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After three years, at last we've improved NeoRAGEX enough to release a new version.
As the
previous NeoRAGEx version from SNK-NeoFighters Team, this one also isn't an useless
hack. We
added fixes and functions that seemed impossible to do, due to the lack of source
code.
The ROMsets were ALSO updated, with the most possible fidelity to the original
(encrypted) ROMs -
both in CRC and layout matters.

=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=
Whatsnew
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

[New Features]
� For the first time, all unibios versions (until the current v2.3) works with
NeoRAGEx;
� Unibios now works in both Console and Arcade modes;
� Added the new 'snk-neo.dll', developed by Romhack;
� Added MISC menu, with four new options;
� Added BIOS selector;
� Added IPS function, allowing to use hacks without patching needs (P1, S1 and V
data for now);
* To use an IPS, do as follows:
* kof2002.zip -> 265d-p1.rom -> kof2002-p1.ips
* That is to say: the file must have the same name as the ROMset, adding the '-
p1.ips' suffix.
� Added IPS selector (enable/disable use);
� Added options to generate DAT files for RomCenter and ClrMAME Pro;
� Added the IPS path in the emulator's folder options;
� Added the HQ2X, 2xPM, Eagle, SuperScale, SuperScale75, 2xSaI, Super2xSaI,
SuperEagle and
Scale2x Blitters (enable SoftFX Mode to use it);
� Added a Blitter selector;
� Added language support through the 'language.ini' file, which must be in the
same folder as
the emulator itself. You can use se the template file 'language_template.ini'
to make your own translation;
 � You can now change the background image, using an image file called 'skin.bmp'
that must be
placed in the same folder as the emulator;
� Support to 24-bitdepth images for background, without color issues, since the
textboxes now
have actual transparencies;
� The MCARDs emulation is complete (at last), now supporting save & load
functions;
� The cursors also has skin support. The pointer file must be named as 'point.bmp'
and the
hourglass file must be named as 'load.bmp'.

[Fixes]
� Fixed black screen and Z80 Error in Bang Bead;
� Fixed Z80 Error in Captain Tomaday;
� Fixed freezing in the 3rd round in Garou, when using Rock against Terry;
� Fixed slowdowns in Strikers 1945 Plus;
� Fixed Z80 Error in Zed Blade;
� There's no slowdowns when closing the emulator in certain CPUs with higher
clocks anymore.

[Games Added to the List]

� [cnbe] Codename: Blut Engel;
� [fr2ch] Final Romance 2;
� [frogfest] Frog Feast;
� [mslug3-5a] Metal Slug 6 (Bootleg).

