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About the Game II. What's New III. Patch Credits IV. How to Start Playing V. Known Issues VI. Disclaimer ----------------- I. About the Game ----------------- "Aim for the Ace!" is, surprisingly, the only game ever made that's based on the classic 1970's manga, "Ace wo Nerae!" by Sumika Yamamoto, and the three popular TV anime series, one movie, and one OVA series that were adopted from it. In this game, you play as Hiromi Oka, a student at Nishi High. She is only a beginner but has great aspirations to get to the top. Soon she realizes her natural talent and, combined with her coach Jin's training, she's able to compete on the same level as her idol Madam Butterfly, and win. Help Hiromi achieve her destiny by defeating all her opponents in this exciting and challenging pseudo-3D tennis game that all fans of the anime and tennis fans in general should try out! Prologue I'm Hiromi Oka, a first year student, at the prestigious Nishi tennis club. Well, there's an amazing person in our club called Reika Ryuzaki, nicknamed "Madame Butterfly", who's a top class tennis player in high school. Of course, there are also some amazing players in the boy's tennis club like Tohdoh and Ozaki. I joined the club because I idolized Madame Butterfly, but the new coach is such a slavedriver. He makes us train really hard every day. It's so awful. In the midst of all this, the match against Minami high has begun... -------------- II. What's New -------------- v 1.0 (23 June 2003) - First release v 1.1 (21 July 2003) - Title graphic works on real Snes, misc dialogue fixes v 1.2 (15 January 2004) - Updated rpgone intro, misc dialogue fixes Please report any bugs or errors to jonny240@yahoo.com ------------------ III. Patch Credits ------------------ Jonny - Project Leader, Romhacker Loek van Kooten - Translator BugCatcher - Translator ChrisRPG, Brightman - Intro screen Special Thanks (From Japanese Credits) Eiji Kikuchi Yoshihisa Maki S.Y.M. Hiroshi Hashimoto Yumi Koyama Youko Namikata ------------------------ IV. How to Start Playing ------------------------ You will need to apply this patch onto a ROM image of Ace wo Nerae. Please do not ask us where to obtain this image, it can be done with a careful search of the Internet. However, it is required that this patch be applied to the ORIGINAL, unmodified non-interleaved ROM WITH HEADER (the checksum of the rom, which is accessible with a program called SMC, should be 22130, and the size should be exactly 1,049,088 bytes). To apply the image, you will need an IPS patching program. The easiest one to use would be IPSWin. You can get this and other programs from www.emuxhaven.net. Open this IPS program and apply the patch in this zip file (ace.ips) to the original Ace wo Nerae rom. This game uses a DSP1 chip so some emulators may have difficulty running the game. After you patch the ROM, just start up your emulator, load up the rom, and start playing! This game supports the Multitap and the Batter Up devices on a real snes console. The game can be difficult at times. If you need help with the story mode, there is a password list on the project page in the official RPGOne site. The game works on Super Wildcard DX2, SWC 2.8cc, Super UFO, Game Doctor SF(3/6/7). The game doesn't work on a Pro Fighter Q. Note that you must ALSO have a DSP1 gamepak plugin, such as Mario Kart for the game to work on a copier. (Ace wo Nerae uses a DSP1a chip) When you have completed the Story mode, and the credits have finished scrolling, leave the game for 1 minute at the credits screen, and you will get a bonus password. --------------- V. Known Issues --------------- Certain emulators like ZSNES and Snes9x seem to have trouble displaying the court textures correctly, so until this is fixed by the emulation authors, you'll have to endure it or concentrate on multiplayer mode which does not have this problem. Once again, note that this patch MUST be applied to a rom that HAS a header. Hint: Get the GoodSNES dump. Please report any other bugs or errors to jonny240@yahoo.com -------------- VI. Disclaimer -------------- Ace wo Nerae is Copyright (c) Sumika Yamamoto. The Ace wo Nerae videogame and all related images, names, and themes are trademarks of TELENET JAPAN CO., LTD. RPGOne is in no way or form affiliated with Sumika Yamamoto or related persons, nor with TELENET JAPAN or any other video game companies . It shall not be held liable for any damages of any type arising out of or in any way connected with your use of the products it releases. You may NOT distribute this patch with a rom image or applied to a rom image. We do not endorse game piracy. If you like the game, please support Telenet Japan and buy the game. Visit RPGOne's webpage at http://www.rpgone.net/