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PC-FX God-Fighter Zeroigar

(aka Choujin Heiki Zeroigar)
(aka Tyoushin Heiki Zeroigar)

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English Translation Patch v1.0.1 (2015-08-23)

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CONTENTS:

1)  HOW TO APPLY THE PATCH
2)  PLAYING THE GAME ON AN EMULATOR
3)  BURNING THE GAME TO PLAY ON A REAL PC-FX
4)  PRINTED MANUALS AND JEWEL-CASE INSERTS
5)  GAMEPLAY CRASH COURSE
6)  MESSAGE ABOUT REPRODUCTIONS AND LEGAL STUFF
7)  CREDITS
8)  HAVING TROUBLE?
9)  CHANGELOG



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1)  HOW TO APPLY THE PATCH

This patch is designed to run on a Microsoft Windows operating system.

It should work on "recent" versions of Windows (Windows XP to Windows 10).

The procedure is simple ...


- Rip your PC-FX Zeroigar CD into a ".cue/.bin" CD image.
  ImgBurn is one program that will do this, and is known to work.
  (http://www.imgburn.com/)

- Copy the .bin and .cue files into the "original-cd" folder.
  The exact name of these files doesn't matter.

- Run "english-patch.cmd", either by double-clicking on the file, or from the 
  Command Prompt.

- Watch the output window for any error messages.
  The patching process can take a couple of minutes, so please be patient. 

- You will find the translated CD image in the "english-cd" folder."

- If something goes wrong, please see the "HAVING TROUBLE?" section.



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2)  PLAYING THE GAME ON AN EMULATOR

This game only works 100% properly in Mednafen.

ME-FX has graphical problems that severely inhibit gameplay.


In order to run any PC-FX game in Mednafen, you must locate a copy of the
PC-FX BIOS and copy it to Mednafen's "firmware" folder.

Please note that there are are least 2 different versions of the PC-FX BIOS
commonly available on the internet, and only 1 of them works with Mednafen.

    "NEC PC-FX BIOS (1994)(NEC)(JP).7z"     726.38 KB  <-- Does NOT work.
    "NEC PC-FX BIOS (1994)(NEC)(JP)[a].7z"  738.13 KB  <-- Works perfectly.

The BIOS file must first be uncompressed, and then renamed to "pcfx.rom".

    Directory of C:\emulators\mednafen\firmware\
    12/24/1996  10:32 PM         1,048,576 pcfx.rom

The MD5 hash of the pcfx.rom should be 08e36edbea28a017f79f8d4f7ff9b6d7.


Once the BIOS is set up properly, then running the Zeroigar game in Mednafen
is as simple as dragging-and-dropping the zeroigar.cue file onto mednafen.exe.

Alternatively, you can launch it via the command line, or even set up a
custom .bat file.



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3)  BURNING THE GAME TO PLAY ON A REAL PC-FX

The English translation works without issue in real PC-FX systems.

Since there is no copy protection, you can simply burn a disc and play.

Be sure to use the .cue file, not just the .bin file.

For a burning program, we recommend ImgBurn, as it is free, easy to use,
effective and small. 

Please be sure to use quality CD-Rs. TDK and Taiyo Yuden discs have always
been reliable for us.

We recommend burning at 8x write speed or lower. Going higher than that can
cause the disc to not be as easy for the drive to read.

NOTE:

If you experience FMV read-failures, it is most likely because your PC-FX's
CD laser is weakening. This is not uncommon with these old PC-FX consoles.

You can either buy a new laser assembly, or you can "turn up" your current one
by opening up the system, finding the row of three white potentiometers, and
giving the middle one 1/8 counter-clockwise turns until it reliably reads CDs.

One 1/8 turn is probably enough for most people. More than 3/8 may damage your
laser, so be careful.



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4)  PRINTED MANUALS AND JEWEL-CASE INSERTS

We plan on releasing a lovely digital manual and jewel-case inserts that you
can print out yourself and create your own "professional-looking" Zeroigar 
package that will look perfect on your shelf with your other games.

