Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.36b12 was released on 18 December 1999.

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

* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]]
* [[Bryan McPhail]]
* [[CAB]]
* [[Eisuke Watanabe]]
* [[Juergen Buchmueller]]
* [[Nicola Salmoria]]
* [[Phil Stroffolino]]
* [[Scott Kelley]]
* [[Takahiro Nogi]]
* [[Tatsuyuki Satoh]]
* [[Zsolt Vasvari]]

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

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] added 8039 in Finalizer.

* [[Bryan McPhail]] fixed hanging music in Raiden.

* [[CAB]] fixed missing sounds in roishtar.

* [[Zsolt Vasvari]] bypassed the protection in Exerion.

* [[Juergen Buchmueller]] fixed the hangs in Tempest caused by the Pokey protection.

* [[Eisuke Watanabe]] and [[Takahiro Nogi]] fixed hangs in roishtar.

* [[Juergen Buchmueller]] added code so artwork files can be stored in a .zip file in the DOS version. That way you can have eg. both spacewr1.png and spacewr2.png in one file spacewar.zip.

* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]] added the possibility to use a multiple keys or joysticks sequence to drive a generic action. This can be handy with consoles or cabinets with a limited number of buttons, to reuse all buttons with only one extra button, like a shift key. For example the COIN1 action can be mapped to the "Player 1 Fire" plus the "Extra Shift Button". It can also be used to map Q*Bert movements to joystick diagonals (since the orginal used a joystick rotate 45 degrees).

* [[Juergen Buchmueller]] added a CPU overclocking control to the on screen display.

* PORTERS BEWARE: the OS dependant code is now required to support a palettized 16-bit display, where osd_modify_pen() can be called and the palette lookup is done during the final blit. A non palettized display can still optionally be used in special cases, see the comment about osd_allocate_colors() in osdepend.h. Also note that osd_allocate_colors() now can fail and returns a value; and the special case for 32768 pens has been removed, a valid palette is always passed to the function.

* [[Tatsuyuki Satoh]] fixed OPN and OPM output level. Unfortunately this means that all games using YM2203, YM2151 etc. need to be rebalanced.

* Removed memory_region from struct MachineCPU, now this information is stored directly in the ROM list using the REGION_CPUx attributes. Also remember that now you must never use Machine->memory_region* [[]], always use memory_region() (and the same for memory_region_length).

== Game Support ==
'''New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/hal21 HAL21]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pinbos Pinbo]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/archriv2 Arch Rivals (revision 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/finalizb Finalizer (bootleg)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/madgearj Mad Gear (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/paintrlr Paint Roller (= Crush Roller)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/raidena Raiden (2 new sets)]

[[Category:Releases 1999]]

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