Vanguard emulator V 0.1
by Martin Scragg
mnm@onaustralia.com.au


VANGUARD EMULATOR COPYRIGHT 1997 BY MARTIN SCRAGG.  DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRODUCT
ON CD-ROM WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE AUTHOR OR CHARGING ANY MONEY
FOR IT IS ILLEGAL.
DISTRIBUTION OF THIS EMULATOR WITH ROM IMAGES IS ILLEGAL.
DOING SO WILL HARM FURTHER EMULATOR DEVELOPMENT AND WILL CONSIDERABLY ANNOY
THE RIGHTFUL COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OF THOSE ROM IMAGES AND CAN RESULT IN LEGAL
ACTION UNDERTAKEN BY EARLIER MENTIONED COPYRIGHT HOLDERS.


Acknowledgements:

Allard van der Bas (avdbas@wi.leidenuniv.nl) for the repository which gave me
a start.
Ivan Mackintosh (ivan@rcp.co.uk) for the original version.
Paul Swan for the Schematics.
Nicola Salmoria (MC6489@mclink.it) for all sorts of bits and info from mame.
6502 Engine by Alex Krasivsky & Marat Fayzullin.
Allegro library by Shawn Hargreaves, 1994/96
SEAL Synthetic Audio Library API Interface Copyright (C) 1995, 1996
   Carlos Hasan. All Rights Reserved.


Known problems:
It is pathetically slow at the moment.
Adding credits shows on the screen but will not let game selection until
attract game is finished.
Game sometimes freezes or does weird things, adding credits will restore it.
(Are these ROMs O.K. ?)
Colours are not implemented.
Music sounds funny due to slow speed.
No sound effects or speech.


Usage:

Vanguard will run in a dos window under windows 95.


Keys:

3,4			Add credits.
1			1 Player game.
2			2 Player game.
Arrows		Move around.
W,A,D,X		Fire.
ESC			Exit emulator.


To be done:

Move into generic M-ulator.
Improve speed.
Add correct colour.


History:

0.1		First release.