Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.37b7 was released on 5 September 2000.

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

* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Ernesto Corvi]]
* [[Jarek Burczynski]]
* [[Juergen Buchmueller]]
* [[Mathias Rosenhauer]]
* [[Mike Coates]]
* [[Nicola Salmoria]]
* [[Olivier Galibert]]
* [[Phil Stroffolino]]
* [[Takahiro Nogi]]
* [[Tim Lindquist]]
* [[Yochizo]]
* [[Zsolt Vasvari]]

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

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] and [[Tim Lindquist]] added Stars to Strider and Forgotten Worlds.

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] fixed the sprite/tile priority in Black Tiger.

* [[Zsolt Vasvari]] fixed startup garbage in Vastar.

* [[Juergen Buchmueller]] fixed the Pokey emulation so that the Tempest reset bug is fixed, this time for real and forever.

* Important for porters: changes to the dirty marking system. The blitting code was previously required to support two types of dirty marking: a "correct" one, used for vector games, where only the screen portions marked dirty during the current frame should be copied to the video card; and a "wrong" one, relying on a hack, where the blitter was also required to remember the dirty regions from *previous* frame, and copy those as well. Only the "correct" one is left, which should somewhat simplify dirty handling in the OS dependant code. Moreover, the code must not check for VIDEO_TYPE_VECTOR to know whether to use dirty marking: it must check only VIDEO_SUPPORTS_DIRTY, which is set for vector games.

* Important for porters: the HAS_XXX constants for cpu and sound emulation are no longer #defined in cpuintrf.h if they were not already defined. They are set by the makefile (rules.mak). If you are not using that in your port, you'll have to make sure that all constants are initialized somewhere.

* Removed osd_led_w(); instead, an additional leds_status parameter is passed to osd_update_video_and_audio(). Drivers now have to use set_led_status().

* The makefile of the DOS version now uses GNUs mkdir instead of the built-in one. If you don't have mkdir you can find it here: http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/gnu/gnuish/gnufut21.zip

* Added VIDEO_PIXEL_ASPECT_RATIO_2_1, this should be honored by the OS dependant code just like VIDEO_PIXEL_ASPECT_RATIO_1_2.

* [[Mathias Rosenhauer]] changed backdrops so they are handled by the core like overlays, specific support in the drivers is no longer necessary.

== Game Support ==
'''New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_1942 1942 (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_bball Baseball (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_bfght Balloon Fight (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_cshwk Captain Sky Hawk (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_cvnia Castlevania (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_dbldr Double Dribble (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_drmro Dr. Mario (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_ftqst Uncle Fester's Quest: The Addams Family (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_gntlt Gauntlet (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_golf Golf (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_grdus Gradius (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_hgaly Hogan's Alley (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_kngfu Kung Fu (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_mman3 Mega Man III (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_moglf Mario's Open Golf (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_ngai3 Ninja Gaiden Episode III: The Ancient Ship of Doom (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_pwbld Power Blade (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_radr2 Rad Racer II (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_radrc Rad Racer (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_rcpam R.C. Pro-Am (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_rkats Rockin' Kats (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_rrngr Chip'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_rygar Rygar (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_smb2 Super Mario Bros. 2 (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_suprc Super C (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_tenis Tennis (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_tmnt Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_tmnt2 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_vball Volley Ball (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_wcup Nintendo World Cup (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_wgnmn Wild Gunman (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pc_ynoid Yo! Noid (PlayChoice-10)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mahoudai Mahou Daisakusen]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/shippumd Shippu Mahou Daisakusen]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/hotpinbl Hot Pinball]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/fantasia Fantasia]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/newfant New Fantasia]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/missw96 Miss World '96 Nude]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/bigtwin Big Twin]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/wbeachvl World Beach Volley]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/xexex Xexex]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/magmax Mag Max]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/thief Thief]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/natodef NATO Defense]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sia2650 Super Invader Attack]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/buggychl Buggy Challenge (preliminary, feedback needed)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/batsugun Knuckle Joe]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/wintbob Winter Bobble (= Snow Bros)]

[[Category:Releases 2000]]

MAME 0.37b7 - Revision history

Georg: Initial version.