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 0.3 7/10/07

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 three patches, one for each race I have 'working' to my 
liking. I don't want to break the game's regular saving and I don't want to ruin anyone else's 
spellbook so the first two character selections will remain broken until I work through some problems.

What's done
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- All three of the currently available races have scores of '1' in all 
  attributes and '0' in all skills. You're given 70 karma to build them up.

- All three can use magic if you so choose.

- You start with 270 nuyen. That's enough to stay at the inn (which I suggest you do first) 
  and to pay for Michael's things. This helps compensate for the cyberware and spells I took
  away (you'll have 500 nuyen after doing the above) and I'm assuming most everyone using 
  these patches has played the game before and may not want to be stuck in Redmond.

- 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.

- Some new portraits and sprites would be nice.

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