Georg: Initial version.

2008-06-13T12:17:23Z

Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.125u5 was released on 12 June 2008.

== Contributors ==
The known contributors for this version are, in alphabetical order:

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Atari Ace]]
* [[Brian Troha]]
* [[couriersud]]
* [[Curt Coder]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[f205v]]
* [[Fabio Priuli]]
* [[Fabio Priuli]]
* [[Jim Stolis]]
* [[Johnboy]]
* [[Lord Nightmare]]
* [[Luca Elia]]
* [[Miodrag Milanovic]]
* [[Mirko Mattioli]]
* [[Nathan Woods]]
* [[Nicola Salmoria]]
* [[Oliver Stoenberg]]
* [[Roberto Fresca]]
* [[robiza]]
* [[ShimaPong]]
* [[Tomasz Slanina]]
* [[Wilbert Pol]]

== Specific Contributions ==
The known contributions for this version are, in the order specified in the whatsnew:

* [[Mariusz Wojcieszek]] updated the 68681 DUART:
** converted to device interface
** converted to 8 bit device
** added input and output port
** added X1/16 timer

* [[Nathan Woods]] fixed a compilation error when neither HAS_PPC403GA nor HAS_PPC403GCX are defined.

* [[Lord Nightmare]] added more documentation to the TMS5220 and SN76496 cores.

* [[Wilbert Pol]] fixed handling of the U register in the RET instructions and when taking an interrupt in the Nintendo Minx cpu core.

* [[David Haywood]] updated suprnova:
** now uses its own draw roz function, which supports linescroll or columnscroll, and will give us the ability to 'render' priority data (with roz applied) from the flagsmap to a temp bitmap to work with.
** priorities should be correct from start to end in cyvern now.. still not perfect tho.
** added a note about what needs fixing for the sengekis sprite zoom (shrink flag we're not handling)
** allow wraparound to be turned off (sarukani..)

* [[Roberto Fresca]] changed Italian gambling games based on H8/3337 MCU + NEC D7759GC:
** Corrected year and manufacturer to ntcash and wizard.
** Sorted the games by year.

* [[robiza]] simplified the m90 video update routine.

* [[robiza]] made improvements to bomblord (bbmanw clone):
** partially fixed the background
** fixed the sprites
** implemented video register for selecting different resolutions; this fixes graphic in the game screen
** fixed scroll video register
** cleaned up offset and priorities
** implemented linescroll
** promoted to working

* [[robiza]] made improvements to dynablsb (dynablst clone):
** partially fixed the background
** fixed the sprites
** fixed mark for last sprite
** fixed player #1 and player #2 controls
** fixed graphics layer and offset
** fixed layer select
** implementated the scroll video register
** cleaned up offset and priorities
** promoted to working

* [[David Haywood]] made numerous improvements to the blackt96 driver.

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] fixed colortable creation in Mr. Do driver. Fixed diode voltage drop value which caused apples to be orange instead of red-orange. The title screen now perfectly matches http://www.flickr.com/photos/arecee/2384126902/sizes/l/ including the logo outline.

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] improved the Jackal driver:
** Fixed palette animation (very subtle!)
** Verified on the schematics and on the pcb that the high score table text cannot change color.
** Removed the IMPERFECT_GRAPHICS flag
** Fixed music with a kludge (overclock sound CPU)
** Added dip switch locations and sorted input ports

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] simplified palette handling in punchout. Fixed big sprite palette in top monitor.

* [[Roberto Fresca]] updated the Cal Omega driver:
** Cleaned up the driver following the MAME Coding Conventions.
** Added support to Game 18.7 (Amusement Poker).
** Improved the input system for some games.
** Fixed some wrong color codes.
** Updated technical notes.

* [[Roberto Fresca]] added a new driver for italian gambling games based on Mitsubishi/Renesas M16C MCU family. Added dumper notes, hardware details and hooked the sound devices. Moved Euro Jolly X5 to this new driver, and add support for Grand Prix.

* [[Roberto Fresca]] made improvements to Sandii' games driver:
** Fixed the tilemap size.
** Fixed the screen size.
** Updated technical notes.

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed map command in the debugger to now perform separate read/write/fetch lookups.

* [[Curt Coder]] fixed the AY-3-8910 output mode in Draco.

* [[Curt Coder]] changed Thayer's Quest:
** cleaned up driver
** added LED layout from Dragon's Lair
** mapped keyboard and dips correctly
** added laser disc drive selection
** fixed Z80-COP communications
** figured out ports from disassembly
** added cart presence detection logic
** fixed SSI-263 timings, service mode works now
** changed to use COP421

* [[Curt Coder]] changed COP4xx:
** fixed LEI instruction
** added COP421 variant

* [[couriersud]] moved calipso, spdcoin, superbon, moonwar and moonwara to galaxian.c:
** superbon: Change name to Agent Super Bond and Manufacturer to "Signatron USA"
** superbon: Change year to 1985 following information on arcadeflyers.com
** removed armorcar remains from scobra.c

* [[Jim Stolis]] changed the i8051 core, so timer 0's second split counter was incorrectly checking the Timer 1 Run Control Bit. Fixed it.

