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== Release Date ==
MAME 0.98u1 was released on 16 July 2005.

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

* [[Aaron Giles]]
* [[Atari Ace]]
* [[Bryan McPhail]]
* [[Corrado Tomaselli]]
* [[David Haywood]]
* [[Luca Elia]]
* [[Mamesick]]
* [[MASH]]
* [[Nathan Woods]]
* [[Nicola Salmoria]]
* [[Phil Stroffolino]]
* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]]

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

* [[Aaron Giles]] changed how perodic timers are defined. Previously, you would specify a number which was interpreted either as Hz (if less than 50000) or as nanoseconds (if greater than 50000). Now, the time is specified as a period and you use the standard TIME_IN_HZ or TIME_IN_NS macros.

* [[Aaron Giles]] turned on address error checking in the 68000 core. This slows things down a bit but is more accurate and allows correct behavior of a couple of badly-programmed games.

* [[Aaron Giles]] fixed several issues with address error checking in the 68000 core.

* [[Aaron Giles]] fixed a 68000 bug that treated 8-bit branches with $FF offsets as illegal, rather than allowing them and generating an address error.

* [[Aaron Giles]] created a new header file mamecore.h, which contains the core common useful macros and typedefs that were scattered throughout the header files. Also added endian swapping macros from MESS.

* [[Aaron Giles]] fully deprecated the use of cpu_setbank(), which was long ago replaced with memory_set_bankptr().

* [[Aaron Giles]] did some major cleanup on the MCR drivers:
** Implemented Super Sound I/O interrupts properly.
** Filled out all memory maps according to schematics.
** Fixed sound sync with various sound boards, allowing for kludges to be removed from Power Drive and Star Guards.
** Re-verified all connections from wiring diagrams.
** Documented various lamp and driver boards from the games.

* [[Atari Ace]] made some makefile tweaks to hopefully catch variable declaration problems that kept creeping into builds. Switched gcc compiler standard to gnu89.

* [[Atari Ace]] removed the usage of dirent.h APIs on Windows builds.

* [[Mamesick]] corrected the resolution to 256x256 in Stagger I, Red Hawk, Sen Jin - Guardian Storm. All other games still have old visible area that is correct for them.

* [[Nicola Salmoria]] fixed a crash in Volfied and Operation Wolf due to improper timer usage.

* [[Bryan McPhail]] fixed one of the TC360 sprite blending modes (used in Pulirula round 2 and Liquids Kids attract mode).

* [[Phil Stroffolino]] fixed sprite/tilemap placement in Legend of Kage.

* [[Nathan Woods]] updated the PowerPC core:
** Added infrastructure to generate DSI and ISI exceptions
** Made the lbz/lbzu/lbzux/lbzx instructions properly clear out the high 24 bits in the results
** Added SRR0 and SRR1 to the debug view

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] did some cleanups in the vamphalf.c driver.

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] fixed speedbal again, after breaking it in the last update.

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] changed Nitro Ball to use the new deco16_tilemap_34_combine_draw function Bryan added some time ago.

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] added a sprite wrap around needed in Riot level 2.

* [[Pierpaolo Prazzoli]] added sound to Dragon Bowl.

== Game Support ==
'''New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/borntofi Born To Fight]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/lethalen Lethal Enforcers]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/korokoro Koro Koro Quest (Japan)]

'''New clones added'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/nslashej Night Slashers (Japan)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/crush4 Crush Roller (Kural TWT)]
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/sandscra Sand Scorpion (set 2)]

'''New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING'''
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/romset/wink Wink]

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