MAMETesters Bugs Fixed
----------------------
- 00228: [Graphics] sgladiat: Emulation is missing some enemy sprites
that are present on the pcb. (Nicola Salmoria)
- 02147: [Interface] Annoying behaviour of highlighted entries in
minimal UI (Aaron Giles)
- 02159: [Crash/Freeze] cubeqst: Cubequest crashes on ATI hardware
w/ prescale > 1 (Aaron Giles)
- 02035: [DIP/Input] gwarb: Guerrilla War bootleg doesn't need a
rotary joy (Nicola Salmoria)
- 00650: [DIP/Input] stv.c games: P1 and P2 Button 4 are duplicated.
(Fabio Priuli)
- 02154: [DIP/Input] ckongg: Coinage settings are wrong.
(Fabio Priuli)
- 02143: [Graphics] ozmawars, ozmawar2, solfight, spaceph: Streaks
and dashes appear on screen after playing awhile
(Fabio Priuli)
- 02142: [Sound] centipdb, magworm, millpac: No Sound (couriersud)
- 02150: [DIP/Input] spacegun: Missing crosshairs (Nicola Salmoria)
- 02144: [DIP/Input] ozmawars, ozmawar2, solfight, spaceph: DIP
settings for coinage are incorrect (Fabio Priuli)
- 02126: [Core] corrupt CHDs are reported as missing (Aaron Giles)
- 02133: [Misc.] chindrah: The title of Zhong Guo Long?(Hong Kong,
V011H) is Dong Fang Zhi Zhu(Hong Kong, V011H) (Aaron Giles)
- 02139: [Misc.] In audio/system16.c, there is a reference to
REGION_SOUND1 (Aaron Giles)
- 02138: [Cheat System] flamegun: Debugger/Cheat System upper case
cpu tag of MAIN doesn't work (Aaron Giles)
- 02110: [Side-by-side] All sets in cps3.c: video from a DV cam
proves the refresh rate of CPS3 in MAME is wrong (Aaron Giles)
- 02127: [Documentation] xymg: The game name should be Xing Yun Man
Guan and "Pin Yin:"should be omitted (Aaron Giles)
- 02136: [Interface] cubeqst: from minimal UI cubeqst requires the
optional CHD (Aaron Giles)
- 00869: [Graphics] ikari: The title screen and high score screen do
not have a black background, as MAME displays.
(Nicola Salmoria)
- 02135: [DIP/Input] rtypej: DIP Switch "Demo Sounds" is wrong
(Fabio Priuli)
- 00429: [Gameplay] fastlane: the random function of this doesn't work
well and always gives a "no bonus"... (ShimaPong)



Source Changes
--------------
Changed DIRECTINPUT & DIRECT3D handling, so they can be overridden by
environment variables. [smf]

Readded generic calls to install memory handlers that were in long
before 0.126u5 - these are useful on the MESS side for things like
the PC driver. [Nathan Woods]

HD63484 improvements [robiza]

Cleaned up the discrete code and fixed discrete logging.
[Derrick Renaud]

Fixed handling of a number of static variables to avoid multisession
issues. [Atari Ace]

Moved FD1089 decryption keys to external files. [Atari Ace]

Changed 68000 IRQ support so that the IRQ lines explicitly simulate
a standard demux chip connected to the IRQ lines. This means that the
sequence:

cpunum_set_input_line(5, ASSERT_LINE);
cpunum_set_input_line(3, ASSERT_LINE);
cpunum_set_input_line(3, CLEAR_LINE);

now works as expected. This required fixes to several Atari and other
drivers. [Olivier Galibert]

Input port cleanup pass over drivers from N-V, leveraging
AM_READ_PORT, converting to full 32-bit inputs where suitable, using
CUSTOM_PORTs for EEPROM bits, etc. [Fabio Priuli]

Additional input port cleanups in the cps1, deco, pgm, psikyo, nbmj,
and jaleco drivers. [Fabio Priuli]

snk.c rewrite [Nicola Salmoria]

Added 8303 ROM to the games using it and updated MCU simulation to
match the new findings. [Nicola Salmoria]

Removed duplicate buttons in sf2hack. Promoted sf2m2 clone to
working. [robiza]

Added helper function devtag_get_device(machine, type, tag) to
retrieve the device_config for (type, tag). [couriersud]

Hooked up sound CPU comms in Power Instinct 2. This enables
synchronized dancing for the background characters. [ShimaPong]

Fixed bug when writing AVI files with more than one RIFF chunk.
Added missing chdman error messages when extracting to an AVI file.
[Aaron Giles]

