What you do with this file and accompanying patch are your responsibility.

I make no claims of quality or stability.
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I guess I'll call this the 'Shadowrun Race Mod' for now. 
Version 0.33 9/20/07

by Dragoon ZER0

Use the Genesis Shadowrun board at GameFAQs for discussion. I'd like to get
some fans and some more talented/knowledgeable people involved in a better hack.
http://boards.gamefaqs.com/gfaqs/gentopic.php?board=366854

gt_dragoon@yahoo.com
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BE SURE TO MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR ROM FIRST

Needs to be applied to a clean 

Shadow Run (U) [!].bin

Use your patching program of choice or try Lunar IPS:

http://www.romhacking.net/utils/240/

You'll need to change the file type to 'all files'
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For now this is going to consist of four patches:
Human (male + female)
Elf (male + female)
Dwarf-Ork (male dwarf + female ork)
Troll (male troll + female elf)

Ignore the third selectable character in all the patches. It's broken and will probably
remain so.

What's done
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- All selectable characters have scores of '1' in all 
  attributes and '0' in all skills. You're given 70 karma to build them up.

- All selectable characters can use magic if you so choose.

- You start with 1770 nuyen. Stay at the inn (which I suggest you do first) 
  and pay for Michael's things. You'll have 2,000 nuyen after doing this and you'll
  need it.

- All start with a level one Heal spell, no cyberware, and your cyberdeck comes without
  any preloaded programs.

- Rianna's Quickness score has been changed from '7' to '6' to allow Muscle Enhancements
  to work properly.

- 'Orc' in Walking Bear's status screen has been changed to 'Ork'
  This will also affect any future orks, if there are any ;)

What isn't done
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- Getting all the races into one ROM and adding some more.

- Rewording the script to get rid of 'Joshua' and all references of race or gender.

- There's a blank shadowrunner slot, I'd like to try to add a 'runner in somewhere.

- The Reaction attribute was left in the code. It is named and every character has a value for it. 
  I should test whether or not it works and see if I can put it back in the status menu.

Thanks
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Crowley & SG81 -  for their Save State Hacking guides on GameFAQs

Steve Snake - for making Kega Fusion, a fantastic emulator: 
            http://www.eidolons-inn.net/tiki-index.php?page=kega

The GameFAQs Shadowrun (Genesis) board