* [[Jim Stolis]] updated the PEPlus driver:
** All video slot titles now accept coins and play normally
** Renamed peps0716 to its proper name "River Gambler Slots", instead of "Quarter Mania Slots"
** Updated peps0716 to use the proper CAP
** Replaced peps0615 to use a CAP with closer colors (still wrong)

* [[Mirko Mattioli]] added a alternate layout for World Rally 2 PCB.

* [[Tomasz Slanina]] added sound emulation to Dacholer and Kick Boy.

* [[Oliver Stoenberg]] cleaned up the usage of Machine in many of the src/video files.

* [[Atari Ace]] completed a correctness pass over the source tree:
** added static qualifiers where appropriate
** added missing #include statements, source comments and header declarations
** removed dead declarations
** added ~30 header files for a number of drivers
** consolidated various cchip declarations

* [[Miodrag Milanovic]] improved 8085 timing and fixed flag calculations based on differences between it and the 8080.

* [[Fabio Priuli]] converted a number of drivers over to using input_port_read() from input_port_read_indexed().

* [[ShimaPong]] updated the cheat system:
** Changed the function of default memory read in case of the search to prevent from crashing if a game uses cpu_spinutil() - Now basically used do_memory_read() instead of do_cpu_read() (Try to search in actfancr between this and previous version) NOTE : It's not a fundamental solution but no longer crashes
** Cleaned up read_data() and write_data()
** Cleaned up save/load routine and added open_cheat_database()
** Added new menu "Cheat Commands" into the cheat main menu the following commands are supported in this menu
*** reload cheat code (the same as Reload Database key)
*** cheats ON/OFF (the same as Toggle Cheat key)
*** watchpoints ON/OFF (the same as Shift + Toggle Cheat key)
*** save description (save the title of the game)
*** save raw code (save raw cheat code with new format)
** Fixed several bugs which has found in testing
** Renamed functions based on coding guidlines

* [[Aaron Giles]] added option -[no]coin_lockout (-[no]coinlock) to control coin lockout behavior.

* [[Johnboy]] contributed NeoGeo updates:
** Updated Neo-Geo game pcb infos
** Marked kof2001h AES VERSION
** Marked samsho3a MVS VERSION
** Marked 2020bba AES VERSION, renamed p1 and added a note
** Renamed lastsold p1 to correct chip label 134-p1k
** Checked other Korean sets, found similar ID change; renamed accordingly
*** Renamed rbff2k p1 to 140-p1k
*** Renamed fswords p1 tp 187-p1k
*** Renamed aof3k p1 to 196-p1k
*** Added comment to kof99n: Korean version?
** Renamed mslug3n to mslug3h, Marked AES VERSION, changed mamedriv.c
** Remove BAD_DUMP from kotm, add correct m1
** Correct s1 layer size in samsh5sp + clones
** Removed BAD_DUMP from burningf + clone
** Added correct m1 to lbowling
** Added correct m1 to socbrawl + clone
** Added correct m1 to mutnat
** Added correct m1 to joyjoy
** Added correct c1/c2 and s1 to marukodq
** Renamed p-roms in wh1 and wh1h, added comment
** Added some comments about 'M1' and 'S1' roms
** Renamed files in kof2001 to correct chip label, changed m1
** Corrected set pbobblen as found on MVS cart, added notes

* [[Aaron Giles]] added a bilinear filter option to software rendering. Not hooked up to anything yet.

* [[Aaron Giles]] made DRC UML changes:
** separated conditions and flags into two separate fields
** added more extensive per-opcode information
** made validation more thorough using the extended information
** disabled back-end validation for now until it can be revisited using the new tables
** changed GETFLGS encoding so that the mask is in parameter 2 instead of the flags field
** wrote new disassembler based on enhanced opcode info structure
** moved disassembler into drcuml.c and removed old code
** extended disassembler buffer sizes to at least 256 bytes
** removed explicit flag requests from the shorthand opcodes
** added optimization function to drcuml which is called at block end
** added logic to compute the necessary flags based on upcoming opcodes and only select those flags which are required
** added NOP opcode
** added logic to simplify opcodes as much as possible at the UML layer
** removed similar logic in the x86 and x64 back-ends
** added stricter parameter validation for registers and mapvars
** improved disassembly output
** added simple symbol table to the UML for improved disassembly
** changed optional disassembler cache parameter to a drcuml object
** fixed STORE opcode description to allow immediate source operands

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed the DRC frontend:
** changed from tracking "live" registers to tracking "necessary" registers
** genericized register tracking to be more flexible
** added previous instruction pointer to opcode descriptions

