I cannot take responsibility for problems occuring because of this program. Only problem reports (bug reports) are
welcome.

To load zipped cart image, please install unzip32.dll.

As forusing sound, please change Sound=0 to Sound=1 in the xpce.ini file which is created when it is run the first
time.

People who cannot get any sound on a PC9821V166~200, should set the audio preferences or midi setting to
OPL3-SA PLAYBACK (thanks for the info BARGON)

Populus is populous.pce.

Usage
     Open xpce from Explorer or drop a cart image on the xpce icon.

Keys
      Run
                      Enter
      Select
                      Tab
      I
                      Z
      II
                      X
      I (rapid fire)
                      A
      II (rapid fire)
                      S
      toggle auto frame skip
                      F2
      lessen frame skip rate
                      F3
      increase frame skip rate
                      F4
      save
                      F5
      load
                      F6
      toggle FPS
                      F7
      toggle resolution
                      F8
      fullscreen
                      alt+enter
      exit
                      esc or f10

     Movement is with the cursor keys. Since there are times when the auto-frame skip does not init correctly,
     or when movement becomes wierd (unnatural), please toggle this off. You can also use a joystick (for
     operation). For which buttons correspond to what, please push the buttons and experiment. The initial
     vaules are: Frameskip=0, AutoFrameSkip, and 320x240 screen resolution.

.INI File
     When run for the firsttime, there will be a file called xpce.ini created in the same directory as xpece.exe. If
     you edit this, you can change the assignments of the keyboard and joystick buttons. The assignment for
     the joystick buttons will go from the numerical values of 0 to 31. The keyboard uses the uppercase
     alphabet or pre-decided keywords. The principle keys are as follows:
      Space-key
                 SPACE
      Control-key
                 CONTROL
      Shift-key
                 SHIFT
      Alt-key
                 ALT
      Number-key(s)
                 NUM1 (etc.)

     Furthermore, full-keyboard number pads cannot be used. A complete list of all the keywords starts on line
     472 of the source file MainFrame.cpp.

     The [Sound] section's CoopModel is DirectSound's coooperation level.
      0
        WritePrimary
      1
        Exclusive
      2
        Priority

     0 is highest efficiency (Maybe).

     Latency is the sound buffering size. Its small enough that timing is accurate. In the case that there is noise,
     please make it bigger. It is limited to 20~100.

     If the [Others] section's Makelog is set to 1, it will record/log DirectDraw and DirectSound's management.
     When there is an unexpected quit, it may know where it crashed.

     Furthermore, when there is an error, reguarless of the value (of Makelog) it will create a log. The file's name
     is xpce.log.

Others
     Save files will be created in the same directory as cart image file. This directory can be modified in
     xpce.ini.(SaveDir) For the file name, it will change the cart file's extention to .st0.

Not Yet Implemented Functionality
          Cd-ROM
          SuperGrafx
          This and That

About the Source
     Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 and DirectX SDK are required for complation.

Version History
     0.11a
          Fixed a bug in sprites.
     0.11
          Fixed a bug concerning raster scroll.
          Speeded up CPU core emulation.
          Made it possible to specify display resolution.
          Made it possible to load a zipped image.
     0.10
          Fixed scroll operation.
          Fixed interrupt.
          State save file directory saved in the .ini file.
          Fixed a bug in the timer.
     0.10beta
          Fixed a bug that caused it to quit unexpectedly when sound is not used.
          Fixed a bug in the timer.
          Fixed many things in sound.
     0.09
          Fixed a bunch of things related to DirectSound
          Made it so when there is an error a log is left.
          Fixed a bunch of things related to VDC.
          Added a few things to be saved in the ini file.
          Fixed the fact that the high and low for the noise sound was wrong.
          Dealt with backup-memory.
 

This software is freeware. You can use it non-commercially. PC-Engine is registered trademarks of NEC-HE.