https://imgur.com/a/Wsm00yt
For me, it has been 5 years since I first downloaded Dokkan Battle. Like most of you, I started out this game because I was a big fan of Dragon Ball Z. My fandom included owning the original Pioneer VHS tapes, to playing the original Score DBZ CCG and the subsequent but short-lived sequel made by Panini, to being able to attend the World Premiere of Resurrection F in LA.
I’ve been fairly quiet on Reddit as of recently, but have used this community as a resource to beat challenging events (SBR, LGE, etc.), and getting information on future summons. I hope that reading this post gives you a sense of nostalgia, advice if you need it, and just general perspective.
Year 1:
A more in-depth 1st year:
https://www.reddit.com/DBZDokkanBattle/comments/4w22ig/365_days_login_a_f2p_story/
Find your favorite gif involving crazy, huh, wtf, jaw drops and insert them here. That was Year 1 of Dokkan for me. I had no idea of team building, links, etc. If you ever played a TCG like Pokemon or Magic and just jammed your first decks with your favorite foils and rare cards you had; that was my first Dokkan team building experience. Very little synergy. We really didn’t have dedicated leader skills that provided ki and boosts. There was a point where I felt accomplished because I could field a full UR team.
The Dokkan Medal event grinds were particularly brutal in-game events because their power level was so much higher unless you had the right units, which obviously required pulling on banners. In other gatcha games, these were raiders, great units specially for that event (SSR AGL SS Kid Trunks for Broly, the Androids for Cell, etc). For another perspective, we grinded these events for 1 medal drops. We needed a total of 11 to Dokkan a unit. And it was never even a guarantee that you were going to beat the event. Truly had to be lucky and resourceful with your items. I know I probably wasted some stones to continue the event and finish it for 1 MEDAL!
As far as summons go, I think a lot of the community were very much, “It’s new! Summon!” I eventually realized that Japan was a head of us in the Dokkan timeline, so I could really start to strategically plan which units did I want to try to get rather than pull aimlessly. Broly was the first unit I had future knowledge of so I saved for that unit. This is a mentality that I continue to have to this day: figure out the next great banner and save for that.
The first World Tournaments were some of the longest grindfests I had ever seen. This is my old man on the porch moment of “Back in my day, we had to get 100 Wins for a GSSR.” If I recall correctly, we did not have a GSSR for a Multi on our Dragon Stone summons. So, I originally saw the World Tournaments as ways to get GSSR. Unfortunately, to this day, the WT exclusives aren’t game-breaking; they’re more trophy units. I can recall those first WTs and thinking I might try to go for top to try to get the exclusive but realizing that the time commitment, stones, and lack of use of the WT exclusive led me to just go for the GSSR and save the stones for pulls.
STR Broly, the first AOE in Dokkan, was probably the most desired unit and one that I saved the most for at the time. Given how World Tournaments were run, Broly could be a literal time saver. I recall pulling a lot trying to get Broly but didn’t get him until before the 2nd Anniversary. I recall a moment where I had created and rerolled another account on a separate device just to see if I could Broly. Well, it just so happened I did. I was at a true crossroads of “Do I make this my main?” For a small amount of time, I was running both accounts, but I choose to eventually let go of that alt with Broly because I had pulled TEQ Majin Vegeta and knew it was going to Dokkan to be an AOE so it was a fair substitute for Broly. Plus, I was saving for Super Gogeta on the main, which I had pulled upon his release in the 1st Anniversary. That was enough to say, this is my main. Even if doesn’t have Broly on it.
Prior to the STR Super Gogeta release, I also inspired to write the original: ‘Twas the Night Before Gogeta: one of my proudest Reddit moments. https://www.reddit.com/DBZDokkanBattle/comments/4rpkmp/a_dokkan_poem_twas_the_night_before_gogeta/
Year 2:
A more in-depth 2nd year:
https://www.reddit.com/DBZDokkanBattle/comments/6st41n/a_2_year_reflection_of_dokkan/
After pulling STR Super Gogeta and STR SS3 Goku, I felt having a full Over in a Flash team was stellar. Double STR Super Gogeta lead plus OIAF gave +9 Ki to Unit 1 and 3 and +12 Ki to the middle Unit. Spamming Supers became the name of the game, especially in World Tournament. Now with STR Super Gogeta in hand, the in-game events and quests became much more doable.
Probably the most significant event of this year was Prime Battle LR SS Goku. This introduced Global to the first LR. At the time, you had to only use Strike and drop units to complete it. For a reference point, the optimal team was INT Chilled lead with Mecha Frieza, Android 16, King Vegeta, etc. And the main event was 50 Stamina, not the 25 that they are now. Farming any and all drop units is the equivalent to forcing a child to eat their vegetables. You may not like it, but it is in your best interest to do so. That can now be seen with the current EZAs that are limiting who can be brought into the event. (For the record, with the incoming EZA for LR SS Goku, I will not be grinding out another 777 medals for 5 SA. I will gladly use 5 Elder Kais.)
Remember SSR Broly and how I was going crazy for him? Year 2 was when the LR form of him came out. And history repeats itself again lol. Now this is a spoiler alert, but I pulled LR Broly…on the 5th year 200 DS Guaranteed LR Banner. It’s been that long. However, with the shifts to WT and LR Broly friends at high enough ranks, it did not become necessary to have LR Broly in my box.
Overall, Year 2 was a lot of the same. World Tournament. Dokkan Fest. Repeat. With knowledge of AGL Super Vegito on Japan coming at our 2nd year Anniversary, that became the next unit for stone saving. The first tank and counter unit, Super Vegito did not disappoint. It also was a shift from Rainbow teams to more structured teams based on color. So AGL became the top team, INT not being far behind but the other 3 clearly far behind them. Two Rares, Oceanus Shenron and Muraski, became optimal on Super AGL for their sealing; that’s when you know the team is badass. This team held their own, but the 120% meta was coming. The end of year 2 was bringing STR SS4 Goku and AGL SS4 Vegeta. I was lucky to pull SS4 Goku, but not SS4 Vegeta. This would be the first significant meta-defining unit I did not pull. But 1 out of 2 was not bad.
Finally, Year 2 introduced Global’s Hidden Potential System. A staple still in Dokkan today, but I could not tell you how many reddit posts there were for “What do I unlock?” or “Crit or Dodge?” But the worst was having to open up EVERY. SINGLE. NODE. ONE. BY. ONE. New players today won’t know the pain lol. Let me sum up Hidden Potential System 101: Bottom right and top left first. Most cases: Crit > AA > Dodge. AA > Crit if the Super stacks something like Attack or Defense, especially if the stack is infinite. Dodge if the Unit is very much support and can’t take any hits nor give out any hits.
Year 3:
Year 3 of Dokkan was where the difficulty level of the game jumped the most. Honestly, this was probably the golden age of Dokkan. 120% leads were coming and it brought some level of parody. A fair amount of the teams with their 120 leads could be viable in a lot of events. And with the looming Super Battle Roads coming, you know you need something in every category if you wanted to complete all of them.
Where Dokkan decided to implement a WWE-style-glass-break-theme-music and Stone Cold Steve Austin entrance was SS4 Gogeta and Omega Shenron as 150% leads in the middle of the 120% leads releases. This gave the community a glimpse into the direction of leads and it was another breath of fresh air. We would get categories as our primary way of building teams and it’s still very much implemented today at the 5th year anniversary going into Year 6 and beyond. I personally was fortunate enough to pull SS4 Gogeta and Fusions became my primary. (No Omega Shenron pulled though, but I wasn’t disappointed.) However, I did know that I was still likely needing to pull on the 120 lead banners for the incoming SBR Stages 1-10. I recall limiting myself to a budget on the 120 banners. Either discounts, multis and tickets, but nothing to bankrupt myself stone wise. With the way the game was progressing, there was always going to be something new and game-defining so I wanted to make sure I wasn’t left behind. (This would eventually be the incoming LR SS Gogeta duo and Vegito duo.) I wanted to give myself the best chance of not being left behind and making sure I didn’t spend too much on sub-par banners.
We also started seeing older units getting rebirths or Dokkan Awakenings. These would be great in principle, but I don’t recall many earning slots onto a significant team. Others can chime in here. More LRs from Rising Dragon Carnivals or Legendary Summon banners would come but most of these LRs ok, but not great. (LR Trunks, Boujack, etc.).
Year 3 also brought along two free LR units, LR Vegito Blue and LR 1000 Day Goku. Some players were pissed that we needed Prepared for Battle units to complete all the missions associated with LR Vegito Blue. I was fortunate that it did not really affect me and I completed the missions without much difficultly. Regarding 1000 Day Goku, I thought it was a great way for fan service: not game breaking, but serviceable as a substitute rainbow lead. (These would start to see more use in the future Virtual Battlefield/Ultimate Clash.)
EZAs would also be introduced with AGL SS3 Goku. Fairly grindy, but another good way for Dokkan to keep older units relevant. Otherwise, this game would always be “Pull on the new unit banner!” And with some of the events rewarding players with larger boxes or being able to flexible teams (current restricted EZA events), it became more that there was a sense of needing to collect units as well, even if they were not game breaking or meta relevant.
Super Battle Road would also be introduced in Year 3. Probably the hardest category of events to this day. This event would truly let tanks (AGL Golden Frieza, STR SS3 Vegeta), AOEs (LR STR Broly), and stunners and sealers (PHY Gotenks) would really earn their spot in Dokkan. My SBR mentality was also Stage 1 = No items. Stage 2 = 2 Items. Stage 3 hopefull you Dokkan attack. Stage 4 use all of your items. I never actually beat an SBR until 3rd Anniversary and LR Potara Duo were available. On the bottom is a link to all my SBR wins.
The end of Year 3 brought the much anticipated LR Potara and Fusion Duos at the 3rd Anniversary. These guys made their respective SBRs much more doable with their built in Senzu Bean transformation. Like a fine wine, these two would get better as time went on with introductions of the Kamehameha and Joined Forces categories.
Year 4:
Much like Year 2 was to Year 1, Year 4 felt like a continuation of similar events in Year 3. Year 4 brought us more EZAs, more LRs (both free like Prime Battle Trunks and summonable), World Tournaments and Dokkan Fests. It became clear that LRs in general were going to be the standard moving forward in regards to gameplay. The tricky part was navigating which LRs were worth it. For me, it was hard but using this subreddit and the knowledge of Japan’s timeline made it a little easier. It was almost a certainty that the Anniversary LRs would be worth it. I believe I skipped most of the banners except TEQ Goku & Frieza, but never managed to pull the duo until recently.
Some of the more unique units to come were the Transforming Goku, Frieza, and Vegeta. I believe these are glimpse into more of the future of Dokkan. It would not surprise me if LR versions of these unit concepts come in the future. We currently see them but they are either locked by an active skill or condition needed (HP, Team member needed, etc.), not one that transforms automatically.
The Dokkan Punch Machine was introduced during this year. This is one of the few events I haven’t completed, specifically the no item stages 1 to 3. These definitely require a little luck and patience. But please don’t feel discouraged if you don’t complete these events right away. They don’t go away, and over time, you’ll get units and dupes to make this event easier.
Ultimate Clash (or Virtual Battlefield 2.0 in Japan) would be one of the major game updates to Dokkan in Year 4. After watching the mess that Virtual Battlefield 1.0 was in Japan, seeing the 2.0 version was relieving. This event favors the longer time players who have accumulated lots of units in their box (or the whales who spend a lot on banners lol). While trying to manage these teams some of things I consider are at least 1 team per faction and color combination (70 units), 1 F2P team that takes out boss 1 (was Namek Gohan and Ginyu Force. Now that team is Team Bardock and AGL Broly), a team of stunners/sealers (Great Saiyaman stage), extra Rainbow leads (1000 Day Goku, SBR Gohan, SBR Goku, LR Vegito Blue, etc.)
Prior to the 4th Anniversary, Global learned about the Coin System. This was a very refreshing update to the game. Allowing players an outlet to not feel completely shafted and could use their coins to get the units they wanted. My stone saving was aimed at the 4th Anniversary SS4 Goku and SS4 Vegeta, and particularly began when the coins were announced. 4th Anniversary I went ham. Managing both SS4 units, my first Fusion Duo and a couple Potara duo dupes. Having the coins in your back pocket was a very welcoming safety net.
Year 5:
If you are still reading this, more power to you. I won’t go to in depth because (a) it’s again a lot of the same: WT, DokkanFest, Ultimate Clash, etc. and (b) you probably played through part of it so you recall a lot of it too.
Two things stand out for me during Year 5. The New Years Banner and Kale & Caulifa’s LR debut.
For the New Years banner, this is mainly a “learn from my mistake” moment. I had enough Red Coins at the time for LR GoBros. But for some reason I burned through a couple hundred stones seeing if I could pull them and keep me stones (Essentially, trying to have my cake and eat it too) and never getting them. So I was out some stones for a future banner and ended up having to use my red coins to acquire GoBros. Had I just used the coins prior to summoning, then I would have more stones for future banners. Pro Tip: If you’re chasing a unit that you can just get with coins, get it with coins. Save the stones for future banners. The coins will replenish themselves.
LR Kale & Caulifa stand out to me because it was the Legendary Banner (yellow coin) that I would commit myself to pulling for. The hype was real and I definitely pulled the sisters and that became my ultimate flex and current team to run (up until 5th Anniversary).
Fighting Legend: Goku (or LGE) was nice new addition to challenge the player base. I personally like trying to find teams that would knock out multiple missions (Thanks to this reddit, I found a 4-in-1 Potara, Time Travelers, Future, Realm of Gods team. 3-in-1 for me because I had already beaten Potara)
Final reflections:
So, the ultimate question probably is “Why am I still playing?” There’s honestly not much left for me to do. I do the weekly Ultimate Clashes when they come out, daily missions, etc. I still need to do Punch Machine Stages 1-3, but I don’t feel a huge pressure to finish it out. It’ll happen eventually. With my spare Stamina, I’ve been trying to rank up to 999 (currently at 866), but again, don’t feel a ton of great pressure to complete it yet. I look forward to when E. SBR is released. As a fan of Dragon Ball, I’ve liked that they have implemented content from all franchises including DB, Z, GT, Super, SDBH, and even bringing in Arale! I have not let the game be my end all be all. In the past 5 years, I have traveled to Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, and Paraguay. I just honestly found ways and downtime to play the game. Dokkan has become more of a collecting game for myself. I’m currently only missing 8 LRs, and they range from LR Bardock to Nappa/Vegeta. There are still moments of excitement when I summon and pull a desired unit. There are still moments of relief when I complete difficult events (most recently the LGE missions.) Whatever Dokkan is for you, I hope you remember that at its roots, it is a game and it is meant to be fun.
One thing about this game that truly makes me smile is how it (along with DBS) have really brought in a new generation of Dragon Ball fans. If you would have told me 15 years ago that Dragon Ball would still be as popular as it is (probably even more popular than before), I would have laughed it off and called you crazy. As a high school teacher, I've seen some of my students get the game (and DB Legends, but we won't get into that discussion) and ask to see my box or ask for advice on their team. I hope the fandom for Dokkan and Dragon Ball continue to grow in the future.
As far as in-game tips, I would emphasize the following:

