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UNIBIOS 2.1 released
« on: June 08, 2005, 06:44:17 AM »

http://www.universebios.com

WHATS NEW IN VERSION 2.1
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Additions

  Added a new MVS general Bios setting 'Enable 1Up Coin Move'. When enabled this setting
    will force a coin entered into a cab with only one coin chute to register on the 2Up
    side as long as the 2Up start button is held down while the coin is entered. The Bios
    should be set to USA region and Arcade mode or VS-Mode must be enabled and supported
    by the game being played for this feature to work.
  Added a new MVS general Bios setting 'Enable Arcade Protect'. This setting is designed
    to allow the Universe Bios to be run easier in an arcade environment. It basically
    protects the Universe Bios settings and operator by doing the following;
     - The Test mode button must also be pressed with the normal button codes to access
       the Main Universe Bios menu, Memory Card Manager, Test Mode or Controller Test.
     - If a game was to crash for any reason the system will reset and start over instead
       of stopping and displaying the error on screen. This is how the normal Bios works.
    When using this new setting one should also disable Input Crossing and the In Game
    Memu to stop other methods of adding credits or cheating.
  Added the ability to fade out music in the Jukebox Player instead of stopping it dead
    (nice if you want to record never ending tracks but it does not work with all games).
  Added an option to soft reset the system from the crosshatch screen.
  Added an option to get to the memory viewer from the crosshatch screen, this can be
    helpfull in tracking hardware faults if you only get the cross hatch from power on.
  Added the ability to change game SLOT in the memory viewer (use select buttons).
  Pressing only button A on the splash screen will make it disappear faster.

Speedups

  Speeded up the way cheats are patched into memory a little (unlooped code).
  Speeded up coin to select button swapping (code was running twice per frame).
  Speeded up the ingame menu check by putting some code in place of a waitloop.

Changes

  Removed the welcome message the first time the bios is run on MVS hardware. Instead it
    will default to Euro Arcade mode and the BootUp HW Test will also be disabled.
  The Universe Bios will now force a backup RAM test when its first run in a new system.
  Removed the option to disable the splash screen (MVS hardware only).


Fixes

  Fixed possible gfx garbage behind the SNK logo at the bottom of screen in test mode.
  Fixed possible bug that could cause (under certern situation) the buttons not to respond
    after an exception error on AES hardware only.
  Fixed a NeoGeo logo curruption issue in the Universe Bios menus if you exited the slot
    selection screen without choosing a slot first (affected 2SLOT hardware only).
  Fixed the kof2003 official MVS cart not changing languages correctly in arcade mode. The
    problem was caused by SNK/Playmore locking the language to English on English carts.
  Fixed Matrimelee not changing language when changing region on MVS hardware in arcade mode.
  Fixed Metal Slug 4 music in the jukebox player as it played distorted if you used the
    jukebox before allowing the game to play.
  Fixed the SoftDIPs in Samurai Shodown 4 through Samurai Shodown 5 Special so when in
    Japan region the language setting shows 'Japanese' instead of 'English'.
  Fixed the SoftDIPs in Baseball Stars Pro when in USA region (demo sound DIP placement).
  Fixed a SoftDIP problem that could cause DIP settings to appear wrong in some games after
    changing regions (affected games that have a different ammount of DIPs per region).
  Fixed a minor ingame menu color problem in King of Fighters 2003 on MVS hardware.
  Fixed the exception error and memory viewer screens so that text is now readable
    in King of Fighters 2003 on MVS hardware.
  Fixed Aero Fighters 3 to stop showing level select when in arcade mode on AES hardware.
  Fixed King of Fighters 2001 MVS version console mode menu select pointers.
  Fixed King of Fighters 2001 MVS version console mode menu colors from going wrong when 
    starting a 2 player game (single all and pratice text).
  Fixed the SoftDIPs to work when playing the newer (less censored) version of Samurai
    Shodown 5 Special on AES hardware in arcade mode.

Cheats

  Made AES Samurai Shodown 5 Special Fatal unlock and sound fix one cheat.
  Added Shrink Mode cheat to Samurai Shodown 5 Special.
  Added cheats to enable blood in King of Fighters 97, 98 and 99.
  Added cheats to enable blood in Samurai Shodown 1, 2 and 3.
  Added cheats to enable blood in Ganryu.
  Added cheats to Samurai Shodown 4 to play as Zankuro.
  Added cheats to Samurai Shodown 5 to play as Yumeji or Sankuro.
  Added cheats to Kabuki klash to play as bosses.
  Added cheats to Rage of Dragons to play as Abobo and Johann.
  Added cheats to Sonic Wings 3 to play as Red Rabbit or Diabloon.
  Added a secret character cheat to World Heroes Perfect.
  Added a secret character cheat to Magical Drop 2 and 3.
  Added a secret character cheat to The Last Blade.
  Added a secret character cheats to The Last Blade 2.
  Added auto fire cheats to all games in the Metal Slug Series.
  Added auto fire cheats to Sonic Wings 2 and 3.
  Added auto fire cheats to Ghost Pilots.
  Added auto fire cheats to Zed Blade.
  Added Infinite Time cheats for 2Up, 3Up and 4UP in League bowling.
  Added cheats for King of Fighters Special Edition 2004 hack.
  Added cheats for King of Fighters 10th Anniversary hack.
  Fixed cheats to show in the korean version of Samurai Shodown 2.
  Fixed boss cheat to work in the korean version of King of Fighters 1999.
  Fixed cheats in the alt version of Magician Lord.
  Fixed AES infinate credit cheats in Sonic Wings 2 and 3.
  Fixed some minor spelling mistakes in the cheat engine.

CRC additions

  King of Fighters Special Edition 2004 hack.
  King of Fighters 10th Anniversary hack.
  King of Fighters 2003 Ultra Plus bootleg.
  King of Fighters 1999 (korean MVS version).
  King of Fighters 2002 Plus (alt bootleg).
  Samurai Shodown 2 (korean MVS version).
  Samurai Shodown 5 Special MVS version.
  Samurai Shodown 5 Special newer AES version.
  V Liner alt set.