Derived CPS2/CPS3 video timing based on measurements. These are
educated guesses. The logic behind the derivations is shown in the
source. [Aaron Giles]

Game-A-Tron gambling hardware updates [Roberto Fresca]

Fixed problem that would cause the "Return To Prior Menu" menu item to
not stick if one is calling ui_menu_reset() with
UI_MENU_RESET_REMEMBER_POSITION, and that menu item is selected.
[Nathan Woods]

Added PR-8210 support to the ldplayer. Fixed step forward command on
the PR-8210. [Aaron Giles]

Changed Journey and Domino Man to 4-way joysticks. [John Rieman]

Added Discrete Sound for Starship 1. Still need to properly emulate
the MC3340. [Derrick Renaud]

Changed some decryptions in igs_blit.c to use program roms loaded
byteswapped. Decrypted Mahjong Man Guan Cai Shen, Mahjong Long
Hu Zheng Ba 2, Mahjong Shuang Long Qiang Zhu 2, and Mahjong Super
Da Man Guan 2. [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

Added save state for discrete node->output to ensure that input nodes
save states. [couriersud]

Added a new generic latch device. Generic emulation of 74LS174/175,
74LS259 and other latches. Apart from providing synched latch
operation, these latches can be configured to read their input
bitwise from other devices as well and individual bits can be
connected to discrete nodes. Please see audio/dkong.c for examples.
[couriersud]

dkong & friends: Use new latch device [couriersud]
* adds new latch device where appropriate
* increased accuracy since now all main/sound cpu communications
are properly latched
* removed quite some code as a consequence
* minor cosmetic edits

Updated adp memory map. [robiza]

m4510 core fixes: [robiza]
- banking in read and write operations
- jsr and jsrx instruction
- fixed TSY instruction

Optimized ycc_to_rgb conversion code. [couriersud]

Added readme for The Simpsons. [Guru]

zn.c improvements: [smf]

Added some initial logic to boot and run the PR-8210 ROM (i8049)
in ldplayer.c. Currently this is disabled behind a compile-time
switch. Once this is working, the plan is to incorporate this into
the existing PR-8210 emulation, but we're not there yet. [Aaron Giles]

Changed Trivia Quest clocks based on some really old information.
[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

Added new function tilemap_set_pen_data_offset(). While this isn't
'free' as tilemap_set_palette_offset() is (when the offset changes,
the pixmap cache needs to be invalidated), it helps removing some
redundant code from drivers. Updated snk.c and snk68.c to take
advantage of the new function. [Nicola Salmoria]

Significant cleanup/rewrite of the MCS-48 CPU core

SH4, Naomi, and Hikaru updates [Samuele Zannoli]
- Fixed SH-4 core to support multiple SH-4s
- Fixed LDCSR instruction
- Fixed SH-4 I/O ports
- Skeleton Hikaru driver with memory maps and both SH-4s
- Fixed JVS/Maple translation so Naomi 2 BIOS runs

Fixed Dip Switches and Inputs for 'jcross' and 'sgladiat'. [stephh]

Changed slider controls into a menu. For now, removed the old direct
access mechanism; instead, you must access the sliders via the main
menu. While in the menu, you can use the ~ key to turn off the menu
display and leave only the bar display, in order to see more of the
screen. [Aaron Giles]

Namco NB 1/2 work: [Olivier Galibert]
- Shares the memory with the c75.
- Renames the c75 region to c7x from user4.
- Implements the c75 reset/halt control.
- Implements the irqs more correctly.

Small optimization to memory handling for 68000 core.
[Christophe Jaillet]

Fixed input port confusion in the 8080bw driver. Connected AVGDVG
status bits via PORT_CUSTOM. [Fabio Priuli]

Updated stepper motor code to use a MAME-style config interface,
rather than a load of setting functions. Changed optic functions to
use clearly defined start and end points. Added standard layout for
Starpoint units used in many machines. Updated all affected drivers.
[James Wallace]

Removed useless backslashes lurking throughout the code. [Atari Ace]

Improvements to magic10.c driver: [Roberto Fresca]
- Added Magic's 10 version 16.15
- Remapped all inputs to match other poker games.
- Added a missing input to Magic's 10 games.



New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status
---------------------------------------------------
Aero Fighters Special (Tiawan) [smf]
Super Football Champ [smf]
Magical Date / Magical Date - dokidoki kokuhaku daisakusen [smf]
Fighters' Impact [smf]
Judge Dredd [smf]



New clones added
----------------
Top Skater (USA) [Gerald (COY)]
Ikari Warriors (US) [Corrado Tomaselli]
Magic's 10 (ver. 16.15) [Roberto Fresca]

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http://mamedev.org/updates.html