> 0.99u5
> ------
>
>
> MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
> ----------------------
> docastle093u2ora [Corrado Tomaselli]
> sindbadm37b2gre [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
> mgakuen094u1gra [Roberto Fresca]
> tdfeverj087u4gra [Roberto Fresca]
>
>
>
> Source Changes
> --------------
> Completed renaming of core structures. Most pervasive change was "struct
> tilemap" is now just "tilemap". [Aaron Giles]
>
> Added save state support to the Cinematronics vector games. [Buddabing]
>
> Added blending to the alt tilemap code in psikyosh.c, fixing the final
> boss in Sol Divide. [David Haywood]
>
> Improvements to the Witch/Pinball Champ '95 driver: [Sebasten Hegon]
> * The games now show some graphics (the palette seems OK) and play some
> music and sounds.
> * Since the controls are not yet figured out completely, they are still
> mapped as dipswitches.
> * An NVRAM reset is required the first time you launch Witch (via the
> associated dipswitch). Pinball Champ seems to automatically do this.
> * The sound part required some patching in sound/es8712.c. I disabled
> the hardcoded inconditional looping, and made the sound start when
> writing at offset 0x06 (cf patch). vmetal does not seem to be affected.
> * As far as gameplay is concerned, the ball will freeze (in game and
> demo mode), and I don't know why. The video hardware is not completely
> figured out and may be the culprit.
> * The coin in/out mecanism needs some work too.
>
> Some improvements to Jolly Card: [Roberto Fresca]
> * Added extra hardware info (pinouts and dips).
> * Added the correct dipswitch to Jolly Card. Hopper and Points/pulse not
> tested due to preliminary driver state. The rest are working properly.
> Remember to delete the nvram and reinitialize to see some changes.
> * Added almost the same dipswitch to Magic Card II (Bulgaria).
>
> Significant changes to the save state system: [Aaron Giles]
> * Added alternate save state pre-/post-load function types that take
> integer or pointer parameters. Updated several sound cores and other
> files to take advantage of this.
> * Made state handler registrations track like other scoped resources
> (timers, memory) so that registrations can occur as late as
> MACHINE_INIT time.
> * Added logic to detect registrations after MACHINE_INIT time and prevent
> saves in that case.
> * Added logic to detect when CPUs or sound chips haven't registered
> anything to save/load. When this happens, info is logged to error.log
> and saves/loads are disallowed.
> * Allocated timers are now automatically saved and restored as part of
> the save state. The global time is now restored as well as a bunch of
> CPU execution state. This should produce more reliable restores.
> * Added logic to defer saves until all anonymous timers have cleared. If
> a driver uses many anonymous timers it may not be possible to ever
> successfully save, so the operation will time out after one second.
> * Before restoring, the machine is now reset. This gives a more
> consistent environment for the load to occur.
> * Re-enabled save state support for YM2151.
> * Added save state support to the classic Namco sound system.
> * Added save state support to the samples sound system.
> * Removed anonymous timer usage in machine/scramble.c.
>
>
>
> New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Muroge Monaco [David Haywood]
> The First Funky Fighter [Luca Elia]
>
>
>
> New clones added
> ----------------
> SAR - Search And Rescue (Japan) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
> American Poker II (set 4) [Roberto Fresca]
>
>
>
> 0.99u4
> ------
>
>
> MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
> ----------------------
> quarth37b1gre [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
> devilw36b10yel [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
> vulcan137b1gre, part 7 [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
>
>
>
> Source Changes
> --------------
> Added memory card and cheat menus back into the system. [Aaron Giles]
>
> Fixed MNG recording problem that was introduced in u3. [Aaron Giles]
>
> Fixed crash when running vector games that was introduced in u3.
> [Aaron Giles]
>
> Cleaned up/normalized the naming of several core structures in an
> attempt to impose some order on coding conventions in the core code:
> struct InputPortDefinition -> input_port_default_entry
> struct InputPort -> input_port_entry
> struct RegionInfo -> region_info
> struct RunningMachine -> running_machine
> struct GameOptions -> global_options
> struct GameDriver -> game_driver
> struct InternalMachineDriver -> machine_config
> struct MachineCPU -> cpu_config
> struct MachineSoundRoute -> sound_route
> struct MachineSound -> sound_config
> struct MachineSpeaker -> speaker_config
> struct RomModule -> rom_entry
> struct SystemBios -> bios_entry
> struct GfxLayout -> gfx_layout
> struct GfxElement -> gfx_element
> struct GfxDecodeInfo -> gfx_decode
> Plus many others along the same lines (follow the pattern). Note that this
> work is not yet complete. In addition, a few of the more pervasive structs
> (mame_bitmap, rectangle) will be left until a non-diff release (0.100).
> [Aaron Giles]
>
> Removed -skip_disclaimer since it automatically goes away after the first
> time execution. [Aaron Giles]
>
> Created new NMK112 ROM banking module and connected it up to a number of
> drivers that made use of it. Affected games are in cave.c, nmk16.c,
> powerins.c, quizpani.c, toaplan2.c. [Alex W. Jackson]
>
> Added missing buttons to Showdown. [David Widel]
>
> Fixed the PULUW instruction on the 6309 disassembler. [Nathan Woods]
>
> Fixed the state save facility play better on multisession ports if
> initialization fails. [Tim Lindner]
>
>
>
> New clones added
> ----------------
> Plotting (US) [David Haywood]]
>
> 0.99u6
> ------
>
>
> Source Changes
> --------------
> Fixed crash that was introduced with the state saving updates last time.
> [Aaron Giles]
>
> Finished renaming. Major changes this time: [Aaron Giles]
> struct mame_bitmap -> mame_bitmap
> struct rectangle -> rectangle
> data8_t -> UINT8
> data16_t -> UINT16
> data32_t -> UINT32
> data64_t -> UINT64
>
> Renamed pbchmp95.c driver to witch.c. [David Haywood]
>
> Fixed some bad colors in spelunkr background. [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
>
> Fixed background position in hharry. [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]
>
> Added discrete sound effects to Spiders. [Hans Andersson, Don Maeby]
>
>
>
> New clones added
> ----------------
> Sharpshooter v1.1 [Brian Troha]
> Shuffleshot (v1.40) [Brian Troha]
>