Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.59 was released on 22 March 2002.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Acho A. Tang]]
* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Olivier Galibert]]
* [[R. Belmont]]
* [[Robert Gallagher]]
* [[Stefan Jokisch]]
* [[Stephane Humbert]]
* [[Tormod Tjaberg]]
* [[Uki]]

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

* [[Stephane Humbert]] made loads of fixes to input ports etc. in several drivers.

* [[Robert Gallagher]] and [[Tormod Tjaberg]] fixed Rainbow Islands and Rainbow Islands Extra c-chip emulation

* [[Acho A. Tang]] fixed Super Stingray and Kyros, and most problems in Gold Medalist.

* [[Aaron Giles]] made some changes to use less CPU time when it's not needed in the Windows port. Use -nosleep to disable this behaviour during gameplay.

* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]] added a MMX implementation of the tilemap drawing code to the Windows port, providing a 5-10% speed increase with some games.

* [[Olivier Galibert]] rewrote the UPD7759 emulator (used by TMNT etc).

* [[Aaron Giles]] added support for compressed hard disk images.

* [[Aaron Giles]] added a new function tilemap_set_palette_offset() to set a global palette offset without having to use tilemap_mark_all_tiles_dirty().

== Game Support ==
'''New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/policetr Police Trainer]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pass Pass]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/spbactnj Super Pinball Action]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/soldivid Sol Divide]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/s1945ii Strikers 1945 II]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sbomberb Space Bomber]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/daraku Daraku Tenshi - The Fallen Angels]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gunbird2 Gunbird 2]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mjsister Mahjong Sisters]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gakupara Quiz Gakuen Paradise]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/quizdna Quiz DNA no Hanran]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gekiretu Quiz Gekiretsu Scramble]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mooua Wild West C.O.W.boys of Moo Mesa]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/bucky Bucky O'Hare]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/superbug Super Bug]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/paddlema Paddle Mania]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/scorpnmc Scorpion]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/dynwar Dynasty Wars (World)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/captavnj Captain America (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/grdius3e Gradius 3 (World?)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mgcrysto Magical Crystals (World)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/ccastles Crystal Castles (version 4)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/scorpnmc Moon Cresta (Nichibutsu set 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/galmidwo Galaxian (Midway, old rev)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pisces Pisces (original)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/hcastlej Haunted Castle (Japan version N)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/berabohm Beraboh Man (Japan version B)]

[[Category:Releases 2002]]

MAME 0.59 - Revision history

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