Georg: Initial version.

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Initial version.

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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.84u3 was released on 15 July 2004.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]]
* [[Brian Troha]]
* [[Mike Coates]]
* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]]
* [[R. Belmont]]
* [[Razoola]]
* [[smf]]
* [[Ville Linde]]

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

* [[R. Belmont]] fixed graphics crashing, palette, sprites, and some networking registers in Final Lap.

* [[Ville Linde]] made several Seibu SPI fixes.
** Removed all remaining sound hacks
** Added some missing i386 opcodes
** Added support for external read/write handlers to the YMF271 (required for SPI flash ROM updating mode).
** Hooked up flash ROMs via the new YMF271 support.
** Fixed various crash bugs in rf2_us, rf2_2k, and rf2_eur.

* [[R. Belmont]] added a DMA kludge to get Derby Quiz My Dream Horse to boot.

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] did a major rewrite of the Portraits driver.
** fixed scrolling
** fixed screen resolution
** added NVRAM
** added fake photo when you get the best score
** fixed service switches and coins
** added missing roms and the 2nd set

* [[Andrew Gardner]] fixed save states in the m62 and mnight drivers.

* [[smf]] fixed the PSX SIO timer so that it only fires when there is data to send & processes one bit per tick.

* [[Aaron Giles]] cleaned up and reorganized the DCS sound module. This required changing the way ROMs are loaded for all of the DCS-using games.

* [[Aaron Giles]] fixed a crash in the MIPS core introduced with the u2 changes.

* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]] changed the "driver.status" entry in -listxml to summarize all the status entries allowing frontends to completely ignore all the other flags.

* [[Andrea Mazzoleni]] fixed the generic_fopen() function to ensure that a rom CRC is present before using it. Otherwise, for NO_DUMP roms an uninitialized string variable is used in the search.

* [[Aaron Giles]] added the ability to tweak the refresh rate if -cheat is enabled. Use SHIFT to modify by 0.1fps, CONTROL to modify by 0.01fps, and ALT to modify by 0.001fps.

== Game Support ==
New games supported or promoted from GAME_NOT_WORKING status
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/diggerc Digger (CVS)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/trvgns Trivia Genius]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/vasara2 vasara2 Vasara 2 (set 1)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/vasara2a vasara2a Vasara 2 (set 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/gnbarich Gunbarich]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mfjump Monster Farm Jump]

New clones added
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/portrata Portraits (set 2)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/twinfalc Twin Falcons]

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/cybots Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness (Euro 950424)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/mk4 Mortal Kombat 4]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/invasn Invasion]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/crusnexo Cruisin' Exotica]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/thegrid The Grid]

[[Category:Releases 2004]]

MAME 0.84u3 - Revision history

Georg: Initial version.