• You do not need to rainbow a featured unit for it to be viable. 0 dupes is very much useable. 2 dupes is probably the most functionable on a budget. Full rainbow is just icing on the cake. I have a 0 dupes on LR Vegito, LR Gogeta, LR K&C and have never felt that I need to pull more on their banners. Just get the unit.
  
• Use the search feature on reddit. You’ll find a plethora of example teams out there.
  
• Understand what’s happening in Japan to figure out what to save for (if you want to save).
  
• Grind out the F2P units. We’ve recently seen an uptick in events like EZA Areas which required specific drop characters to attempt and complete.
  

What I would like to see:

• A new type of lead. We’ve been on categories for 3 years now. Off the top of my head, a leader that concentrates on a single character? Then we can generate teams based on 1 character? Something like All “Goku” named units get +4 Ki, +190% Attack, Defense, HP.
  
• An actual Rainbow unit? Not TEQ, STR. Brand new typing. Super effective against all, reduced damage on defense.
  
• More story quests (PS. I have no idea what the actual plot is. This is really for stone purposes lol).
  

(In classic DBZ Announcer End of Episode voice.)
Will the streak continue on to Year 6? Will new banners and unit change the meta again? Will another event be introduced to challenge all players? Find out next time on Dragon Ball: Dokkan Battle!
Completed SBR teams
https://imgur.com/a/t4Q1o1k
Completed FLG teams
https://imgur.com/a/kP7TrtR
5 Year Box (sorted by acquired)
https://imgur.com/a/YpgrSfZ

MAME 0.205

With Christmas just over, it’s time for the final MAME release for 2018, and what a year it’s been! Before we move on, let’s pause and recap some of the significant milestones from the past twelve months:

• We’ve emulated a steady stream of hand-held games from Nintendo, Tiger and others. Our Tiger Game.com emulation now runs all released games.
• Acorn computer emulation improvements have been too numerous to count. In particular, MAME now supports a huge array of peripherals.
• Emulation for home systems based on the SSD XaviX, SunPlus µ'nSP and V.R. Technology VT platforms has really advanced, bringing a generation of TV games to life.
• MAME now runs CLIX on InterPro and HP-UX on HP9000/300, both with graphical desktop environments and networking. MAME will also run SunOS with the SunView desktop environment on some SPARC workstations. Additionally, the SGI Iris Indigo R4000 shows its boot menu.
• Long-standing graphical issues have been fixed, including priorities in Pac-Land and Moon Patrol, row scroll effects on Capcom CPS-3, and numerous glaring errors on Tatsumi games.
• Hit detection on the now-infamous helicopter in Time Crisis has been corrected, rear-view mirrors work in Ridge Racer 2, Rave Racer and Ace Driver, track mirroring works in Rave Racer, and graphics have been improved across all Namco System 22 games.
• Taito C-Chip emulation finally allows Bonze Adventure to play as intended, solving all the persistent gameplay issues.
• Games with Capcom QSound and Taito Zoom ZSG-2 hardware now provide a far more enjoyable auditory experience.
• Rare arcade systems keep getting dumped and emulated, including Tom Tom Magic, the original Gigas Mark II, Last KM, Night Mare, El Fin Del Tiempo, a prototype of Led Storm Rally 2011, and the Pac-Man hack Titan. Some of these were thought to be lost to time.

MAME 0.205 is no different. Newly supported arcade systems include Unico’s Magic Purple, and Visco’s never-before-seen prototype Pastel Island. The latter ties in nicely with improved video emulation for the SSV platform (yes, this fixes other long-standing glitches, too). Newly playable machines include Konami’s Tobe! Polystars, Evil Night and Total Vice. Yes, Konami M2 emulation is finally here! Be aware that there’s still a lot of room for performance optimisation on this system.
Putting arcade systems aside for a moment, this release includes support for Dance Dance Revolution Strawberry Shortcake, and the Nintendo Game & Watch titles Oil Panic and Squish. Interestingly, there are no other emulators or simulators for Squish, and it hasn’t been included in any of Nintendo’s Game & Watch collections. It seems to draw inspiration from the Famicom game Devil World.
There are hundreds more Commodore 64 cassettes in the software list now, and quite a few more BBC ROMs as well. Software lists have been added for the Nascom computers, along with updates to the boot ROM choices and better keyboard emulation. We’ve also created a skeleton driver and documented the known software for the Chinese Monon Color console. In a last-minute addition we added support for new version 2 .WOZ floppy images on the Apple II family.
Of course, there are lots more additions and improvements that you can read about in the whatsnew.txt file, or you can get the source and Windows binary packages from the download page and try it out yourself. Enjoy the rest of the year, and all the best in 2019 from all of us at MAMEdev!

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

• 02774: [Graphics] (seta2.cpp) grdians: Occasional one-frame glitches. (David Haywood)
• 04053: [Graphics] (ssv.cpp) eaglshot, dynagear: Missing raster effect. (David Haywood)
• 04954: [Graphics] (cps2.cpp) mvscu, xmvsf, mshvsf: Sprite priority problem on final stage with Onslaught. (hap)
• 05732: [Crash/Freeze] All games using MCS-48: Crash when trying to set watchpoint with wpd in MCS-48 games. (AJR)
• 06539: [Crash/Freeze] (konamim2.cpp) All sets in konamim2.cpp: [debug] Assertion failure on VTLB fill. (Phil Bennett)
• 06566: [Crash/Freeze] (vic20.cpp) All sets in vic20.cpp: Mounting Data 20 Video Pak (videopak) causes an exception. (Ryan Holtz)
• 07005: [Crash/Freeze] (vamphalf.cpp) wolrdadv, luplup, poosho (possibly more): Games crash after 36 minutes with DRC. (Ryan Holtz)
• 07022: [DIP/Input] (vtech2.cpp) laser500: Some keys are not working. (Robbbert)
• 07049: [Media Support] (ct486.cpp) ct486: MAME writes to floppy images opened in read-only mode. (AJR)
• 07116: [Save/Restore] Numerous drivers: Memory banking not restored correctly when loading save states. (O. Galibert)
• 07131: [Graphics] (vtech2.cpp) laser500: Hand-drawn character generator ROM contains errors. (nippur72)
• 07165: [Documentation] (bzone.cpp) bzone: Incorrect memory range in comments. (zaxxon)
• 07169: [Sound] (equites.cpp) equites, equitess: No sound effects after changing DIP switches and soft reset. (AJR)
• 07170: [Sound] xaudio2: Module attemts to look up XAudio2 APIs in DirectWrite DLL. (Moe)
• 07172: [Gameplay] (vii.cpp) vii + vii software list entries: Inputs no longer work for vii and vii cartridges. (Ryan Holtz)
• 07177: [Documentation] swim: Closing parenthesis missing in device description. (AntoPISA)

