Emulation
allows you to play old console games on your PC.
This page has everything you need to start playing
the first three games of the Seiken Densetsu games
on your PC. If you're confused by all this, read
the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) below. If this
still seems confusing, please send me an e-mail.
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Final
Fantasy Adventure
Seiken
Densetsu 1
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Secret
of Mana
Seiken
Densetsu 2
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Secret
of Mana 2
Seiken
Densetsu 3
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Save
state editors let you alter your save state so that
when you next load it, you'll have different properties
(for example, you could have more items, a higher
HP, the Flammie Drum in Potos). This is cheating
and I advise that you don't do it before completing
the game, only because it will spoil it for you.
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Special
Extended edition by FuSoYa featuring extra dialogue.
For infomation on how to patch your Secret of Mana
ROM you can check out Fantasy
Anime's Patching Tutorial.
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Short
comical spoof playing until you are banished from
Potos. For infomation on how to patch your Secret
of Mana ROM you can check out Fantasy
Anime's Patching Tutorial.
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| What
is an emulator?: |
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An
emulator is a program that you can download from
the Internet. An emulator allows you to play computer
games originating from a games console (such as
the Super Nintendo) on your PC. Most emulators are
free and easy to install. There are emulators for
most computer game consoles but with older consoles
such as the Super Nintendo and the Sega Genesis,
the availability for games is much broader because
the file sizes are so small. This is because most
games only feature two-dimensional graphics and
a fairly low selection of colours compared with
today's games. When you have an emulator it will
be like owning a particular console but without
having any games for it.
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| What
is a rom?: |
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rom is a small file that when opened with the emulator
you have will present you with your Super Nintendo
game, for example. You will need a Super Nintendo
rom (e.g. Secret of Mana) which you will only be able
to open with a Super Nintendo emulator (e.g. ZSNES).
I have made a table above to assist you in matching
the right emulators for the right games. |
| What
is a save state? |
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You
won't need to download any of these to start playing,
but if you're impatient or want to start from further
on in the game then these will allow you to do so.
When you save your game when playing a rom on an
emulator, it's just like when you save on your Super
Nintendo, there's no difference. The Super Nintendo
Emulator ZSNES has a special feature which allows
you to save your state at any point in the game.
A "save state" is therefore just the file
that acts like a bookmark during any part of the
game, in the middle of a battle with a boss or even
the title screen, you can save your state anywhere.
To read up more on save states and how to use them,
check the Save States section above.
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| What
is a patch? |
A
patch is a small file that you add to your ROM to
enhance or change the game. For infomation on how
to patch your Secret of Mana ROM you can check out
Fantasy
Anime's Patching Tutorial.
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| What
do I actually need to start playing?: |
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All
you need is one emulator, just pretend this is your
Super Nintendo. I'd say ZNES is the best Super Nintendo
emulator out there. However, you will need to install
a program called DirectX to be able to use it. Then
you download as many Super Nintendo ROMs as you
wish. You can find these in plenty of places on
the net, I've linked to a great place below. For
the emulators I've put up on my site for you to
download, you will need Winzip to open them up once
you have them.
• You'll need DirectX 8 in order to use ZSNES,
you can download it here.
• Get loads of other great ROMs at EdgeEmu.
• When you download either of the two different
emulators below, they will be 'zipped', to 'unzip'
them you need Winzip.
If there's anything else you'd like to know, please
e-mail me by clicking here.
I'll post your question and my answer here on this
page.
PLEASE
READ THE INFORMATION ABOUT EMULATION AND THE LAW
BELOW BEFORE DOWNLOADING ANYTHING FROM THIS PAGE!!!
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| What
do the laws actually say?: |
The
actual law states that you can only use a ROM
according to the following two conditions:
a) You have purchased a
copy of the original software, and the rom serves
as a 'backup' in case of damage, or because the
original is already damaged.
b) If you don't have the orignal software, you
can use it, but must remove it from your computer
(or whatever medium you have stored it on) within
24 hours.
These laws apply to ALL games, old and new. This
is because even if the game is no longer produced
for it's original console, the company still own
it's copyright, and may even market a replica
in the future. (How many Amiga, Atari or C64 games
have been re-released on a recent system?)
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| Public
Domain, Freeware and The General Public License: -
With thanks to Anthony Winters |
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Public
domain is anything that isn't protected by copyright
at all. Something on which the copyright has expired,
like the old books you can find on Project Gutenberg,
or something that the author has declared to be
public domain (which he/she may do if he/she wishes.)
Public domain = anything goes.
Freeware
is used pretty broadly. Usually it means you can
download it for free and copy it along for free
- but you don't necessarily get the right to make
changes, or the source code that would usually be
necessary to do so. You could certainly say that
all public domain software is freeware, and so is
all GPL software, but the reverse isn't the case:
not all freeware is GPL, and not all freeware is
public domain.
The
General Public License is something else again.
With GPL software, you can get the source code so
that you can create modified versions of the software
yourself, and redistribute those if you like - but
if you do, then you have to pass along the source
code to the new version, and give the same freedom
to the people you pass it along to. That's what,
say, SuSE or RedHat do when they sell Linux boxsets
containing almost all GPL software. However, once
you have sold it, there's nothing to stop your customer
from giving everyone they know free copies. The
ZSNES emulator is GPL software, for instance. GPL
isn't public domain, it's a software license just
like any other. It's just a lot more liberal in
what it allows you to do. The only way you're ever
likely to be in violation of the GPL is if you modify
some GPL software, start distributing your own version
and then refuse to reveal the source code, or to
let people redistribute their copies themselves.
That bit keeps the likes of Microsoft from copying
all the free
geeks' work and rolling it up into Windows.
For
more infomation, visit:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
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