[Updated games]
� [3countb] 3 Count Bout (m1|p1);
� [aof] Art of Fighting (m1);
� [bjourney] Blue's Journey (m1);
� [breakrev] Breakers Revenge (c5|c6);
� [bstars] Baseball Stars Professional (m1);
� [bstars2] Baseball Stars 2 (m1);
� [fatfury1] Fatal Fury (m1);
� [fightfev] Fight Fever (p1|s1|v2);
� [ganryu] Musashi Ganryuuki (p1);
� [goalx3] Goal! Goal! Goal! (m1);
� [janshin] Jyanshin Densetsu (m1);
� [joyjoy] Joy Joy Kid (m1);
� [kof95] The King of Fighters '95 (v2);
� [kof96] The King of Fighters '96 (p1);
� [kof97] The King of Fighters '97 (p1);
� [kof2000] The King of Fighters 2000 (m1);
� [kof2001] The King of Fighters 2001 (m1);
� [kotm] King of the Monsters (m1);
� [lastblad] The Last Blade (p1);
� [lbowling] League Bowling (m1);
� [legendos] Legend of Success Joe (m1);
� [maglord] Magician Lord (m1);
� [mahretsu] Mahjong Kyoretsuden (m1|s1);
� [marukodq] Chibi Marukochan Deluxe Quiz (c1|c2|s1);
� [matrim] Power Instinct Matrimelee (c1);
� [mosyougi] Syougi No Tatsujin (s1);
� [neogeo] Neo Geo BIOS (ng-lo|ng-sfix|ng-sm1|uni-bios);
� [nam1975] NAM-1975 (m1|s1);
 � [neomrdo] Neo Mr. Do! (s1);
� [panicbom] Panic Bomber (p1);
� [pbobblen] Puzzle Bobble (p1);
� [puzzledp] Puzzle De Pon! (s1);
� [quizkof] Quiz King of Fighters (c2);
� [rbff2] Real Bout Fatal Fury 2 (p1|v3|v4);
� [ridhero] Riding Hero (m1|p1|s1);
� [roboarmy] Robo Army (m1);
� [samsho] Samurai Shodown (c5|c6|p1|p2);
� [shocktro] Shock Troopers (c1~c8|p1|p2);
� [socbrawl] Soccer Brawl (m1|s1);
� [sonicwi2] Aero Fighters 2 (v2);
� [sonicwi3] Aero Fighters 3 (v2);
� [spinmast] Spin Master (p2);
� [strhoop] Street Hoop (m1);
� [superspy] The Super Spy (m1|v12|v21);
� [tpgolf] Top Player's Golf (c3|c4|m1);
� [tws96] Tecmo World Soccer '96 (m1);
� [viewpoin] Viewpoint (m1|s1);
� [wh1] World Heroes (p1|p2);
� [wh2j] World Heroes 2 Jet (c1~c4);
� [samsho5] Samurai Shodown V (m1);
� [mslug4] Metal Slug 4 (m1);
� [mslug5] Metal Slug 5 (c1~c4|m1|v1);
� [mslug5-5a] Metal Slug 5 Plus (p2|p3);
� [mslugx] Metal Slug X (p1);
� [kof2003] The King of Fighters 2003 (m1|s1);
� [kofse2k4] The King of Fighters Special 2004 (v1|v2);
� [kof10th] The King of Fighters 10th (c1~c16);
� [kf10thep] The King of Fighters 10th Extra + (c1~c16|m1|p1~p3|v1|v2);
� [kof10th-5a] The King of Fighters 10th Unique (p1|p2);

Note: Some ROMS were renamed. Please check your ROMsets using RomCenter or
ClrMamePro.

[Credits for this version]

� Romhack;
� fabiofilho;
� Shoometsu.

[Thanks to]
� FerchoGTX - for the P1 that fixes the screen freezing in the 4th mission of
Metal Slug X;
� iq_132 - for the m1crypt tool, used to check and generate some decrypted M1
ROMs;
� MagoLouco - for the NeoRAGEx 4.ac, which was the basis for this version;
� Ilus�o - for the official NeoRAGEx 5.2 background image;
� Blaze - for the new emulator icon;
� Arabe - for the kof10th 4MB C ROMs layout;
� Maxim Stepin - HQ2x author;
� Andrea Mazzoleni - Scale2x author;
� Pablo Medina - 2xPM author;
� GCC, Flex and Bison's GNU libs;
� ElSemi - SuperScale and SuperScale75 author;
� Dirk Stevens - Eagle author;
� Derek Liauw Kie Fa - 2xSaI, Super2xSaI and SuperEagle author.
===================================- www.Snk-NeoFighters.com
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For this version, we had the new members Romhack, neo04, Blaze e Ferchogtx joining
forces with the
team that continues to improve the popular NeoRAGEx emulator: the Snk-NeoFighters
Team.

The version 5.0 presents very interesting news, see below:

=-=-=-=-
whatsnew
-=-=-=-=

Emu-Fixes:
---------
- MGD2 dumps in the ROMs folder won't close the emulator anymore, when you press
the 'IMPORT' button.
- Removed both HappyASR and FlycBoy signatures
- Now the emulator supports the Unibios version 1.3
- New Background

Added:
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[kog]King of Gladiator
[kof96-1a]The King of Fighters '96 (Bootleg)
[kof2002-5c]The King of Fighters 2002 Plus (Set 3)
[kof2002-5d]The King of Fighters 2002 Magic Plus
[kof2002-5e]The King of Fighters 2002 Magic Plus II
[kf2k4spe-5a]The King of Fighters Special 2004 (Plus)
[kof10th]The King of Fighters 10th Anniversary
[kof10th-5b]The King of Fighters 10th Anniversary Extra Plus
[lans2004]Lansquenet 2004
[ltorb1]Jonas Indiana and the Lost Temple of RA
[svcchaos-5c]Snk Vs Capcom Chaos Super Plus
 + Newer zlib.dll version (v1.2.3)

