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- ==========================================
- M.E.S.S. - Multi-Emulator Super System
- Copyright (C) 1999 by the MESS team
- Official Page at: http://mess.emuverse.com
- ==========================================
-
- Please note that many people helped with this project, either directly or by
- releasing source code which was used to write the drivers. We are not trying to
- appropriate merit which isn't ours. See the acknowledgemnts section for a list
- of contributors, however please note that the list is largely incomplete. See
- also the CREDITS section in the emulator to see the people who contributed to a
- specific driver. Again, that list might be incomplete. We apologize in advance
- for any omission.
-
- All trademarks cited in this document are property of their respective owners.
-
- Especially, the MESS team would like to thank Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team
- for letting us play with their code and, in fact, incorporating MESS specific
- code into MAME. Without it, MESS would be substantially less than what it is
- right now! ;-)
-
-
- Usage and Distribution Licence:
- ===============================
-
- - MESS usage and distribution follows that of MAME. Please read the MAME
- readme.txt file distributed with MESS for further information.
-
-
-
- How to Contact The MESS Team
- ============================
-
- Here are some of the people contributing to MESS. If you have comments,
- suggestions or bug reports about an existing driver, check the driver's Credits
- section to find who has worked on it, and send comments to that person. If you
- are not sure who to contact, write to Ben (ben@netstra.com.au) - who is the
- current coordinator of the MESS project [DOS]. If you have comments specific to a
- given operating system, they should be sent to the respective port maintainer.
- You will find their e-mail address below.
-
- Mike Balfour mab22@po.cwru.edu
- Richard Bannister titan@indigo.ie
- Ben Bruscella ben@netstra.com.au
- Juergen Buchmueller pullmoll@t-online.de
- Jeff Mitchell skeezix@skeleton.org
- Gareth Long gatch@elecslns.demon.co.uk
- Brad Oliver bradman@primenet.com
-
- PLEASE DON'T SEND BINARY ATTACHMENTS WITHOUT ASKING FIRST, *ESPECIALLY* ROM IMAGES.
-
- THESE ARE NOT SUPPORT ADDRESSES. Support questions sent to these addresses
- *will* be ignored. Please understand that this is a *free* project, mostly
- targeted at experienced users. We don't have the resources to provide end user
- support. Basically, if you can't get the emulator to work, you are on your own.
- First of all, read this doc carefully. If you still can't find an answer to
- your question, try checking the beginner's sections that many emulation pages
- have, or ask on the appropriate Usenet newsgroups (e.g. comp.emulators.misc)
- or on the many emulation message boards. The official MESS message board is at:
- http://mess.emuverse.com
-
-
- Also, DO NOT SEND REQUESTS FOR NEW SYSTEMS TO ADD, unless you have some original
- info on the hardware or, even better, have the technical expertise needed to
- help us. Please don't send us information widely available on the Internet -
- we are perfectly capable of finding it ourselves, thank you.
-
-
-
- CURRENTLY EMULATED:
- ==============================================================================
- Here are the currently supported systems (mess -listfull):
-
- System: Description:
- ---------------------------------------------
- a5200 "Atari 5200"
- a7800 "Atari 7800"
- a800 "Atari 800"
- advision "Adventurevision"
- amiga "Amiga (NTSC)"
- apple1 "Apple 1 8k"
- apple2c "Apple IIc"
- apple2c0 "Apple IIc (3.5 ROM)"
- apple2cp "Apple IIc Plus"
- apple2e "Apple IIe"
- apple2ee "Apple IIe (enhanced)"
- apple2ep "Apple IIe (Platinum)"
- astrocde "Bally Arcade/Astrocade"
- aszmic "ZX.Aszmic"
- c16 "Commodore C16 (PAL)"
- c64 "Commodore C64 (NTSC)"
- c64pal "Commodore C64 (PAL)"
- cgenie "Colour Genie EG2000"
- coco "Color Computer"
- coco3 "Color Computer 3"
- coleco "Colecovision"
- cp400 "Prologica CP400"
- cpc464 "Amstrad/Schneider CPC464"
- cpc6128 "Amstrad/Schneider CPC6128"
- cpc664 "Amstrad/Schneider CPC664"
- dragon32 "Dragon 32"
- ep128 "Enterprise 128K"
- fellow "Salora Fellow"
- gameboy "GameBoy"
- gamegear "Sega Game Gear"
- genesis "Sega Megadrive / Genesis"
- jupiter "Jupiter Ace 49k"
- kaypro "Kaypro 2x"
- kc85_4 "KC 85/4"
- kccomp "KC Compact"
- kim1 "KIM-1"
- laser110 "Laser 110"
- laser200 "Laser 200"
- laser210 "Laser 210"
- laser310 "Laser 310"
- laser350 "Laser 350"
- laser500 "Laser 500"
- laser700 "Laser 700"
- max "Commodore Max (VIC10/Ultimax/Vickie)"
- mbee "Microbee 32K"
- mbee56k "Microbee 56K (CP/M)"
- msx "MSX1"
- nascom1 "Nascom 1"
- nes "Nintendo Entertainment System/Famicon"
- oric1 "Oric 1"
- orica "Oric Atmos"
- pc8300 "PC8300"
- pccga "IBM PC-XT CGA"
- pce "PC-Engine"
- pcmda "IBM PC-XT MDA"
- pdp1 "PDP1 Spacewar!"
