_______                           _______              __
|     __|.--.--.-----.-----.----. |   |   |.---.-.----.|__|.-----.
|__     ||  |  |  _  |  -__|   _| |       ||  _  |   _||  ||  _  |
|_______||_____|   __|_____|__|   |__|_|__||___._|__|  |__||_____|
               |__|                      ______
                                        |   __ \.----.-----.-----.
  .: Chinese Microtranslation :.        |   __ <|   _|  _  |__ --|
                                        |______/|__| |_____|_____|
										                     [1.0]


                                           .:[about the translation]:.
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There's no shortage of Chinese versions of Super Mario Bros, or of
Super Mario Bros ROMs with Chinese text.

Most of them are better than this one.

This ROM was basically a fun experiment to see just how much it would
be possible to compress the game's text by writing it in Chinese
characters. To this end, I only used the 24 character spaces available
in the stock Mario ROM with no expansion.

The text is short and hardly laconic, but it is technically correct
and certainly understandable. Plus it's fun to see a game written
entirely in 8x8 hanzi.


                                                         .:[changes]:.
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Revision 1.0 (2010/02/22)

* Initial release


                                                    .:[instructions]:.
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This Super Mario Bros translation is distributed in "beat" format.

You can get the latest version of beat from byuu's homepage (byuu.org)
or from ROMHacking.net (romhacking.net/utilities/893/).

The patch file mario-1.0.bps is intended for use on a ROM with
the checksum 2e1b6b3c.

1. Run beat.exe and click "Apply Patch".

2. Select the appropriate patch using the file browser.

3. Select your unpatched Super Mario Bros ROM. This is commonly named
   "Super Mario Bros (PRG 1) (JU).nes"

4. Enter a file name for the new rom the patcher will create.
   I suggest "Chinese Mario.nes"

The resulting patched game will work in any Nintendo or Famicom
emulator.


                                                         .:[credits]:.
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Translation:    Derrick Sobodash
Programming:    Derrick Sobodash
Special Thanks: Jacky Waiss