*** Knightmare Gold v3.0.0 Readme *** *** (c)2008 Amusement Factory Software *** http://www.caetano.eng.br/ daniel@caetano.eng.br 1.0 - Foreword ============== We from Amusement Factory, A&L Software and Techno Dreams would like to thank you for downloading this Knightmare 20th anniversary special edition, the best 32KB game by Konami for MSX system. We would like to thank Konami, also. Without their superb work, this special edition would never be possible. :) Regards, Daniel Jorge Caetano -------------------- Amusement Factory 2.0 - Warning! ============== This game was developed upon an original Konami game. All rights over characters and names are reserved by Konami. However, the rights over the Midas Loader (KMG.COM) and the rearranged digital CD music are reserved by Amusement Factory Software and Techno Dreams. This software redistribution is *forbidden* without express authorization from the authors. This product cannot be sold, nor be included in any kind of software collection. The free download is available at the Official Knightmare Gold HomePage: http://www.caetano.eng.br/MSXPage/kmg/l=en . 3.0 - CD Burning ================ The game is fully playable without any kind of CDROM unit, but you'll be stuck to the original PSG or SCC music. To play in this mode, you just need to place the original Knightmare ROM in the same directory as KMG.COM. The name of original Knightmare ROM must be: KMARE.ROM Start the game running KMG.COM. If you want to listen the new digital sound track, you'll need a PC to burn a CD. You must write the files from KMG_R3.ZIP plus the file KMARE.ROM in the CD first track as a data track, and the files K02.MP3 to K22.MP3 into the following tracks (tracks 2 to 22) as audio tracks. The CD format is CD-XA. You can use Nero or any other program that allow you to burn CD-XA CDs. If you do not have Nero or want detailed instructions, here they are (using MKISOFS and CDRECORD): Unzip this distribution package ( KMG_R3.ZIP ) in a temporary directory like: C:\KMG\GAMEDATA In your PC. Place the original Knightmare ROM in this directory, too. The directory listing should be: KMARE.ROM KMARESCC.OVL KMG.COM README.TXT README_ENG.TXT Create the following directory, also: C:\KMG\GAMEISO Download all Kxx.MP3 files from the Knightmare Gold site, from K02.MP3 to K22.MP3. Those files must be uncompressed to WAV format and placed into the directory C:\KMG\GAMEISO. You can use whatever program you want to uncompress the MP3, since the result are 16bit 44KHz stereo WAV files, which is the format used by audio CDs. Once all these files are in place, you'll need the following software: MKISOFS This software is available in every operating system we've heard about, just ask Google. Once you have downloaded and installed it, use the following comands: C: CD\KMG MKISOFS -V KMG_R2 -iso-level 3 -RJ -o .\gameiso\k01.iso .\gamedata These actions will create a new file named k01.iso into the \gameiso directory. The directory C:\KMG\GAMEISO file listing should be: K01.ISO K02.WAV K03.WAV K04.WAV K05.WAV K06.WAV K07.WAV K08.WAV K09.WAV K10.WAV K11.WAV K12.WAV K13.WAV K14.WAV K15.WAV K16.WAV K17.WAV K18.WAV K19.WAV K20.WAV K21.WAV K22.WAV Now you'll need the following software: CDRECORD This software is available in every operating system... just ask Google, again. Once you have downloaded and installed it, place a blank CD-R into your drive and type the following commands: C: CD\KMG\GAMEISO CDRECORD dev=x,y,z speed=4 fs=8192k -v -pad -multi -xa k01.iso k02.wav k03.wav k04.wav k05.wav k06.wav k07.wav k08.wav k09.wav k10.wav k11.wav k12.wav k13.wav k14.wav k15.wav k16.wav k17.wav k18.wav k19.wav k20.wav k21.wav k22.wav Remember to replace the x,y,z with the propper values to your CD Writer. To find out what is the correct value, use these commands: CDRECORD -scanbus |more Usually the value is somewhat like 0,1,0. This action will write the CD-R tracks. After CDRecord finished its work, you can place the CD into your MSX CD-ROM drive and play the game. Remember to run MSXCDEX before changing the current directory to the CD drive letter... and then run KMG.COM on the CD. :) 4.0 - More Inforamtion ====================== If you need more information, look at the official homepage: Gold HomePage: http://www.caetano.eng.br/MSXPage/kmg/l=en In this page you'll be able to find the latest versions and game fixes. as well as game music and game booklet. This software is distributed without earning any kind of profit. The authors *are not* obligated to any kind of support, but they will as long as possible. If you need support, please contact us by e-mail: daniel@caetano.eng.br And use the text "KMG - Support" in the "subject" field. 5.0 - Staff =========== Original Game Konami Software, ¸ 1986 Audio CD-ROM Version A&L Software, ¸ 2003-2005 MSX2 Version Amusement Factory Software, ¸ 2004-2008 Audio Reprogramming Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Adriano C. R. da Cunha (UZIXman) General/Graphical Reprogramming Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Original CD-ROM Creation Carlos Eduardo M. Andrade Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) "Graphical Inspiration" Jos‚ L£cio Gama (SLotman) Rafael Jannone Giovanni dos Reis Nunes (PlainSpooky) Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Musical Arrangement for CDROM Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba (Parn) Opening Screen Art and Conversion Cl udio Massao Kawata (Cyberknight) Jos‚ L£cio Gama (SLotman) Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Konami Logo Art Jos‚ L£cio Gama (SLotman) Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Basic Color Pallete (Cool Colors) F bio Ricardo Schmidlin (FRS) Dynamic Pallete Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Loader Name Felipe Bergo (yopparai) Original Manual Konami Software, ¸ 1986 Original Manual Scan Sandy Pleyte Gold Manual Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) Gold Manual Revision Pablo Vasques Bravo-Villalba (Parn) Adriano C. R. da Cunha (UZIXman) Patr¡cia Arima (Morwen) Dante T. Nishida (atom) Beta-Testing Jos‚ L£cio Gama (SLotman) Luciano Sturaro (Gradius) Adriano C. R. da Cunha (UZIXman) Dante T. Nishida (atom) Jos‚ Luis de Almeida J£nior (ZLZ) Leandro Pereira (acidx) Carlos Eduardo M. Andrade Web Page Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba) English Version of Web Page Diego Ribeiro Fabiano Colella Daniel J. Caetano (Fudeba)