0.34b3 1998/09/17 [#048 - Nicola Salmoria]
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New games supported:
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(brain)    Brain [Nicola Salmoria]
(dakkochn) DakkoChan Jansoh [Nicola Salmoria]
(gardia)   Gardia (317-0006) [Nicola Salmoria]
(hvymetal) Heavy Metal [Nicola Salmoria]
(ldrun)    Lode Runner (set 1) [Nicola Salmoria]
(neomrdo)  Neo Mr. Do! [Bud Crittenden]
(pkunwar)  Penguin-Kun Wars (US) [Allard van der Bas]
(pooyan)   Pooyan (Konami) [Nicola Salmoria]
(regulus)  Regulus [Nicola Salmoria]
(ripcord)  Rip Cord [Nicola Salmoria]
(rpatrolb) River Patrol (bootleg) [Zsolt Vasvari]
(stinger)  Stinger [Nicola Salmoria]
(swat)     SWAT [Nicola Salmoria]
(terracre) Terra Cresta (YM3526) [Carlos A. Lozano]
(tokisens) Toki no Senshi [Nicola Salmoria]
(ufosensi) Ufo Senshi Yohko Chan [Nicola Salmoria]
(waterski) Water Ski [Nicola Salmoria]
(zigzag)   Zig Zag (set 1) [Nicola Salmoria]

New clones supported:
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(600)      600 [John Dondzila]
(720b)     720 Degrees (set 2) [Nicola Salmoria]
(area88)   Area 88 [Santeri Saarimaa]
(ccastle2) Crystal Castles (set 2) [Nicola Salmoria]
(jumping)  Jumping [Mike Coates]
(kangarob) Kangaroo (bootleg) [Nicola Salmoria]
(klax3)    Klax (set 3) [Nicola Salmoria]
(ladybugb) Lady Bug (bootleg) [Marco Cassili]
(ldrun2p)  Lode Runner (2 Players) [Nicola Salmoria]
(lstduelb) Last Duel (bootleg) [Bryan McPhail]
(missile2) Missile Command (set 2) [Nicola Salmoria]
(pitfallu) Pitfall II (not encrypted) [Nicola Salmoria]
(pkunwarj) Penguin-Kun Wars (Japan) [Allard van der Bas]
(silvland) Silver Land [Zsolt Vasvari]
(terracra) Terra Cresta (YM2203) [Carlos A. Lozano]
(wboy3)    Wonder Boy (set 3) [Nicola Salmoria]
(wboy4)    Wonder Boy (set 4) [Nicola Salmoria]
(wboy4u)   Wonder Boy (set 4 not encrypted) [Nicola Salmoria]
(xevios)   Xevios [Nicola Salmoria]
(zigzag2)  Zig Zag (set 2) [Nicola Salmoria]


These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:
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- Fixed fg/bg priority in TeddyBoy Blues and Choplifter [Nicola Salmoria].
- Colors in Shark Attack [Mike Balfour].
- Fixed transparency in Fire Trap [Nicola Salmoria].
- Fixed gfx banks in Pop Flamer [Brad Oliver].


These drivers have new or improved SOUND:
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- Fixed speech in Karate Champ [Ernesto Corvi].
- Fixed pitch in the System 8 games [Hiromitsu Shioya].
- Sound in Exterminator. Have your PII/900 handy ;-) [Zsolt Vasvari].
- Added smoothing to ADPCM playback [Juergen Buchmueller].
- Added RC filter emulation to Gyruss. This improves some sound effects, e.g. the force field noise [Francesco Caporali].
- Added ADPCM sounds to Renegade [Phil Stroffolino].
- Fixed speech in King & Balloon [Brad Oliver].
- Added ADPCM sample playback to the bootleg Hyper Olympic [Nicola Salmoria].
- Sound in Mysterious Stones [Nicola Salmoria].


These drivers have HIGH SCORE support:
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- Shark Attack [Mike Balfour].
- Flicky, Bull Fight, I'm Sorry, Star Jacker, Mr Viking, 4d Warrior, TeddyBoy Blues, Beastie Feastie, Contra, Cobra Command, Super Qix, Vigilante, Pang, HigeMaru, Hexa [Juan Carlos Lorente].
- Tiger Road, Karnov, Chelnov, Heavy Barrel, Bad Dudes, Robocop, Hippodrome, Sly Spy, Midnight Resistance [Dani Portillo].
- Fixed Star Force [Dani Portillo].


Source changes:
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- [DOS] New -romident option. Use "MAME -romident dirname" to identify unknown ROM sets.
- CRC-32 checksums for most files are in place [Bernd Wiebelt].
- Fixed movement of the squares in Checkman [Brad Oliver].
- Fixed SBCD in M68000 disassembler [Mike Coates].
- Improved Gladiator input handling [Tatsuyuki Satoh].
- Improved the System 16 drivers [Phil Stroffolino].
- Improved unzip code robustness when dealing with corrupt archives [John Butler].
- Rewritten the SN76496 emulator. This fixes speech in Choplifter [Nicola Salmoria].