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Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula Kun
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Demon Castle Special - I'm Kid Dracula!
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English Translation Patch
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Version 1.04
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Created by Vice Translations
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part of Foxhack.net
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http://www.foxhack.net/
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CREDITS
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Kitsune Sniper
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Game hacking, font insertion and preliminary translation.
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Email: kitsune_sniper [at] hotmail [dot] com
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KingMike
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ASM suggestions [also my personal savior]
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Akujin
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Main Translator
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D-Boy, Ian Kelley, Tomato
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Secondary translation
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Scheurbert [http://www.lvl99.com/]
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Title and ending screen design
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ORIGINAL EFFORTS BY:
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Kalas [kalas@bellsouth.net] //Hacker & Translator
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DarkMazda, Faraday //Translators
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Project History:
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July 2, 2009
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I received some information from an emulator coder who told me that
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the hack that removed the protection from the game caused a crashing
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bug in his NES emulator. This was back in 2008, I just uh, kinda sorta
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forgot about it until earlier this month. Note that functionally there's
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no real changes between 1.03 and 1.04 - the only difference between
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both patches is two bytes. While the original patch worked on normal
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NES systems (via flashcart or repro carts), there's no guarantee that the
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same patch would work properly on clone hardware. Better safe than sorry!
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I also updated Scheurbert's website info! He was the guy who
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designed the English title screen and game ending screen. Go visit him,
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he's an awesome graphic designer who works out of Australia.
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November 8, 2007
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Fixed the missing Konami code message. Try entering it at
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the title screen...
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December 24, 2003
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I really, really, REALLY suck. GOD. I forgot one damn thing
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in the last patch - the ending! Apparently I worked over
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an older version of my work, and that did not include the ending I
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had inserted.
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Sooo, Dave DiGiorgio informed me of the problem on October 31.
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Yes, I know it's been two months. Shut up. Go play Patlabor or something.
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October 11, 2003
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Not all was finished in this patch.
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Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start.
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That is all.
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January 5, 2003
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Well, I'll be damned.
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I'm done.
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Everything has been translated! Special thanks to King Mike for telling
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me about the ASM routine that was messing up the game when I hacked the
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title. I also found the hidden text, which wasn't really encrypted, it
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just used a -VERY- different encoding method. So, I spent all day
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finishing up the patch. And here's the result!
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There may be some bugs left; if so, please report them to the email
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address above. Thank you all! :D
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October 31st, 2002
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Two years later I churn out this crappy patch for ya'll. This new version
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completely translates the bonus games, and all the text up to the fight
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with Garamos.
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Sadly, neither the ending nor the boss dialogue are done. Not enough
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time to do this. Yes, two years weren't enough. :P Seriously, it appears
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that the game uses... evil 6502 protection. So I can't hack the title
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screen nor the text used in Garamos' speeches.
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Eventually I'll get to that. But I decided to release this patch as thanks.
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Believe it or not.
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August 1, 2000
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I found the pointer table! ^^ Time to get that translation going!
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July 02, 2000
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Kalas, the creator of the original patch contacted me, asking why I did not use
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his original translation as a base for my own project. He has authorized that I
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use his patch as a basis to help me understand the game. So now, some more parts
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have been translated to english!
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June 27, 2000
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I was wandering around The Whirlpool's "Dead NES Translations" section
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and I found that a person named Kalas had already made a patch for the game.
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I had no idea that the game had been hacked previously, so credit will be given:
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The original project was created by Kalas, DarkMazda and Faraday.
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This patch does not contain anything from that original patch, mmkay? However,
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I'll try to contact the original author to inform him of my decision.
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June 17, 2000
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I got bored. Really bored. So I started to play some roms that I had
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obtained in one of my usual rom binges. I found this little jewel by
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mistake; I thought that it was Castlevania 2 Japanese! That game is being
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translated by Gideon Zhi, so don't ask me about it.
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Anyway, it's a really nice game in my opinion, so I started messing with it.
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Version History:
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Version 1.04, July 2, 2009
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Maintenance release - fixes a possible crashing bug on certain emulators
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(and possibly on real hardware). See notes above for more details.
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Version 1.03, November 8, 2007 [7947 bytes]
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Fixed missing text that appears after entering the Konami code
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at the title screen.
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Version 1.02 FINAL, December 24, 2003 [8513 bytes]
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I'm DONE, REALLY! GOD. I suck.
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Version 1.01, October 11, 2003 [8380 bytes]
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Up up down down left right left right B A noise if you're right Start.
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Version 1.00a, January 5, 2003 [8352 bytes]
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EVERYTHING'S DONE! GO PLAY! ... Also, I fixed the game over screen. Hee. ^^;
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Version .65, October 31, 2002 [5345 bytes]
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The bonus stages and the quiz level have been translated. Other than that...
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nothing has been touched. Not the endings nor the boss text. Sorry.
