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	** problems created when pacland was converted to tilemaps		** problems created when pacland was converted to tilemaps
	** converted Jackal to tilemaps		** converted Jackal to tilemaps

Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.79u1 was released on 8 February 2004.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[B.S.Ruggeri]]
* [[Brian Troha]]
* [[chaneman]]
* [[Chris Hardy]]
* [[CUrt Coder]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Kevin Eshbach]]
* [[Luca Elia]]
* [[Nathan Woods]]
* [[Nicola Salmoria]]
* [[Phil Stroffolino]]
* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]]
* [[Quench]]
* [[R. Belmont]]
* [[Roger Sanders]]
* [[Santeri Saarimaa]]
* [[smf]]
* [[Taucher]]
* [[yong]]

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

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] made a big 80s Namco update, this affects the first Namco games that used custom I/O chips:
** these files are no longer needed and should be removed: drivers/bosco.c, drivers/xevious.c, drivers/digdug.c, machine/digdug.c, machine/galaga.c, machine/bosco.c, machine/polepos.c, sndhrdw/bosco.c
** added three new sound chips: NAMCO_15XX, NAMCO_52XX, NAMCO_54XX, and changed drivers to use them (NAMCO_54XX is just a placeholder playing samples, until the chip is reverse engineered).
** MAME testers bugs fixed: digdug063gre, galaga057gre, bosco071u2gre, poleposc059gra
** added EAROM support to digdug
** fixed the polepos2 title screen which had been broken since day 1, strange that nobody noticed.
** fixed various mistakes in the polepos ROM loading (one missing speech ROM in polepos, polepos2 was using the wrong engine sound ROMs (it's turbo!), added missing vertical scaling PROMs).
** extensive documentation of ROM names and placement, and differences between Namco and licensed versions.
** converted all drivers to tilemaps, and made gfx emulation more accurate according to schematics
** polepos sprite zooming should now be closer to the hardware.
** IP_KEY_PREVIOUS and IP_JOY_PREVIOUS are no longer used by any driver: they may be removed from the core.
** support for start lamps, coin counters and coin lockout (all internallyhandled by the custom I/O chip)
** toggling the test switch while the game is running enters test mode without need to manually reset.
** found and documented test mode Easter eggs in all games except Xevious.
** bosconian now uses a different sound PROM, which seems more correct.
** galaga uses better dumps of the PROMs, with the unused top 4 bits set to 0.
** correct handling of 52XX sample start/end pointers in ROM.
** better emulation of 50XX custom, no more need for hacks in bosconian.
** swapped digdug and digdugb, the main set should be the newer one.
** removed these galaga clones: nebulbee (copyright/name change), galagab2 (mix 'n match of ROMs from other sets), galaga84 (copyright/gfx change), galagads (1-byte hack to get fast shoot, reproducible with this line in cheat.dat: galaga:1:070D:0D:100:Fast Shoot)
** added Galaga rev. B, which is now the main set, renamed the other galagao.
** added galagamk, a different Midway version.
** removed various bad dumps from polepos2b and poleps2c, they turned out to be the same version so poleps2c is removed.
** drivers/locomotn.c is no longer needed and should be removed
** converted to tilemaps, consolidated as much as I could
** fixed: jungler37b3gre
** correct tile/sprite priority handling (also in Bosconian)
** documented the Easter egg in Rally X
** added starfield in Tactician
** fixed the RC filter control in the games with Konami sound

* [[Phil Stroffolino]] submitted a big Namco NB1 update:
** new driver: Greatest Slugger '93 (Japan)
** hardware shadow support (used heavily in Greatest Slugger)
** dedicated random number generator chip
** sprite stretch glitch (affects Outfoxies intro)
** tilemap tile banking feature (used by Mach Breakers)
** removed several game-specific hacks; now uses dedicated CPU registers for interrupts
** preliminary support for screen blanking (hides garbage in Outfoxies)
** proper POSIRQ handling, for scanline effects. Fixes the water effects in Outfoxies. This same feature needs to be folded into System 2 emulation, but I haven't gotten around to it yet.
** various Mach Breaker-specific hacks for interpretting the ROZ layer registers; these aren't yet fully understood. In particular, the "Monster Pull" stage is missing a "3d floor."

* [[Aaron Giles]] fixed a bug with AM_SHARE

* [[smf]] did various PSX file updates / cleanups

* [[chaneman]] fixed the filenames for VSNes

* [[Aaron Giles]] updated the Hard Drivin' driver and fixed Steel Talons / HD Airborne again

* [[CUrt Coder]] contributed various fixes:
** problems created when pacland was converted to tilemaps
** converted Jackal to tilemaps
** fixed guardians of the hood p3 controls
** fixed heat barrel dips
** fixed shot rider dips
** fixed firebattle dips
** updated docastle.c memory maps
** added MSM5205 to idsoccer

* [[Aaron Giles]] cleaned up / merged various Atari drivers: clayshoo.c, cloak.c, cloud9.c, copsnrob.c, cyberbal.c, destroyr.c, eprom.c, fastfred.c, firetrk.c, flyball.c, foodf.c

* [[Roger Sanders]] fixed the protection in Sonic Arcade (still crashes due to a video emulation bug)

* [[Nathan Woods]] made misc fixes:
** Minor timing enhancements, and changed a few indexing modes to be illegal
** Renamed CPU_CP1600 to CPU_CP1610
** Enhancements to the K051649 sound system

* [[B.S.Ruggeri]] fixed DIP switches in sspirits

* [[Aaron Giles]] fixed the Mortal Kombat damage that was broken in .79

* [[Quench]] simulated the sound in Super Slam

* [[Aaron Giles]] fixed the 'bad colour RAM' error in hyrda / pitfight

* [[Aaron Giles]] 'fixed' escape kids so it boots again

* [[Aaron Giles]] added support for CPU-specific internal memory maps

* [[R. Belmont]] reverted the RF5c68 to old version

* [[Santeri Saarimaa]] fixed the sound in outrundx (was checking for outrunp)

== Game Support ==
'''New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/drivedge Driver's Edge]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/vmetal Varia Metal]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mjelctrn Mahjong Electron Base]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/neruton Mahjong Neruton Haikujirada]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/spacelnc Space Launcher]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/bullsdrt Bulls Eye Darts]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/timeplta Time Pilot (Atari license)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/battlegb Battle Garegga (older Hong Kong version)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/atetrisa Atari Tetris (bootleg set 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mtlchmpu Martial Champion (US UAD version)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/quiz365 Quiz 365 (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/kungfuta Kung Fu Taikun (alt)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/feversos Fever SOS]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sstrikra Sorcer Striker (alt dump)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/spacefva Space Fever (color set 2, b&w set 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/liberatb Liberation (bootleg)]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/dcheese Double Cheese]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/talbot Talbot]

[[Category:Releases 2004]]

MAME 0.79u1 - Revision history

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