| ID | Category [?] | Severity [?] | Reproducibility | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 09399 | Crash/Freeze | Critical (emulation) | Always | Mar 2, 2026, 17:06 | 1 day ago |
| Tester | Ziggy | View Status | Public | Platform | MAME (Official Binary) |
| Assigned To | Duke | Resolution | Fixed | OS | Windows (x64) |
| Status [?] | Resolved | Driver | |||
| Version | 0.286 | Fixed in Version | 0.290GIT | Build | x64 |
| Fixed in Git Commit | 0e0f27b | Github Pull Request # | |||
| Summary |
 09399: mslug6, basschal, basschalo, xtrmhunt, vfurlong: Games fail to boot to attract mode / go in-game |
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| Description | Metal Slug 6 goes in-game in 0.276, but not in 0.277. After MAME warning screens, there's just a blank screen ever since 0.277 up to and including the latest MAME version 0.286. | ||||
| Steps To Reproduce | Using default mame.ini, run "mame mslug6" on command line. | ||||
| Additional Information | Added extra sets that have been impacted. | ||||
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| Flags | Regression | ||||
| Regression Version | 0.277 | ||||
| Affected Sets / Systems | mslug6, basschal, basschalo, xtrmhunt, vfurlong | ||||
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 No.24194
Haze Senior Tester
Mar 2, 2026, 18:05
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from the 0.277 whatsnew this jumps out as a candidate -Implemented specific SH3/SH4 chips & pass the required endian into the constructor, SH4 internal registers now work when using big endian. The debugger is now aware that the SH3/SH4 has an MMU. [smf] |
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No.24195
Ziggy Tester
Mar 2, 2026, 18:41
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That would be commit: https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/b26662f1bba6809df145d9e8b3f78f66e3a7c7db#diff-6f5b5ca404e809dbf4327835e76b3de2f042f1d19f5d9ad3f907549d9e6c24ac That commit does change sega/dc.h which is included by sega/dc_atomiswave.h. It could be something else, but pointing out that you might be right. |
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No.24196
Haze Senior Tester
Mar 2, 2026, 19:42
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if somebody could confirm it's that then it would help narrow things down at least |
 No.24197
Robbbert Moderator
Mar 2, 2026, 20:21
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The game works, it just takes 5 minutes of a black screen before it suddenly springs to life. Also applies (at my last testing) to basschal, basschalo, xtrmhunt. vfurlong says NOW LOADING and then you have to wait the 5 minutes. |
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No.24198
Haze Senior Tester
Mar 2, 2026, 20:27
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weird, but still a regression, it shouldn't be taking 5 minutes to boot |
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No.24199
Ziggy Tester
Mar 2, 2026, 22:52
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It is weird. I tried it again and held 'insert' key to speed up the wait time at around 375% and it did run after a minute or more. |
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No.24316
Robbbert Moderator
Apr 14, 2026, 04:23
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Noticed that kofnw and kofnwj no longer boot, stuck at black screen. Have to use -nodrc to play them. |
 No.24747
JimCarlTay Senior Tester
1 day ago
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Fixed in commit 0e0f27b by Duke. The cases with kofnw and kofnwj have been fixed in an earlier commit, but I can't find out which. |
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No.24748
JimCarlTay Senior Tester
1 day ago
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UPDATE: kofnw and kofnwj: Fixed in commit a60f95e by R. Belmont. I'm going to split these to another report. Other systems affected by this issue: Fixed in commit 0e0f27b by Duke. |