note to myself: when I test (variable & 8), I get 0 or 8, not 0 or 1 (as if they're boolean).

too bad the mistake was a 1-line problem in a very large set of changes, so it went unnoticed when I double-checked rev.7549.
of course, now that I was looking for vertical issues, it hit me immediately
Fixing this silly mistake, I was able to get the following improvements (left = broken, right = fixed)
(Ardy Lightfoot)
![[Linked Image from mamedev.emulab.it]](http://mamedev.emulab.it/etabeta/fast/files/new02.png)
(Tin Star)
![[Linked Image from mamedev.emulab.it]](http://mamedev.emulab.it/etabeta/fast/files/new04.png)
of course, both games have now definitely better ingame graphics as well

and I'd expect Romancing Saga to be fine too