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Version .26, August 01, 2000 [2984 bytes]
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This is just a small bugfix regarding some font editing, there's nothing new.
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Version .25, July 04, 2000 [2972 bytes]
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The 'Got X attack' messages have been translated. I also fixed the 'Continue' screen.
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And finally, I fixed a display bug in the status screen.
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Version .15, July 03, 2000 [2724 bytes] *not released*
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I have translated the 'Game Start/Password' screen and the Password Screen.
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Nothing much, it seems... However, the game is now mostly cavespeaked!
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Oh, and if you beat the game, wait until after the credits, and the Konami logo,
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to find something from myself...
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Version .101, June 23, 2000 [1115 bytes], released June 28, 2000
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All of the original status bar editing has been replaced with a cleaner, nicer
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font. [Pok<6F>mon Trading Card Game's 3x7 uppercase font]
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Version .10, June 18, 2000 [1137 bytes]
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I've added all the remaining attack names, and the word 'STAGE' in the
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status bar.
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Version .005, June 17, 2000 [733 bytes]
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*unreleased due to cancelled interview with Spinner 8*
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The only things I've messed with are the "Game Over" screen and the attack
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names. Don't worry, the game's text is intact. Nothing has been cavespeaked.
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What's left
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Nothing... or so it would seem.
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Game Notes:
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This is a game starring Kid Dracula. He appeared in a Game Boy game titled
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Kid Dracula [What an original name, neh? =P]. The game itself got huge
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praises in Mexico's official Nintendo Magazine [Club Nintendo]. Hell, I even
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had a poster of it! But I never saw it here. I haven't even found the GB rom yet!
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If you've played the Parodius or Wai Wai World series, you already know
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what to expect. In this game, Konami makes fun of the Castlevania series,
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by sending at you horrible enemies, like teenage witches, aliens, ducks in bath
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robes, skating girls, an SD version of the Grim Reaper, and "The Little
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Sister of Frankenstein's Monster". The first stage takes place in Count
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Dracula's castle, so you may find some parts familiar.
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After you finish a stage, you get a new attack, and you can spend your coins
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in 4 mini games: A slot machine, a lottery, one involving three girls dancing
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Can-Can =D, and one that has something to do with a skeleton in a barrel?!
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Emulator notes:
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FCE Ultra runs the game... but it seems to have some problems with it, it lags
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sometimes when you run the game [even the unhacked version]. It still plays fine,
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but it takes a while to get used to it. Famtasia Version 5.1 runs the game fine
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as well. None of the Nester variants will run the hacked game. It may crash some
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of them, so be careful!
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And no, this doesn't work in Nesticle. Jeez.
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Game Controls:
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Left - Makes your character move to the left.
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Right - Makes your character move to the right.
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Up - Makes you aim/shoot upwards [with the B button];
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Makes you climb up a ladder.
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Down - Makes you crouch.;
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Makes you go down a ladder.
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Select - Changes the attack.
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Start - Pauses the game.
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A Button - Makes you jump. Depending on the time held, you jump higher/farther.
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B Button - Makes you shoot;
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If held, you can shoot one of two special attacks: If you let go of it
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before the face grins completely, you will shoot a big fireball, if you
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let go of it when the face grins completely, you will get the Power Attack;
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it is different depending on the attack.
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A very special thanks to:
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Takasugi Shinji - Your tutorial got me started in learning japanese in an easier way, and those
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java programs that show how to write kana are excellent!
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Domo harigato, muchas gracias, thank you sooooo much!
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http://www.sf.airnet.ne.jp/~ts/japanese/index.html.
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Copyrights
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The original Kid Dracula patch was created by Kalas, DarkMazda and Faraday.
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Akumajou Special - Boku Dracula Kun, and all related names
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and characters are trademarks of Konami.
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SpiderMan is a trademark that Konami broke when they included him in the game.
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Think I'm kidding? Wait 'till the city scene!
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Nintendo Entertainment System, Famicom, Pok<6F>mon and all other related names
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and indicia are Copyrighted to Nintendo.
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Usage License
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You may host this patch on your website, provided that you do not charge
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a fee to access it. You may not distribute this patch with any other files,
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such as a website URL or a "Downloaded From" notification, or worse, the game
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ROM image itself.
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You may not modify the patch in any way, including using this patch as a
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basis for another translation patch, without my express consent. (There's
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nothing wrong with asking for permission!) I know I can't stop anyone from
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doing this, but I'd prefer it if you asked me so I can provide some data
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files and whatnot. My only request is that you credit the original script
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translators first.
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Game reproductions using this translation patch ARE allowed, as long as
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there is very little profit involved. So selling copies of this game on eBay
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isn't kosher, but making repros is fine.
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Disclaimer
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There is no videogame company or any other company associated with
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Foxhack.net. In no event shall the patch creators be liable or responsible
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for any damages that may occur from direct, indirect or consequential
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results of the ability or disability to use or misuse any material it provides. |
