0.60 2002/05/01 [#117 - Nicola Salmoria]
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New BIOS added
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(pgm)      PGM (Polygame Master) System BIOS [Nicola Salmoria]

New Games Added
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(armorap)  Armor Attack (prototype) [Mathis Rosenhauer]
(armorar)  Armor Attack (Rock-ola) [Mathis Rosenhauer]
(barricad) Barricade [David Haywood]
(blkheart) Black Heart [Kamel]
(blockgal) Block Gal [Angelo Salese]
(dragrace) Drag Race [Stefan Jokisch]
(fghtatck) Fighter & Attacker (US) [Brian Troha]
(formatz)  Formation Z [Acho A. Tang]
(gunbird)  Gun Bird (World) [Brian Troha]
(hitme)    Hit Me [EMUL8, Dan Boris]
(hyperpac) Hyper Pacman [David Haywood]
(hyprduel) Hyper Duel (World) [Eisuke Watanabe]
(iqblock)  IQ-Block [Nicola Salmoria]
(jdredd)   Judge Dredd (rev LA1, prototype) [Aaron Giles]
(knckhead) Knuckle Heads (World) [Brian Troha]
(manybloc) Many Block [David Haywood]
(mastkin)  The Masters of Kin [Nicola Salmoria]
(moo)      Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa (World version EA) [Pekka Salmia, Brian Troha]
(mustang)  US AAF Mustang (Japan) [Kamel]
(nebulray) Nebulas Ray (World) [Nicola Salmoria]
(news)     News [David Haywood]
(nwarr)    Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (US 950406) [Razoola, DarkAbyss]
(orlegend) Oriental Legend [ElSemi, David Haywood]
(outfxies) Outfoxies [Phil Stroffolino]
(poolshrk) Poolshark [Stefan Jokisch]
(primrage) Primal Rage (version 2.3) [Aaron Giles]
(rrreveng) Road Riot's Revenge (prototype) [Aaron Giles]
(rtypeleo) R-Type Leo (World rev. C) [Nicola Salmoria]
(sgemf)    Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (US 970904) [Razoola]
(shadfrce) Shadow Force (US) [David Haywood]
(silkroad) The Legend of Silkroad [David Haywood]
(spcinv95) Space Invaders '95 - Attack Of The Lunar Loonies (US) [Brian Troha]
(tactcian) Tactician [Nicola Salmoria]
(tankbust) Tank Busters [Jarek Burczynski]
(taxidrvr) Taxi Driver [Nicola Salmoria]
(wcbowl)   World Class Bowling (v1.2) [Aaron Giles]
(xyonix)   Xyonix [David Haywood, Stephane Humbert]

New Clones Added
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(aeroboto) Aeroboto [Acho A. Tang]
(arkbl3)   Arkanoid (Japanese bootleg Set 3) [Nicola Salmoria]
(arkblock) Block (bootleg, Japanese) [Nicola Salmoria]
(bcrusher) Bone Crusher [Smitdogg]
(blckgalb) Block Gal (bootleg) [Angelo Salese]
(blkhearj) Black Heart (Japan) [Kamel]
(bloods11) Blood Storm (v1.10) [Nicola Salmoria]
(brickyrd) Brickyard [David Haywood]
(bubsympe) Bubble Symphony (Europe) [Pekka Salmia, Brian Troha]
(clowns1)  Clowns (rev. 1) [Nicola Salmoria]
(drgpunch) Dragon Punch (Japan) [Uki]
(emerldaa) Emeraldia (Japan) [David Haywood]
(fitegol2) Fighting Golf (set 2) [Nicola Salmoria]
(herodk)   Hero in the Castle of Doom (DK conversion) [Nicola Salmoria]
(herodku)  Hero in the Castle of Doom (DK conversion not encrypted) [Nicola Salmoria]
(hstenn10) Hot Shots Tennis (V1.0) [Aaron Giles]
(hyperpcb) Hyper Pacman (bootleg) [David Haywood]
(hyprdelj) Hyper Duel (Japan) [Eisuke Watanabe]
(magworm)  Magic Worm (bootleg) [Aaron Giles]
(missb2)   Miss Bubble 2 [David Haywood]
(mustangb) US AAF Mustang (bootleg) [Kamel]
(mustangs) US AAF Mustang (Seoul Trading) [Kamel]
(nwarrh)   Night Warriors: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Hispanic 950403) [Razoola, DarkAbyss]
(paddle2)  Paddle 2 [Nicola Salmoria]
(pengob)   Pengo (bootleg) [Nicola Salmoria]
(pfghtj)   Pocket Fighter (Japan 970904) [Nicola Salmoria]
(piratpet) Pirate Pete [MASH]
(primrag2) Primal Rage (version 2.0) [Aaron Giles]
(sf1p)     Street Fighter (prototype) [Aaron Giles]
(sfz2aa)   Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Asia 960826) [Aaron Giles]
(sgemfa)   Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (Asia 970904) [Razoola]
(sgemfh)   Super Gem Fighter: Mini Mix (Hispanic 970904) [Razoola]
(starcase) Star Castle (Mottoeis) [Nicola Salmoria]
(starcasp) Star Castle (prototype) [Nicola Salmoria]
(stellcas) Stellar Castle (Elettronolo) [Nicola Salmoria]
(stratab1) Strata Bowling (V1) [Aaron Giles]
(vhuntj)   Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Japan 950316) [Nicola Salmoria]
(vhuntjr1) Vampire Hunter: Darkstalkers' Revenge (Japan 950302) [Nicola Salmoria]
(xmvsfjr1) X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Japan 960909) [Nicola Salmoria]


MAME Testers Bugs Fixed (16):
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blmbycar059red
uopoko059red
gcpinbal059red
jitsupro059red
metroc059red
phelios059red
paclandc059red
ncv1058red
av2mj059red
fromancec058red
neogeoc37b15gre
fround056red
bioatack37b6gre
crush057gre
driverc056ora
batsugun37b6gre


These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:
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- Fixed disappearing enemies in later levels of 'Batsugun' [Angelo Salese].


These drivers have improved SOUND:
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- Improved Irem GA20 emulation, used by M92 games [Acho A. Tang].


Source changes:
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- Fixed several problems in Kiki KaiKai [Acho A. Tang].
- Fixed colors in 'Wec Le Mans' and wrong graphics in Hot Chase [Acho A. Tang].
- Several fixes to Psikyo games [Paul Priest, David Haywood].
- Several fixes to nemesis.c [Hau].
- Complete rewrite of the cheat engine [Ian Patterson].
- Support for external configuration files for special controllers; this replaces the -hotrod and -hotrodse options. See ctrl.txt for the detailed explanation [Ron Fries].
- Complete rewrite of YM3812/YM3526/Y8950 emulation, verified on the real chip [Jarek Burczynski].
- Fixes to Y8950 sample playback [Acho A. Tang].
- New function memory_set_unmap_value(), to specify the value returned when an unmapped memory address is read [Aaron Giles].
- osd_opl_control() and osd_opl_write() removed; direct access to the SoundBlaster OPL chip is no longer useful.