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                      The Super-Nintendo Emulator for PS2
                         v0.23 WIP - 24th January 2004
                         Written by A.Lee  (aka Hiryu)

 /------------ Introduction -------------------------------------------------\
 |                                                                           |
 |  SNES-Station is a Super-Nintendo emulator for the PS2 Console.           |
 |                                                                           |
 |  It is partially based upon Snes9x written by Gary Henderson and others,  | 
 |  but many changes and additions have been made during development.        |
 |                                                                           |
 |  SNES-Station is freeware and may be downloaded from                      |
 |  http://snes-station.gamebase.ca/                                         |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Please do not re-distribute this program with ROMs or any other          |
 |  copyrighted material. We do not condone such behaviour.                  |
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|/------------ New Features -------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  - Zipped ROM Support                                                     |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - Full State Save to Memory Card                                         |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - Completely New High-resolution GUI                                     |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - New memory card manager                                                |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - New In-game Menu                                                       |
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|/----------- Still To Do ---------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  - Graphics core and sound core re-writes                                 |
 |    (to get all games playing at 100% speed)                               |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - Super-FX core optimisation to speed up SuperFX games                   |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - SDD1 Decompression to support SDD1 games                               |
 |                                                                           |
 |  - Proper support for High-resolution SNES games                          |
 |                                                                           |
 |    and more                                                               |
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|/----------- Creating a CD -------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  For help on creating a SNES-Station compilation CD please read the       |
 |  documentation available at http://snes-station.gamebase.ca               |
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|/----------- Game Controls -------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  SNES     PS2                                                             |
 |  ----     ---                                                             |
 |  D-Pad    D-Pad or left analog stick                                      |
 |  Start    Start                                                           |
 |  Select   Select                                                          |
 |  A        Circle                                                          |
 |  B        Cross                                                           |
 |  X        Triangle                                                        |
 |  Y        Square                                                          |
 |  L        L1 or L2 (select in menu)                                       |
 |  R        R1 or R2 (select in menu)                                       |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Quit Game and Return to Menu = L1+R1 or L2+R2 (select in menu)           |
 |                                                                           |
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|/----------- Menu Controls -------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  Use the D-PAD to scroll through the ROM List or Options Menu, one entry  |
 |  at a time.                                                               |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Use the Left Analogue Stick to scroll through the ROM List at variable   |
 |  speed.                                                                   |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Use R1/R2 to scroll through the ROM List at high speed.                  |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Use L1/L2 to jump to the top/bottom of the ROM List.                     |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Use X to select the current ROM or menu entry.                           |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Use Triangle to go to the Options menu.                                  |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Use Square to view the credits page.                                     |
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|/----------- Frequently Asked Questions ------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  1.  How do I get this to run on my Playstation 2?                        |
 |                                                                           |
 |      You need a way to play PS2 CD-Rs.                                    |
 |      This either requires a modchip or another method to play PS2 CD-Rs.  |
 |      If you do not have a modchip fitted to your PS2 console then either  |
 |      get one, or "google" for "PS2 Knife Swap" or "PS2 Swap Trick".       |
 |                                                                           |
 |  2.  I downloaded all the files from the website. How do I make a cd?     |
 |                                                                           |
 |      There is a step-by-step guide, on http://snes-station.gamebase.ca    |
 |                                                                           |
 |  3.  I burned the cd but it doesn't work.  What now?                      |
 |                                                                           |
 |      If you want more help then visit the official forums on              |
 |      http://www.gamebase.ca/forums                                        |
 |                                                                           |
 |  4.  I downloaded a bin/cue from somewhere but it doesn't work.           |
 |      Can you help me ?                                                    |
 |                                                                           |
 |      No. We do not condone distribution of so-called "rompacks".          |
 |      Please use the directions in the documentation available on the      |
 |      SNES-Station website or forums to make your own compilation CD.      |
 |      (with the ROMs that you legally own)                                 |
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|/----------- Contact -------------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  Comments, Feedback and any Bug Reports can be left on the SNES-Station   |
 |  Forums, kindly hosted by Gamebase at: http://www.gamebase.ca/forums      |
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|/----------- Credits+Greetings ---------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  Credits:                                                                 |
 |  --------                                                                 |
 |  PS2 specific code, as well as many changes to the emulation core by      |
 |  A.Lee (Hiryu)                                                            |
 |                                                                           |
 |  This emulator is based on Snes9x written by Gary Henderson and others.   |
 |                                                                           |
 |  'gsLib' PS2 graphics library written by Hiryu (A.Lee)                    |
 |                                                                           |
 |  LibCDVD PS2 CD/DVD library written by Hiryu                              |
 |                                                                           |
 |  SjPCM sound library written by Sjeep                                     |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Memory card icon was designed by Nikorasu                                |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Menu and website graphics by Gonz0, Ragnarok and Hiryu                   |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Menu music "can't stop coming" was written by azazel                     |
 |                                                                           |
 |  PS2 kernel code based on work by Gustavo Scotti                          |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Joypad library by |pukko|                                                |
 |                                                                           |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Thanks to:                                                               |
 |  ----------                                                               |
 |  My family for putting up with me spending so much time working on this   |
 |  project.                                                                 |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Sjeep for SjPCM, helping out with my new CD Filing System Driver, and    |    
 |  continued help and support                                               |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Nikorasu for the excellent SNES Memory Card icon                         |
 |                                                                           |
 |  |pukko| and others for ps2Link, and Team InPulse for InLink win32        |
 |  which were used throughout development                                   |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Justice7 and the rest of the gamebase crew for hosting my website        |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Everyone at #ps2-emulation for all their help and support                |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Everyone at #ps2dev and #psx2dev for all the PS2 coding help             |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Bgnome and M0rphius for writing several of the SNES-Station docs         |
 |                                                                           |
 |  The BETA testers:                                                        |
 |  Sjeep, HyperG, emukidid, |cloud| and justice7                            |
 |                                                                           |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Greetz:                                                                  |
 |  -------                                                                  |
 |  Sjeep, MRBrown, Oobles, adresd, Jules, Nagra, Warren, LongChair, pukko,  |
 |  Vzzrzzn, now3d, dreamtime, sg2, asadr, Justice7, [vex], [WaL], emukidid, |
 |  Nikorasu, RUNTiME, and anybody that I forgot to mention                  |
 |                                                                           |
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|/----------- Disclaimer ----------------------------------------------------\|
\                                                                            /
 |  This software is not endorsed by Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. or     |
 |  Nintendo Inc. in any way.                                                |
 |                                                                           |
 |  This software is produced without the use of any copyrighted material,   |
 |  belonging to Sony Computer Entertainment Inc, or Nintendo Inc, or any    |
 |  other party.                                                             |
 |                                                                           |
 |  Companies and all products pertaining to that company are trademarks of  |
 |  that company. Please contact the appropriate company for trademark and   |
 |  copyright information.                                                   |
 |                                                                           |
 |  This software should only be used to play games which the user legally   |
 |  owns.                                                                    |
 |                                                                           |
 |  This software must never be distributed with any copyrighted games       |
 |  or other material. Any breach of these terms is out of the authors       |
 |  control, and is not at the authors consent.                              |
 |                                                                           |
 |  SNES-Station is FREE software. If you bought this software, then you     |
 |  have been ripped off.                                                    |
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| Text by Hiryu                                    Layout by Hiryu & MoRpHiUs |
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