New working machines

• Dance Dance Revolution Strawberry Shortcake [Peter Bortas, ClawGrip, The Dumping Union]
• Four Play [Robbbert]
• Game & Watch: Oil Panic [algestam, Eric Smith]
• Game & Watch: Squish [algestam, 4am]
• Jong Shin (Japan) [ShouTime, The Dumping Union, Ivan Vangelista]
• Magic Purple [David Haywood, Jose IBI, Arcade Vintage, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]
• Pastel Island (Japan, prototype) [ShouTime, David Haywood]
• Player's Edge Plus (X002143P+XP000043) Joker's Revenge Poker [Brian Troha]
• Super Ball (Version EC-3.50 N165) [Grull Osgo]
• Super Ball (Version EC-3.50 N322) [Grull Osgo]
• Venom & Spider-Man - Separation Anxiety (SNES bootleg) [Jorge Silva, Kravex, iq_132]
• Video Eight [Robbbert]

New working clones

• Eagle Shot Golf (Japan, bootleg?) [Joshua Inman]
• Galaxy Gunners (1990 year hack) [David Torres, ClawGrip, Recreativas.org]
• Grand Prix Star (ver 4.0) [Porchy, The Dumping Union]
• Iga Ninjyutsuden (Japan, bootleg) [hammy, Jonhughes, digshadow]
• Legend of Hero Tonma (World, bootleg with i8751) [hammy, The Dumping Union]
• New Biliard 98 (Pool 10 hack) [Roberto Fresca, f205v]
• Pit Fighter (rev 1, 2 players) [R.Coltrane, The Dumping Union]
• Street Fighter EX2 Plus (Euro 990611) [Nomax, Brian Troha, Sean Sutton, Henrique Areias Pontes, MetalliC, Evan Korzon, Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
• Street Fighter II': Champion Edition (Red Wave PtII, bootleg) [okada yuko]
• Street Fighter: The Movie (v1.14N, Japan) [Jorge Silva]
• Triumph-Adler Alphatronic PC (NTSC) [AJR]
• Trivial Pursuit (Volumen II, Spanish, Maibesa license) [Sevilla Retro, Arcade Planet, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]

Machines promoted to working

• Evil Night (ver UBA) [Phil Bennett, Ryan Holtz, Vas Crabb]
• Fruit Bonus 2010 [David Haywood, Canil Babypet]
• Tobe! Polystars (ver JAA) [Phil Bennett, Ryan Holtz, Vas Crabb]
• Total Vice (ver EBA) [Phil Bennett, Ryan Holtz, Vas Crabb]

Clones promoted to working

• Break Thru (Tecfri license) [ClawGrip, jordigahan, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union, Roberto Fresca]
• Hell Night (ver EAA) [Phil Bennett, Ryan Holtz, Vas Crabb]

New machines marked as NOT_WORKING

• 15 Lions (10166211, Queensland) [Heihachi_73]
• Cardinal Video Terminal [Bitsavers]
• DECstation 3100 [R. Belmont, Maciej Rozycki]
• Epic 14E (v1.0) [Al Kossow]
• Flash Beats [R. Belmont, twistedsymphony]
• Fortune 32:16 [Bitsavers]
• HP 3478A Multimeter [fenugrec]
• HP 95LX [shattered]
• Les Fiches (ver 1.3) [f205v]
• Monon Color [David Haywood, zhongtiao1]
• mupid M-Disk Comp.-A [Dirk Best]
• mupid Post-Mupid C2A2 [Dirk Best, rfka01]
• Network Computing Devices NCD 16 [R. Belmont, Al Kossow]
• Pro Tele Cardioline (Salter Fitness Bike V.1.0, Checksum 02AB) [ClawGrip, Roberto Fresca, Arcade Vintage, Recreativas.org]
• Shine/1 [Carlo Santagostino, Alessandro Liberalato, Nigel Barnes]
• Super Mario Fushigi No Korokoro Party 2 [ShouTime, Dane Biegert, rtw, The Dumping Union]
• Telmac 1800 [Robbbert]
• Trivial Pursuit (Volumen IV, Spanish, Maibesa hardware) [Sevilla Retro, Arcade Planet, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]
• Won! Tertainment Happy Channel (Ver E) [ShouTime, Dane Biegert, rtw, The Dumping Union]

New clones marked as NOT_WORKING

• Black Belt (Zaccaria, French speech) [PinMAME]
• Black Belt (Zaccaria, German speech) [PinMAME]
• Black Belt (Zaccaria, Italian speech) [PinMAME]
• Grundig FL-100 [Dirk Best]
• Grundig PTC-100 [Dirk Best, rfka01]
• Infonova C2A2 [Dirk Best, rfka01]
• Les Fiches (ver 1.2) [f205v]
• More Chilli (20289311, Queensland) [Heihachi_73]
• New Star's Phoenix (French speech) [PinMAME]
• Orchid Mist (0101241V, New Zealand) [Heihachi_73]
• OSCOM 1000B [Robbbert]
• Pelican Pete - Jackpot Carnival (10226711, Queensland) [Heihachi_73]
• Queen of the Nile (0300785V, New Zealand) [Heihachi_73]
• Spring Carnival (10008011, Queensland) [Heihachi_73]
• Star's Phoenix (French speech) [PinMAME]
• Werewolf Wild (20290711, Queensland) [Heihachi_73]

