RAINE v0.30: "Rebirth" - DOS/Linux/Windows
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Release notes:
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1. Special thanks to the M.A.M.E. Team, in particular Aaron Giles 
   for the ES5506 and YMZ280B sound drivers.

2. We set up the open source development site on SourceForge:

   http://sourceforge.net/projects/raine/

   Grab the latest sources and feel free to contribute. :)

3. The idea of the open development source on SourceForge is 
   to encourage everybody to contribute to Raine by adding and
   fixing things. 
   We will open a "How to compile Raine" page soon but please 
   don't release any unofficial builds of Raine in the future!
   Many thanks!


What's New?
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New games:
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Battle K-Road [Emmanuel Anne]
Biomechanical Toy [Eugenio Derenzi]
Dodonpachi [Emmanuel Anne, Antiriad]
Gals Panic [Lag]
Gun Bird [Eugenio Derenzi, Emmanuel Anne]
Guwange [Emmanuel Anne]
Saboten Bombers [Paolo]
Sengoku Ace [Eugenio Derenzi, Emmanuel Anne]
Silkworm [Lag]

as well as a few clones/variants of existing sets.


Sound emulation in:
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- Full sound support in the Cave games [Emmanuel Anne]:

    Dangun Feveron
    Dodonpachi
    Esprade
    Guwange
    Uo Poko

- Preliminary F3 sound support [Emmanuel Anne] in:

    Akkanvader
    Arabian Magic
    Arkanoid Returns
    Bubble Memories
    Bubble Bobble 2 / Bubble Symphony
    Cleopatra Fortune
    Darius Gaiden
    Elevator Action Returns
    Gekirindan
    Global Champion / Kaiser Knuckle / Dankuga
    Grid Seeker
    Gun Lock
    Kyukyoku Tiger II / Twin Cobra II
    Land Maker
    Light Bringer
    Pop 'n Pop
    Power Goal
    Prime Time Fighter / Top Ranking Stars
    Puchi Carat
    Puzzle Bobble 2
    Puzzle Bobble 2x
    Puzzle Bobble 3
    Puzzle Bobble 4
    Ray Force/Gun Lock
    Riding Fight
    Ring Rage
    Super Cup Final
    Taito Cup Final
    Twin Qix


Overall improvements:
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- Mapped the mouse buttons in Plump Pop [Emmanuel Anne]
- Fixed the controls in Special Criminal Investigation [Warlock]
- Emulated the controls in Top Speed. You need to reset the Dip 
  Switches to factory default because the old settings are no 
  longer valid. [Warlock]
- Lots of Dip Switches mapped. [Gerardo Jorrin]
- Fixed the coin bug in Dangun Feveron. [Emmanuel Anne]
- Major improvements to the GUI. [Antiriad, Emmanuel Anne]
- Support for the MAME highscore format. [Emmanuel Anne]
- Correct emulation speed in Light Bringer [Haze]
- Correct emulation speed in Zero Zone [Emmanuel Anne]
- Lots of improvements to the source code. [Antiriad, Atani, E. Anne]
- Lots of fixes and overall improvements, that include romset fixes,
  clean-ups and renaming, game title corrections, updating the RAINE 
  documentation... [Eugenio Derenzi, Logiqx, Till, Tormod]

The RAINE romsets should match the MAME sets very closely now. It might 
be a good idea to use one of the various rom-management tools (links at 
the end of raine.txt) to fix any existing sets.


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RAINE v20000819 (Open Source)
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- Kiki Kai Kai and Knight Boy fixed [Kayamon]
- Play Girls 1 & 2 added [Boukichi]
- Grind Stormer uses MAME rom now [Thomas Schmidt & Brian A. Troha]
- Added rom-version switch (Japanese/American) to Soldam 
  [Thomas Schmidt]
- Added Bubble Bobble 2 (clone of Bubble Symphony) [Tormod]
- Misc. bugfixes [katharsis]


RAINE v20000809 (Open Source)
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- Battle Garegga sound added [Boukichi]
- Puzzle Bobble 4 backgound layers fixed [Thomas Schmidt]
- Removed redundant roms of Warrior Blade and Darius 2 
  [Brian A. Troha]
- Added dipswitch settings to all games in the Football Champ driver   
  [Brian A. Troha]
- Migrated Antiriad's Allegro hacks to Allegro WIP 32 [katharsis]
- Misc. bugs in the source fixed [katharsis]


RAINE v20000725 (Open Source)
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- New dipswitch settings for lots of games [Brian A. Troha]
- Fixed SDF Macross video decoding [Haze]
- A few misc. bugs in the source fixed [Katharsis]


RAINE v0.28h
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- Added support for Puzzle Bobble and SDF Macross
- Miscelaneous bug fixes.


RAINE v0.28g
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New games:
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- Added support for Batsugan, Battle Garegga, Dangun Feveron,
  Esprade, Plump Pop and Uo Poko
- Improvements to Dr. Toppel's Adventure, Kick And Run, Kiki Kaikai
  and Twin Cobra II
- Horizontal pixel doubling added to the screen options.


RAINE v0.28f
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This version enabled all 54 (unique) W.I.P. games.


RAINE v0.28a
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- No documentation available -


check the history.txt for older version updates.