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| Game Genie Encoder/Decoder
| Copyright (C) 2004-2006 emuWorks
| http://games.technoplaza.net/
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| Table of Contents
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  - 1.0 Introduction
  - 2.0 Usage
  - 3.0 Building from Source
  - 4.0 Revision History
  - 5.0 Contact Information
  - 6.0 License

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| 1.0 Introduction
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  Game Genie Encoder/Decoder, as you might expect, is a tool for encoding or
  decoding game genie codes. It works for all four kinds of game genie systems,
  NES, Super NES, Genesis, and Game Boy/Game Gear.
  
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| 2.0 Usage
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  This program should (I hope) be fairly intuitive. Just double-click the
  executable or start it from the command line and the main window will come up.
  
  Select the system you want to use from the radio buttons (Nintendo, Super
  Nintendo, Genesis, or Game Boy / Game Gear). Then start typing in the input
  boxes.
  
  To encode game genie codes, simply fill in the value, address, and the compare
  value (Nintendo and Game Boy / Game Gear only) and the code will automatically
  appear in the game genie box below.
  
  To decode game genie codes, just put the game genie code in the game genie
  input box. The address, value, and compare boxes will automatically be filled
  in as you type. Codes must be entered as they appear in the code books. In
  other words, you must add the slash(es) for Super Nintendo, Genesis, and Game
  Boy / Game Gear codes.
  
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| 3.0 Building from Source
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  Game Genie Encoder/Decoder is free software under the GNU General Public
  License.
  
  To build the application from source, you will need a few things. First, the
  source code which is available from our website
  (http://games.technoplaza.net/). You will also need the Qt 4 development
  libraries. They can be downloaded from http://www.trolltech.com/. Finally,
  a ISO C++ compiler. We use GNU g++.
  
  To compile the source, from the command prompt in the ggencoder directory.
  
  cd source
  qmake ggencoder.pro
  make
  
  If you have questions, please feel free to contact us.
  
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| 4.0 Revision History
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  Version 0.91 (August 19, 2006)
    - fixed bug that prevented encoding unless you had a partial code
    - major code cleanup
    - added Mac OS X binaries
  
  Version 0.90 (July 30, 2005)
    - initial public release
  
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| 5.0 Contact Information
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  emuWorks is located on the web at http://games.technoplaza.net/. You can
  contact us at http://www.technoplaza.net/feedback.php or via email at
  webmaster(AT)technoplaza.net (replacing the (AT) with the @ sign).
  
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| 6.0 License
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  Game Genie Encoder/Decoder is copyright (C) 2004-2006 emuWorks. It is licensed
  under the GNU General Public License. The full text of the license is in
  license.txt. You can learn more at http://www.gnu.org/.