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                              Final Burn
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Basics!
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Final Burn is an arcade emulator.
It requires the rom images of the original arcade machines to emulate them.

(If you aren't familiar with emulators, you should note that this program is different from
a game, since it's a tool used to run the original games.)

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          Make sure you visit the homepage at www.finalburn.com
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What's new?
v0.061
+ Changed the fast forward key from 'Shift' to 'End'.
  (To avoid Hot Rod joystick conflicts.)
+ Added some helper options which allow you to select general input
  devices from the Input Dialog.

  e.g. to use Joystick 1 for Player 1:
   Click "Input", click "Player 1" from the drop-down menu,
   and then click "Joystick 1" from the drop-down menu.

  To remap individual buttons, quit the emulator
  and edit the .ini file for the game.

+ Fixed some incorrect checksum references in the sf2t driver
+ Added support for Street Fighter 2 CE
+ Changed the way sf2t is loaded (it's done like Mame now, by
  using the shared data in sf2ce.zip and sf2t.zip)
- No sound yet  :(


v0.060
+ Added support for Street Fighter Zero (CPS2) (sfz.zip)
  Jap r1 (sfzjr1) and Jap (sfzj) are supported.
+ Added support for Street Fighter Zero (CPS Changer) (sfzch.zip)
+ Added support for Street Fighter 2 Turbo (CPS1) (sf2t.zip)
+ Added Dip switch support (in the cfg files)

v0.052
+ Added a rom path variable 'szAppRomPath' to the cfg\finalburn.ini config file.
  Final Burn will search in this directory for rom zip files.
  By default it will search in the folder 'roms'.
  
  (If you change this option, make sure you include the final \ on the path name.)

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Using Final Burn
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Put the romsets (zipped) in the subdirectory (folder) called "roms".

For Rail Chase (Jap), make sure it is called railchaj.zip
For Galaxy Force II, make sure it is called gforce2.zip
For Galaxy Force II (Jap), you need both gforce2.zip and gforce2j.zip
For Power Drift, make sure it is called pwrdrift.zip
For Power Drift (Jap), you need both pwrdrift.zip and pwrdrifj.zip
For After Burner II, make sure it is called aburner2.zip
For After Burner I, you need both aburner1.zip and aburner2.zip since they share some data.

Note: the emulator colors will appear wrong if your desktop is in 256-color (8-bit).
Right-click on your desktop, properties, settings, and raise you color depth to 16-bit or higher
before you run the emulator.

Now Run the emulator and select your game, click Load, pick the game you wish to play.
*Note that if the romset is incomplete large sections of graphics and/or sound will be missing.

Emu Keys
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Escape: Toggle Options Panel
Alt-P : Pause/Unpause
Alt-O (while paused): advance One frame
Alt-I : Increase speed (toggle on/off)
Shift : Increase speed (only while pressed)


Default Game Keys (CPS games)
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  1 = Player 1 Start
  2 = Player 2 Start
  5 = Player 1 Coin 
  6 = Player 2 Coin 

Player 1 = Keyboard
  Up, Down, Left, Right
  Z  = Fire 1  (Low Kick)
  X  = Fire 2  (Mid Kick)
  C  = Fire 3  (High Kick)
  A  = Fire 4  (Low Punch)
  S  = Fire 5  (Mid Punch)
  D  = Fire 6  (High Punch)

Player 2 = Joystick 1
  Up, Down, Left, Right
  fire 1 = Fire 1  (Low Kick)
  etc...

Default Game Keys (Sega games)
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  1 = Start button
  5 = Insert coin
 F2 = Diagnostic Button (not in After Burner due to nasty sprite flickering)
  9 = Service Button (used in Galaxy Force diagnostic mode)

Keyboard
  Up/Down/Left/Right is on keyboard
  Z = Vulcan gun/Accelerate
  X  = Missile   /Change Gear
  C = After Burners
  A = Slow
  F = throttle up
  V = throttle down

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