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NESTER_DC			
Version 1			
Ken Friece
02-20-2001		

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NESTER_DC is a port of nester public beta 3 (a NES emulator) 
for the Dreamcast console. It was developed using Libdream 
0.95.

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Features:	
	- good speed
	- 2 player support
	- sound

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What doesn't it offer?
     	- the ability to save
     	- good sound support
	  There are some issues with sound that I still need to
	  fix. The NES rectangle1 sound channel was disabled because 
	  it sounded so bad on the DC. The remaining sound channels 
	  are ok, but some timing issues still remain. The sound in 
	  nester is great, so there is definitely room for 
	  improvement in NesterDC :) For the reasons mentioned above, 
	  sound is disabled by default.  	

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Burning instructions:
    	- the following website offers excellent burning 
      		instructions. If you follow these instructions, 
		simply place games in the /GAMES directory and 
		burn the image.
		http://mc.pp.se/dc/cdr.html
	
    	- there will also be diskjuggler images available for 
		download. These images will require another CD 
		with games placed in a /GAMES directory.

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Controller settings:
     	- NES DPAD	= DC DPAD
     	- NES start  	= DC start
     	- NES select 	= DC Y
     	- NES A 	= DC A or DC B
     	- NES B      	= DC X or DC A

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Options:
	- Frame skip : 	Range 0-3. 
				0 display every frames.
			      * 1 display every other frame.
				2 display every third frame.
				3 display every forth frame. 
	- Adjust NES A and B Buttons.
			      *	[NES_B = DC_X] [NES_A = DC_A]
				[NES_B = DC_A] [NES_A = DC_B]
				[NES_B = DC_X] [NES_A = DC_B]
	- Toggle Sound 
			      *	Sound OFF
				Sound ON
	- Toggle 1 / 2 Player Mode
			      *	1 Player 
				2 Players
	Note: The default option has a * before it.

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Possible future improvements:
     	- better sound.
     	- save support.
     	- improved compatibility.
     	- more speed.
	- the ability to exit from one game and start another 
	  without restarting the system. 

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I would like to thank the following people for their great work:

Darren Ranalli 	-- The author of nester.
Mathew Conte    -- The author of fast NES6502 and NES APU C cores.
Dan Potter 	-- The author of libdream.
Jordan DeLong 	-- The author of libdream.
Marcus Comstedt -- Lots of info on the Dreamcast, and many 
		   incredibly useful programs.
Groepaz/Hitmen 	-- A SH4 GCC setup guide.
tubooboo 	-- A C++ SH4 GCC setup guide. 
Jules		-- A development site that has all of the latest 
		   development tools.

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Recommended Dreamcast / NES development sites:

http://nester.dranalli.com/
http://nesdev.parodius.com/
http://mc.pp.se/dc/index.html
http://www.allusion.net/dcdev/
http://www.ngine.de/
http://www.inode.at/hitmen/hitdc/index.html
http://www.julesdcdev.com/

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"Sega" and "Dreamcast" are registered trademarks of Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

"Nintendo" , "Nintendo Entertainment System", and "NES" are registered 
trademarks of Nintendo of America. 

Use this software at your own risk. I am not responsible for any 
damage or loss caused by the use of this software.

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contact info: nesterdc@yahoo.com
