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                 -             FrontRAGE V1.03            -
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                 -    the definitive RAGE frontend ;-)    -
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                 - http://www.mayn.de/home/memm/frontrage -
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   FrontRAGE is a frontend for, guess what, RAGE. 
   It is designed, for ease of use, features a short executable
   without tons of *.DLLs unlike most other VisualBasic frontends.
   It was devloped using Borland Delphi 3.0.

   We'd like to get some feedback from you, so we see someone else is
   using FrontRAGE. If you've got any ideas to make FrontRAGE better,
   we would be pleased to hear them.

   
   Disclaimer:
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   The programmers of FrontRAGE are not responsible for any damage caused 
   by this software. You use it at your own risk!
   
   The software is provided "AS IS". There are no warrenties implied!
   
   The software is completly free and must not be sold.
   If you have paid for this product, you've been ripped off.

   The software must not be distributed with RAGE 0.8 or
   any ROMs. It must not be distributed on one media (like CDRs)
   together with RAGE 0.8 or the ROMs.

   

   Features:
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   - full featured frontend
   - supports all RAGE options and games
   - screenshots
   - runs ROMs from ZIPs
   - detection of RAGE-games (RAGE 0.8+ is needed)
   - detection of missing games / show only working games (optional)
   - small size of executable (just one small unzip-dll is needed)
   - freaky GUI


   To setup FrontRAGE:
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   - Just press the "Select"-Button, to choose the path,
     which contains RAGE.EXE.

   - To enable ZIP-support: 
     Enter a valid path to your directory, which contains
     the Rage ROMs zipped. 
     
     Note: If the roms are already unzipped in the rom directory, 
           FrontRAGE will not unzip them again

   - To turn off ZIP-support: Just delete the path to the zipped
     ROM files. FrontRage will now search for the files in the
     RAGE\Game directory.
    
     That's all!


   To add new games:
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   - With RAGE 0.8+ FrontRAGE detects new games automatically.
     For each new game you are asked to enter a description

   If you are using an earlier version of RAGE (which is not recommended):
   - Just edit FRAGE.INI
     Go to the [GAMES]-section
     add a new line like:

     newgame=Description of the New Game

   - you can add a screenshot by putting an apropriate *.JPG in the
     frage\scrshots directory.
     Screenshots have to be JPG files, which should not be larger than 270x190. 


   Version History:
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   - V1.00  first official release
   - V1.01  fixed several bugs
            made help box
   - V1.02  code cleanup
            enhanced zip support (see frage.ini)
            missing roms are detected
   - V1.02a *.GIF support added for screenshots
            some minor bugfixes
   - V1.03  zip-support without pkunzip.exe
            detection of new games (only RAGE 0.8+)
            image types are changing fast: 
            finally we've implementated JPG support to 
              minimize download time of FrontRAGE :)
              GIF support dropped
            RAGE-Options moved to an own window
              (now support of other emus should be easier to add ... in future)
            possibility to show only working games in selectionlist
            some minor design bugs fixed
            
            
   Future Versions:
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   - Support of other emulators, such as 'system16', 'callus', ...
   - More pictures, less buttons

   You can write us a wishlist if you want


   Important Note:
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   If your computer hangs while starting a game you probably selected
   the joystick option without having a proper joystick.
   This problem occurs if you have no or a windows-only joystick.
   (e.g. gravis grip doesn't work with RAGE !!!)
   If windows hangs and you are sure that your joystick works in dos mode, 
   or you didn't select the joystick option then please send us a short
   email.


   Credits:
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   - Design and Programming by Christian Kreitl aka gollumX
     mailto://gollum.x@gmx.net 
   - Programming by berlix
     mailto://berlix@hotmail.com
   - Logo by Christian Ziegler aka Floh
     mailto://floh@rhoen-saale.de
   
   
   Thanks to:
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   - Anders Nilsson & Janne Korpela for this awesome emulator!
     Keep up the good work!
   - Matthias Meckel for homepage hosting and tasty breakfast snacks
     mailto://memm@mayn.de
   - 'Pert No More' for fabulous homepage logo
