0.132u1 2009/06/18 [#486 - Aaron Giles]
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New Games Added or Promoted from NOT_WORKING Status
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New Double Bet Mahjong  [alien_mame, Dumping Union]
Pro Soccer [Angelo Salese]
Steel Worker [Hau, Chack'n, Dumping Union]

New Clones Added
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Give us a Break (6 versions) [anonymous, alien_mame]
Dambusters (US, set2) [N. Garnier, D. Beneke, J. Leyda, A. Costin, W. Belk and Smitdogg]
Cruis'n Exotica (version 2.4) [K. Lee, Smitdogg]
Grand Striker (Americas) [ClawGrip, ShengLuc]
Best League (World) [ClawGrip, ShengLuc]
Grand Striker 2 (Europe and Oceania) [ClawGrip, ShengLuc]

New Games Marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING
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Sports Shooting USA [Guru]
Ranger Mission [Guru]
beatmania IIDX [Guru]


MAMETesters Bugs Fixed (7):
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- 03262: [DIP/Input] Drivers using TMS9928: Using any type of frameskip causes crash (Fabio Priuli)
- 03247: [DIP/Input] battles: Unable to locate input port 'IN0' (stephh)
- 03263: [Crash/Freeze] polyplay: PolyPlay crashes/exits with some acces violation (Fabio Priuli)
- 03255: [Compiling] Compile errors with GCC 4.4 (SDLMAME specific)
- 03251: [Sound] kingofb, ringkin3, ringkinw: No sound output (Tafoid)
- 03237: [Crash/Freeze] bagman, sbagman and clones: Error Message: Duplicate save state registration entry (Tafoid)
- 03245: [DIP/Input] nitrobal, gunball: Screen Flipped by default/input not allowed (Tafoid)


Source changes:
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- Fixed handshaking signals for PPI8255 modes 1/2, and mode 2 input mask [Curt Coder].
- Added framebuffer support in 18 Holes Pro Golf. Fixed backgrounds and added inputs. Decoupled from btime [Angelo Salese].
- Adjusted sound command descriptions for dkong to be closer to the other drivers, and added a missing command description [Kef Schecter].
- Added SP0256 pinout [Curt Coder].
- Fixed colors in Jan-Oh [Angelo Salese].
- Fixed several issues compiling with gcc 4.4 [R. Belmont].
- Added Dip Locations and made default settings changes to match manuals for Star Wars and The Empire Strikes back [Tafoid].
- Added irq ack support in the rohga driver, fixes character selection behaviour in Wizard Fire [Angelo Salese].
- Fixed background colors and improved the graphics in Pro Soccer [Angelo Salese].
- Refactored MC6845 to use devcb and added cursor callback (for MESS) [Curt Coder].
- Added basic GFX pal descrambling to liberate.c, and enabled sound (memory map was disabled but it is actually good?) Fixed for good the background colors and added gfx ROM read-back (helps a lot for the tile-based sprites). Improved playability by tweaking IRQ generation [Angelo Salses].
- Added correct ROM names for EPROM/EPROM2 [Phil Bennett].
- Made the 8237 dma controller emulation more accurate by implementing it as a state machine. Deprecated the dma8237_run_transfer function [Wilbert Pol].
- Updated readmes for ATOMISWAVE and TWINKLE hardware [Guru].
- Fixed prom hook-up in Dambuster [Angelo Salese].
- Twinkle WIP [R. Belmont]:
  * SPU board emulation improvements (memory map, IRQ controller, IDE, RF5c400).
  * Change 4th mix to use real dumped security dongle data.
- Many graphics and logic fixes to Pro Sports [Angelo Salese].
- Decoded BG backgrounds in Pro Sports [David Haywood].
- Fixed a DECO16 CPU core bug that was causing issues with Pro Bowling part of Pro Sports [Angelo Salese].
- Implemented a new DECO CPU-16 opcode, used by Express Raider for V-BLANK bit and a bunch of liberate.c games for TILT bit. Converted Express Raider to use the DECO CPU-16 core instead of the plain M6502 [Angelo Salese].
- Added BPROMs for Intruder [Yasuhiro Ogawa].
- Total Vice now uses the correct boot ROM (same as Polystars) [Phil Bennett].
- Fixed Pro Tennis gameplay and added basic background hook-up [Angelo Salese].
- Improved protection simulation and documentation for Shogun Warriors/BRAP Boys [David Haywood].
- Pointer-ified the minx CPU core [Atari Ace].
- Improved System 16 bootleg behaviors, especially with regards to sprite rendering [David Haywood].