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----> Welcome to Vortendo's Read Me. This file should have all information needed for the use
      of Vortendo.

----> Vortendo Coded by Ti-B0ne.



=-=-=-=- Index 

1. Information About Vortendo
1.1 Introduction
1.2 General Information
1.3 History and What's new in this version
1.4 Registration information

2. What you need
2.1 System Requirements
2.2 Software Requirements

3. Features
3.1 What's Emulated
3.2 What's NOT Emulated
3.3 Other neat features

4. How to 
4.1 How to install
4.2 How to use it
4.3 How to uninstall
4.4 How to know it
4.5 How to configure it

5. What to expect
5.1 From the actual version
5.2 From the next version(s)

6. Bugs
6.1 Known Bugs
6.2 Unknown bugs

7. Contact me
7.1 Ways to Contact me
7.2 Vortendo on the web.

8. Disclaimer
8.1 Thanks to...
8.2 Copyright Disclaimer


=-=-=-=- 1. Information about Vortendo

1.1 Introduction

    Vortendo is a NES (Nintendo Entertaiment System) emulator programmed in VB6 and 
    my primary objective with it, it's prove how good an Visual Basic Emulator can be. Vortendo
    is in Beta stages, so i cannot guarantee 100% of compatibily with all computers out there, 
    but it works on mine, and should works on yours. Coded by Ti-B0ne.

1.2 General Information

    Vortendo is an Emulator, and not a Simulator, nor a way to impulse piracy of games. I started
    it, to improve my programming skills, and being so, i DON'T wanna any of you out there, 
    pirating games to play with Vortendo.

1.3 History

    I started in July of 1999. And worked hard from there. Right now, the emulator is working.
    but it had a time when it don't that was the *NEVER* Released 0.x Versions.

    What's New : 

    ****See changes.txt****

1.4 Registration information

    Vortendo is NESCartware, what it means ? Means that if you use it and want to registrate
    you should send me a working NES Cartrigde, normal binary version are still being produced
    and will be distributed for FREE to non-registred users. 

    What registred users get that non-registred users don't have :

    * > Between Releases Beta Versions
    * > Full Source Code under request .
    
  
    To become a registred user, send your working NES Cartrigde, along with your name and e-mail
    to :

     Juliano Flores
     Rua Cel. Feij 442 Ap. 204
     Bairro Higienoplis, Cep: 90520-060
     Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

   And as soon as i get your cart, you should be getting your registered version, and source-code
   if you want it.

   
=-=-=-=- 2. What you need

2.1 System Requirements.

    Vortendo should be running on any Windows 9x machine, but to get into PLAYABLE speeds it
    should have one of those configurations : 

----> Minimum System :       ( Full Speed with Frameskip about 3~4)
      - Pentium 100 mhz
      - 32MB of RAM
      - 1MB Video Card
      - HD with 500kb of free space
      - Keyboard

----> Recommended System :   ( Full Speed with Frameskip about 1~2)
      - Pentium 200 mhz
      - 32MB of RAM
      - 2MB Video Card
      - HD with 1MB of free space
      - Keyboard

----> THE SYSTEM :            ( More than Full Speed with Frameskip 0)
      - Pentium II - 300 mhz
      - 64MB of RAM
      - 2MB Video Card
      - HD with more than 2MB of free space
      - Keyboard

----> Ginger Specs :
      - AMD K6-2 350mhz
      - 128MB of RAM
      - 8MB Video Card
      - About 1.2 GB of free space
      In this system, Vortendo runs like a charm. :)

    As you can see, Vortendo is not much of system requirer. 

    

2.2 Software Requirements

    In order to Run Vortendo, you should have the following software installed : 

----> Visual Basic 6.0 Run-Time Libraries : 
      You can get this from http://www.microsoft.com or by installing Visual Basic 6.0

----> NES Software : 
      A console is useless without cartriges, so you will need some of this ROM images, *DO NOT*
      ask me to get you those, because i can't. You will have to dump your own, or find some
      on the internet. 

