Arcade Emulators Center  for win95
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                      Version 0.91

                   by Marc Lafontaine

This is Freeware.

To Contact me:
  Email: marclaf@sympatico.ca
    Web: www3.sympatico.ca/marclaf


What is Arcade Emulators Center:
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  Arcade Emulators Center is a program that launch many Arcade Emulators.
It keep track of your Hi-scores and, in some case, write your Hi-scores
directly in the ROM of the game. This is useful for emulators that dont
save their RAM.


Why did I write this program:
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  I was tired to lose my hi-scores at Gravitar.


How to use Arcade Emulators Center:
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  -Before you start the program, make sure the program is not on a CD-ROM
    disk because, he will not be able to save its configuration file.
    If the program is on a CD-ROM, you better copy it on your hard drive.
  -When you start the program for the first time, the first screen (START)
    is empty. You must configure the emulators path that are in the other
    pages. All path and options are saved in the .INI file when you exit
    the program. So, if you reset your computer after changing an option,
    it will be lost.
  -For emulators with multiple games like MAME, you have the option to
    Enable/Disable the game from the START list. It is usefull for the
    games that you have'nt got the rom images yet or the games you dont like.
  -Dont forget to check the Write hi-score in ROM box if you want the
    program to write your hi-scores directly in the game ROM.
    At the time, this feature is not supported for all the games, so if
    the checkbox is not checkable, it maybe will in a next version.
    Its a good idea to backup your ROMs when enabling this option.
    If a game have no Write hi-score in ROM checkbox, it may be for two
    reason: because the emulator already save the hi-scores, or because
    this particular game have no hi-score table in ROM.
    Any game that the Write hi-score in ROM checkbox is not checked,
    his scores will be saved in the .INI file.
  -When you have configured one or more emulators, you start the games
    in the START page. First, click on the game you want to play, then
    click on the LAUNCH button. Or, if you want to view or enter an
    hi-score, click on the View/Enter hi-scores button.
  -All the emulators I support can be downloaded from
     Dave's Classic Video Game web page at:
        http://www.gamepen.com/gamewire/classic/classic.html
    exept for Williams emulator that is a commercial program.
  -Dont ask me for rom images.


Bugs and Comments:
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  -With emulators that save their ram, like Time pilot, I did not
    put the option to save the score in ROM because you will not
    see them anyway.
  -In Gravitar, I had to patch the code so he can accept score higher
    than 4 digit. I was lucky that the Gravitar programmer made their
    Init Score routine too long, I rewrote it in less bytes so I had
    the place to put the extra digit of the score. So this patch is
    applyed to the rom the first time you save the score table.
  -In Donkey konk, Donkey Kong JR and Mario bros, I did'nt found where is
    the highest score that appear at the top of the screen when you play.
    It seem hard coded. If someone know where it is, please E-mail me.


Version History
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 3/19/1997 -- Version 0.91
     -Added new games of Mame v0.11
     -Added Rygar (REM! and Rygar)
     -Added M-ulator
     -Added System 16
     -Added Nemesis
     -Write scores in ROM for new games:
       -Burger Time
       -Centipede
       -Donkey Kong 3
       -Nibbler

  3/8/1997 -- Version 0.90 

     -First version (beta version)
     -Write hi-score in ROM is supported only for 5 games.
     

Disclaimer:
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Arcade Emulators Center may be made freely available from Internet web sites
as long as the original zip file is not modified in any way.

Attempting to sell Arcade Emulators Center or distribute it with 
game ROM code constitutes a violation of copyright and may result 
in legal action being taken.

Anyone using this program does so at their own risk.  The author does not
accept any liability for loss or damage arising from its use.

The author will not be held responsible for copyright violations by users of
the emulators.  Users are reminded that the games supported are copyrighted
and should not be distributed without permission.


How to Contact me:
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  Email: marclaf@sympatico.ca
    Web: www3.sympatico.ca/marclaf

You can contact me by mail at:
   Marc Lafontaine
   904 Terrasse des Promenades
   Drummondville
   Quebec, Canada
   J2C-7B2