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RELEASE NOTES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This game uses many advanced MSX2 features such as screen splits, scroll, etcetera. We optimized the game to work almost perfectly on real MSXes, especially Turbo R. But on emulators there are many issues. For example in bonus level screen changes do not work properly even on such advanced emulators as openMSX. BlueMSX has some visual imperfections sometimes, but we left it this way, because our main concern are real MSXes. Please keep this in mind when you see some graphics artefacts. Also the game was crashing on BlueMSX and openMSX, but we managed to fix that issue. We still would like to send our discoveries to the emulators creators so they can improve them to ensure even better compatibility with real MSXes. STORY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Ghost, who has been suddenly turned into a ghost, is in a big panic. It's even more terrible because he has completely no memory of before that. "There are spirits referred to as little droplets, but these comrades are imprisoned in hell. Please help them." The story grows increasingly complex because the question is who or what said that? "I'll probably have my hands full just with my own issues... But probably I will understand some more when I meet Great King Enma", Mr. Ghost thought while setting off to hell together with the little droplet. FEATURES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Full translation of all the texts in the game. - Re-wrote the print subroutines with support of new lower-case variable width font. A total of 4 new print subroutines to support all game features. - New game logo in title screen and new level names in all of the levels. - Bonus 2nd logo with googly eyes in letter "O". - Reinstated the second bonus level in stage 5 which wasn't accessible. - Added a feature to enable the turbo mode on Turbo-R ST/GT computers. Works only when required to ensure perfect visual performance. - Translated/ altered in-game Japanese Kanji to be represented by new icons on for instance Enma's forehead, items you can purchase an more. - Fixed a bug when you have more than 10 lives. - Fixed unsafe PSG initialization. - Improved the screen split at the top of the game screen so it will look more polished and doesn't flicker (It's optimized to work on most common MSX models and emulators). The best performance is on real MSXes, especially Turbo R. - Minor improvements to the game to remove some small flaws. - Automatically disables network module on Russian MSX2 computers. CONTROLS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN: Move. DOWN, UP: Select the option of your choice in title screen. SHIFT : Back attack. SPACE or Z: Attack with the little droplet. F1: Pause the game. ORIGINAL CHEAT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kiyoshi Sakai left an "easy mode" in the game. Boot the game and then do a reset to activate this mode. FILES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MRGEN100.IPS - Japanese to English translation patch for Mr. Ghost MRGEN100.TXT - this text file MRG2NDLG.IPS - 2nd (alternative) logo. Apply after main patch (MRGEN100.IPS) MRGEN1TR.IPS - trainer 1: unlimited flashing MRGEN2TR.IPS - trainer 2: unlimited back attacks MRGEN3TR.IPS - trainer 3: unlimited lives HOW TO APPLY THIS PATCH -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. This patch is in the IPS format. That means you need to apply it with an IPS patch program. There are many programs to choose from. On a regular MSX you can use IPS4MSX.COM. Lunar IPS or IPS.EXE for instance do the job nicely on PCs. MAC-users can apply the patch with a program like UIPS. But there are many other suitable programs. If you're planning to play the translated version on openMSX you don't need to patch your ROM at all. This emulator supports soft patching. Look in openMSX' documentation on how to use patches in this way. 2. Make a dump of Mr. Ghost for MSX2. If you don't know how to do this or if you don't have the equipment to do it yourself and own the original cartridge, then you can get one of the ROM files available on the internet. Be sure you use the patch on a clean dump though. Any changes made to the ROM file, like for instance an applied cheat, might result in undesirable side-effects after patching. Make a back up of the dumped ROM file just in case. 3. Place the IPS program, this patch and the ROM of Mr. Ghost you want to patch in the same directory. Apply the patch to the ROM file. 4. On an MSX2, MSX2+ or Turbo R the game should work with any program you ordinarily load MegaROMs with. Provided that you have enough memory of course. On emulators that don't have auto ROM type detection or when it doesn't seem to work correctly, select the 'ASCII 8' ROM type. CREDITS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - Translation credits - 232: Translation, beta testing Max Iwamoto: Coding, graphics, fonts, redesign, beta testing - Original Credits listed in the manual - Kiyoshi Sakai : Programming Norio Makino : Graphics and design Manabu Saito : Music Soul Bee : Manual, package and advertisements CONTACT US -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you find any bugs or just want to contact us, please email to msx.translations@gmail.com TERMS AND CONDITIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This patch is free for non-commercial use. It is not allowed to redistribute a ROM file with the translation already applied to it or supply the patch together with the game ROMs. The contents of this archive should be distributed without any modifications to its contents. If copyright holder(s) of Mr. Ghost should want to contact us, please send us an email at msx.translations@gmail.com DISCLAIMER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though we took great care creating this translation, there still might be bugs or errors in it. If you find anything wrong, let us know. Use this patch at your own risk. We cannot be held responsible for any damages to files, either directly or indirectly. PREVIOUS TRANSLATIONS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Japanese to English) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01. Ganbare Goemon v0.9.5 - (c) Konami 1987 02. Yoshida Konzern v0.5.0 and Lubeck v1.0.0 - (c) - MSX-MAGAZINE SOFTWARE 1990 03. Woody Poco v1.0.1 - (c) dB-SOFT 1987 04. Penguin Wars 2 v1.0 - (c) ASCII 1988 05. Romancia - Dragon Slayer Jr. MSX2 v1.0.0 - (c) Falcom 1986 06. Dragon Slayer 4 MSX2 v1.0.0 - (c) Falcom 1987 07. Romancia - Dragon Slayer Jr. MSX1 v0.7.0 - (c) Falcom 1986 08. Welcome to Heaven v1.0.2 - (c) Taito 1987 09. Malaya's Treasure v1.0.0 - (c) Pony Canyon 1989 10. Ashguine Story 2: Citadel in the Void v1.0.0 - (c) T&E Soft 1987 11. Firebird v1.0.0 - (c) Konami 1987 12. Gladius v1.0.0: (c) MP 1992 13. Turtlemania demo MSX2+ verion - (c) Agnes Muller 1992 14. Shot to another World - (c) Doku 15. FM PAC v1.0.0 - (c) Panasoft 1988 16. Mr. Ghost v1.0.0 - (c) System Sacom 1989 17. Androgynous v1.0.0 - (c) Telenet Japan 1988 18. XXXX XXXXXXXXXX v1.0.0 - XXXXXXXXXXXX (Japanese to Spanish) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 01. Romancia - Dragon Slayer Jr. MSX1 v0.7.0 - (c) Falcom 1986 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------