Updated:
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[garou]Garou - Mark of The Wolves
253d-p1.rom (fa50e446 -> e7c40dfa)
* Fixes bug in Gato's moves

[kof2001]The King of Fighters 2001

262d-p1.rom (9381750d -> 2af7e741)
262d-p2.rom (8e0d8329 -> 91eea062)
* Fixes menu bugs

[kof10th-5a]The King of Fighters 10th Anniversary Unique

* Now as kof10th clone, uses a new s1 (10de5d7c) that fixes a few bugs

[kof2003-5a]The King of Fighters 2004 Ex (Hero)

271d-p1.rom (9cfd1bb7 -> [p1]9bd97e8b, [p2]8c06e880, [p3]96842d45)

[kof2003-5b]The King of Fighters 2004 Ex (Ultra Plus)

271d-p1.rom (6134d515 -> 4793b724)

[mslug4-5a]Metal Slug 4 Plus

263d-p1.rom (89694a20 -> ce15b634)

[mslug5]Metal Slug 5
268d-m1.rom (792e07c1 -> 2f621a2b)
268d-p1.rom (d99c035c -> 5d1a8668)
268d-p2.rom (768ee64a -> 47662c5e)

[pochi]Pochi and Nyaa

267d-c1.rom (2bd02a33 -> 75fa4f27)
* Renamed as pnyaa

[pokerngt]Poker Night
* Renamed as poknight

[rotd]Rage of The Dragons

264d-m1.rom (7e06206d -> c5d36af9)

[samsho5]Samurai Shodown V
270d-m1.rom (18114fb1 -> 65495887)

[samsh5sp]Samurai Shodown V Special

272-p1.rom (3e3961f5 -> [p1]d5d492a9, [p2]b85f2c0f)
* MVS dump
272-m1.rom (3ca75c37 -> 203d744e)

[svcchaos]Snk Vs Capcom Chaos

269d-p1.rom (f59cd7b0 -> dbe53050)
* Fixes bugs from the previous ROMs
269d-s1.rom (aaef740c -> 772b18dc)
269d-m1.rom (b042e390 -> 7b7bf462)

[svcchaos-1a]Snk Vs Capcom Chaos Plus (Set 1)

269d-p1.rom (1cc8fb7a -> [p1]e17c87d9, [p2]73413fd4, [p3]9c4f6f36)
* Renamed as svcchaos-5a, now uses the s1 aaef740c
[svcchaos-1b]Snk Vs Capcom Chaos Plus (Set 2)
269d-p1.rom (1cc8fb7a -> [p1]f74bf96d, [p2]60f0c498)
* Renamed as svcchaos-5b, now uses the s1 aaef740c

[lastblad]The Last Blade

234-v4.rom (13583c4b -> 0e34157f)

Removed:
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[diggerma]Diggerman (Nonsupport)
[vliner]Dyna V-Liner (Nonsupport)
[garoup]Garou - Mark of The Wolves (Prototype)
[jockeygp]Jockey Grand Prix (Nonsupport)
[irrmaze]The Irritating Maze (Nonsupport)
[kof2001-1a]The King of Fighters 2001 (Home Version - Console Fix)
[kof99p]The King of Fighters '99 (Prototype)
[samsh5sp-1a]Samurai Shodown V Special (Console)

By Snk-NeoFighters Team:
-----------------------
Shoometsu
JiMMy_PaGe
fabiofilho
Romhack
Blaze
neo04
Ferchogtx

Thanks to:
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iq_132 (for kof10th and mslug5)
oak2003 (for kog)

===================================- www.Snk-NeoFighters.com
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= NeoRAGEx 4.x =
============

After EGCG announced that won't update the NeoRAGEx anymore, most of the emulator
fans felt like
orphans, but the history changes now.
Thanks to magolouco, that broke the EGCG protections schemes, so we can change the
emulator and
update it.
Also, we owe this version to Shoometsu, that actively participated in the update
process and
theached me and Jimmy how to change NeoRAGEx.
Very special thanks to our friend neo04 for constantly updating his dat during all
this time,
which we used as base to make the NeoRAGEx 4.x dat.
Added:
__________

