This is a fairly big update; changes are summarised below;
Neo-Geo

• Added driver for Diggerman (diggerma)
• Added driver for Jockey Grand Prix (jockeygp)
• Added driver for Metal Slug 5 (mslug5, ms5plus, ms5pcb)
• Added driver for Pochi and Nyaa (pnyaa)
• Added driver for Samurai Shodown V (samsho5, samsho5h, samsho5b, samsh5sp, samsh5sh, samsh5sn)
• Added driver for SvC Chaos - SNK vs Capcom (svc, svcboot, svcplus, svcplusa, svcsplus, svcpcb, svcpcba)
• Added driver for The King of Fighters 2003 (kof2003, kf2k3bl, kf2k3bla, kf2k3pl, kf2k3upl, kf2k3pcb)
• Added driver for V-Liner (vliner, vlinero)
• Added driver for Zintrick (zintrckb)
• Added aof3k to the Art of Fighting 3 driver
• Added ct2k3sp to the Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon 2003 driver
• Added kog to the King of Fighters '97 driver
• Added lastsold to the Last Blade driver
• Added mslug3b6 to the Metal Slug 3 driver
• Added ms4plus to the Metal Slug 4 driver
• Added fswords to the Samurai Shodown III driver
• Added lans2004 to the Shock Troopers 2 driver
• Added kof10th, kf10thep, kf2k5uni, kf2k2mp, kf2k2mp2, kf2k2pls, kf2k2pla, kof2k4se to the King of Fighters 2002 driver
• ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the kizuna, kof2000, kof2001, kof2002, lastblda, matrim, mslug4, and rbff1 drivers
• Added emulation for PVC Protection
• Added extra emulation for various bootlegs and gambling games
• Enabled a protection patch for Metal Slug X making the game playable
• Updated Universe BIOS to latest version (2.2)
• Added missing bioses from MAME
• Added a compile-time define in the Neo-Geo driver to strictly match the MAME bios set for romset validation purposes
• Removed driver for bangbedp

 

CPS-2

• Added the decryption algorithm routines to allow games to be decrytped without XORs
• Removed the XORs from drivers where the decryption key is known
• Added driver for Hyper Street Fighter 2 (hsf2a)
• Added driver for Puzz Loop 2 (pzloop2, pzloop2j)
• Added 19xxa to the 19XX driver
• Added avspa to the Alien vs Predator driver
• Added armwar to the Armored Warriors driver
• Added ddsomr1, ddsomr3 to the Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow of Mystara driver
• Added ddtodr1 to the Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom driver
• Added mshj to the Marvel Super Heroes driver
• Added mshvsfj2 to the Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter driver
• Added spf2ta to the Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo driver
• Added ssf2tbr1 to the Super Street Fighter 2 driver
• Added ssf2u to the Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo driver
• Added xmvsfu to the X-Men vs Street Fighter driver
• Emulated the paddles in Puzz Loop 2 (pzloop2, pzloop2j)
• ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the armwar, avsp, ddsom, ddtod, dstlk, msh, mshvsf, msvc, progear, sfa, sfa3, sgemf, spf2t, vhunt2, and xmvsf drivers
• Corrected the descriptions in the Cyberbots driver
• Disabled drivers for games without XORs or decryption keys

 

CPS-1

• Added cawingr1 to the Carrier Air Wing driver
• Added ffightua to the Final Fight driver
• Fixed the Saturday Night Slam Masters driver so the games now boot
• ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the forgottn, sf2, and varth drivers
• Removed driver for knightsh

 

Toaplan

• Added driver for Hell Fire (hellfire, hellfir1, hellfir2)
• Added driver for Truxton (truxton)
• Added driver for Zero wing (zerowing)
• Added batsugna to the Batsugun driver
• Added outzoneb, outzonec to the Out Zone driver
• Fixed the dip switches in the Out Zone driver
• ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the bbakraid, dogyuun, outzone and shippumd drivers

 

Cave

• Added donpachk to the Donpachi driver
• Added theroes to the Gaia driver
• Added uopoko to the Puzzle Uo Poko driver
• ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the btlkroad, ddonpach, dfeveron, donpach, gaia and uopoko drivers

 

Misc

• Added driver for Cooki and Bibi 2
• Added driver for Cooki and Bibi 3
• Added driver for More More
• Added driver for More More Plus
• Added driver for Puzzle King
• Added driver for Toppy & Rappy
• Added driver for Twinkle
• Added driver for XESS - The New Revolution (SemiCom 3-in-1)
• Added gtstarba to the Guardian driver
• Added newsa to the News driver
• Added slapftuk, slapfgtr to the Slap Fight driver
• Added snowbroc to the Snow Bros. driver
• Added solomon to the Solomons Key driver
• Added s1945a, s1945k to the Strikers 1945 driver
• Added supermanj to the Superman driver
• Added tigerhb2 to the Tiger Heli driver
• Added daisenpu to the Twin Hawk driver
• Fixed the sound generated by the YM2151 in the Final Star Force driver
• Fixed the hang bug in the Rastan driver when starting the game
• ROMset changes to match MAME affecting the gunbird, opwolf, rastan, s1945, solomon, tengai and tigerh drivers

 

Application

• Added a NODUMP flag for rom definitions and updated DAT file generation and rom scan routines to support it
• Increased the max length of a rom name to 32 characters
• Added support for the extra V-Liner inputs to the input dialog
• Made game selection dialog wider to accomodate longer game titles
• Fixed the player descriptions in the input dialog (Player 0 becomes Player 1, etc.)

 

So, what does this mean for FBA? No new releases are promised in the future. The FBA Team seems to have disbanded a while back and we all seem to be doing different things now. I caught the emulation bug again at the back end of last year and since FBA was rather out of date I have decided to release this update. New releases may follow depending how long the bug lasts....