0.37 BETA 16


These drivers have improved GRAPHICS:
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- Fixed colors and other things in Arabian. [Aaron Giles]

- Fixed colors and other stuff in ninjakun. [Uki]

- Fixed sprite priorities in CPS2 games. [Shiriru]

- Fixed colors in World Tennis. [Nicola Salmoria]


These drivers have improved SOUND:
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- Fixed incomplete first credit sound in MetalB and other F2 games, and
  bonzeadv player shoot sound. [Stefan Jokisch]

- Decrypted the Seibu sound CPU, giving sound in raidena, dynduke, toki, cabal.
  [Nicola Salmoria]


Other drivers changes:
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- Rewritten the Galaxian PCB drivers. [Zsolt Vasvari]

- Partial protection simulation in Avengers. [Phil Stroffolino]

- Fixed Toki original versions. [David Graves, Bryan McPhail]

- Fixed Cabal original version. [Nicola Salmoria]

- Fixed some protection issues in Wiz. [Stefan Jokish]

- Decrypted the original Ms. Pac Man [David Widel]


Changes to the main program:
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- [Windows] New command line parameter: -effect <string>
    -effect none:   no blitting effects
    -effect scan25: 25% scanlines
    -effect scan50: 50% scanlines
    -effect scan75: 75% scanlines
	-effect rgb3
	-effect rgb4
	-effect rgb6
	-effect rgb16
	-effect rgbtiny
	-effect rgb4v
	-effect scan75v
  [Aaron Giles]


Source:
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- New subdirectory "includes" for driver-specific header files.

- Added new flags for the tilemap subsystem: TILE_SWAXY and TILE_4BPP. Also
  added tile_info.skip. SET_TILE_INFO() now has a third parameter (flags),
  tilemap_set_transmask() sets independently the transparency masks for the
  front and back layer, and tilemap_draw() can be called with a NULL tilemap
  (in that case, only the priority bitmap is updated). [Phil Stroffolino]

- Support for GFX_RAW in GfxLayout (see drawgfx.h). [Nicola Salmoria]


New games supported:
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Gridlee [Aaron Giles]
Slither [Aaron Giles]
Extreme Downhill [Luca Elia]
Burglar X [Luca Elia]
Zero Point [Luca Elia]
Gundhara [Luca Elia]
Stagger I [Luca Elia]
Sen Jin - Guardian Storm [Luca Elia]
Multi Champ [Luca Elia]
Mahjong Gakuensai [Luca Elia]
Mahjong Gakuensai 2 [Luca Elia]
Under Fire [David Graves]
Voflied [Stefan Jokish]
Premier Soccer [Nicola Salmoria]
Raiders 5 [Uki]
Markham [Uki]
Strength & Skill [Uki]
Pettan Pyuu [Uki]
Ikki [Uki]
Namco Classics vol. 1 [Mark McDougall]
Hang-On Jr. [David Haywood]
Transformer [David Haywood]
Riddle of Pythagoras [David Haywood]
WWF Superstars [David Haywood]
WWF Wrestlefest [David Haywood]
China Gate [Paul Hampson]
Nebulas Ray [Phil Stroffolino]
Gun Bullet [Phil Stroffolino]
Great Sluggers '94 [Phil Stroffolino]
Super World Stadium '96 [Phil Stroffolino]
Super World Stadium '97 [Phil Stroffolino]
Red Clash [inkling]
Exzisus [Yochizo]
Bonze's Adventure [Yochizo, Stefan Jokisch]
Super Real Mahjong P2 [Yochizo, Takahiro Nogi]
Idol-Mahjong Housoukyoku [Takahiro Nogi]
Mahjong Natsu Monogatari [Takahiro Nogi]
Mahjong Fun Club - Idol Saizensen [Takahiro Nogi]
Mahjong Daiyogen [Takahiro Nogi]
Nekketsu Mahjong Sengen! AFTER 5 [Takahiro Nogi]
Idol-Mahjong Final Romance [Takahiro Nogi]


New clones supported:
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Main Stadium (= Bottom of the Ninth)
Cosmo Gang the Puzzle (US)
All American Football (rev C)
Wonder Boy (set 1, new encryption)
Stinger (set 1)
Bull Fight (English)
Disco (rev F)
Performan (US)
World Cup '90 (set 2)
Ms. Pac-Man (original)
Ms. Pac Attack
Lady Killer (Mitchell)