
edited on: Oct 29, 2018, 23:25
I've found out that the game title changes after playing a game, using sprites of the last enemy shown (not all of the enemies are used for this, only three). I've added the 3 possible variations.
These variations are exactly the same for mame 0.202 and mame 0.125...
Too bad none of them look like the flyer title.
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No.15658
M.A.S.H.
Senior Tester
Oct 29, 2018, 22:37
@MetalGod
Thanks for the informations. I added a picture from a Cosmos eBay auction (s-l1600.jpg)
The colors are the same as in the MAME version. And as you said, the title logo changes constantly.
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No.22505
hap
Developer
10 days ago
edited on: 10 days ago
It doesn't initialize that tile at 1st boot, so it uses whatever the RAM value is at power-on.
Title screen is visible at 1st boot now, but white (0xff) instead of a random pattern, good enough.