* kof10thu

Updated:
___________

* kof2003 (now follows PCB dump)

* svcchaos (bootleg swapped by PCB dump)

Credits:
--------

Shoometsu
JiMMy_PaGe
fabiofilho

Thanks:
--------------

EGCG (for the emulator)

magolouco (for breaking the emulator protections schemes)
neo04 (for the previous dat files, in which we've based to make this one)
iq_132 (for svcchaos p1)

======================================- www.Snk-NeoGeo.com
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From NeoRAGEx 0.6b readme

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COMMON KEYS:
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'TAB' - Toggle in/out to system menu (Key redefenition etc)

'1' - start 1 player game
'2' - start 2 player game
'3' - Coin1/Select
'4' - Coin2/Select
'5' - Volume -
'6' - Volume +
'7' - Record sound output
'8' - Show/Hide frames/Sec
'9' - Full throttle (ON/OFF)
'0' - Save preview shot (8-bit only)
'F1' - Reset (Toggle in/out to MVS-settings)
'F2' - Audio Setting (ADPCM/FM/OFF)
'F3' - 8/16-bit audio output
'F4' - Audio channels (MONO/STEREO)
'F5' - 8/16-bit colordepth
'F6' - Scanlines (ON/50%/OFF)
'F7' - Interpolation (ON/OFF)
'F8' - Edge enhancement (ON/OFF)
'F9' - Take Screenshot
'F11' - Save state menu
'F12' - Load state menu
'ESC' - Hmmmm... what might this key do?

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KEYSETTINGS:
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Keys:
UP - pl1 up
DOWN - pl1 down
LEFT - pl1 left
RIGHT - pl1 right
A - pl1 Button1
S - pl1 Button2
D - pl1 Button3
F - pl1 Button4

NUMP 8 - pl2 up
NUMP 2 - pl2 down
NUMP 4 - pl2 left
NUMP 6 - pl2 right
B - pl2 Button1
N - pl2 Button2
M - pl2 Button3
, - pl2 Button4

Z - pl1/pl2 hotkey1
X - pl1/pl2 hotkey2
C - pl1/pl2 hotkey3
V - pl1/pl2 hotkey4

You can change the key layout in the options menu.

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FAQ:
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How do I overclock a certain game?

Type ,desired Hz after the game in the ini file. EX: 142096,metslug2.zip,20000000
This will set the 68000 cpu to 20 Mhz and will also overclock the z80 the same
percentage. In some games timing is very important, in that case overclocking
can make the game unstable. We have already overclocked some games so you might
not see any difference if you dont overclock them even more.

Where do I have to put my neo-geo bios files?

You can have them either unpacked or in a zip-file named neogeo.zip. Put them in
the same directory as NeoRAGEx.exe or in either rompath1 or rompath2.

Where do I put my roms?

In either rompath1 or rompath2. You can define your own rompaths in the
options/directories menu.

How could i enter the menu without exiting the game?

Hit TAB
How could i enter the Dipswitch settings menu?
There are 2 ways to do this:
1. You can use F1 to switch between Dipswitch menu directly. No need to go through
NeoRAGE menu at all.
2. Or Enter the machine settings from the main menu. Select MVS Settings=ON. Accept
changes and reset NeoRAGE. Now you can change the softdip settings as you like.
When you are done leave the softdip and enter the NeoRAGE Main Menu again.
Change MVS-Settings=OFF and reset NeoRAGE.
Note! Remeber to leave the dip-menu before Pressing F1 or reseting.

What does the (?) mean in the gamelist?

It means that the game is not a tested dump. But propably will run ok anyway. It
has
nothing to do with the name of the dump!

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Recomendations:
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Certain Video cards force VSYNC if you use tripple buffering... this slows
down the emulation alot. If you have problems with speed turn tripple
buffering off.

If you have 60hz as refreshrate at res640x480 or res320x240

use tripple buffering with VSYNC and enable full
throttle (press '9') to get the most steady frame rate.

Remember to try all the different options in Video menu to find out what
works best on your hardware. And dont forget to checkout interpolation...

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