Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.80u2 was released on 27 March 2004.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Angelo Salese]]
* [[Bryan McPhail]]
* [[Charles MacDonald]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Derrick Renaud]]
* [[f205v]]
* [[HPMAN]]
* [[Jarek Burczynski]]
* [[Nathan Woods]]
* [[Phil Stroffolino]]
* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]]
* [[Quench]]
* [[R. Belmont]]
* [[Stefan Jokisch]]
* [[Tomasz Slanina]]

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

* [[Charles MacDonald]] committed various Sega 16-bit game driver updates:
** Added correctly dumped ROM set for eswat to replace the old one. Game is encrypted and unplayable.
** Moved Ace Attacker to system16.c, it's not a System 18 game.
** Added sound support for tturf, tturfu, tturfbl (no samples), fpointbl, fpointbj
** Fixed toryumon RAM test
** Cleaned up timscannr, toryumon drivers
** Added Where's Wally? (wwally) Game is encrypted and unplayable.
** Fixed System 18 sample ROM banking. This doesn't help the current working games, but will support others when/if they are decrypted.
** Fixed RF5C68A clock (7.15 MHz -> 8.00 MHz).
** Fixed Z80 clock (8.192 Mhz -> 8.00 MHz).
** Cleaned up shdancbl sound hardware a little.
** Fixed 2nd 68000 ROM visibility in hangon, ROM test works.
** Fixed sprite RAM, tile RAM, and shared RAM size in hangon, RAM test works.
** Fixed shared RAM and road RAM visibility to hangon, road layer works again.
** Added proper emulation of the I/O hardware in hangon, no patches needed and test mode doesn't crash anymore.
** Migrated aurail, riotcity, bayroute to use sys16_sprite_shinobi.
** Cleaned up altbeast, riotcity, bayroute, aurail drivers (no junk in error logs, took care of unused inputs/outputs, etc.)
** Removed 'extra' RAM in some drivers and replaced with sys16_tilebank_w.
** Fixed sprite zooming in sys16_sprite_shinobi (corrects sprite placement in Heavyweight Champ)
** Fixed sprite list parsing (fixes output test progression in Heavyweight Champ)
** Added Shadow Dancer (Rev.B)
** Checked and fixed speed-ups for shdancer, shdancrj, shdancbl, shdancrb.
** Added I/O chip and partial VDP emulation for shdancer, shdancrj, shdancbl, shdancrb, moonwlkb, astormbl.
** Added Datsu bootleg sound hardware support for shdancrb and fixed sound crash.
** Fixed shdancbl sprite loading.
** Cleaned up shdancbl driver, now fully playable with only minor graphics problems.
** Fixed sys16_paletteram_w and removed sys16_dactype.
** Palette now generated using routines in res_net.h to properly make normal, shadow, and highlight colors.

* [[Aaron Giles]] and [[Derrick Renaud]] added discrete sound system updates

* Updates by [[Aaron Giles]]:
** major internal cleanup and reworking of how nodes are created
** fixed bug in 555 timer that led to whiny noise in Hit Me
** added new input port type for analog adjuster
** changed osd interface for discrete sound adjusters to use the new input port type
** changed NODE_ADJUSTMENT to get its value from an input port
** adjuster values are now saved in the config file
** changed all games using adjusters to use the new system

* Updates by [[Derrick Renaud]]:
** Continued cleanup of code in the discrete sound system to make it more readable
** New Discrete Modules Added
*** DISCRETE_OP_AMP_OSCILLATOR - various op amp oscillator circuits that are entered using component values.
*** DISCRETE_OP_AMP_VCO - various op amp voltage controlled oscillator circuits that are entered using component values.
** Finished updating games to use Aaron's DISCRETE_ADJUSTMENT changes.

