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----> Welcome to Stingray's Read Me. This file should have all information needed for the use
      of Stingray.

----> Stingray Coded by Ti-B0ne.



=-=-=-=- Index 

1. Information About Stingray
1.1 Introduction
1.2 General Information
1.3 History and What's new in this version

2. What you need
2.1 System Requirements
2.2 Software Requirements

3. Features

4. How to 
4.1 How to install
4.2 How to use it
4.3 How to uninstall
4.4 How to know it
4.5 How to configure it

5. What to expect
5.1 From the actual version
5.2 From the next version(s)

6. Bugs
6.1 Known Bugs
6.2 Unknown bugs

7. Contact me
7.1 Ways to Contact me
7.2 Stingray on the web.

8. Disclaimer
8.1 Thanks to...
8.2 Copyright Disclaimer


=-=-=-=- 1. Information about Stingray

1.1 Introduction
    
    Stingray is a frontend for the CPS2 Emulator CPS2Mame, this emulator features no GUI, 
    so with Stingray, you don't need to use the command line.
    
1.2 General Information

    Stingray was made to help Cps2MAME Users, and *NOT* to endorse any piracy of Capcom Games, so
    please do not distribute Stingray with ROM's!    

1.3 History

    0.1.8 What's New :

    * Added Marvel Vs. Capcom (USA 980123)
    * Added Marvel Vs. Capcom (Japan 980123)
    * Added Marvel Vs. Capcom (Japan 980112)
    * Added Marvel Vs. Capcom (Asia  980112)
    * Added Darkstalkers (Euro 940705)
    * Added Rockman II (Japan 960708)
    * Added Street Fighter Zero II (Asia 960227)
    * Added Darkstalkers (Asia 940705)
    * Added Vampire Savior (Euro 970519)
    * Removed some un-used file from the source.
    * Fixed entry information. (Thanks Drako)


    0.1.7 What's New :

    * Added Street Fighter Zero 3 (Asia 980701)
    * Added Vampire Savior (Asia 970519)
    * Added X-Men Vs. Street Fighter (Euro 960910)
    * Added X-Men COTA (Euro 950105)
    * Added D&D: Tower of Doom (Euro 940412)
    * No Others Changes in this release.
 
    0.1.6 What's New :

    * Added Vampire Savior 2 : The Lord of the Vampire (Japan 970913)
    * Fixed Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter (US 970625)
    * Fixed Portuguese Language file.
    * Fixed the control selection screen bug when using 1204x768 Resolution.
    * Happy Halloween to everyone!

    0.1.5 What's New :
 
    * Added Vampire Savior : The Lord of the Vampire (US 970519)
    * Added Armored Warriors (Euro 941011)
    * Added Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter (US 970625)
    * Added Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter (Japan 970707)
    * Added Marvel Super Heroes VS Street Fighter (Japan 970702)
    * Added Marvel Super Heroes (Japan 951024)
    * Added Super Muscle Bomber (Japan 940808)
    * Added Super Muscle Bomber (Japan 940831)
    * Added Street Fighter Zero 3 (Japan 980727)
    * Added Street Fighter Alpha 3 (USA 980629)
    * Added Street Fighter Alpha 3 (USA 980904)
    * Added Eco Fighters (ETC 931203)
    * Added Battle Circuit (Japan 970319)
    * Added Vampire: The Night Warriors (940630)
    * Added D&D: Shadow over Mystara (Euro 960209)
    * Added Street Fighter Alpha (Euro 950727)
    * Added Street Fighter Alpha (Euro 950605)
    * Added Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940818)
    * Added Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors (US 940705)
    * Fixed Spanish Language. (Grammar Errors)
    * Cleaned up and re-writed lots of it.
    * Minor fixes i can't remember.

    0.1.4 What's New :

    * Fixed Darkstalkers : The Night Warriors (US 940818)    
    * Fixed 19XX: The War Against Destiny (Hispanic 951218)
    * Fixed Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Hispanic 951117)
    * Finally fixed that stupid language screen bug. (I inverted one line in the code..)
    * Fixed crash when using Hardware Stretch and Direct Draw at same time..


    0.1.3 What's New :

    * Added Super Street Fighter II : Tournament Battle (ETC 931119)
    * Added Capcom Sports Club (Japan 970722)
    * Added Capcom Sports Club (Asia 970722)
    * Fixed Spanish Language (2 mistakes, thanks Dark_Guap)
    * Fixed Stupid typo error, when closing the about box. (Duh me!!)
    * A lot of General Fixes.. 
    * Tweaked and removed some Crap Code.


    0.1.2 What's New :

    * Added Alien vs. Predator (Euro 940520)
    * Added Street Fighter Zero 2 Alpha (Japan 960805)
    * Added Spanish (Espaol) language (i did this myself, so it may have errors.)
    * Fixed major bug with 640x400 resolution
    * Fixed language screen (at least in my pc, untested.)
       