New working software list additions

• bbc_rom: Accelerator 1.03, Acom, Advanced BASIC 1.01, ATS 2.60 STL, ATS 3.1 Morley, CommSoft 8.6h, DataGem 1.02F, Demon, Diagram II, Disc Menu 1.00, Disc Menu 1.20, EdiKit 1.00, EXROM: The Extension ROM 3.17, General Utilities, Hebrew, HyperDriver 1.40, Ice-Box 1.40, Master Operating System: A Dabhand Guide, Matrix, Midwich WDFS, NTQ Font Extension ROM 2, NTQ Font Extension ROM 3, NTQ Font Extension ROM 4, Plus 4.00, PMS Genie Junior, ROM Master (Computer Village), Side Writer 4.0, Solidisk DFS 2.2F Issue 2, Solimon 1.02, StarStore II 2.03, STL Toolkit 1.20 15/10/85, STL Toolkit 1.20 22/10/85, STL Toolkit 1.20 27/09/85, STL Toolkit 1.3 03/03/86, SupaStore 2.0S, System Delta 2.011, T2C3 1.00, TechnoCAD R1, TechnoCAD R2, Teletel Emulator 1.00, Teletel Emulator 1.12, TNC2-3 Driver, Trek 1.07, Turbo-PROM, UserRAM Demonstration ROM, User to User, UVIPROM 1.0, VDU 1.2, VT100 1.60, Xcal [Nigel Barnes]
• c64_cass: 10 Computer Hits 2, 180, 1985 - The Day After, 1985 - The Day After (alt), 4 Most Megaheroes, 5th Gear, 911 TS, APB, Aardvark, Ace 2088, Advanced Basketball Simulator, Agent X II: The Mad Prof's Back!, Ah Diddums, Airborne Ranger, Airwolf, Airwolf 2, Alleykat, Amaurote, Anarchy, Android 2, Andy Capp, Annihilator, Arcade Classics, Arcadia 64, Archon II: Adept, Arkanoid, Armageddon, Armageddon (Visions), Asylum, Attack of the Mutant Camels, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, Automania (Manic Mechanic), B.C. Bill, BC's Quest for Tires, BCII: Grog's Revenge, BMX Racers, BMX Racers (alt), BMX Racers (alt2), BMX Simulator, BMX Trials, Back to Reality, Back to the Future, Barbarian II, Batman, Batman: The Caped Crusader, Battle Island, Battle Ships, Battle Valley, Bazooka Bill, Beach Buggy Simulator, Beach-Head, Beat-It, Better Dead Than Alien, Beyond the Ice Palace, Big Nose's American Adventure, Bionic Granny, Blagger Goes to Hollywood, Blaze Out, Blue Angel 69, Blue Thunder, Bomb Jack, Bomb Jack II, Bombo, Bombuzal, Booga-Boo the Flea, Booty, Booty (Silver), Brainstorm, Breakthru, Bruce Lee, Bubble Bobble, Bubble Dizzy, Buffalo Bill's Rodeo Games, Bug Blitz, Bug Squad, Bullseye, Bump Set Spike, Burger Chase, C.O.D.E. Hunter, Cauldron I & II, Cauldron II: The Pumpkin Strikes Back, Cavelon, Cavemania, Caverns of Eriban, Caverns of Xydrapur, Chain Reaction, Challenger, Championship Basketball - Two on Two, Chiller, Chinese Juggler, Chubby Gristle, Circus Attractions, Classic Snooker, Cliff Hanger, Combat Lynx, Commando, Commando (Encore), Computer-Orgel, Corporation, Cosmic Convoy, Cosmic Cruiser, Crazy Balloon, Crazy Cars, Crazy Kong, Critical Mass, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine, Cybertron Mission, Cybotron, Cyclons, Cylu, Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Daley Thompson's Decathlon (Hit Squad), Dan Dare II - Mekon's Revenge, Danger Mouse in Double Trouble, Dark Star, Das Spukschloss, Deadly Evil, Demon Blue, Denarius, Desert Hawk, Dizzy: Down the Rapids, Donkey Kong, Double Dare, Double Dragon II: The Revenge, Drop Zone, Duck Shoot, Dynamite Dan, Eagle Empire, Enduro Racer, Engineer Humpty, Erebus, European 5-a-Side, Falcon Patrol, Falcon Patrol 2, Fall Guy, Fast Food, Fighter Pilot, Finders Keepers, Firelord, Fireman Sam, First Strike, Fist II: La Leyenda Continua, Flak, Flying Feathers, Footballer of the Year, Force One, Formula 1 Simulator, Frank Bruno's Boxing, Frank Bruno's Boxing (Encore), Frank Bruno's World Championship Boxing, Frankenstein Jnr., Frightmare, Fruit Machine Simulator, Fruit Machine Simulator 2, Fun School 2 for 6-8 Year Olds, Fungus, Galactic Games, Gangster, Gaplus, Gary Lineker's Hot-Shot!, Gauntlet, Gauntlet (Kixx), Gauntlet: The Deeper Dungeons, Ghostbusters, Ghouls, Gilligan's Gold, Glug Glug, Gold or Glory, Golden Axe, Golf, Golf Master, Grand Larceny, Grand Prix Simulator, Graphic Editor, Graphics Editor, Gribbly's Day Out, Gryzor, Guardian, Guardian Angel, Gunstar, Gyroscope, H.A.T.E: Hostile All Terrain Encounter, H.E.R.O., Harvey Headbanger, Headcoach, Hektik, Hektik (alt), Hexpert, Hollywood Poker, Hoodoo Voodoo, Hoppingmad, Horace Goes Skiing, Hunchback, Hungry Horace, Hustler, Huxley Pig, Hyperbowl, I Ball, I Ball II, I-Xera, IO (Into Oblivion), Ikari Warriors, International Rugby Simulator, James Bond 007 in Live and Let Die - The Computer Game, James Bond 007: Licence To Kill, Jeep Command, Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier, Joe Blade, Joe Blade 2, Jonah Barrington's Squash, Jonny and the Jimpys, Junior Maths: Spirates / Snowmen, KGB Superspy, KP Skips Action Biker with Clumsy Colin, Kaktus, Kane, Kentilla, Kentucky Racing, Kikstart 2, Kikstart 2 (alt), Kikstart: Off-Road Simulator, Killing Machine, Knight Tyme, Knightmare, Kokotoni Wilf, Konami's Pooyan, Kongo Kong, Krazy Kar, Labyrinth, Lancer Lords, Land of Neverwhere, Lazer Force, Lazer Wheel, Los Angeles Swat, Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge, Magic Carpet, Majik, Manic Miner, Manic Miner (MAD), Match Point, Metro Cross, Miami Chase, Micro Ball, Mike Read's Computer Pop Quiz, Milk Race, Missile Command, Mission Omega, Monkey Magic, Monopole, Mordon's Quest, More Adventures of Big-Mac the Mad Maintenance Man, Moto X, Motor Mania, Motor Mania (alt), Mr. Wimpy: The Hamburger Game, Munch Mania, Munch Mania (alt), Mushroom Alley, Mystery of the Indus Valley, Nebulus, Neutral Zone, Neutralizor, New York City, Night Racer, Ninja, Nonterraqueous, Oh No!, Oink!, Olympic Skier, On Cue, Operation Thunderbolt, Operation Wolf, Orbitron, Outlaw, P.O.D. - Proof of Destruction, Pacmania, Paint-Box 64, Pakacuda, Panther, Paperboy, Paperboy (alt), Paradroid, Parallax, Park Patrol, Pedro, Penetrator, Periscope Up, Pilot 64, Pinball Wizard, Ping Pong, Pipeline 2, Platoon, Popeye 2, Popeye 3: Wrestle Crazy, Poster Paster, Pro Skateboard Simulator, Prodigy, Professional Ski Simulator, Professional Snooker Simulator, Protium, Prowler, Punchy, Pyjamarama, QUATTRO Adventure, QUATTRO Cartoon, QUATTRO Combat, QUATTRO Fighters, QUATTRO Racers, QUATTRO Super Hits, Quintic Warrior, Raging Beast, Raid over Moscow, Rainbow Islands, Rally Driver, Rambo III, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Realm of Impossibility, Red Heat, Red Max, Renegade, Rescue on Fractalus!, Rigel's Revenge, Rik the Roadie, River Rescue, River Rescue (Alternative), Road Blasters, Road Blasters (Kixx), Road Runner, Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Robin to the Rescue, Rock Star Ate My Hamster, Rock'n Wrestle, Rock'n Wrestle (alt), Rollaround, Rollerball, Rollerboard, Rolling Thunder, RoomLord, Rupert and the Ice Castle, Rygar, SMASHED: Strangest Mobile Army Surgical Hospital East of Detroit, S.O.S., Salamander, Scorpion, Se-Kaa of Assiah, Sentinel, Shamus, Silkworm, Skatin' USA, Skool Daze, Slamball, Slap Fight, Slayer, Slimey's Mine, Slinky, Snokie, Solomon's Key, Sorcery, Space Harrier, Space Walk, Speed King, Speedboat Race, Spike in Transilvania, Spitfire, Split Personalities, Spore, Spy vs Spy, Spy vs Spy II: The Island Caper, Spy vs Spy III: Arctic Antics, Squirm, Stallone: Cobra, Star Race, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Starlifter, Starquake, Steel, Stellar 7, Stix, Storm, Strangeloop, Street Cred Boxing, Street Gang, Street Surfer, Street Warriors, Strike, Strike Force Cobra, Strip Poker, Strip Poker (CDS), Strip Poker II, Strontium Dog and the Death Gauntlet, Stunt Bike, Stunt Bike Simulator, Sub Hunt, Suicide Express, Summer Games, Summer Games (Kixx), Super Cassette 'B', Super Cycle, Super Gran, Super Hang On, Super League, Super Seymour Saves the Planet, Super Trux, Superkid in Space, T-Bird, Target Renegade, Terra Cresta, Terrormolinos, Test Master, The Action Pack, The Curse of Sherwood, The Election Game, The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole, The Halls of the Things, The Helm, The Human Race, The Last Ninja, The Last V8, The Last V8 (alt), The Legend of the Knucker-Hole, The National, The Newzealand Story, The Power Pack, The Quest for the Golden Egg Cup, The Quest for the Holy Grail, The Very First, The Vindicator, Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, Thrust, Thrust (alt), Thunder Blade, Thundercats, Thunderforce, Time Traveller, Tomahawk, Tombs of Xeiops, Tornado Low Level, Traffic, Trailblazer, Trivial Fruit, Trollie Wallie, Turbo 64, Turbo Boat Simulator, Turbo Esprit, Turtle Jump, U.F.O., Uridium, Vampire, Vegas Jackpot, Velocipede, Velocipede II, Venom, Wanderer 3D, Wanted! Monty Mole, War Cars Construction Set, War Hawk, Way of the Exploding Fist, Who Dares Wins II, Who Dares Wins II (Alternative), Wilder Westen, Winter Games, Winter Games (Kixx), Wiz Biz, Wizball, Word Feud, World Games, World Series Baseball, Xevious, Yeti, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Yogi's Great Escape, Zoids, Zolyx, Zone Ranger, Zorro, Zzzzzzz [The Ultimate Tape Archive Team]
• nascom_snap: 3D Labyrinth, 3D Maze, Adventure Quest, Asteroids, BLS Pascal V1.2, Breakout, Car Race, Chaser, Colossal Adventure, Double Mastermind, Dungeon Adventure, Eldorado Gold, Eliza, Extension Basic, Fruit Machine, Fruit Machine Game, Galactic Invaders, Galaxian Attack, Galaxy Attack, Gener-80, Graphics ROM Editor, Hangman, Hisoft Pascal 4 V1.0, Hisoft Pascal 4 V1.5, Hisoft Pascal 4 V2.0, HullForth, Invasion, Invasion Earth, Jailbreak in Space, Level 9 Surround, Life, Logichess, Lollypop Lady Trainer, Lords of Time, Lumberjack, Lunar Lander, Monster, Moon Raider, NAS-Calc, NAS-Forth V1.11, NAS-Pen 2.0, Nas-Graphpac 1.0, Nascom Extended Basic, Othello, Pac Man, Piranha, Päck-Männ, React, Retriever 2, Return to Eden, Revenge of the Drosphila, Reversi, Rubic, Sargon Chess v1.2, Sargon Chess v1.3, Serpent, Snowball, Space Invaders, Space Invasion, Space Zap, Spacewar, The Hole in the Wall, Tic-Tac-Toe, V & T Assembler, Xtal Basic 2.2, ZEAP 2.0 [Nigel Barnes]
• nascom_socket: NAS-Pen 1.0, NAS-Print 80, Sys-Ex [Nigel Barnes]

Software list items promoted to working

• bbc_rom: Solidisk DFS 2.1J Issue 2 [Nigel Barnes]

New NOT_WORKING software list additions

• bbc_rom: Inter-Base 2.0A, MRM E00 DFS 1.20, Mega3, SatPic 3.0 [Nigel Barnes]
• monon_color: Gāngtiě xiá-yīngxióng fǎnjí zhàn, Jiāngshī lièrén, Jī jiǎ xuànfēng-gédòu dàshī, Kǎijiǎ yǒngshì dàluàn dòu, Luòkè wángguó-bīng zhī lán, Luòkè wángguó-dà màoxiǎn, Luòkè wángguó-hēi zhī yán, Luòkè wángguó-kǎ pái zhàn jì, Luòkè wángguó-mófǎ zhèn, Luójí pīn yī pīn, Lóngzhū-wǔdào dàhuì, Shén pò-shīluò de yíjī, Sài ěr hào-néngyuán dà zuòzhàn, Sài ěr hào: Zhànshén dòu hún, Yīngxióng liánméng-zhōngjí gédòu [zhongtiao1]
• nascom_snap: Starfighters [Nigel Barnes]

Source Changes

• tmp68301: Improved accuracy of registration and acknowledgment of pending interrupts. [AJR]
  
• balsente.cpp: Separated emulation (and ROM) of 6VB audio board from driver class. [AJR]
  
• f8: Fixed LNK instruction by testing carry flag before clearing flags (github #4371). [AJR]
  
• z8: Overhauled register handling. [AJR]
  
  • Moved internal internal register file to a separate address space, and added port output registers to debug state.
  • Lock out interrupts on reset until EI instruction is executed.
• mbc55x: Added 8087 coprocessor. [AJR]
  
• x86: Step over REP instructions in debugger. [AJR]
  
• alphatro: Corrected clock frequencies and screen timings, and separated into PAL and NTSC variants. [AJR]
  
• tv955: Made keyboard begin to work, and added cursor emulation. [AJR]
  
• eepromser: Don’t change state on soft reset (EEPROMs don’t actually have reset lines). [AJR]
  
• rainbow.cpp: Improved monitor auto-detection, fixed palette problems, and cleaned up logging, and updated notes. [Bavarese]
  
• scsp.cpp: Made SCSP emulation better reflect hardware implementation. [cam900]
  
  • Implemented EXTS mixing and DAC18B output, and removed hard-coded DMA IRQ target device.
  • Added save state support, marked as having imperfects sound, and updated to use explicitly sized integer types.
  • Cleaned up unused and duplicated code, removed MCFG macros, and reformatted code.
  • stvcd.cpp: Implemented device_mixer_interface, allowing CD audio to be routed correctly.
  • coolridr.cpp, model2.cpp, model3.cpp: Corrected SCSP and sound CPU clocks, and corrected sound balance.
  • stv.cpp: Corrected SCSP clock.
• coolridr.cpp updates: [cam900]
  
  • Restricted drawing to clipping rectangle and deferred allocating palette memory until start time.
  • Reduced code duplication, replaced a bare pointers with an object finder, and improved tags and member names.
• psikyo4.cpp updates: [cam900]
  
  • Fixed sound routing and reduced runtime tag map lookups.
  • Reduced code duplication, eliminated use of ACCESSING_BITS macros, and improved member names.
• prehisle.cpp: Cleaned up code, improved member names, and reduced runtime tag map lookups. [cam900]
  
