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====== PC-98 Game Launcher - Appendix B: Application & Game metadata files ====== | ====== PC-98 Game Launcher - Information & Downloads ====== |
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| My //PC98Launcher// application is written in C, using the custom DJGPP implementation for PC-98 hardware, [[blog:pc98_devtools|as detailed on my site]]. |
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| //What is it, and what does it do?// |
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| //PC98Launcher// is graphical game browser and launcher for the PC-98 range of personal computers from NEC. |
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| It runs on the PC-98 hardware itself, either emulated or real physical system; it is __not__ a Window/Mac/Linux application like [launchbox](https://www.launchbox-app.com/) or [RetroArch](https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch). |
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| Specifically, it is written to use the 256 colour graphics hardware found on late PC-9801 and early to late PC-9821 machines. |
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| * It creates a browseable list of all the game directories on your drive(s) |
| * It can load and display additional metadata per game (i.e developer, genre, release date etc) |
| * It can load and display screenshots or artwork per game (i.e box art, screenshots, etc) |
| * It can export an audit file of all the found games |
| * It can launch any game for which a start file is either found (e.g. start.bat), or which has been defined in metadata (e.g. run.com, go.exe, etc) |
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You can find versions of the PC98Launcher application ready to download on this page, as well as packaged up versions of games and their metadata ready to go. | You can find versions of the PC98Launcher application ready to download on this page, as well as packaged up versions of games and their metadata ready to go. |
| [[https://www.mobygames.com/game/pc98/romance-wa-tsurugi-no-kagayaki-last-crusader|*]] | {{ :blog:last_crusader.zip|Last Crusader}} | FairyTale | Yes | Yes | No | FM | Note that this archive contains a LZH archive which must be uncompressed on the PC-98 itself using //lha.exe// - there are long Kanji filenames that do not transfer well on Windows/Linux systems. | | | [[https://www.mobygames.com/game/pc98/romance-wa-tsurugi-no-kagayaki-last-crusader|*]] | {{ :blog:last_crusader.zip|Last Crusader}} | FairyTale | Yes | Yes | No | FM | Note that this archive contains a LZH archive which must be uncompressed on the PC-98 itself using //lha.exe// - there are long Kanji filenames that do not transfer well on Windows/Linux systems. | |
| [[https://refuge.tokyo/pc9801/pc98/00573.html|*]] | {{ :blog:legam.zip |Legam}} | U-Office | Yes | Yes | Front | FM, MIDI (MPU) | | | | [[https://refuge.tokyo/pc9801/pc98/00573.html|*]] | {{ :blog:legam.zip |Legam}} | U-Office | Yes | Yes | Front | FM, MIDI (MPU) | | |
| | [[https://www.mobygames.com/game/legend-of-heroes-iv-akai-shizuku|*]] | Legend of Heroes IV | Falcom | Yes | Yes | No | FM, MIDI (MPU+Serial), Soundblaster 16 | FM mode supports 3-operator and 6-operator FM hardware. | |
| [[https://macross.fandom.com/wiki/The_Super_Dimension_Fortress_Macross:_Skull_Leader_Complete_Pack|*]] | {{ :blog:macross_skull_leader_complete_english_.zip|Macross: Skull Leader Complete}} | Family Soft | Yes | Yes | Front | FM | This is a pre-patched [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3159/|English]] version. Translated PDF manual available [[https://nebulous.group/index.php/projects/translations/macross-skull-leader-complete-pack/#cmtoc_anchor_id_8|here]]. | | | [[https://macross.fandom.com/wiki/The_Super_Dimension_Fortress_Macross:_Skull_Leader_Complete_Pack|*]] | {{ :blog:macross_skull_leader_complete_english_.zip|Macross: Skull Leader Complete}} | Family Soft | Yes | Yes | Front | FM | This is a pre-patched [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3159/|English]] version. Translated PDF manual available [[https://nebulous.group/index.php/projects/translations/macross-skull-leader-complete-pack/#cmtoc_anchor_id_8|here]]. | |
| [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3622/|*]] | {{ :blog:melpool_land_english_.zip |Melpool Land}} | Compile | Yes | Yes | No | FM | This is a pre-patched [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3622/|English]] translation. | | | [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3622/|*]] | {{ :blog:melpool_land_english_.zip |Melpool Land}} | Compile | Yes | Yes | No | FM | This is a pre-patched [[https://www.romhacking.net/translations/3622/|English]] translation. | |