0.33b3 1998/05/17 [#039 - Nicola Salmoria]
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New Games Added
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(aeroboto)    Aeroboto [Carlos A. Lozano]
(aliensyn)    Alien Syndrome [Mirko Buffoni]
(altbeast)    Altered Beast [Mirko Buffoni]
(blasto)      Blasto [Frank Palazzolo]
(cawingj)     Carrier Air Wing (Japanese) [Paul Leaman]
(challeng)    Challenger [Al Kossow]
(clowns)      Clowns [Al Kossow, Brad Oliver]
(curvebal)    Curve Ball [Mike Balfour] (1)
(darwin)      Darwin 4078 [Ville Laitinen]
(ddragon)     Double Dragon [Carlos A. Lozano, Rob Rosenbrock, Phil Stroffolino, Ernesto Corvi]
(ddragon2)    Double Dragon 2 [Carlos A. Lozano, Rob Rosenbrock, Phil Stroffolino, Ernesto Corvi]
(f1dream)     F1 Dream [Paul Leaman]
(gmissile)    Guided Missile [Al Kossow, Brad Oliver]
(goldnaxe)    Golden Axe [Mirko Buffoni]
(gunfight)    Gunfight [Al Kossow, Brad Oliver]
(hexa)        Hexa [Howie Cohen]
(irobot)      I, Robot [Dan Boris]
(junofrst)    Juno First [Chris Hardy]
(kaos)        Kaos [Chris Moore]
(klax)        Klax [Aaron Giles]
(knights)     Knights of the Round [Paul Leaman]
(lupin3)      Lupin III [Al Kossow, Brad Oliver]
(pnickj)      Pnickies (Japanese) [Paul Leaman]
(ponpoko)     Pon Poko [Zsolt Vasvari]
(redalert)    Red Alert [Mike Balfour]
(safari)      Safari [Zsolt Vasvari]
(seawolf)     Sea Wolf [Al Kossow, Brad Oliver]
(shinobi)     Shinobi [Mirko Buffoni]
(shootout)    Shoot Out [Ernesto Corvi]
(spcenctr)    Space Encounters [Al Kossow, Brad Oliver]
(tetrisbl)    Tetris (Sega, bootleg) [Mirko Buffoni]
(zoar)        Zoar [Zsolt Vasvari]

New Clones Added
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(chikij)      Chiki Chiki Boys [Marco Cassili]
(ddragonb)    Double Dragon (bootleg) [Carlos A. Lozano, Rob Rosenbrock, Phil Stroffolino, Ernesto Corvi]
(ffightj)     Final Fight (Japanese) [Marco Cassili]
(klaxalt)     Klax (Alternate) [Aaron Giles]
(striderj)    Strider (Japanese) [Marco Cassili]
(willowj)     Willow (Japanese) [Marco Cassili]

New Games Marked Not Working
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(ghouls)      Ghouls and Ghosts [Paul Leaman] (2)
(passshtb)    Passing Shot (bootleg) [Mirko Buffoni] (3)

Notes:
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(1): No sound because ROMs are missing.
(2): Missing ROMs, doesn't work.
(3): Preliminary: the System 16 driver needs to support rotation.


These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:
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- All drivers with a handcrafted palette got broken in beta 2. They are now fixed [Nicola Salmoria].
- Better colors in Side Pocket [Marc Vergoossen].
- Accurate (?) colors in Fast Freddie/Fly-Boy [Zsolt Vasvari].
- Accurate colors in Jump Coaster [Zsolt Vasvari].
- Fixed colors in Road Runner [Aaron Giles].
- The Gauntlet drivers are now color-reduced (faster & better) [Aaron Giles].
- Accurate colors in metack and possibly the other Gameplan games [Chris Moore].
- Fixed a couple of palette problems with Snow Bros. It also no longer uses a 16 bit video mode, so it's faster [Nicola Salmoria].


These drivers have improved SOUND:
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- Put back sample support in Q*Bert Qubes [Rodimus Prime].
- Music in 3 Stooges [Nicola Salmoria].
- Emulated sound in Lunar Lander [Keith Wilkins].
- Sound in the Gameplan games [Chris Moore].
- Increased music tempo in Snow Bros. [Nicola Salmoria].
- Updated VLM5030 emulation (Punch Out etc.). Since quality is still bad, the emulator is only used when samples are not avaialble [Tatsuyuki Satoh].


These drivers have HIGH SCORE support:
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- Locomotion, Jungler, Commando (Sega), Wonder Boy in Monster Land, Rygar, Gemini Wing, Silkworm, City Connection, Trojan, Up'n Down [Dani Portillo].
- Fixed Diamond Run [Mike Balfour].
- Front Line [Steve Ellenoff].


Other drivers changes:
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- Another step forward in getting Super Punch Out to work (still NOT playable) [Tatsuyuki Satoh].
- Proper emulation of the ROM decryption in Burger Time [Zsolt Vasvari].
- Improved Spy Hunter controls (you can play with the mouse or even a wheel now) [Alex Judd].
- Changed the 6502 emulation to disable interrupts on a reset. Not sure if this is the correct behaviour, but Centipede needed it for the service mode to work. This was actually a change in BETA 1 which I forgot to mention [Nicola Salmoria].
- New -listdetails option, to create a detailed list of drivers and the hardware they use [Mirko Buffoni].


Source changes:
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- Fixed bug in the 6809 disassembler [Keith Wilkins].