             SNES Ranma 1/2 RPG: Treasure of the Red Cat Gang

              Translation Patch by Naruto and The Ranma Team

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Disclaimer and Intro:
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Original Ranma 1/2 RPG Rom
Copyright Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan/Kitty/Fuji TV
          Toho/Shogakukan Productions.

Ranma 1/2 RPG English translation Patch
A Co-Production of Naruto and The Ranma Team.

Neither Naruto nor The Ranma Team take any responsibility whatsoever for
what the user does with this patch, nor accepts any liabilities for 
consequences to the user and/or his/her computer.

This patch is for educational purposes only, and is not offered for sale
under any circumstances.

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Read Me FIRST:  
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Snes9x is currently the best emulator to use with the RanmaRPG rom.

If you use ZSNES, most versions of the emulator will crash sometimes
after battle. If you encounter this problem, turning the sound off
should prevent it reoccurring. For versions v0.990 and higher, you will
need to disable the sound *emulation* rather than the sound itself. If
you want sound, consider using Snes9x.

This game has required a LOT of technical modification.  It's possible
that we may have overlooked something in the beta testing.  If you notice
ANYTHING amiss, please let us know.

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Patch Usage:
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WARNING: DO NOT PATCH OVER AN OLD PATCH (USE A FRESH JAPANESE ROM IN SMC
         FORMAT).

WARNING: SAVESTATES FROM THE UNPATCHED GAME (OR OLDER PATCHED VERSIONS)
         WILL NOT WORK WITH THIS PATCH!

Saverams are fully compatible, however. So if you save inside the game
itself (using "Save" on the main game menu) it will work when loaded into
the patched game.

To patch the game:

Get a IPS patching utility (e.g. IPS.EXE or SNESTOOL)

For IPS.EXE, (assuming that the rom is called "ranmarpg.smc", of course)
use:

IPS ranmarpg.smc ranmarpg.ips

SNESTOOL is menu driven, simply select the "Use IPS" option and follow
the prompts. For other tools you should read their documentation.

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Release History:
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Version 1.00 - 3/9/2000
 100% translated version of RanmaRPG. Initial Release.

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What's In the Next Release:
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Bugfixes, if any.

Spelling and punctuation corrections, if any.

Hacking errors, if any.

Untranslated text (very unlikely).

Known bugs - none. (crashes under ZSNES are NOT a patch bug.
                    Read the comments above.)

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Group Members and Contributors:
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Naruto Group Members:
Pelrun

The Ranma Team Group Members:
Necrosaro
Taskforce
Wildbill
Faraday
Akujin
Bryce27
Jeff

Contributors to the project other than team members:
Celes
Shadow
Lando

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Contact Info and Thanks:
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Please direct bug reports and questions by email to:

Pelrun - pelrun@hotmail.com
 Assembly/Hacking, Translation, Utilities, Script editing

Taskforce - aganime@hotmail.com
 Ranma characterization and talk script consultant (for the Anime version)

Wildbill - wildbill@ctc-lennus.org
 Script editing for the Anime version

Faraday - faradaycpp@hotmail.com
 Translation

Necrosaro - radimvice@yahoo.com
 Utilities(unused :( ), consultant, hacking (also unused :( ), Script dumping

Others, I do not have permission as of yet for posting their E-mails

A huge thanks to Necrosaro!  He programmed the script dumper, dumped the dialogue,
coded many tools for this game, and did a lot of hacking.  In the end, some of his
work duplicated Pelrun. We are VERY appreciative of the labor performed by both of
these fine hackers.

Big Thanks to Shadow for allowing Necrosaro to continue his work.  Though, when
Pelrun and our group joined forces, nothing was kept from that work except a couple
of the translations and the font.  We still appreciate it, nonetheless.

Big Thanks to F.H. for early ASM work for Shadow and company.  Though, that work
is also no longer in the final product, it still doesn't mean that these fine people
do not deserve every bit of the respect they earned with all this hard work.

There were several translators on this project, and I'm not sure if I remembered them all.
My hotmail account got stripped, and I lost some records.  If you helped out in any way on
this project, and were not mentioned, get in touch with me.  I MUST and WILL give everyone
credit who deserves it.  It peeves me when I overlook contributors!

-Taskforce and Wildbill

Two and a half years after I started, I'm finished. I'm going to bed...

-Pelrun

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