• seta2.cpp cleanup: [cam900]
  
  • Deferred allocation of sprite RAM until start time, and reduced use of ACCESSING_BITS macros.
  • Made more members protected, reduced unnecessary code, and improved member names.
• pgm2.cpp and pgm2_memcard.cpp cleanup: [cam900]
  
  • Made better use of region finders rather than relying on hard-coded sizes and runtime tag map lookups.
  • Changed to abbreviated integer types, made use of m_ member prefix consistent, and streamlined handler member signatures.
  • Made code prefer explicitly sized integer types, reduced variable scope, and const-qualified more variables.
  • Simplified graphics decoding description, reduceds use of MCFG macros, improved region names, and updated notes.
• deco32.cpp: Fixed graphical regression in captaven and clones (github #4417), and restricted ACE mixing to cliprect rectangle. [cam900]
  
• sdl_sound.cpp: Re-worked ring buffer code to better encapsulate it and avoid deadlocks. [Celelibi]
  
• ssv.cpp: Emulated row scroll and plane masking effects. [David Haywood]
  
• gcpinbal.cpp: Emulated raster interrupts (used for effects in Power Flipper Pinball Shooting). [David Haywood]
  
• seta2.cpp updates: [David Haywood]
  
  • Added preliminary emulation of raster effects and X offset registers.
  • Improved tilemap wrapping in 8×8 mode and screen size/visible area/layer offset handling.
  • Implemented alternate sprite format flag user by grdians map screen overlay.
  • Simplified graphics decoding, and cleaned up code.
• goldstar.cpp: Added ROM patches to help Fruit Bonus 2010 boot, and improved inputs. [David Haywood]
  
• mcs51: Added preliminary AppoTech AXC51-CORE disassembler. [David Haywood]
  
• bus/nes_ctrl: Added Majesco dance mat device (used by the ddrdismx and ddrstraw in nes_vt.cpp). [David Haywood]
  
• amiga: Added support for the A2058 memory expansion Zorro card. [Dirk Best]
  
• hp9825, hp9845: Split I/O subsystem out of hp9845 driver, added I/O slots to hp9825, and added 98032 GPIO module. [F.Ulivi]
  
• Emulated HP 3478 digital multimeter. [fenugrec]
  
  • Analog-side 8048 MCU is not dumped or emulated – main ROM patched to work around its absence.
  • Some LCD characters are unverified, and LCD annunciators are not rendered.
  • HP-IB/IEEE488 interface is not emulated (uses i8291 controller).
• ampoker.cpp: Fixed NVRAM size. [Grull Osgo]
  
• Fixed some collateral damage from refactoring. [hap]
  
• snowbros.cpp: Replaced yutnori ROM patch with protection simulation. [iq_132, Robbbert]
  
• toypop.cpp: Simplified foreground coordinate calculation. [kunikuni]
  
• ti99: Raise a fatal error on detecting an over-sized cartridge dump to avoid memory corruption. [Michael Zapf]
  
• Updated Android support to build with NDK r18b, current Android Studio, and current Gradle (target API version is now 24). [Miodrag Milanović]
  
• nascom1 updates: [Nigel Barnes]
  
  • Improved parsing of snapshots, and added character ROM snapshot for Sargon Chess.
  • Added B-Bug monitor BIOS option.
  • Corrected LSW1 links location for Restart address.
• bbc updates: [Nigel Barnes]
  
  • Added bus clocks for FDC (8 MHz), 1MHz bus (1 MHz), and Compact expansion port (8 MHz).
  • Added Music 2000 and EMR BBC MIDI Interface 1MHz bus devices.
• debugger: Prevent watchpoints from being installed multiple times recursively. [O. Galibert]
  
• swp30.cpp: Improved sound generation and added save state support. [O. Galibert]
  
• ymmu100.cpp: Hooked up MIDI ports and added additional logging. [O. Galibert]
  
• t10mmc.cpp: Reverted seemingly erroneous change to CD audio commands, and added gain setters for each CD-DA channel. [Phil Bennett]
  
• nascom1.cpp updates: [Phill Harvey-Smith]
  
  • Fixed Nascom 2/3 keyboard handling so CTRL key combinations work.
  • Added correct Nascom 2 NasSys 3 BIOS ROMs for default, AVC and NET versions, and added Nascom 3 CP/M boot v3.2 BIOS ROM.
• apple3: Attempted to improve font uploading (still not perfect). [R. Belmont, Rob Justice]
  
• apple2: Added support for version 2 .WOZ floppy image files. [R. Belmont]
  
• z80ne: Corrected error in ROM from when it was transcribed by hand. [Robbbert]
  
• vtech2: Added support for French and German, selectable via machine configuration switches. [Robbbert]
  
  • Note that it will crash when Reset is selected, logged as MT07180.
• rulechan.cpp: Cleaned up code, and turned Demo DIP switch on by default. [Roberto Fresca]
  
• brkthru.cpp: Fixed brkthrut PROM addressing and added notes. [Roberto Fresca]
  
• e132xs.cpp: Fixex CMPB and SUBC instruction emulation and instruction length flags when using the DRC. [Ryan Holtz]
  
• midtunit.cpp: Converted video emulation to a device and removed static global variables. [Ryan Holtz]
  
  • Also added a DMA blitter graphics viewer that can be enabled with a preprocessor macro.
• midtunit.cpp, midxunit.cpp: Cleaned up code and converted logging to use logmacro. [Ryan Holtz]
  
• tms32031: Fixed disassembler and eliminated MCFG macros. [Ryan Holtz]
  
• pocketc.cpp cleanup: [Ryan Holtz]
  
  • Reduced duplication, improved member names, reduced runtime tag map lookups, and converted logging to use logmacro.
  • Removed MCFG macros, made better use of language and framework features, re-formatted code, and cleaned up comments.
• Updated bgfx and bx to latest upstream code. [Ryan Holtz]
  
• cave.cpp: Removed MCFG macros and made common configuration blocks into functions. [Ryan Holtz]
  
• Eliminated MCFG macros from may devices and drivers, including all but one of the CPUs. [Ryan Holtz, Ivan Vangelista]
  
• pasopia7: Increased keyboard poll rate to 5 kHz – allows de-bounce code to work. [shattered]
  
• hp_dio: Added DMA enable to control register of human interface card. [Sven Schnelle]
  
• mb87030.cpp: Fixed FIFO behaviour (fixes SCSI on HP9000/382). [Sven Schnelle]
  
• m68kfpu: Added (d16,An) addr mode to WRITE_EA_FPE (used by NetBSD’s ps command). [Sven Schnelle]
  
• Added support for building with clang on FreeBSD/NetBSD, and added a missing header to video/xavix.cpp. [Thomas Klausner]
  
• gsword.cpp: Dumped gsword MCU and replaced simulation with preliminary emulation. [Vas Crabb, Caps0ff, *=/STARRIDER\=*]
  
  • Demoted gsword to MACHINE_NOT_WORKING and MACHINE_IMPERFECT_SOUND as there are issues with credits registering and sound.
  • Removed BAD_DUMP flag from josvolly MCU dump – there’s no reason to believe the MCUs contain different programs.
• Updated and improved some command-line option descriptions. [Vas Crabb]
  
• goldstar.cpp: Dumped graphics ROMs for Fruit Bonus 2010. [Canil Babypet]
  
• brkthru.cpp: Re-dumped ROMs and dumped PROMs for brkthrut. [ClawGrip, jordigahan, Recreativas.org, The Dumping Union]
  
• balsente.cpp: Added a missing mainboard PAL dump, and improved documentation for Spanish Trivial Pursuit sets. [ClawGrip, Recreativas.org]
  
• leapster.xml: Documented some undumped games (there are dozens still missing). [ClawGrip]
  
• brkthru.cpp: Dumped PALs, added PCB layout and updated notes for darwin. [f205v]
  
• ymmu100.cpp: Added missing ROMs. [Guru]
  
• aristmk5.cpp: Improved documentation. [Heihachi_73]
  
• aristmk6.cpp: Added two BIOS sets, and fixed some PCB locations. [Heihachi_73]
  
• Brute-forced DES key for Sangokushi Taisen 2 satellite (Chihiro). [Peter Wilhelmsen, Morten Shearman Kirkegaard]
  
• m24: Added BIOS versions v1.1, v1.21 and v1.36, and added additional comments and links. [rfka01]
  
• berzerk.cpp: Corrected ROM labels for berzerk1 based on board photographs. [Smitdogg, The Dumping Union]
  

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As the site reveals no public user-generated content to non-members, it's necessary to create an account in order to get a full impression. I thought I'd provide an overview based on recent explorations.
This report leads of with background on the company, though readers may find the report and analysis of specific groups on the site of interest.

Leadership

Founder & CEO Mark Weinstein.
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Jonathan Wolfe (no longer with company).
Weinstein previously founded SuperFamily and SuperFriends, "at the turn of the millennium". Weinstein's MeWe biography lists articles published by The Mirror (UK), Huffington Post, USA Today, InfoSecurity Magazine, Dark Reading, and the Nation. His media appearances include MarketWatch, PBS, Fox News, and CNN. He's also the author of several personal-success books.
His Crunchbase bio is a repeat of the MeWe content.

Advisory Board

• Sir Tim Berners-Lee: Inventor of the World Wide Web.
• Jack Canfield: Legendary Founder, Chicken Soup For The Soul.
• John Friedman: Founding Partner, Easton Capital.
• Cullen Hoback: Director, Terms and Conditions May Apply.
• Dianne Morrison: Partner, MorrisonMcNabb, LLC.
• Colin Sebastian: Director, Equity Research/Internet, RW Baird.
• Brett Shevack: CEO, Brand Initiatives; Former Vice Chair, BBDO.
• Marci Shimoff: author, Happy for No Reason.
• Sherry Turkle: Professor, MIT; author Alone Together.

Ownership & Investment

MeWe is the dba of Sgrouples, a private for-profit early-stage venture company based in Los Angeles, though with a Mountain View HQ and mailing address, 11-50 employees, with $10m in funding over five rounds, and a $20m valuation as of 2016.
Sgrouples, Inc., dba MeWe Trust & Safety - Legal Policy c/o Fenwick West 801 California Street Mountain View, CA 94041
Crunchbase Profile.
Founded: 2012 (source)
Secured $1.2M in seed funding in 2014.
2016 valuation: $20m (source]
Backers:

• John Friedman, venture capitalist, founder & MD, Easton Capital, New York, NY.
• Jack Canfield, author, Chicken Soup for the Soul.
• Marci Schimoff, author, Love for No Reason, Chicken Soup for the Woman's Soul.
• Tom Myers, investment advisor.
• Mykola Latansky, personal improvement guru, Ukraine.
• Dan Phillips, entrepreneur, co-founder, CloudHealth Technologies.
• Jack Sweeney, CEO, SevOne, operating partner, Bain Capital Ventures. (WSJ Profile)
• Rachel Roy, fashion designer.
• Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com.

