09281: megadpkr, megadpkrb: Hangs at boot

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
09281	Crash/Freeze	Critical (emulation)	Always	Oct 7, 2025, 20:34	Oct 7, 2025, 22:04

Tester	M.A.S.H.	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	Open	OS	Windows (x64)
Status [?]	Confirmed			Driver	misc/goldnpkr.cpp
Version	0.281	Fixed in Version		Build	x64
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	09281: megadpkr, megadpkrb: Hangs at boot
Description	Mega Double Poker (conversion kit, version 2.3 MD) and clone (conversion kit, version 2.1 MD) hangs at boot since MAME 0.262.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information
Github Commit

Flags
Regression Version	0.262
Affected Sets / Systems	megadpkr, megadpkrb

Attached Files

No.23738 Tafoid Administrator Oct 7, 2025, 22:04	Malfunction appears to begin December 8 2023 for me here. I checked for devices and it seems mc6845 may be an issue. It was an external PR sent to 'fix' another machine to boot. Check the following: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/pull/11803 https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/94a9338a95178c46a3093708f100446dc4393992