* [[Nathan Woods]] added misc fixes:
** Changed MESS specific file type from FILETYPE_CRC to FILETYPE_HASH
** Added hash_data_insert_printable_checksum() call
** Made things more const correct

* [[Stefan Jokisch]] contributed a update for Nintendo 8080 based games:
** All games:
*** fixed CPU speed
*** unified memory maps
*** changed ROM labels
** Space Fever / High Splitter / Space Launcher:
*** relabelled ROM sets:
**** Space Fever color => Space Fever
**** Space Fever b & w => Space Fever High Splitter
*** uncloned High Splitter from Space Fever
*** fixed High Splitter ROM loading (wrong sound ROM in one set)
*** color support (Space Launcher needs its color PROM dumped)
*** implemented red screen flash (when the player dies)
*** implemented red laser cannon flash (when the player shoots)
*** implemented UFO color cycling
*** properly hooked up SN76477 (needs to be verified)
*** properly hooked up I8035 sound CPU
*** added bonus life DIPs to High Splitter and Space Launcher
*** added cocktail mode
*** documented diagnostic ROM location
** Sheriff / Bandido:
*** fixed scheduling of SN76477 sound effects (shots + hits)
*** added second coin input in Bandido
*** removed unused cocktail mode controls from Bandido
*** properly hooked up I8035 sound CPU
*** removed fake color overlay from Bandido
*** added colours based on screenshots - PROM still needs dumping
*** implemented color effects (e.g. red heart after round 3)
*** implemented screen flashing (when the players dies)
*** documented diagnostic ROM location
** Helifire:
*** corrected bonus life DIP
*** fixed starfield pattern, confirmed by shots on the flyer
*** fixed starfield priority (no more stars in the water)
*** fixed video bugs related to pausing and frame skipping
*** properly hooked up sound CPU (different from the other games)
*** added partial support for cocktail mode
*** added IMPERFECT_GRAPHICS and NO_COCKTAIL flags
*** various audio and video effects are still missing, including a few which were previously implemented and which I hope to re-add soon

* [[Aaron Giles]] made various Timer Fixes, correcting some problems with SlySpy etc.

* [[Quench]] fixed some problems with the 32010 update

* [[Bryan McPhail]] made misc bug fixes (HuC6280 problems)

* [[Tomasz Slanina]] made some Task Force Harrier improvements:
** fixed sprite rendering
** hacks for bg scrolling
** patched some protection issues (sprites are rendered, no more strange resets)
** Game is NOT playable (controls doesn't work). Maybe something is not mapped correctly or it's problem with protection (for example, player2 buttons works durning boot - it's possible to enter service mode).

* [[Angelo Salese]] updated the ST-V driver:
** fixed bitmap transparencies
** added the RBG0 layer(no scroll/roz effects yet)
** added a really preliminary window effect (just for get tile-based sprites in shanhigw)
** readded the VDP1 PTM register support which has been lost in the past

* [[Aaron Giles]] cleaned up the Capcom Bowling driver and fixed crash on reset

* [[R. Belmont]] updated the IREM GA20 driver: added the channel status readback for the GA-20, which fixes some occasional odd voice-stealing behavior I've heard playing R-Type Leo.

* Reverted some Star Wars code back to older working version

== Game Support ==
'''New Games added or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/rocktrv2 Rock 'n' Roll Trivia (part 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/scotrsht Scooter Shooter]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/dynadice Dynamic Dice]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/lvcards Lovely Cards]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/2020bba 2020 Super Baseball (set 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/spinner Spinner (Spiders bootleg)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gyrodinc Gyrodine (Crux license?)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/griffon Griffon]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/blast30 Blaster (early 30 wave version)]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* Various Non-working CPS2 clones
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/ssingles Swinging Singles]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/tcl Taiwan Chess Legend]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/pturn Parallel Turn]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/changela Change Lanes]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/drgw3 Dragon World 3]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/zerotrgt Zero Target]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/cntsteer Counter Steer]

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MAME 0.80u2 - Revision history

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