Despite the business address, the company claims to be based in Los Angeles County, California and is described by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a Culver City, CA, company.

Business

• MeWe Raises $3m in Funding FinSMEs (March 9, 2016).
• Facebook Alternative MeWe Raises $5.2M Los Angeles Business Journal (July 7, 2018).

Policy

In an August 6, 2018 Twitter post, Weinstein promotes MeWe writing:

Do you have friends still on Facebook? Share this link with them about Facebook wanting their banking information - tell them to move to MeWe now! No Ads. No Spyware. No Political Agenda. No Bias Algorithms. No Shadow Banning. No Facial Recognition.

MeWe provide several policy-related links on the site:

• Privacy
• Terms of Service
• FAQ
• Values
• Privacy Bill of Rights

Highlights of these follow.

Privacy

The privacy policy addresses:

• Content Privacy Policy: You own your content.
• Tracking Privacy Policy: We respect your privacy.
• Message disappearance (self-expiring messages).
• California Disclosures -- Do Not Track, 3rd-party cookies, and California Privacy Rights.
• Your Identity: We protect it to the extent the law allows
• Linking to Third-Party Sites: These are your decisions and responsibilities
• Security: HTTPS and Encryption
• Children's Privacy
• Notifications
• Privacy Policy Changes

Terms of Service

The ToS addresses:

• Your acceptance
• Allowable Content and Acceptable Use
• Rights Reserved
• Who Our Services are For
• Privacy
• User Content Ownership
• Passwords
• Misuse of Usernames, Page names, Group names
• Fake Accounts (pseudonyms allowed, misleading is not)
• More on Spam
• Our Commitment to Data Security
• MeWe Content Data
• MeWe Log Data
• Your Data Portability
• Deleting Your Account -- Right to Erasure
• MeWe Secret Chat
• MeWe Invitations and "Add Automatically"
• Additional Policies for Pages, Groups, and Events Notifications of Requests for Account Information
• Guidelines for Law Enforcement Seeking Customer Data (Worldwide)
• MeWe Rights
• Indemnity
• Ownership In and To the Site and Services
• Other Provisions

Effective: November 6, 2018.

FAQ

The FAQ addresses:

• What is MeWe (emphasises privacy)
• The Politics of MeWe ("absolutely no political agenda")
• How can MeWe be free and make money? (additional services/freemium)
• Which devices is MeWe available on? (Android, iOS)
• What content can I share on MeWe (photos, videos, documents, voice messages, privacy mail, chats, gifs, memes, doodles)
• What are some unique features of MeWe?
• Who can see the posts I share?
• Can I delete my MeWe account and is it easy to do this?

Values

This emphasises that people are social cratures and private people by right. The service offers the power of self expression under an umbrella of safety. It notes that our innermost thoughts require privacy.
Under "We aspire...":

MeWe is here to empower and enrich your world. We challenge the status quo by making privacy, respect, and safety the foundations of an innovatively designed, easy-to-use social experience.

Totalling 182 words.

Privacy Bill of Rights

A ten-item statement of principles (possibly inspired by another document, it might appear):

1. You own your personal information & content. It is explicitly not ours.
2. You will never receive a targeted advertisement or 3rd party content based on what you do or say online. We think that's creepy.
3. You see every post in timeline order from your friends, family & groups. We do not manipulate, filter, or change the order of your content or what you see.
4. Permissions & privacy are your rights. You control them.
5. You control who can access your content.
6. You control what, if anything, others can see in member searches.
7. Your privacy means we do not share your personal information with anyone.
8. Your emojis are for you and your friends. We do not monitor or mine your data.
9. Your face is your business. We do not use facial recognition technology.
10. You have the right to delete your account and take your content with you at any time.

Press

There are a few mentions of MeWe in the press, some listed on the company's website, others via web search.

Self-reported articles

The following articles are linked directly from MeWe's Press page:

• Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America (LeadPages)
• 2018 "One to Watch" Tech Trends Report (Helt.Digital)
• SXSW Start-Up of the Year Finalist (LeadPages)
• MeWe CEO Talks About Europe's Privacy Rules (PBS)
• Inventor of the Web Tweets About MeWe (Twitter)
• Should You Delete Your Facebook Account? (Mirror - UK)
• Send Facebook & Twitter a message: Use MeWe Insteat (Appleworld)

The page also lists a "Privacy Revolution Required Reading" list of 20 articles all addressing Facebook privacy gaffes in the mainstream press (Wired, TechCrunch, Fortune, Gizmodo, The Guardian, etc.).
There are further self-reported mentions in several of the company's PR releases over the years.

Other mentions

A DuckDuckGo search produces several other press mentions, including:

• Facebook Alternative MeWe Raises $5.2M, Los Angeles Business Journal (July 7, 2018) "The latest round, as well as MeWe’s total $10 million in fundraising, was predominantly backed by celebrity investors, such as author Marci Shimoff, Rachel Roy, and Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com, which sold to Linkedin in 2015 for $1.5 billion. Jack Canfield, creator of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series, also invested in MeWe."
  
• Full Page "Dear Facebook" Letter In The New York Times from MeWe, the Competitor Mark Zuckerberg Refuses to Name Yahoo Finance/PR Newsire (May 28, 2018) "Facebook competitor MeWe, in its first-ever advertisement on any medium, took a full-page in the New York Times on Sunday, May 27th. MeWe's "Dear Facebook" letter is a direct response to Mark Zuckerberg's letter ad on March 25th, and a response to Zuckerberg's refusal to name a Facebook competitor in front of Congress."
  
• Is building a Facebook alternative worth the effort? MeWe thinks so VentureBeat (July 5, 2018) "[T]here are still companies hoping to make their mark in the social networking realm with “Facebook alternatives.” One of those is MeWe, a “next-generation” social network that positions itself as the anti-Facebook: “Your private life is not for sale. No ads. No Spyware. No BS,” its website proclaims." Continues to mention "modest $5.2 million" funding round. Also a "sister product", MeWePRO, a Slack competitor.
  
• 5 easy and simple ways to protect your privacy online — how to prepare for the next big threat Medium/Mark Weinstein (November 16, 2016) "If there’s one thing everyone wants to protect it’s their privacy and information online."
  
• Startup MeWe Launches Free, 'No Ads' Social Network eWeek (March 16, 2016) "MeWe, a new network engineered with its users' data privacy built in, is betting that a lot of people will say yes to both of those questions. The Mountain View, Calif.-based startup, whose parent company is Sgrouples.com, launched its freely available social network out of beta March 9 with more than 200,000 members already using it.... Sir Tim Berners-Lee, co-architect of the World Wide Web, found out about MeWe on his own and approached the company about getting involved."
  
• Facebook Alternative MeWe closes $5.2M Series A Yahoo/PR Newswire (July 5, 2018). "The investment brings MeWe's total funding to $10 million, to support the engineering of MeWe and the enterprise version MeWePRO.... The company has relied on high net worth individuals for all of its funding including Lynda Weinman, founder of Lynda.com ...; Marci Shimoff, a #1 New York Times bestselling author ...; Rachel Roy...; and Jack Canfield."
  
• Exactis Data Leak 2018: 340 Million Records Exposed InvestorPlace (June 29, 2018) "'Today's cookies can link your mobile phone to your laptop, to your home monitoring devices, and much, much more. Creepy? Scary? Orwellian? Yes, yes, yes,' Mark Weinstein, the privacy expert and founder of social media company MeWe, told MarketWatch. 'So imagine that Exactis, like Facebook, knows everything about you — really.'"
  
• MeWe Raises $3M in Funding FinSMEs (March 9, 2016) "Sgrouples, Inc., the Mountain View, CA-based developer of MeWe, a social network with neither ads nor tracking, raised $3m in funding."
  
• MeWe Raises $4.8 Million, Launches Next-Gen Social Network Cision/PRWeb (March 9, 2016) "The company also announced the completion of its $3 million Seed III round of funding at a $20 million valuation, bringing MeWe’s total funding to date to $4.8 million."
  
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee’s app MeWe is used by neo-Nazis and perverts The Times of London (January 8, 2019) "The social network that Sir Tim Berners-Lee hoped would be free from abuse has been found to contain gun sales, drugs and antisemitism."
  

Technology

This section is a basic rundown of the user-visible site technology.

Mobile Web

The site is not natively accessible from a mobile Web browser as it is overlayed with a promotion for the mobile application instead. Selecting "Desktop View" in most mobile browsers should allow browser-based access.

Mobile App

There are both Android and iOS apps for MeWe. I've used neither of these, though the App store entries note:

• MeWe Android 4.4 rating (13.1k ratings). Permissions: Contacts (read), Location (approximate/precise), SMS (receive), Phone (read status & identity), Photos/Media/Files (read, modify, & delete contents), Storage (read, modify, or delete), Camera (take pictures/videos), Microphone (record audio), Device ID & Call Info (read status & identity), and numerous elements under Other.
  
• MeWe iOS 4.3 rating (18.1K ratings) In-app purchases (additional features).
  

Crunchbase cites 209,220 mobile downloads over the past 30 days (via Apptopia), an 80.78% monthly growth rate, from Google Play.

Desktop Web

Either selecting "View Desktop" or navigating with a Desktop browser to https://www.mewe.com your are presented with a registration screen, with the "About", "Privacy Bill of Rights", "MeWe Challenge", and a language selector across the top of the page. Information requested are first and last name, phone or email, and a password. Pseudonymous identities are permitted, though this isn't noted on the login screen. Returning members can use the "Member Log In" button.
The uMatrix Firefox extension reveals no third-party content: all page elements are served from mewe.com, img.mewe.com, cdn.mewe.com, or ws.mewe.com. (In subsequent browsing, you may find third-party plugins from, for example, YouTube, for videos, or Giphy, for animated GIFs.)
The web front-end is nginx. The site uses SSL v3, issued by DigiCert Inc. to Sgrouples, Inc.

Onboarding

The onboarding experience is stark. There is no default content presented. A set of unidentified icons spans the top of the screen, these turn out to be Home, Chats, Groups, Pages, and Events. New users have to, somehow, find groups or people to connect with, and there's little guidance as to how to do this.

Interface

Generally there is a three panel view, with left- and right-hand sidebars of largely navigational or status information, and a central panel with main content. There are also pop-up elements for chats, an omnipresent feature of the site.
Controls display labels on some devices and/or resolutions. Controls do not provide tooltips for navigational aid.

