(MESS) ng_aes.c: added missing savestates, fixes reported save state problems (nw)
chihiro: added support for zbuffer and stencil plus render target methods [Samuele Zannoli]
(MESS) gamegear: fixed detection of SMS games (via adapter) and added
support for connecting a SMS pad to the unit (via Gear2Gear port + adapter)
to play 2players games. [Enik Land]

out of whatsnew: needless to say, we are not yet in the position to use the
Gear2Gear port to link two gamegear units, so don't ask ;-)
(MESS) softlist: some more external submissions. nw.
(MESS) megacdj.xml: started logging data of the original bin+cue used in
the creation of the CHDs. this shall be of help to remove bad dumps or
keep good ones when redumps become available. while at it, added ring
codes when available. nw.
adding the new sourcefiles would have helped probably... ;)
(MESS) excalibur : removed unused code (nw)
arcompact (nw)
Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/mamedev/mame
arcompact (nw)
new clones
Dharma Doujou (World) [rtw]

(actually the new parent)
arcompact (nw)
arcompact (nw)
arcompact (nw)
New clones added

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Dominos 4 (Coctail) [Mariusz Wojcieszek]
spelling fix (nw)
arcompact - start to add the hardware loop support (nw)
(MESS) softlist: misc additions. nw.
(MESS) megadriv: slightly improved support for CodeMasters 2-in-1 carts
and added a pair of unlicensed game dumps. nw.
documentation fix. nw.