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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.76u2 was released on 1 November 2003.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Angelo Salese]]
* [[BUT]]
* [[Curt Coder]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[HowardC]]
* [[Iñigo Luja]]
* [[Jarek Burczynski]]
* [[MooglyGuy]]
* [[Nathan Woods]]
* [[Olivier Galibert]]
* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]]
* [[R. Belmont]]
* [[Sebastien Volpe]]
* [[smf]]
* [[Stefan Jokisch]]
* [[Tim Cottrill]]

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

* [[Olivier Galibert]] rewrote the rf5c68 sound core

* [[Nathan Woods]] contributed misc changes
** Integrates some MESS specific fileio functionality (within #ifdef MESS)
** Removing the update procedure in a MESS specific sound core

* [[MooglyGuy]] and [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] made some Hyperstone Fixes / Improvements

* [[R. Belmont]] fixed a SCSP crash with -nosound

* [[smf]] attempted to fix some hangs in the Soul Edge clones

* [[Aaron Giles]] added a new function: activecpu_eat_cycles(cycles), needed for idle skipping in certain situations

* [[Aaron Giles]] updated the Midway V-Unit driver
** WarGods sound is 100% now
** added some pre-initialization of the WarGods NVRAM
** added speedup handlers for all games (it makes a little difference)
** revamped the DCS2 handling to support stereo output
** fixed a number of synchronization issues in the DCS2 handling
** implemented a few missing features in the Midway I/O ASIC

* [[Aaron Giles]] added CPU fixes / tweaks
** ADSP2100:
*** fixed loading of 0 counters so they don't execute infinitely
*** fixed initial state of the SSTAT register
** MIPS3 (R4000/R5000):
*** fixed timer handling so we don't set a timer too far in advance
*** changed timer handling so that the default Compare value doesn't trigger timers
*** fixed cycle chomping to make sure we don't go over an interrupt boundary
*** added correct cycle times for MULT/DIV instructions
*** fixed display of the Count reigster in the debugger
** MIPS3DRC:
*** same fixes as above, plus:
*** fixed FP rounding glitches
*** now actually respecting the global FP rounding mode
** R3000:
*** fixed instruction timings for MULT/DIV
** X86DRC:
*** added better support for tweaking the FP rounding modes

* [[Jarek Burczynski]] improved sound in MagMax (Emulated some op.amps and RC filter circuits giving more exact results)

* [[Jarek Burczynski]] made fixes to the ymdeltat module. Generally - even more flags work correctly now. These changes are necessary for the msx sound emulation (Y8950) and were tested in nlmsx emulator by Frits Hilderink.

* [[R. Belmont]] and [[Jarek Burczynski]] improved Sound in Cabal / Dead Angle by adding ADPCM sounds

* [[R. Belmont]] added OKI6295 sounds in Grand Cross

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] added DIP switches to Asterock

* [[Sebastien Volpe]] fixed the aspect ratio calculation bug on some rotated games

* [[Tim Cottrill]] added sample support to Armor Attack and Sundance

* [[David Haywood]] and [[BUT]] decoded the BG graphics in Thunder Ceptor II but BG's still aren't hooked up yet, improved existing graphics a bit

* [[Iñigo Luja]] fixed the Dragon Unit Dipswitches

* [[Curt Coder]] cleaned up twin16.c / tmnt.c, fg layer converted to tilemaps

* [[HowardC]] contributed some input fixes

* [[David Haywood]] fixed a Xain'd Sleena hang?

== Game Support ==
'''New Games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/puyosun Puyo Puyo Sun]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mausuke Mausuke Ojama the World]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/ejihon Ejihon Tantei Jimusyo]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/vfkids Virtua Fighter Kids]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/colmns97 Columns 97]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/cotton2 Cotton 2]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/cottonbm Cotton Boomerang]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/diehard Die Hard Arcade]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/dnmtdeka Dynamite Deka]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sspacaho Space Attack / Head On Dual board]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/quizpani Quiz Panicuru Fantasy]

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