* [[Aaron Giles]] updated the PowerPC recompiler:
** fixed bug where a branch and link to the link register would overwrite the link register before fetching the target address
** updated to no longer explicitly specify flags
** added symbols for most common variables
** fixed bug in handling XER carry flag for subo. forms
** simplified flag insertion logic for opcodeo. forms
** rewrote lswi/stswi as subroutines
** made accesses to tempdata explicitly dword or qword
** fixed SRR0 when generating a syscall
** removed no longer necessary TESTs on extsb/w, rlwinm, rlwnm, rlwimi, cntlzw
** fixed bug where the SO flag was not being computed for compares
** fixed flag computations for mulhw/mulhwu/mullw
** fixed subtlety of shifts between 32 and 63 in srw/sraw
** fixed mffs/mtfsf to use FP registers
** fixed mtfsfi to use the immediate value properly
** now marking terminal count bit in DMA status register
** added support for 4xx protection registers via the MMU
** added TLBH, TLBU, and DEC to the list of registers in the debugger
** turned off "end of transfer" DMA signals in favor of "transfer count 0" signals; fixes memory-to-memory DMA in fiveside
** minor flags optimizations:
*** broke CR into several individual bits of state
*** extracted the SO bit from XER into its own state
** cleaned up register tracking implementation
** fixed numerous errors and shortcomings in the tracking
** added support for removing unnecessary XER CA and CR0 computations
** updated UML logging to output new frontend statistics
** added basic cycle counts for longer instructions
** added penalty for polling timebase and decrementer registers
** fixed dependencies in cpu.mak
** reduced address bus width of 4xx series to 31 bits per the documentation
** fixed bug that would jump to incorrect PC after filling the TLB during a mismatch event
** added explicit address truncation to 31 bits for 4xx series
** added new PPCDRC_ACCURATE_SINGLES option, which removes the excessive (and very likely unecessary) extra rounding when performing the "fast" single-precision floating point ops
** fixed TLB filling for 4XX protection ranges
** fixed parameter ordering for masked reads/writes
** added detection of MMU enablement in 403GCX case
** fixed bug in protection bounds violation detection for 4XX
** changed SPU receive model to a push model; updated drivers accordingly
** added macros for setting the SPU transmit handler and sending bytes
** cleaned up ppc.h
** fixed lmw/stmw if rA is one of the loaded/stored registers
** removed unnecessary variables & structure members
** optimized for the XER and CR0 case where XER doesn't need an overflow calculation

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed the MIPS recompiler:
** updated to no longer explicitly specify flags
** tweaked register tracking to match new DRC frontend system
** updated UML logging to output new frontend statistics
** fixed left/right accesses to work with recent memory handler changes

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed the x86/x64 back-ends:
** added flag support to SEXT, ROLAND, ROLINS, LZCNT opcodes
** fixed bug where sometimes the flags would be corrupted; in particular, we always clobbered the flags for the subfze instruction, which broke the nbapbp camera and some other things
** fixed DIVS/DIVU opcode so they properly compute SZ flags when requested; fixes camera wackiness in nbapbp
** added a "hop" around the prolog of the HANDLE opcode to allow fall-through
** redesigned x86 stack management to keep the stack at the same 16-byte alignment
** fixed adc/sbb so that they don't optimize out ever
** fixed detection of special and/or/xor cases
** fixed GETFLGS opcode so that it doesn't return anything other than requested flags
** changed LZCNT/BSWAP to be more flexible in register selection

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed the gticlub driver:
** converted sysreg_r/w to 8-bit handlers
** added hack to make network IRQs work; brings some games back to life

* [[Aaron Giles]] updated the Konami PowerPC drivers:
** designated fast RAM accesses for work RAM
** removed unnecessary mirroring

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed the Firebeat driver:
** added VBLANK IRQ clear
** added ATAPI IRQ clear
** tried to add UART IRQ clear but it doesn't yet work
** most of the games start to show something again with these changes
** added fast RAM region

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed the Model 3 driver:
** identified and fixed VBLANK bit in real3d status which was causing the system to hang at startup
** designated fast RAM accesses for work RAM

* [[Aaron Giles]] updated the 53C810 SCSI controller:
** changed read/write handles to proper READ8/WRITE8_HANDLER callbacks so they can eventually be used directly

== Game Support ==
'''New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/smoto20 Super Rider (Italy)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/swatpolc SWAT Police]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/peps0014 Player's Edge Plus (PS0014) Super Joker Slots]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/peps0022 Player's Edge Plus (PS0022) Red White & Blue Slots]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/peps0043 Player's Edge Plus (PS0043) Double Diamond Slots]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/peps0045 Player's Edge Plus (PS0045) Red White & Blue Slots]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/peps0308 Player's Edge Plus (PS0308) Double Jackpot Slots]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/tankfrc4 Tank Force (US, 4 Player)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/videomat Videomat (polish bootleg)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/hedpanif Head Panic (ver. 0117, 17/01/2000)]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mnumber Mystery Number]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sharkpy Shark Party (Italy)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/victor5 Victor 5]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/victor21 Victor 21]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/ejollyx5 Euro Jolly X5]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/comg187 Cal Omega** Game 18.7 (Amusement Poker)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/grandprx Grand Prix]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/squaitsa Squash (Itisa)]

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