=-=-=-=- 3. Features

3.1 What's Emulated : 

---->M6502 CPU                  - (100%)
---->Video Hardware             - (90%)
---->NES Memory                 - (100%)
---->Controller 1               - (100%)
---->I/O System                 - (100%)
---->Mappers #0, #64, #65, #3 (Partially!)


3.2 What's Not Emulated : 

---->Controller 2
---->A lot of mappers
---->Sound
---->The Pallete is emulated wrong.
---->Probably other things i forgotten.

3.3 Other neat features :

---->Friendly with Windows 2000.
---->Friendly with Windows XP.
---->Easy-to-use Interface
---->Fully Configurable through GUI.
---->Pro-Looking status bar.


=-=-=-=- 4. How to

4.1 How to install it

    Just unzip all the files in the vortxxx.zip (Where xxx is the version number 100 = 1.00)
    to a empty folder *OR* to the folder where your ROM are.

4.2 How to use it

    Just click on File / Load ROM. The rest is very intuitive.

4.3 How to uninstall it

    Just delete all the files that came in the vortxxx.zip.

4.4 How to configure it

    Everything is configurable through the GUI. 
    I should write a doc explaining each menu, but not now, i don't have the time.

=-=-=-=- 5. What to expect 

5.1 From the actual version

    - Wrong colors on almost every game.
    - Not to good graphics
    - Silence!
    - SPEED!
    - Somewhat nice compatibility.
    - Good Playability.

5.2 From the next version(s)

    - More Speed
    - NetPlay support
    - Sound support
    - Better compatibility
    - Better graphics
    - Perfect Pallete.

=-=-=-=- 6. Bugs

6.1 Known Bugs

    - A Big delay when you load a ROM.
    - Some small bugs on the code.
    - Small delay when re-loading the pallete attributes, ie. Changing screens.


6.2 Unknown Bugs 

    - If a bug is not listed above, tell to me!


=-=-=-=- 7. Contact Me

7.1 Ways to Contact me : 

    You can contact me in various ways, choose the best for you : 

----> E-Mail - juliano@totalemulation.net


----> IRC > #dom__bosco on irc.via-rs.com.br


7.2 Vortendo on the web :

    You can find the Vortendo WebSite here at : http://www.totalemulation.net/retroemu
 
    In the website you'll always get, into lastest progress, WIP and Beta versions, screenshots
    of Vortendo in action, various links, and everything else related with Vortendo.

   

=-=-=-=- 8. Disclaimer

8.1 Thanks to : 

    My grateful thanks to list is : 

    - RabidFrog   - Without him, i would dropped emulation a long ago,
                    and for his hosting and support too, but especially for being a FRIEND.
    - Atomic (Maximum Erias) - For being a friend and all the chats, help and everything.
    - Roberta Miganda - For being herself.
    - Alfredo Gil - For his core.
    - Don Jarret  - for all his source code releases, and pallette help.
    - Matt Conte  - for his pallete.
    - Fx3         - for his pallete and great RockNES.
    - Parasyte    - for his color help, and some code.
    - Zophar      - for GREAT News site, and supporting me. 
    - Staff of Te - for being in TE and being cool. 
    - Luke's      - for taking my coding time with recordings.
    - Porthos     - for something.. i'm sure..
    - Guys at IRC - for the partys.
    - Antartica   - for producing Polar Export (Cerveja de Qualidade)
    - Every one else i forgot for doing things i obviously can't remember

8.2 Disclaimer (2)

    I'm NOT affliated to Nintendo, nor incentivate the piracy of their games, i also wanna let
    you know that : Nintendo, it's name and logo are trademarks of Nintendo Corp. And (c) of
    Nintendo Corp.

    You can use and distribute VORTENDO, as long you NOT modify it in ANY ways, and *NEVER* 
    sell it, or distribute it with ROM's. Vortendo is a registered trademark of Ti-B0ne.