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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

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****



=-=-=-=- 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
      - 4MB Video Card
      - HD with more than 2MB of free space
      - Keyboard

    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 : 
      If 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             - (82%)
---->NES Memory                 - (100%)
---->Mapper #0                  - (85%)
---->Controller 1               - (100%)
---->I/O System                 - (100%)


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 :

---->Possibity to choose from 8 different palletes
---->Friendly with Windows 2000 / NT
---->Easy-to-use Interface
---->Fully Configurable through GUI.
---->Pro-Looking status bar.
---->Multiple CPU Cores.

=-=-=-=- 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!
    - Playability never seen before on a VB emulator.

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

    - To change the pallete got to *RE-LOAD* a game, and not only RESET it.
    - A Big delay when you load a ROM.
    - Some small bugs on the code.

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 - ti_bone@zophar.net

----> ICQ - UIN = 18048058

----> IRC > #nes on irc.viars.com.br


7.2 Vortendo on the web :

    You can find the Vortendo WebSite here at : http://vortendo.zophar.net
 
    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.

    I LOVE to get feedback, so don't by shy. :)

=-=-=-=- 8. Disclaimer

8.1 Thanks to : 

    My grateful thanks to list is : 

    - 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
    - Zophar      - for GREAT News site, and for hosting me. :)
    - Every one else i forgot

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.