Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.54 was released on 25 August 2001.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Bryan McPhail]]
* [[David Graves]]
* [[Ernesto Corvi]]
* [[Frank Palazzolo]]
* [[Jarek Burczynski]]
* [[Nicola Salmoria]]
* [[Zsolt Vasvari]]

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

* [[David Graves]] fixed the road lines in Top Speed.

* [[Bryan McPhail]] and [[Nicola Salmoria]] decrypted the sound CPU in Dream Soccer 94.

* [[Zsolt Vasvari]] fixed the crowd noise in Premier Soccer.

* [[Jarek Burczynski]] fixed the YM2610 and YM2151 emulation, verified on the real chip.

* New core function palette_get_pen() replaces the removed osd_get_pen(). Renamed palette_change_color() to palette_set_color().

* [[Aaron Giles]] made major changes to the CPU interface. As a result of this, some games are temporarily broken, most notably CPS2.

* [[Aaron Giles]] improved auto_malloc so that you can auto_malloc at machine_init time and have the memory disposed of on a reset.

== Game Support ==
'''New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/firebarr Fire Barrel]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/timelimt Time Limit]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/youjyudn Youjyuden]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gulfstrm Gulf Storm]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mineswpr Minesweeper]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/spcforce Space Force (= Meteoroids)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/lastmsnj Last Mission (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gundl94 Gun Dealer '94 (= Primella)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/bluehawn Blue Hawk (NTC)]

[[Category:Releases 2001]]

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