Features

Among the touted features of MeWe are:

• My Cloud - Seamlessly organize all your content in My Cloud; it's your personal cloud. My Cloud offers an interactive dashboard for you to control everything you’ve posted or shared - making it simple to delete or reshare.
• Unique profiles - Be yourself, free from any tracking and spying. Customize your profile for every group you create or join.
• Voice integration (on any or all content) - Post pictures, videos, or documents and include a voice message. Respond to a shared post or just chat. MeWe’s voice integration works for you and your contacts throughout the entire platform.
• Universal tagging - This is a new, convenient way to sort and organize all the content you receive and share, making it easy to find everything, anytime.
• Enhanced permission control (patent issued) - Manage permissions on a granular level and decide exactly who sees what. You can also remove yourself from the search directory, make yourself invisible to other members online, and much more.
• Much More – join MeWe today and take a look inside! MeWe is the next-gen social networking experience designed for you to have fun, stay in touch, collaborate, organize, and simplify.

Community

A key aspect of any social network is its community. Some of the available or ascertained information on this follows.

Size

Weinstein claims a "million+ following inside MeWe.com" on Twitter.
The largest visible groups appear to have a maximum of around 15,000 members , for "Awesome gifs". "Clean Comedy" rates 13,350, and the largest open political groups, 11,000+ members.
This compares to Google+ which has a staggering, though Android-registrations-inflated 3.3 billion profiles, and 7.9 million communities, though the largest of these come in at under 10 million members. It's likely that MeWe's membership is on the whole more more active than Google+'s, where generally-visible posting activity was limited to just over 9% of all profiles, and the active user base was well under 1% of the total nominal population.

Active Users

MeWe do not publish active users (e.g., MUA / monthly active users) statistics.

Groups

MeWe is principally a group-oriented discussion site -- interactions take place either between individuals or within group contexts. Virtually all discovery is group-oriented. The selection and dynamics of groups on the site will likely strongly affect user experience, so exploring the available groups and their characteristics is of interest.
"MeWe has over 60,000 open groups" according to its FAQ.
The Open groups -- visible to any registered MeWe user, though not to the general public Web -- are browsable, though sections and topics must be expanded to view the contents: an overview isn't immediately accessible. We provide a taste here.
A selection of ten featured topics spans the top of the browser. As I view these, they are:

• MeWe Favorites
• Music
• Entertainment
• Lifestyle
• Travel
• Health & Fitness
• Foodies
• Cars & Motorcycles
• Technology
• Fashion and Beauty

Specific groups may appear in multiple categories.
The top Groups within these topics have, variously, 15,482, 7,738, 15,482 (dupe), 7,745, 8,223, 8,220, 1,713, 9,527, 2,716, and 1,516 members. Listings scroll at length -- the Music topic has 234 Groups, ranging in size from 5 to 5,738 members, with a median of 59, mean of 311.4, and a 90%ile of 743.5.
Below this is a grid of topics, 122 in all, ranging from Activism to Wellness, and including among them. A selected sample of these topics, with top groups listed members in (parens), follows:

• Activism: QAnon+++ (2,572), PATRIOT PREPPERS USA (2,430), Deplorables Republic (2,48), The War Drummer (1,898), Patriots for a United America. (1894), Anonymous (1,700).
  
• Alternative Energy: Reiki, Crystals, and alternative healing (2,114), 💜Starseeds & Empaths💜 (345), Living in Colour (365).
  
• Alternative Lifestyle: Natural Healing and Home Remedies (3,045), Backyard Farming of All Things (2,696), WeTheSheeple (2,251).
  
• Alumni Connections: Google Plus Refugees (271), Google+ Refugees (186), Frog Pond (156), Carlsbad NM High School alumni (57).
  
• Animals: I Love My Dog (4,421), Pussy Shots (4,619).
  
• Astronomy: Spherical Earth Truth, Flat Earth is Wrong (278), Nibiru, Nemesis, Hercolobus, The Destroyer (187).
  
• Biology: Trees (344), Field of Birds (104), Patriots of Australia (51).
  
• Blogs: Women Bloggers (1,439), Urban & Wilderness Survival & Preparedness (1,367), Conservative Patriots & Oath keepers (742).
  
• Books and Book Clubs: PNW Book Club (1609), Bookworms (1,464), Erotica and Erotic Romance Book Lovers (1,219).
  
• Business: Small Business Connect (2,565), Deep Survival (1,183), Marketing and Social Media Tips (1,173).
  
• Career Building: Marketing jobs and opportunities (698), Famous Quotes (184), Automotive Technicians (57).
  
• Celebrities: Madonna Mania (116), Katy Perry (Hot!) (103), Trance Gemini of andromeda 2.0 (16).
  
• Classrooms: Are YOU Awake too? (1331), CRT (Crystal Resonance Therapy) Student Support (28).
  
• Clubs / Associations: RCBS Reloading Equipment (685), Boat Owners United (670), The Caliber Canteen (Reloading/ Firearms Buy/Sell) (505).
  
• Co-workers: Money Making sites to SHARE (235), Cop and retired cop friends (85).
  
• Coders: Hacker (978), Delphi Developers (269), Python (258).
  
• Colleges and Universities: SEC Football (832), Christian Apologetics: Campus Apologetics Alliance (221).
  
• Cooking: *recipies/homecooking* (2,618), Low & Slow BBQ (1,582), Mexican Foods and Recipes (1,503), Budget Meal Recipes (1,004).
  
• Culture: Destroying the Illusion Fans (1147), my friends (551), Coffee Addicts (542).
  
• Cyclists: Car Free Cities / Cycle communting (26).
  
• DIY: Homesteading DIY (5843), Prepper Living (3110), Knucklehead Homesteading (2102), 1911 owners forum (1,474).
  
• Dating: 🌸something Beautiful just for you too🌸 (237), Relationship Junction (171), LDS Dating (114).
  
• Education: Q-Anon Patriots (1,616), InfoWars.com (1,217), Constitutional Liberty for All (907), Prepping, Homesteads skills and Community (887), Shamanic Community (756), Truther Talk (665).
  
• Environmental: Geoengineering, Chemtrails, HAARP (455), ShareYourLove (253), The Seasons (193), Near Term Human Extinction Love (174).
  
• Family: Raising Natural Kids (1,496), Dogs (1,075), VACCINE DANGERS (583).
  
• Fraternities: Freemasonry (1072), Brotherhood of the Blade (313), Proud Boys Canada (74).
  
• Friends: MEWE FRIENDS ( NO NUDES ) (2,416), FIREARMS UNLIMITED...MEWE Version (1,517).
  
• Gamers: Tabletop RPG's and Boardgames (1,936), Dungeons & Dragons (1,499), OSR (1,485).
  
• Green: Aquaponics and Self SustainingLlifestyle (655), ENVIRONMENT and CLIMATE (583), Chasing Butterflies - Vaccine Free (385).
  
• Health & Fitness: NATURAL HEALING AND FOODS (8,221), Bodybuilding (5,321), Natural alternatives for Modern Health (4,680), Vaccine Free (3,285).
  
• Heart of All Women: Christian Women Talk About ANYTHING (39).
  
• History: 9/11, False Flags, & NWO Truth (1,872), The American Cowboy (1,065), "This Day in History" by Tara Ross (590).
  
• Hobbies: CinDes Embroidery (1,974), Another Caliber to Conquer (1,800), Sonia Showalter Machine Embroidery Designs (1,696).
  
• Home Improvement: Renovations With Grace❤️ Question & Answers (723), Home improvement DIY Group (79), Buildings churches castles etc (33).
  
• Homeschooling: Christian Homeschool Parents (889), Open Path Homeschool: Secular, Buddhist, Pagan, UU (145), The Lords Prophets (33).
  
• Hunting & Sportsman: GUN POST Group (Canada) (5,097), Guns, Ammo, and Supply's (5,023), OLD GUNS AND OLD FARTS (4,902).
  
• Innovation: Bitcoin/Crypto/Blockchain (759), CRYPTO 24/7/365 (28), 2 Real News (372), Tisk 3D modelů - 3D print (26).
  
• Jewelry: DFW Gold And Silver Coins And Currency (449), FIRE AGATE GEMSTONES (106).
  
• LGBT: HOUSE OF KNIGHTS - ENTERTAINMENT & MAIN GROUP (680), HOUSE OF KNIGHTS - HISTORY (421), HOUSE OF KNIGHTS - CARTOON (409).
  
• MEMES: MeMe Wars (3,758), MILITARY MEMES/FUNNY MILITARY MEMES (2,616), Shitposting Dumpster Fire (2,318).
  
• MLM: Post your biz opp here. (855), Make Money Moms Work at Home (612), Work From Home Opportunities (428).
  
• Medicine: Dinosaur Docs (120), MEDICAL MALPRACTICE (88), Zhong - Beroepsvereniging voor TCG (56).
  
• Medicine & Herbs: Herbal Survivalist Spot (2,353), There's an Oil for That™ (1142), 🌴Weed News🌴 (880).
  
• Meetups: light workers (1,203), MeWe Welcome (or "It's Not a Ghost Town") (729), The Banter Lounge (223).
  
• Movies and Film: Digital Movies (4K, HD, iTunes, MA, UV) (2,519), Ultraviolet Digital UV & MA Codes (Buy/Sell/Trade) (2,073), Science Fiction (1,483).
  
• Music: 60's 70's 80s Music (5,739), Musicians of MeWe! (5,194), Guitar Playing (3,921).
  
• Neighborhoods: Texas Issues (317), Cascadia Circles (235), Houston tx (214).
  
• Nerds: Cosplay (1,856), Classic Sci-fi Kingdom (1,292), Marvel (410).
  
• News: Judge Jeanine Pirro has Fans (7,808), Qanon News (3,466), Unfiltered News (2,913).
  
• Non-Profit: TRUMP IS MY PRESIDENT (190), Flat Earth Database - 地平論資料庫 (127), Florida Carry (99).
  
• Organic: Gardening Guru's Unlimited (1,381), GMO FREE for me! (1,076), Americans For Cannabis (874).
  
• Organizations: TRUMPANDPENC2016 (1,454), Low Country Survival Prepping & Camping (1,064), Wisconsin Firearms Trader (614).
  
• Parenting: Vaccines Empower Warrior Voices (391), Moms talk (360), Peaceful Parenting (131).
  
• Personal Improvement: For Introverts. (1,214), Anarchy, Philosophy, Psychology, and Spirituality (679), Positive Affirmations (447).
  
• Philosophy: In5d Esoteric Metaphysical and Spiritual Database (1,764), Thought Bouncing (1,137), Obtectivists - Galts Gulch - Ayn Rand fans (561).
  
• Poetry: Dead Poest (1,407), Palacio de Poetry (451), Poets Corner (412).
  
• Politics: Donald J. Trump 2016 - Present (11,486), The Conservative's Hangout (8,345), Qanon Follow The White Rabbit (5,600), Drain The Swamp (4,978), Libertarians (4,528), United We Stand Trump2020 (4,216).
  
• Pop Culture: The Loftus Party (116), The Walking Dead: The Stalking Dead (100), Tyler, Texas (71).
  
