Version 0.2d
 
(C) 1998 Anders Nilsson & Janne Korpela
 
Legal Disclaimer:
 
YOU USE THIS PROGRAM AT YOUR OWN RISK, WE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED.
THIS PROGRAM REQUIRES THE ORIGINAL ARCADE MACHINE ROMS. THESE ROMS ARE
OWNED BY AND COPYRIGHTED BY SNK. UNLESS YOU OWN THE ORIGINAL GAME BOARDS,
YOU ARE NOT LEGALLY ENTITLED TO USE THEM. WE CANNOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE
RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY REACH OF COPYRIGHT.
THIS PROGRAM DOES NOT SHIP WITH ROM IMAGES. DO NOT DISTRIBUTE THIS
PROGRAM WITH ROM IMAGES.
PLEASE DO NOT ASK US TO SUPPLY YOU WITH ROM IMAGES OR ASK US WHERE TO FIND
THEM. WE CANNOT HELP YOU.
 
Please DO NOT send us any roms.
 
ATTENTION:
 
We are VERY dissapointed in many people out there, we are doing alot of work on our spare time
and for free. And we couldn't imagine that so MANY people was so totally out of respect that they use
a hacked version of NeoRAGE. There will always be some scum that doesnt hesitate to hack our work. Even
to use a hacked version is respectless against us. When people that we trust and respect are
doing it we are loosing our motivation.
So don't expect any sound update soon, if ever to the public.
 
Special Note for ver 0.2 and later:
 
You must have a Neogeo fix file named ng-sfix.rom in the same dir as
NeoRAGE.exe. This file can be found in the bios package.
 
Installation:
 
Unzip the NeoRAGE.zip and put you roms in any subdirectory as you like.
 
You will also need the Neo Geo system bios "neo-geo.rom" and system
fix-file "ng-sfix.rom" installed in the same directory as NeoRAGE.exe.
This version supports both the home console and arcade system.
There is no need to convert any roms, they will work as they are.
 
Syntax: neorage 'dirname of game' [options]
 
Like:
neorage cyberlip
 neorage 3countb -v -s
 
Command-line options:
 
 
Option Result
-v Enable vsync (disabled by default) Don't use this if you have slow framerate !
 -f? Frameskip ?=1-4 (You can toggle between frameskip settings with numpad keys + and - )
-vga VGA resoloution
-noanalyse Skip the code analyse
-s Scanlines(Vesa)
-s25 25% thinner scanlines, very slow! (Vesa)
-s50 50% thinner scanlines, very slow! (Vesa)
-s100
No scanlines, doubles every pixel which makes it possible to run
 without scanlines in res 640x480, very slow! (Vesa)
-modex Modex 320 X 240
 
 
Control Keys:
 
Key Function
1 Start 1 Player game
2 Selectbutton player one
3 Start 2 Player Game
4 Selectbutton player two
TAB To enter system menu (Key redefenition etc.)
PGDN To scroll the visible area in vga mode
PGUP To scroll the visible area in vga mode
F1 Enter/Leave Arcade Dipswitch settings
F5 Savestate
F8 Take a screen dump.
F9 Loadstate
F10 To Toggle between full throttle and not.
F12 HotKey to enter Neo Geo Game Genie
Space Rearrange the whole palette
ESC Exit NeoRage
+ Increase frameskip
- Decrease frameskip
 
 System Menu:
 
The system menu can be accessed with the 'TAB' key.
 
 
Machine Options:
 
You can switch the language of the game rom between US, Japanese and European.
The game can be set to arcade mode or console (home system).
Also the MVS settings can be enabled or disabled.
 
Don't forget that the change of this options can force an 'reset' of the emulation.
 
 Controls:
 
You can select for both players the input device.
That can be an Gamepad (Sidewinder or Gravis) or your Keyboard.
 
Redefine Keys:
 
 
 
This is the standard layout, but all keys can be changed:
 
Key Function
Up Player 1 up
Down Player 1 down
Left Player 1 left
Right Player 1 right
, Player 1 button A
. Player 1 button B
/ Player 1 button C
RShift Player 1 button D
T Player 2 up
G Player 2 down
F Player 2 left
H Player 2 righ
LShift Player 2 button A
< Player 2 button B
Z Player 2 button C
X Player 2 button D
 
 Gamepad buttons:
 
 
In this menu you can remap the buttons of your Gamepad (Sidewinder only).
 
  Hotkeys:
 
 
In this menu you can set a hotkey for pressing some buttons at the same time. Press [ENTER] while the buttons are pressed.
That's really useful for fighting games when you must push some buttons for a "special move".
 
 Reset and Resume game:
 
 
If you don't know for what these functions are, it would be better you sell your computer.
 
 
 
 Supported Games
 
Memory and Sound are the RAM requirements in Megabyte (MB).
 
