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Hold & Draw [Siftware]
- technos/bogeyman.cpp, technos/dogfgt.cpp, technos/matmania.cpp: consolidated drivers in single files, minor cleanups
* Emulated the "CPU Code" protection in newer games (astoneag, dinodino, hacher, magibombd, winbingo, winbingoa, zoo).
* Expanded ROM patches to work around imperfect data in the first 0x400 bytes (ROM overlay?), getting all games to boot.
* Implemented 16x32 sprites in astoneag.
* Created layouts and factory defaults EEPROMs for all sets.
* showhand: Fixed regression that caused the new opponent face to be invisible while entering the screen.
Machines promoted to working
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Magic Bomb (Ver. L3.5S) [Luca Elia, Ivan Vangelista, Angelo Salese, Phil Bennett, Cristiano MDQ]
Dino Dino (Ver. A1.1, 01/13/2005) [Olivier Galibert, Luca Elia, Ivan Vangelista, Guru]
Stone Age (Astro, Ver. EN.03.A, 2005/02/21) [Olivier Galibert, Luca Elia, ANY, The Dumping Union]
Win Win Bingo (Ver. GM.03.3, Feb 23 2006) [Olivier Galibert, Luca Elia, Ivan Vangelista, f205v, Filippo Tarderia]
Zoo (Ver. ZO.02.D, Aug 27 2004) [Olivier Galibert, Luca Elia, Ivan Vangelista, Brian Troha, The Dumping Union]
Clones promoted to working
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Magic Bomb (Ver. A3.1) [Luca Elia, Ivan Vangelista, Angelo Salese, Phil Bennett, Cristiano MDQ]
Hacher (hack of Win Win Bingo EN.01.6) [Olivier Galibert, Luca Elia, Ivan Vangelista, ANY, The Dumping Union]
* Removed nonexistent P3 and P4 controls from starlstr.
* Corrected credits per game mode DIP switch for vstennis.
* Removed redundant inputs for vsbballj, which are identical to vsbball.
* Corrected which smgolf clones use P3/P4 start button inputs.
* Added missing cluclu DIP setting: credits for 2 players.
* Removed fake remapping of buttons for vspinbalj.
* Added Lives and Bonus Life DIP settings for supxevs.
* Updated note about Sun prototypes.
* ibm5170.xml: 21 new software additions
New working software list additions
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Classics Arcade [ibmpc5150, archive.org]
GrandMaster Chess [The Good Old Days]
GrandMaster Chess Deluxe [The Good Old Days]
Nomad [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Format (Issue 26 - November 1993) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Format (Issue 35 - August 1994) [StefanNL, archive.org]
PC Format (Issue 48 - September 1995) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 01 Nº 01 - December 1993) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 01 Nº 03 - February 1994) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 01 Nº 04 - March 1994) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 01 Nº 05 - April 1994) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 01 Nº 07 - June 1994) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 02 Nº 10 - September 1995) [SmartCoda, archive.org]
PC Gamer (USA) (Vol. 01 Nº 01 - May-June 1994) [OUTATIME Studios, archive.org]
PC Gamer (USA) (Vol. 01 Nº 03 - August 1994) [OUTATIME Studios, archive.org]
PC Gamer (USA) (Vol. 01 Nº 04 - September 1994) [OUTATIME Studios, archive.org]
PC Gamer (USA) (Vol. 01 Nº 06 - November 1994) [OUTATIME Studios, archive.org]
PC Gamer (USA) (Vol. 02 Nº 03 - March 1995) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
PC Review (Issue 07 - May 1992) [archive.org]
PC Review (Issue 25 - November 1993) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
New NOT working software list additions
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PC Gamer (UK) (Vol. 01 Nº 02 - January 1994) [MarkHnsn, archive.org]
* update ibm5170.xml
Rename roms' label with invalid characters
* update ibm5170
- Added the status="nodump" to the missing floppy disks dump
- Replaced the N and a degree symbol by the Numero Sign
* Added finders for joystick and gun inputs.
* Fixed some bad masks (sprite DMA write and Pin-Bot).
* Made color PROM loading more concise.
* Removed pc_1942 imperfect graphics flag. It looks as bad as it should.
* Various other minor cleanups.
* bus/snes: Fixed address mask error for Soul Blade and Hercules pirate carts. Games run now.
* Marked digimon as not working, hercules and squirrel as partial until further investigated.
* Also tidied a few spots missed in description metadata cleanup.
-a800_flop.xml: Marked Elektra Glide as not working.
New working software list additions
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Hercules (pirate) [Revenant]
Hercules (pirate, hacked) [Revenant]
The King of Fighters '98 (pirate, hacked) [Revenant]
Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (pirate, hacked) [Revenant]
Squirrel [Revenant]
Squirrel (pirate, hacked) [Revenant]
New NOT_WORKING software list additions
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The King of Fighters '98 (pirate) [ALMCLE]
Marvel Super Heroes Vs. Street Fighter (pirate) [ALMCLE]