• Privacy: Join the Open/Privacy Movement (3974), Kingsport tn gun trader (1,157), Safer Computing (555).
  
• Psychology: Inspiring Spirituality༺❉༻ non-religious~ universal (1,486), sacred plants & psychedelix community (1,212), OUR.Psychology (701), Dream Interpretation (537).
  
• Recreation: Everything Reloading (3,252), Redeye Reloading (1,980), Fishing (1,549).
  
• Relationships: Complementarian Thought (50).
  
• Religion / Spirituality: LoveHasWon (3,245), The Christian Underground (2,604), Pagan Friendly Folk (1,630).
  
• Robots: Arduino Hexapods, Balancing Robots, and projects (137).
  
• Romantic: Snapchat Add Party (2,681), Green Heart (1,270), ROMANCE COMMUNITY (205).
  
• Science: Consciousness (1,327), Steven's Private Alien/UFO Group (668), BIGFOOT HAPPENINGS (538).
  
• Self Help: * SURVIVE and THRIVE* (858), Preparedness and Off Grid Living (763), Free (631).
  
• Self-Directed Learning: Exposing the Matrix of Lies (997), WAKE THE FUCK UP (474), Wake the Fuck Up. The Next Dimension (287). WTFU when SHTF (126).
  
• Social Change: Armed with Truth and Knowledge (1,986), VEGANS UNITE (766), ACTIVISM universal headlines ~❉~ (729), Meet Earth's Cosmic Neighbors (MECN) (663).
  
• Space: Space (579), ** THE AMAZING UNIVERSE and OUR WORLD** (546), WE ARE NOT ALONE... (488).
  
• Sports: Australian IPSC Buy And Sell (591), Formula 1 (295), Border War Rifle Series, Iowa PRS Matches (280).
  
• Sports Teams: Liverpool FC (228), GEORGIA BULLDOGS (129), The Black and Gold (89), Dallas Cowboys Fans (80).
  
• Subculture: Neon Revolt (3,696), Redneck Funnies (2,042), Serial Killers And True Crime (724).
  
• Surfers: NZBM BEACH VIBES (416).
  
• Sustainability: Common Sense Home (1,746), The Survivalist (1,603), Barter For Prepping/Survivalism/Homesteading Goods (1,274).
  
• Techies: MeWe Help And Support (948), Geek Time (220), GZOSP (124).
  
• Technology: Apple Discussions (2,722), Linux and Open Source Users Group (3,423), Cutting Edge Military Technology (3,201).
  
• Transportation: Truckers Life (431), Aviation (316), Duramax Diesel (312).
  
• Travel: Travel Tips and Recs (8,234), Travel, Food & Wine, Cocktails + Craft Beer Lovers (6,071), Texas (2,694).
  
• Trending News: **UNDER ATTACK & FIGHTING BACK!** (1,138), US News Page (691), THE AMERICAN PATRIOT (609).
  
• Twitter: Twitter Hates Conservatives (198), Cstle Ricochet (35).
  
• Videos: ♥ MY FAVORITE YOUTUBE VIDEOS ♥ (926), Video Meditations (196), The 80's Again - My Retro 80's Music And Video (180), Deep Space Seven (127), Naked Male Celebrities (74).
  
• Wellness: Minds Awaking Consciousness Restored (1,855), Hemp Earth (1,164), Mind-Body-Spirit (993).
  

To be clear: whilst I've not included every topic, I've sampled a majority of them above, and listed not an arbitrary selection, but the top few Groups under each topic.

Google+ Groups

• Google Plus expats (1,862)
• Google+ Refugees (186)
• G+ Refugees (101)
• my Google+ expatriates

The Google Plus expats group seems the most active of these by far.

Political Groups

It's curious that MeWe make a specific point in their FAQ that:

At MeWe we have absolutely no political agenda and we have a very straightforward Terms of Service. MeWe is for all law-abiding people everywhere in the world, regardless of political, ethnic, religious, sexual, and other preferences.

There are 403 political groups on MeWe. I won't list them all here, but the first 100 or so give a pretty clear idea of flavour. Again, membership is in (parentheses). Note that half the total political Groups memberships are in the first 21 groups listed here, the first 6 are 25% of the total.

1. Donald J. Trump 2016 - Present (11486)
2. The Conservative's Hangout (8345)
3. Qanon Follow The White Rabbit (5600)
4. Drain The Swamp (4978)
5. Libertarians (4528)
6. United We Stand Trump2020 (4216)
7. The Right To Self Defense (3757)
8. Alternative Media (3711)
9. Hardcore Conservative Patriots for Trump (3192)
10. Bastket Of Deplorables4Trump! (3032)
11. Return of the Republic (2509)
12. Infowars Chat Room Unofficial (2159)
13. Donald Trump Our President 2017-2025 (2033)
14. Berners for Progress (1963)
15. Sean Hannity Fans (1901)
16. The American Conservative (1839)
17. I Am The NRA (1704)
18. Tucker Carlson Fox News (1645)
19. We Love Donald Trump (1611)
20. MAGA - Make America Great Again (1512)
21. Q (1396)
22. ClashDaily.com (1384)
23. news from the front (1337)
24. Basket of Deplorables (1317)
25. Payton's Park Bench (1283)
26. Convention of States (1282)
27. Britons For Brexit (1186)
28. MoJo 5.0 Radio (1180)
29. MeWe Free Press (1119)
30. The Constitutionally Elite (1110)
31. Libertarian (1097)
32. WOMEN FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP (1032)
33. AMERICANS AGAINST ISIS and OTHER ENEMIES (943)
34. #WalkAway Campaign (894)
35. ALEX JONES (877)
36. The Lion Is Awake ! (854)
37. We Support Donald Trump! (810)
38. The Stratosphere Lounge (789)
39. TRUMP-USA-HANDS OFF OUR PRESIDENT (767)
40. Official Tea Party USA (749)
41. Mojo50 Jackholes (739)
42. Yes Scotland (697)
43. "WE THE DEPLORABLE" - MOVE ON SNOWFLAKE! (688)
44. Judge Jeanine Pirro Fans (671)
45. Anarcho-Capitalism (658)
46. Ted Cruz for President (650)
47. No Lapdog Media (647)
48. Q Chatter (647)
49. Daily Brexit (636)
50. Tucker Carlson Fox News (601)
51. The Trumps Storm Group (600)
52. QAnon-Patriots WWG1WGA (598)
53. 100% American (569)
54. Ladies For Donald Trump (566)
55. Deep State (560)
56. In the Name of Liberty (557)
57. Material Planet (555)
58. WikiUnderground (555)
59. Trump NRA Free Speech Patriots on MeWe Gab.ai etc (546)
60. Magna Carta Group (520)
61. Constitutional Conservatives (506)
62. Question Everything (503)
63. Conspiracy Research (500)
64. Bill O'Reilly Fans (481)
65. Conservative Misfit's (479)
66. Canadian politics (478)
67. Anarchism (464)
68. HARDCORE DEPLORABLES (454)
69. Deplorable (450)
70. Tampa Bay Trump Club (445)
71. UK Politics (430)
72. Bongino Fan Page (429)
73. Radical Conservatives (429)
74. RESIST THE RESISTANCE (419)
75. The Deplorables (409)
76. America's Freedom Fighters (401)
77. Politically Incorrect & Proud (399)
78. CONSERVATIVES FOR AMERICA ! (385)
79. Political satire (383)
80. RISE OF THE RIGHT (371)
81. UK Sovereignty,Independence,Democracy -Everlasting (366)
82. The Patriots Voting Coalition (359)
83. End The Insanity (349)
84. Coming American Civil War! (345)
85. Constitutional Conservatives (343)
86. United Nations Watch (342)
87. A Revival Of The Critical Thinking Union (337)
88. The New Libertarian (335)
89. Libertarian Party (official ) (333)
90. DDS United (Duterte Die-hard Supporters) (332)
91. American Conservative Veterans (331)
92. Anarchism/Agorism/Voluntaryism (328)
93. America Needs Donald Trump (326)
94. The UKIP Debating Society (321)
95. Coalition For Trump (310)
96. Egalitarianism (306)
97. FRIENDS THAT LIKE JILL STEIN AND THE GREEN PARTY (292)
98. 2nd Amendment (287)
99. Never Forget #SethRich (286)
100. Green Party Supporters 2020 (283)

It seems there is relatively little representation from the left wing, or even the centre, of the political spectrum. A case-insensitive match for "liberal" turns up:

• 104: Conservatives Against Liberal Beliefs C.A.L.I.B (273)
• 184: Progressive and Liberal Politics (119)
• 301: Liberalism is a Mental Disorder (33)
• 302: Resistance Against Liberal Socialism (33)
• 358: NOT For Liberals (17)
• 367: Drinking Liberally Houston (14)
• 400: Stephanie Miller's Sexy Liberal Army (6)

Mainstream political parties are little represented, though again, the balance seems skewed searching on "(democrat|republic|gop)":

• 11: Return of the Republic (2509)
• 161: Death to the Democrat Party! (138)
• 188: Republican Liberty Caucus (113)
• 306: Twin Cities South Metro Republicans (32)
• 316: Non-Conspiracy, Non-Republican Libertarians (30)
• 323: Democrats and Veterans Party (28)
• 364: GOP Fireworks (15)
• 391: Saving The Republic: Video News & Opinion (8)

The terms "left" and "right" provide a few matches, not all strictly political-axis aligned:

• 7: The Right To Self Defense (3757)
• 80: RISE OF THE RIGHT (371)
• 150: POLITICS ON THE LEFT (156)
• 157: 1st Amendment Rights Protected By The 2nd Amendmen (141)
• 209: On The Left With Jeremy Corbyn (84)
• 262: Eyes-Left Labour & PP - Social Media (49)
• 300: Gather Left (33)
• 385: Defend Washington State Gun Rights (9)
• 390: Left Coast Conservatives (8)

Socialism and Communism also warrant a few mentions:

• 121: Revolutionary Socialists United (204)
• 216: Socialist Thought (79)
• 220: Stories Of Communism (76)
• 262: Eyes-Left Labour & PP - Social Media (49)
• 288: Snuggly Wuggly Socialists (38)
• 302: Resistance Against Liberal Socialism (33)

And there are some references to green, laboulabor parties:

• 97: FRIENDS THAT LIKE JILL STEIN AND THE GREEN PARTY (292)
• 100: Green Party Supporters 2020 (283)
• 262: Eyes-Left Labour & PP - Social Media (49)
• 320: Green Party of Ohio Issues & Discussion Group (29)

Conclusion

Whilst there may not be a political agenda, there does appear to be at least a slight political bias to the site. And a distinctive skew on many other topical subjects.
Those seeking new homes online may wish to take this into account.

Updates

• Various typos and tagging corrections. 2018-11-29 - 30
• Added G+MM references count for MeWe to lede paragraph. 2018-12-2
• Wolfe status, Times of London story, typos.