Georg: Initial version.

2007-05-10T10:44:43Z

Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.74 was released on 14 September 2003.

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

* [[Angelo Salese]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Howard Casto]]
* [[Manuel Abadia]]
* [[Nathan Woods]]
* [[Olivier Galibert]]
* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]]
* [[Robin Merrill]]
* [[smf]]
* [[Stefan Jokisch]]
* [[Takahiro Nogi]]
* [[Tomasz Slanina]]
* [[Uki]]

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

* [[Nathan Woods]] made misc source changes mainly to improve compatibility with MESS
** Minor changes within #ifdef MESS
** Minor change to recognize MESS IPT_CONFIG input ports
** Changed some of the prototypes to use 'mame_file *' instead of 'void *'
** Added APPNAME and APPLONGNAME macros to define the name of the program (MAME/M.A.M.E. vs MESS/M.E.S.S.)
** Adds some MESS specific templated blitters within #ifdef MESS
** Small speedups (eliminated some usage of plot_pixel())
** Added support for scanline counts other than 262
** Interrupt changes by Brad Oliver
** Requisite changes to playch10 and vsnes to support Brad's interrupt changes
** Misc changes to support MESS's menu bar (should not affect MAME)
** Misc changes to use APPNAME and APPLONGNAME

* [[Stefan Jokisch]] improved Loading of .72 cfg Files (prevents Mixer settings corruption)

* [[Stefan Jokisch]] fixed a User-Interface bug which was causing problems setting controls for some of the players

* [[Robin Merrill]] added support for 8 controllers

* [[Tomasz Slanina]] added a workaround for a v60 crash causing ultra-x not to run on some systems

* [[Olivier Galibert]] added support for the upd7759 silence compression

* [[Olivier Galibert]] made some SegaPCM cleanups / fixes

* [[Howard Casto]] changed the Afterburner inputs to use z-axis for throttle

* [[Angelo Salese]] imnproved the Chequered Flag protection + Sound

* [[Angelo Salese]] and [[David Haywood]] made more ST-V Improvements

== Game Support ==
'''New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/quiz18k Miyasu Nonki no Quiz 18-Kin (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/ojankoc Ojanko Club (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/inufuku Quiz & Variety Sukusuku Inufuku (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/danceyes Dancing Eyes (DC1/VER.A)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/myangel3 Kosodate Quiz My Angel 3 (KQT1/VER.A)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/superx Super-X]
* A Few new Megatech sets

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/natsuiro Natsuiro Mahjong (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/bangj Bang (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/hangly3 Hangly Man (set 3)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/aponow Apocaljpse Now (bootleg of Rescue)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/explorer Explorer (bootleg of Scramble)]

[[Category:Releases 2003]]

MAME 0.74 - Revision history

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