I don't know what's up with MAME Dev, but these chuckleheads decided to merge all these bios files with the MAME games. This creates a problem for us in tracking real games, so I tried to determine what was a non-playable bios file and immediately archived all of them. List is as follows:
*acpsx "Acclaim PSX"
*aleck64 "Aleck64 PIF BIOS"
*alg_bios "American Laser Games BIOS"
*ar_bios "Arcadia System BIOS"
*atluspsx "Atlus PSX"
*atpsx "Atari PSX"
*awbios "Atomiswave Bios"
*bctvidbs "MPU4 Video Firmware"
*cd32 "Amiga CD32 Bios"
*cpzn1 "ZN1"
*cpzn2 "ZN2"
*crysbios "Crystal System BIOS"
*cvs "CVS Bios"
*decocass "DECO Cassette System"
*hng64 "Hyper NeoGeo 64 Bios"
*konamigv "Baby Phoenix/GV System"
*konamigx "System GX"
*kviper "Konami Viper BIOS"
*macsbios "Multi Amenity Cassette System BIOS"
*mac2bios "Multi Amenity Cassette System 2 BIOS"
*maxaflex "Max-A-Flex"
*maxf_ng "Maximum Force (No Gore version)"
*megaplay "Mega Play BIOS"
*megatech "Mega-Tech BIOS"
*naomi "Naomi Bios"
*naomi2 "Naomi 2 Bios"
*neogeo "Neo-Geo"
*nss "Nintendo Super System BIOS"
*pgm "PGM (Polygame Master) System BIOS"
*playch10 "PlayChoice-10 BIOS"
*psarc95 "PS Arcade 95"
*skns "Super Kaneko Nova System BIOS"
*stvbios "ST-V Bios"
*sys573 "System 573 BIOS"
*taitofx1 "Taito FX1"
*tps "TPS"
MAME 0.118 Bios
Moderator: BBH
does this mean that all roms that have used seperate bios.zip will now have to be updated to run on 118 and later, or is there a new bios.zip that has all of them in it? For pain in the ass-ness, I'll assume the first. 118 crashes everytime for me, and Phil says it's running some games slow(though it sure doesn't seem so when playing, so I'll take his word for it).