SOUND IS NOT SUPPORTED YET !
 
Game Name
Genre
Memory
Sound
2020 Super Baseball Sport 06 07
3 Count Bout Fighting 12 17
Aero Fighters 2 (Sonic Wings 2) Shooter 13 16
Aero Fighters 3 (Sonic Wings 3) Shooter 17 23
Aggressors of Dark Kombat Fighting 21 26
Alpha Mission 2 Shooter 08 13
Andro Dunos Shooter 12 13
Art of Fighting Fighting 12 16
Art of Fighting 2 Fighting 21 27
Art of Fighting 3 Fighting 35 42
Baseball Stars 2 Sport 08 10
Blazing Star  Shooter 42 50
Blues Journey  Platform 07 09
Burning Fight Arcade 08 10
Crossed Swords 3D 08 09
Cyber Lip Platform 07 09
Double Dragon Fighting 19 24
Eightman Arcade 07 09
Far East of Eden (Kabuki Klash) Fighting 21 29
Fatal Fury Fighting 08 10
Fatal Fury 2 Fighting 12 16
Fatal Fury 3 Fighting 29 40
Fatal Fury Special Fighting 17 22
Football Frenzy Sport 07 09
Galaxy Fight 21 27
Ghost Pilots Shooter 09 10
Goal! Goal! Goal! Sport 21 23
Joy Joy Kid (Puzzled) Puzzle 05 06
Karnov's Revenge Fighting 16 18
King of Fighters '94 Fighting 21 27
King of Fighters '95 Fighting 31 37
King of Fighters '96 Fighting 42 48
King of Monsters Fighting 08 10
Last Resort Shooter 07 09
League Bowling Sport 05 06
Magical Drop 3 Puzzle 21 26
Magician Lord Platform 07 09
Metal Slug Platform 21 29
Metal Slug 2 Platform 40 50
Mutation Nation Arcade 08 10
Nam 1975 Shooter 07 09
Neo Drift Out Racing 13 17
Neo Turf Masters Sport 13 21
Ninja Combat Arcade 07 09
Ninja Commando Shooter 08 11
Power Spikes 2 Sport 10 13
Pulstar Shooter 37 41
Puzzle Bobble (Bust-A-Move) Puzzle 09 12
Quest of Jongmaster Puzzle ?? 08 11
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special Fighting 40 54
Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 Fighting 60 75
Robo Army Arcade 07 09
Samurai Shodown Fighting 14 18
Samurai Shodown 2 Fighting 21 28
Samurai Shodown 3 Fighting 33 40
Samurai Shodown 4 Fighting 42 53
Savage Reign Fighting 21 27
Shock Troopers Shooter 42 49
Sengoku Arcade 08 10
Sengoku 2 Arcade 12 15
Soccer Brawl Sport 07 09
Spinn Master Platform 13 15
Street Hoop Sport 21 26
Super Sidekicks Sport 08 11
Super Spy 3D 13 17
Trash Rally Racing 07 09
Top Players Golf Sport 08 11
Twinkle Star Sprites Shooter 18 26
View Point Shooter 08 12
Waku Waku 7 Fighting 37 40
Windjammers Sport 08 12
World Heroes Fighting 12 15
World Heroes 2 Fighting 17 21
World Heroes 2 Jet Fighting 21 25
xxxxxxxxxx Shooter xx xx
xxxxxxxxxx Arcade xx xx
 
 
 
Known problems/todo list:
 
Sound support, and we are working on that.
 
Specific game related problems:
 
Riding Hero - not really playable
Super Sidekicks2 - gfx glitches
TurfMaster - gfx glitches
World heroes 2 have still a minor glitch one tile row are missing sometimes
 
(we have tracked all the gfx problems so it is hopefully history soon)
 
 
Frequently Asked Questions/Troubleshooting:
 
I get a message 'Unable to initialize VESA'. Whats wrong?
Your graphic card doesnt support 320x240 vesa res or 640x480 if you use -s, try
to download scitech display doctor.
My screen just get black when i try to start the games?
Try -n (noscanlines) if your display just gets black.
Try -vga if you have trouble with the modex resoloutions
I have no sound?
It is not implemented yet, but we are working on it.
How could i enter the menu?
Hit TAB
How could i enter the Dipswitch settings menu?
There are 2 ways to do this:
1. You can use F1 to switch between Dipswitch menu directly. No need to go through
NeoRAGE menu at all.
2. Or Enter the machine settings from the main menu. Select MVS Settings=ON. Accept
changes and reset NeoRAGE. Now you can change the softdip settings as you like.
When you are done leave the softdip and enter the NeoRAGE Main Menu again.
Change MVS-Settings=OFF and reset NeoRAGE.
Note! Remeber to leave the dip-menu before Pressing F1 or reseting.
The colors are wrong in some moments in vga or modex?
Try to hit Space it will rearrange all colors, we must do some complex palette
mapping to get it to work as good as possible because we have only 256 colors
available in our supported resoloutions and sometimes it would help to rearrange
all colors. We are updating the colors all the time but if the game has
locked up a big scale with colors it could help.
Everything freezes when I load a saved state, why?
Make sure that you wait for the title screen to appear before loading state, right
after starting NeoRAGE.
While defining hotkeys its very hard to press all the buttons at once?
Hold down all the buttons you want to map to the selected key and press [ENTER].
 
