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Text editor for NES imagineering games, texts are compressed with Golomb 4 bits and this tool can handle that. Games mainly used:

  • Barbie (USA).nes
  • Home Alone 2 - Lost in New York (USA).nes
  • Ren & Stimpy Show, The - Buckeroo$! (USA).nes
  • Simpsons, The - Bart vs. the Space Mutants (USA).nes
  • Simpsons, The - Bart vs. the World (USA).nes
  • Simpsons, The - Bartman Meets Radioactive Man (USA).nes

Also the games listed used 2 bytes pointers, this tool formats the list of pointers automatically.

Usage

Description:

Imagineering_golomb.py -d <romFile> <outFile> <tblFile>
Imagineering_golomb.py -c <outFile> <romFile> <tblFile>
Imagineering_golomb.py -v show version.

The program doesn't handle many exceptions, so try to provide the correct information to avoid issues. For more information, read the attached readme.txt.

Instructions

The attached files and instruccions are for Barbie (USA).nes, but you can change it, I recommend using my settings in file game_config.txt

First copy all files in the same directory of the ROM, use "extract text.bat", it will a file script.bin, Then edit the text and graphics use encode.tbl file. Once you're done, simply open "insert text.bat" and it will automatically insert the text.

Frecuency Answer Questions

Can I use this tool in my personal project?

Of course, there's no need to ask. Feel free to use it in your project. I only ask that you mention me.

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Decompress NES games released by Imagineering, They used Golomb compression and this tool handle that.

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