    0.1.1 What's New :

    * Added Hardware Stretch and Windowed selections on the main screen.
    * Added the Italian Translation (Thanks Zydio (zydio@emuitalia.com) )
    * Fixed a bug with the resolutions (Thanks LoopMaster)
    * Fixed the bug that was preventing to select all games. (Thanks Atomic.)
    * Fixed the Vsync/DDraw option to work correctly with Cps2Mame.
    * Fixed the focus of cps2mame on launch (Should fixes your res/desktop problems Loopmaster)
    * Internal changes to make everything faster.
       

    0.1.0 What's New : 

    In sync with lastest Cps2Mame


=-=-=-=- 2. What you need

2.1 System Requirements.

       If you have Cps2Mame Running through a Windows DOS Box, then Stingray should run.


2.2 Software Requirements

    In order to Run Stingray, you should have the following software installed : 

----> Visual Basic 6.0 Run-Time Libraries : 
      If can get this from http://www.microsoft.com or by installing Visual Basic 6.0

----> Capcom Software : 
      A arcade board is useless without games, so you will need some of this ROM images, *DO NOT*
      ask me to get you those, because i can't tell you. You will have to dump your own, or find 
      some on the internet. 

=-=-=-=- 3. Features


---->Easy-to-use Interface
---->Fully Configurable through GUI.
---->Cool visual
---->Integration with Cps2MAME
---->Save the configuration for later use.
---->Snapshot Preview Support.
---->Multi-Language (See more below.)

=-=-=-=- 4. How to

4.1 How to install it

    Just unzip all the files in the stingray.zip to the folder where your Cps2Mame is.

4.2 How to use it

    Just click on the driver to use and click Run. The rest is very intuitive.

4.3 How to uninstall it

    Just delete all the files that came in the Stingray.zip.

4.4 How to configure it

    Everything is configurable through the GUI. 
    I should write a doc explaining each menu, but not now, i don't have the time.

=-=-=-=- 5. What to expect 

5.1 From the actual version

    - Snapshot support
    - Multi-Language Support. 
       >>> To add another language, simple edit one of the existing languages in the "/lang/" dir
           and save with the new name. Be sure to contact me so i can add your translation to 
           the regular distribution of Stingray. You'll be credited.

5.2 From the next version(s)

    - Let's see what the future brings.

=-=-=-=- 6. Bugs

6.1 Known Bugs

      - None known.

6.2 Unknown Bugs 

    - If a bug is not listed above, tell me!


=-=-=-=- 7. Contact Me

7.1 Ways to Contact me : 

    You can contact me in various ways, choose the best for you : 


----> E-Mail - juliano@totalemulation.net

----> IRC - #dom__bosco on irc.via-rs.com.br


7.2 Stingray on the web :

    You can find the Stingray WebSite here at : http://www.totalemulation.net/retroemu
 
    In the website you'll always get, into lastest progress, WIP and Beta versions, screenshots
    of Stingray in action, various links, and everything else related with Stingray.


=-=-=-=- 8. Disclaimer

8.1 Thanks to : 

    My grateful thanks to list is (in no particular order): 

    - Razoola! For making Cps2 emulation a reality. (http://www.cps2shock.com)
    - Team FB Alpha, Dave, Elsemi, Mr. K, David Raingard, and all FB Hackers..
    - Atomic for the help.
    - LoopMaster for Cp-Systems II Turbo and Beta testing early versions.
    - Everyone who liked my little program and told me.. (you know who you are..)
    - RabidFrog   - Without him, i would dropped emulation a long ago,
                    and for his hosting and support too, but especially for being a FRIEND.
    - TuitoAtomic - For being a friend and all the chats, help and everything.
    - Aeris       - for being such a good friend. and all callus nights.. :)
    - Staff of Te - for being in TE and being cool. 
    - Luke's      - for taking my coding time with recordings.
    - Porthos     - for something.. i'm sure..
    - Guys at IRC - for the partys.
    - Antartica   - for producing Polar Export (Cerveja de Qualidade)

    - Blind Guardian, Stratovarius, KISS, Clarika, NFS Band, DJ Pretzel, Metallica, VGM Rippers
       and others - for providing soundtrack to my coding sessions. :)

    - Every one else i forgot for doing things i obviously can't remember


8.2 Disclaimer (2)

    I'm NOT affliated to Capcom, nor incentivate the piracy of their games, i also wanna let
    you know that : Capcom, it's name and logo are trademarks of Capcom And (c) of
    Capcom.

    I'm NOT affliated to Cps2Mame, Cps2Shock or Razoola.

    You can use and distribute Stingray, as long you NOT modify it in ANY ways, and *NEVER* 
    sell it, or distribute it with ROM's.