0.37 BETA 12 These drivers have improved GRAPHICS: ------------------------------------- - Fixed colors in Wiz. [Nicola Salmoria] - Fixed colors in Funny Mouse. [Nicola Salmoria] - Fixed auto animation speed in the NeoGeo games. [Ralf Willenbacher] - Fixed raster effects in mosyougi (title screen) and viewpoint (Sammy logo). [Nicola Salmoria] - Accurate emulation of sprite multiplexing in Gyruss (also emulating the slave 6809) and Time Pilot. [Nicola Salmoria] - Some fixes to the Cave games. [Shiriru] - Fixed colors and music tempo in Battle Lane. [Nicola Salmoria] These drivers have improved SOUND: ---------------------------------- - Fixed engine sound in After Burner. [Shica] Source: ------- - 054539 sound emulation, used in X-Men, Xexex, GI Joe. [Olivier Galibert] - All new set of functions for alpha blending support, used in Xexex. Porters: you have to support direct mapped 15 and 32 bits video modes. Remember to update osd_alloc_bitmap() too! See osdepend.h for the changes in osd_create_display() and osd_allocate_colors(). [Olivier Galibert] - draw_crosshair(). [Nicola Salmoria] - GAME_IMPERFECT_GRAPHICS flag for game drivers. - Standalone YM2413 emulator, giving much better sound in e.g. Pang. [Mitsutaka Okazaki, Sean Young] - [DOS] Now compiled with Allegro WIP 3.9.34, this fixes problems with the Sidewinder gamepad. GNU Binutils 2.9.5.1 might also be needed to compile. - New filtering code for the audio mixer. It is applied to audio streams generated at a sampling rate different from the sound card's one, improving quality. Some examples with a very audible difference are: fantasy, polyplay, galaxian (the background effect when playing), nibbler, vanguard and all the Seta games. [DOS] The "resamplefilter" option can be used to turn the filtering off. [Andrea Mazzoleni] New games supported: -------------------- The Karate Tournament [Luca Elia] Poitto! [Luca Elia] Toride II Adauchi Gaiden [Luca Elia] Pururun [Luca Elia] Cannon Ball [Luca Elia] Shocking [Luca Elia] Strike Gunner S.T.G [Luca Elia] Mobile Suit Gundam [Luca Elia] Quiz Kokology [Luca Elia] Ultra Balloon [Luca Elia] Blomby Car [Luca Elia] Grand Champion [Ernesto Corvi, Phil Stroffolino] Cosmo Gang the Puzzle [Phil Stroffolino] Emeraldia [Phil Stroffolino] Tinkle Pit [Phil Stroffolino] Chinese Hero [Phil Stroffolino] VS Gong Fight [Phil Stroffolino] Looping [Phil Stroffolino] Sky Bumper [Phil Stroffolino] Fire Truck [Phil Stroffolino] Championship V'Ball [Paul Hampson] lots of Nichibutsu mahjong games [Takahiro Nogi] Shoot the Bull [David Widel] Fighting Roller [Ville Laitinen] Street Fighter: The Movie [Aaron Giles] Battle Cruiser M12 [Guru] Star Luster [Howie Cohen] Ice Climber Dual [Howie Cohen] Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom [Paul Leaman] Vampire: The Night Warriors [Paul Leaman] Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams [Paul Leaman] Vampire Savior: The Lord of Vampire [Paul Leaman] X-Men: Children of the Atom [Paul Leaman] Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers [Paul Leaman] Aliens vs. Predator [Paul Leaman] Street Fighter Alpha 2 [Paul Leaman] Marvel Super Heroes [Paul Leaman] Robocop 2 [Bryan McPhail] New clones supported: --------------------- Sky Kid (set 2) Pang Poms (Mitchell) NBA Hangtime Spelunker (Japan) Kitten Kaboodle (= Nyan Nyan Panic) Klax (Germany)