- plus4 "Commodore +4 (NTSC)"
- pow3000 "Power 3000"
- raaspec "RA+A Spectrum I+"
- sms "Sega Master System"
- spectrum "ZX-Spectrum 48k"
- tandy1t "Tandy 1000TX"
- ti99_4 "TI99/4 Home Computer"
- ti99_4a "TI99/4A Home Computer"
- trs80 "TRS-80 Model I (Level II Basic)"
- ts1000 "TS1000"
- tx8000 "Texet TX8000"
- vc20 "Commodore VC20 (PAL)"
- vectrex "GCE Vectrex"
- vic20 "Commodore VIC20 (NTSC)"
- vz200 "Sanyo / Dick Smith VZ200"
- vz300 "Sanyo / Dick Smith VZ300"
- zx80 "ZX-80"
- zx81 "ZX-81"
-
-
- MESS USAGE
- ==========
-
- MESS <system> <[file1] [file2] [file...]> <options>
-
- *For a complete list of systems emulated, use: MESS -listfull
- *For system files required by each system, use: MESS <system> -listroms
- *See the MAME readme.txt for a detailed list of options.
- *make sure you have roms in a subdirectory from your ROMPATH
- with the same name as the system (eg ROMS/COLECO)
-
- Examples:
-
- MESS nes zelda.nes
- will run MESS in the following way:
- <system> = nes (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- <file1> = zelda.nes (Zelda cartridge)
- <options> = default options (all listed in mess.cfg)
-
- MESS coleco dkong.rom -soundcard 0
- will run MESS in the following way:
- <system> = coleco (Nintendo Entertainment System)
- <file1> = dkong.rom (Donkey Kong cartridge)
- <options> = default options but without sound
-
- MESS trs80 boot.dsk arcade1.dsk
- will run MESS in the following way:
- <system> = trs80 (TRs-80 model 1)
- <file1> = boot.dsk (The Trs80 boot diskl)
- <file2> = arcade1.dsk (Disk which contains games)
- <options> = default options (all listed in mess.cfg)
-
- MESS cgenie games1.dsk
- will run the system Colour Genie with one disk image loaded
-
-
-
- A NOTE ABOUT FILES:
- - Place files to be loaded in a subdirectory from you rompath with the
- same name as the system you want to run.
- (eg) ROMPATH = C:\MESS\ROMS;
- The files for the coleco system would be placed here:
- C:\MESS\ROMS\COLECO
- - You can also specify the exact path to a file in the ROMPATH.
-
- - You can now specify switches on the commandlinem in which case
- every image name following them goes to that respective slot,
- regardless of it's extension.
-
- Some examples:
- ; recognized by extension
- mess a800 mule.xfd
- mess oric1 game.tap
- ; 'slot' overrides
- mess vic20 -cassette a.dsk b.img c.d64 -floppy d.cas
- mess amiga -floppy itdesert.adf
- The switches are -rom, -floppy, -harddisk and -cassette.
- Recognized extensions without overrides are now:
- cassette: cas, cmd, tap, t64, vz
- harddisk: img
- floppy: d64, dsk, adf, atr, xfd, vzd
- roms: everything else
-
-
- System Information:
- -------------------
-
- See SysInfo.dat (online in the MESS UI from the Machine history) or
- sysinfo.htm for all system related information. TO generate
- sysinfo.html, execute dat2html.exe.
-