 
 
email:
 
We will NOT respond on any questions about NeoGeo roms or bios.
 
DO NOT EMAIL US ABOUT MEMORY PROBLEMS !!!!
 
All bug reports and suggestions
Suggestions
Bug Reports
 
Authors
Anders Nilsson
Janne Korpela
 
 
World Wide Web
 
The NeoRage emulator will be available from the following sites :
 
http://home5.swipnet.se/~w-50884 (Home Page)
http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/dodge/ (The PC arcade)
http://www.classicgaming.com/freeplay (FreePlay)
http://www.davesclassics.com (Daves Classics)
http://www.emuviews.com (Emu Views)
http://www.myspace.co.uk/dodge/ragemirror/rage.htm (Rage Mirror)
 
SPECIAL THANKS TO:
 
-araCORN for his work with dumps. Without him this emu propably wouldnt exist.
-Peter and Chris at PC Arcade for their superb work with our homepage and keeping a mirror for us.
-Peter and Chris at PC Arcade again :) for helping us out with the bugreports and suggestions .
-Niell Corlett for his StarScream cpu core(68000k).
-Shin Seiki for his great spec on the Neo Geo hardware.
-Marius Fodor & Robert William Grubbs for their Sidewinder drivers.
-Marius Fodor for the Gravis gamepad pro driver.
-Lance McKay for the idea with the faded scanlines.
-Kiwi_slt for this readme.html and of course the great code genie.
-Thomas Pytel & Charles Schefford for their outstanding work on PMODEW
 
Whats New:
 
NeoRAGE0.2d
- Some games was frezing the first time you started it with 0.2c but that should be eliminated now.
- Savestate bugfix again ;), unfortunally it can made your old state files useless with this version.
- Sidewinder player two bug-fix.
- Character bug-fix in some games.
- Super Sidekicks protection fix (thanks to whom discovered it).
- Fatal Fury 2 protection fix (thanks to whom discovered it).
- We have start to use PMODEW instead of DOS4GW
- Support for Art Of Fighting 3.
- Support for Blazing Star.
- Support for Samurai Shodown 4.
- Support for xxxxxxxxx ;).(Future Romlist releases)
- Support for xxxxxxxxx ;).(Future Romlist releases)
- And MS2(hate to do this:(. Because of the hacking lamers).
 
NeoRAGE 0.2c
- Gigapower bug fix. (Varoius old games didnt like our gigapower support).
- Support for Realbout 2.
 
NeoRAGE 0.2b
- Support for World Heroes 2 Jet.
- Art of Fighting 2 & Power Spikes 2 bug-fix.
- Div. other game related fixes.
- Sidewinder bug-fix.
- Sidewinder L & R button support.
- Gravis GPP support fixed.
- Save state-fix (make sure to wait for titlescreen in every game before loading state).
- Keyboard (UP/SHIFT) bug-fix.
 
NeoRAGE 0.2
- Dipswitch settings
- Hotkey support
- Remappable buttons on sidewinder(untested)
- Native zip support(only 8.3 names)
- Highscore savings in all games
- Save/load state in all games (F5=SaveState)(F9=LoadState)
New games:
- KOF 96
- Samurai Shodown 3
- Waku Waku 7
- Street Hoop
- Spinn Master
- Twinkle Star Sprites
- Magical Drop 3
- Real Bout Fatal Fury Special
- Fatal Fury 3
- Double Dragon
- Shock Troopers
- Quest of Jongmaster
Improvments on old games:
- Flickering sprite bugfix(Thanks Allard)
- Puzzle Depon fully playable(Thanks Allard)
- Word Heroes 1&2 playable
- King of monsters 2 playable
- Pulstar fully playable
NeoRAGE0.1b
- Non pentium bug-fix.
- Small animation bug-fix
- Small zoom bug-fix
- Super Spy is playable again
- Puzzle de Pon & King Of Monster2 are also back but they are not really playable
- Sidewinder Y-button = A+B and Z-button = C+D
 
NeoRAGE 0.1
- Much lower memory requirements.
- Full background animations.
- Zoomed object clipping bug-fix.
- Language/System selection.
- Native Sidewinder & Gravis Gamepad Pro (not tested) support.
- Vesa bug-fix. More compatible.
- Faded scanlines. Choose between 25%, 50% and 100% (same as double). This is a very
  slow operation so its not recomended on slow machines.