When these are ready, you be able to get them at ...

    http://tg-16.com/print_your_own_stuff.htm



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5)  GAMEPLAY CRASH COURSE

Zeroigar plays a little differently to a regular shoot-em-up, and there are
a few things that you'll need to know to maximize your enjoyment of the game.


- Switch the joypad's Mode 1 button to "B" to enable auto-fire.


- Anime Mode is the main game, and it's where 99% of the translation is.
  All other modes are very secondary to it. We encourage you to try it first.


- Shooting enemies earns Experience Points.

  Earning enough Experience Points will Level Up your ship.

  Leveling Up your ship increases the power of each bullet you fire, the
  amount of damage you can sustain, the amount of ammunition for your EXTRA
  WEAPONS, and even adds new EXTRA WEAPONS and power upgrades for them, too.


- You do NOT lose Experience Points when you "die"!

  You just get your ship repaired and can then play the level again.

  This means that if you keep on playing, then you WILL keep on Leveling Up,
  and your Zeroigar WILL keep on getting stronger.

  If you are ever stuck on a level, then just keep on playing, and you'll soon
  get strong enough to beat whatever enemy is causing you trouble.

  You have unlimited continues. If you keep playing, you will eventually
  Level Up to god-like strength.


- Your Level (LVL) affects the strength of each individual bullet you fire.
 
  The green powerups you collect only affect the number of bullets you fire.

  Getting hit and dying can reduce the number of bullets you fire, but your
  Level, and therefore the strength of those single bullets, never goes down,
  it only rises.

  A single bullet fired by a ship at Level 15 is more powerful than four
  bullets fired by a ship at Level 1.


- Use your EXTRA WEAPONS. They are basically the key to clearing the game.



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6)  MESSAGE ABOUT REPRODUCTIONS AND LEGAL STUFF

This is a non-profit fan-translation intended for free digital distribution
only. The people who made it do not wish to see it bought or sold, and have 
not and will not ever accept money for it.

Please do not support unauthorized "repro" dealers. The rise of these bootlegs
directly discourages the people who make translations like these, and 
undermines the morality of the entire fan translation community. 

So please, if you ever see a reproduction of this game for sale, resist the
urge to buy it. In fact, we would appreciate it if you would discourage others
from buying it, too. 

The program code and fonts for this Zeroigar English Translation patch are
Copyright 2015 John Brandwood. All Rights Reserved.

License is given to freely reproduce this code, and/or the fonts, for 
Non-Commercial use only.

Non-Commercial use is defined here as any product or bundle of products that
includes this copyrighted code and for which both the wholesale and the retail
selling price is less than five U.S. Dollars.



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7)  CREDITS

Language Translation
Video Subtitles

    SamIAm

Programming

    Elmer

Title Screen Graphic

    Esteban



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8)  HAVING TROUBLE?

    This patch takes a CD image in ".cue/.bin" format and then converts it
    into ".cue/.wav/.iso" format before modifying it.

    It is possible that you have a ".cue/.bin" image that is "unusual" and
    that "BinChunker" is unable to convert correctly.

    If you are stuck in a situation where the patching fails and you tried all
    that you can to fix whatever it is that the patch process is complaining
    about ... then you may have a bad set of ".cue/.bin" files.

    One potential solution to that is to burn the ".cue/.bin" to a CD, and
    then rip it again with ImgBurn. We know the ImgBurn produces ".cue/.bin"
    files that work with this patch. It is what the developers use.

    If that doesn't work, then you can try using NightWolve's wonderful
    TurboRip program to rip your CD. That program contains a database of
    information on PC-FX and PC Engine games, and will produce perfect
    CD rips in ".cue/.wav/.iso" format.

    You can find it at ... http://www.ysutopia.net/get.php?id=TurboRip

    If you can get a clean CD image from TurboRip, then you can just put the
    ".cue/.wav/.iso" files directly in the "original-cd" folder.



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9)  CHANGELOG

    2015-08-08 - Initial Release
    2015-08-23 - Modify "english-patch.cmd" batch file to handle CD images
                 in the ".cue/.wav/.iso" format that TurboRip outputs.
                 Add instructions about installing the PC-FX BIOS in Mednafen.



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