xNes
                                 ====

Version 0.40

        The nes emulation has been increased so now Zelda is
fully playable and other game too.

        The 8x16 sprite flip has been finally fixed by Chuck :)

        Some improvement has been done in the new graphic engine.
The fading effect work and some more effect too. Only some bug
are still present with the scrolling.

        A modeX has been implented for the person who dont have Vesa2.0.
This function was implented by Robert.

        I have added the sprite priority. Run xNes with a test card
and you will see...

        I have fix a lot the MMC 1 and now a lot of game with
this MMC is playable. Need some more work...
	I have fix the MMC 9 too. Punch Out is still not
working but its on a good way !:)

	We have erased some stupid bug in the xNes code.

        The xNes team is now composed of :

HAMEL Nicolas           :       shingouky@geocities.com...Author of xNes
BANNISTER Richard       :       titan@indigo.ie...MacOs port coder
MASON Chuck             :       chuckjr@gate.net...Linux Os port coder
OLIVER Brad             :       bradman@primenet.com...xNes coder
ROSARIO Robert          :       skeletor@prtc.net...xNes coder

NOTE :
======

                When a game seems to be blocked press Start
                 (ENTER) perhaps that will start the game
                       (ie. : Bionic Commando)

        I. What is xNes ?
        =================

        xNes is a nintendo emulator. It was firstly write for dos
but he was ported later on other platform like : Linux and MacOs.
An OS/2 version will be soon available !

        The compatibility of xNes grow version after version. The
goal of xNes is to be a great Nintendo Emulator, Fast , Compatible
and FREE !!!

        It was entirely write in C and compiled with DJGPP.

        II. Version :
        =============

Sorry I dont have the doc of the old version of xNes :) 

Version 0.30 :
        - Better Graphics
        - New graphic engine
        - MMC 9 added / VERY BUGGY !
        - MMC 1 fixed
        - Fixed the 6502
        - other things that I dont remember.

Version 0.40 :
        - Very more compatible !
        - ModeX added
        - 8x16 Sprite fixed
        - Some fix in the xNes code
        - Big fix in the MMC 1
        - Sprite Priority
	- Some fix in the MMC 9
	- Some stupid bug in the xNes code removed
	- New Graphic engine reworked

        III. What xNes do :
        ===================

Currently :

	- The 6502 , provided by Marat
	- The Sprite 8x8
        - The Sprite 8x16
        - Trainer supported
        - IO Port
        - Sprite flipping
        - Color
        - Scrolling
        - MMC 1,2,3,7,9 ( partial ) ,11 supported
        - Backed Battery implented

        III. In the future :
        ====================

        - A GUI ! For moment use URL instead the xNes GUI :)
        - Sound
        - A lot of things...

        IV. Content of the archive :
        ============================

readme.txt                              This file
xnes.exe                                The executable
xnes.dat                                Contain the palette use by xnes
                                        MUST BE IN THE SAME DIRECTORY OF
                                        THE EXECUTABLE !

        You can see that I dont provide any commercial ROMs. I cannot
provide you ROMs so please dont ask me them !

        V. Hardware required :
        ======================

                o. A pentium processor
                o. Dos 6.0 or Upper
                o. 8 Mb of Memory. I dont have tryed it on 4 Mb so...

        xNes can use the vesa 2.0. By default xNes use it. But
you can use a standard VGA graphics or the ModeX. The Vesa2.0
is faster than the other mode

        VI. To use it :
        ===============

	YOU USE XNES AT YOU OWN RISK !!

	To use it :

	Xnes	<.nes>	[-flags]

-f x		: To skip x frame. Default : 1/3
-iperiod x	: To set the iperiod. Default 20000
-linear		: Use Linear frame buffer. Seems to speed up XNes
-vga            : Use a standard VGA mode.
-b x            : Force to use x as the battery file. Usefull for a game
                  who is on a CD :)
-modex          : Use the ModeX
-gfx            : 1 use the old
                  2 use the new graphic engine ( DEFAULT )
	During the execution :

ESC	to quit
F12	To do a screenshot to XNes.pcx
F5      Reset the Nes
F1      Access to a primitive GUI ===> PLEASE DONT USE IT !!! DONT WORK !
+ 	To increase Frame Rate
-	to decrease Frame Rate

        VII. Rom file format supported :
        ================================

                xNes support only the iNes file format !
To make sure that the rom is supported check for the .nes extension.

        VIII. Greetings :
        =================

Greetings to :

        - Marat for his 6502 emulation
        - All the person behind DJGPP
        - Shawn for Allegro
        - Y0SHI for his nestech.doc
        - Loopy for his palette
        - LoneWolf of Dragones , for his help with MMC 1 and 8x16 sprite.

Special thanks :

        - Zoop to provide me a home page for xNes
        - David Michel...without his help xNes cannot be on your screen !
        - All the xNes Team !

        IX. Contact :
        =============

Here's the different e-mail adress of the xNes team :

HAMEL Nicolas           :       shingouky@geocities.com...Author of xNes
BANNISTER Richard       :       titan@indigo.ie...MacOs port coder
MASON Chuck             :       chuckjr@gate.net...Linux Os port coder
OLIVER Brad             :       bradman@primenet.com...xNes coder
ROSARIO Robert          :       skeletor@prtc.net...xNes coder

xNes official sit web :

                http://www.geocities.com/tokyo/temple/2682