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                            PCECast - WIP
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Intro-------------------------------------------------------------
PCECast is an Pc Engine emulator. Games in PCE and ISO+WAV format could be played.



Suport------------------------------------------------------------
- Games in PCE, ISO, HCD, TOC, NEC (*read more) are playable
- Cd-Rom Games are suported as ISO+WAV (HCD, TOC, NEC)
- Sound & CD Sound
- Zip PCE game files
- Analog pad movement
- Savestate with mini-screenshot
- Pad 6 buttons
- FPS counter



THIS Version------------------------------------------------------
Speed is good but not perfect, sometimes the emu could slow down for a while, for this reason I recomend disabling CD audio.
you can get more speed disabling sound, but you can only do it one time for running emu and after loading any game.

Many option in Gui are disabled or unoperative, as soon as I had more time this would be solved.



ToDo-------------------------------------------------------------
- Savesatate would be sooner full active, now saveste are too big for vmu.
- More speed


Usage-------------------------------------------------------------
All files format are explained using the same example called DraculaX, to see how dierent are all formats from the same game.


 - PCE -----------------------------------------------------------
Easy to load, only put all PCE roms in a folder an select one in file manager in order to play.

 - ISO -----------------------------------------------------------
Easy to load, only put all ISO in a folder an select one in file manager in order to play. ** Be sure to have syscard.pce in the same directory which contains ISO ** 

 - HCD -----------------------------------------------------------
Easy to load, only put all ISO+WAV in a folder (the same as you wrote in HCD file at section "MP3_path" and "ISO_path") an select one in file manager in order to play. 

** Be sure to have syscard.pce in root cd ** 

Here you can see a sample

SAMPLE:

[main]
first_track=1
last_track=22
minimum_bios=0
MP3_path=DraculaX/
ISO_path=DraculaX/

[track1]
type=AUDIO
filename=TRACK01.mp3
begin=lsn,0

[track2]
type=CODE
filename=DRACX_02.ISO
begin=lsn,3590

[track3]
type=AUDIO
filename=TRACK03.mp3
begin=lsn,47905

[track4]
type=AUDIO
filename=TRACK04.mp3
begin=lsn,56021

[track5]
type=AUDIO
filename=TRACK05.mp3
begin=lsn,59623



 - TOC -----------------------------------------------------------
Toc files are plain file text wich contains the name and duration of all ISO + WAV files froma a cdrom game. 

** Be sure to have syscard.pce in root cd ** 


Here you can see a sample

SAMPLE:
Leadin
TRACK1.wav 00:02:00
DRACX_02.ISO 00:53:65
TRACK3.wav 03:11:14
TRACK4.wav 04:57:48
TRACK5.wav 06:00:67
...
...
Leadout


 - NEC(*) --------------------------------------------------------
Nec files are very similar Toc files, they also are plain file text wich contains the name, duration and LBA of all ISO + WAV files froma a cdrom game. 

** Be sure to have syscard.pce in root cd ** 

Having a look at http://www.necstasy.net, you can take copy+paste all data, wich witha a several minor changes (put datafile name) could be a NEC file.


Here you can see a sample, as you can see files are in DraculaX folder, this is the most recomended way in order not to mix all wav and iso from other games.

SAMPLE:
Leadin
DraculaX/TRACK1.wav 	Audio 	00:02:00 	LBA=000000
DraculaX/DRACX_02.ISO 	Data 	00:53:65 	LBA=003890
DraculaX/TRACK3.wav 	Audio 	03:11:14 	LBA=014189
DraculaX/TRACK4.wav 	Audio 	04:57:48 	LBA=022173
DraculaX/TRACK5.wav 	Audio 	06:00:67 	LBA=026917
...
...
Leadout 	49:12:12 	LBA 221262


(*)Nec if someone has any problem with name extension, please tell me, and I will change it, I only took nec name extension in order to identificate machine.



Recomended Web sites----------------------------------------------
http://ltk.dciberia.net
http://www.dciberia.net
http://www.tronvideogames.net

Many thanks to----------------------------------------------------
Ron (http://www.tronvideogames.net), Timofonic, Juarrox, Kupra, Kortex, Adrian, Chui, Fox, Dnkroz, MadriDC & MadridSX pelople, Cuqui, H-Bonzo music band,... and many others
