______  ______  _____  ______   ______  ____               _______
 .--\\   (_/     (__\    \_\  _  \\/     (_/   /_     _________)     /
 \      ___\   -  /   |_ ./   -  /_    -  /    _/    _\     /_    --/
  \____   \    --.    | --.        \   --.    /_    _|   |   |_   _(
    )______\ _____\ _______\ __\____\_____\____/    \_________/___)
                  .___  ___ ______  ______  ______
                 ._)  \/  (_\    (_\\     \_\    (_
                  \        /   -  |        |   -  |      
                  _\      /_      |_   |   |_     |_            
                  \___\/___/___|___/___|____\\_|___/
                                                              

Secret of Mana - Hard Mode Hack by Masterflow - Version 1.0.2 vom 08.01.08
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Changes:

    * The Game runs in NTSC-Mode. It's 20% faster than the 
      PAL-Version (only interesting for PAL-Users)
    * Changed Status from enemies and bosses (Lv, HP/MP, Strength, Agility, 
      Defense, Magic Defense, Magic Lv, Treasure)
    * Changed Status from charakters at higher levels (Status, needed EXP)
    * Changed Defense from Equipment
    * More treasure traps included
    * Some weapons changed (e.g. cursed Spear)
    * Increased costs for Weapon Upgrades
    * Increased costs for Items
    * Almost every spell has different MP costs
    * Ruby Armet can to be found as regular item
    * Some small changes
    * added introscreen

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Release Info:

  1.0.0 - First public version
  1.0.1 - Mini-Bugfix
  1.0.2 - Added patch for the japanese version and VWF edition combi-patch
          changed readme's

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Patching the game:

A patching program, LunarIPS, is included in this archive.
You also need a copy of Secret of Mana (Don't bother asking for the rom!)

This archive contains 3 folders with 2 ips files in it.
One is for the headered the other one for the headerless ROM.

To find out which ROM you have look at the filesize: 

2.097.664 bytes ROM with header
2.097.152 bytes ROM without header

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Content of the folders:

a) Hard Secret of Mana
----------------------
This patch is intended for every Version of Secret of Mana except 
the japanese one.

b) Hard Secret of Mana (Japanese)
---------------------------------
This patch is for the japanese version of the game.
(Seiken Densetsu II)

c) Hard Secret of Mana + VWF Edition (US)
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This patch combines the VWF-Edition from FuSoYa Niche and the hard mode. 
Usable only with the US version of the game.

The VWF edition improves the text. 
The stretched font Square used was changed to a VWF and the story text 
has been rewritten to take advantage of the extra space.

More information about the VWF edition at:
http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/som/index.html

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Team:

  Masterflow - Idea and code-conversion, translation
  deeveedee - Consulting, Alpha- and Beta-tester, Webmaster (hard-som.de)
  TheSorrow - Alpha- and Beta-tester
  Thanatos-Zero - Beta-tester
  Nazgul - Beta-tester
  Haribomann - Beta-tester
  Kinta - Beta-tester
  Damien - Beratung
  Vash - English translation of the website

  http://www.hard-som.de

Thanks:

  d4s
  All user of the SDC

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ZIP-Content:

  - Readme.txt
  - Liesmich.txt
  - Lunar IPS.exe
  - Lunar IPS Readme.txt
  - Hard Secret of Mana V1.0 (headered).ips
  - Hard Secret of Mana V1.0 (headerless).ips
  - Hard Secret of Mana + VWF Edition V1.0 (U) (headered).ips
  - Hard Secret of Mana + VWF Edition V1.0 (U) (headerless).ips
  - Kurushi Seiken Densetsu V1.0 (J) (headered).ips
  - Kurushi Seiken Densetsu V1.0 (J) (headerless).ips

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