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POND PACKER v1.03
Created by Saxman
February 19, 2024
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This tool was created to crunch and decrunch PowerPacker 2.0 (PP20) data for
James Pond 3. It will work with both the Amiga AGA and Sega Genesis versions
of the game. This tool is for people who want to work directly with the game's
data, such as level data, to modify the game as they wish.

This tool was *not* designed to work with normal PP20 files, as they will have
the "PP20" signature in the file header. Instead, James Pond 3 uses the first
four bytes to indicate the size of the PP20 data.

You must run the program from a command line. Use either the -c or -d switches
to crunch or decrunch data respectively.

I recommend using my ROM hacking notes to learn about where data is stored in
the Sega Genesis version. You will need to copy the data into individual files
to decrunch it. The notes can be obtained from ROMhacking.net:

https://www.romhacking.net/documents/529/

For the Amiga AGA version, the data is stored in individual files, making
everything easier to get to.

Enjoy!

-- Saxman


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Version History
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1.03 -- 02/19/2024
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* Additional fixes for bit padding problems.


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1.02 -- 12/30/2023
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* Fixed bit padding bug that would occasionally result in file corruption.


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1.01 -- 12/07/2023
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* Minor cruncher bug fixes.


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1.00 -- 12/04/2023
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* Initial release.

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