*************************************************************************** THE COMPLETE AND WONDERFUL GUIDE TO SS2 RESOURCES v.2.7 compiled by Damone (damone@ios.com) This is a list of net resources for Samurai Shodown 2. This configuration is protected by public copyright. It is encouraged to be distributed freely, BUT MAY NOT BE SOLD OR PUBLISHED FOR PROFIT IN ANY FORM. If this shows up next month in EGM, someone gets sued. WHERE TO GET THIS GUIDE: - brawl.mindlink.net pub/ss2 'Resource.Guide' - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs ss2resrc.txt - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFaqs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2resrc.txt' - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html It is also posted as updates warrant on rec.games.video.arcade. I have done my best to make this as accurate as possible, but mistakes can and probably do exist. I am also missing a couple of key pieces of info, like e-mail addresses and some names. Please send any additions, corrections, or comments to me at damone@ios.com. All are welcome. *************************************************************************** -CONTENTS- WHAT'S NEW? ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS FAQS FTP SITES FTP RESOURCES VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL GOPHER SITES MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES SOUNDS WORLD WIDE WEB SITES *************************************************************************** -WHAT'S NEW?- Version 1.0: Its all new. This is the first version. Version 1.5: New section (FTP RESOURCES VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL). Some clean-up and new archive information for certain faqs, plus an addition or two. More accurate PICTURES and SOUND section. Version 2.0: New sections added (MISCELLANEOUS, WORLD WIDE WEB SITES). Corrected information and a couple of new faqs added. Some elaboration and refinement of certain sections. Version 2.5: New updates on WWW availability. Other minor changes. New sites listed. Version 2.7: Standard updates. New faqs added. New sites listed. *************************************************************************** -ELECTRONIC MAILING LISTS- NEOGEO MAILING LIST - How To Subscribe: - E-mail to listproc@dhp.com. - Include 'subscribe neogeo (last name) (first name)' in the BODY of the message. The subject line is ignored. EXAMPLE: For subscriber John Smith, the body of e-mail should read: 'subscribe neogeo Smith John' - Post Messages To: - neogeo@dhp.com *************************************************************************** -FAQS- Format: SUBJECT: Category of faq: Character, General, Miscellaneous, or Movelist. 'Character' denotes that it is a faq centering specifically on a certain character, or some aspect of a certain character. 'General' means that the faq is on the game is general or about broad topics in the game. 'Miscellaneous' refers to just that: a hodge-podge of things that do not fit anywhere else (translations, histories, etc). 'Movelist' refers to a faq that just list moves, or kinds of moves, or special groups of moves. TITLE: Title of faq as written by author. CURRENT VERSION: The most recent version available at this writing. AUTHOR: Author of faq: where comments should be directed. CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Where the faq can be found. If 'Through author' is not listed, do not write him for the faq: use the other sources. 'rec.games.video.arcade' means that the faq is posted on that newsgroup as updates warrant. 'FTP' is self-explanatory, and 'WWW' means sites on the World Wide Web. FTP SITES: Sites where the faq can be retrieved. WWW SITES: Pages on the World Wide Web where the faq can be retrieved. SUBJECT: Character - Jubei TITLE: Jubei Strategy Guide CURRENT VERSION: 2.1 AUTHOR: Master (Anthony) Cho (achau@usc.edu) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through author, FTP, and WWW FTP SITES: - brawl.mindlink.com /pub/ss2/guides 'jubei.chau' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Character - Kuroko TITLE: The Compleat Kuroko Faq CURRENT VERSION: 1.5 AUTHOR: Scott Fujimoto (sfujimoto@delphi.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - brawl.mindlink.com /pub/ss2/guides 'kuroko.txt' - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /users/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'kuroko.txt' - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2_kuro.txt' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2_kuro.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Character - Kyoshiro TITLE: The Kyoshiro Player's Guide / FAQ CURRENT VERSION: 5.0 AUTHOR: Damone (damone@ios.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP, and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2kyosh.txt' - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/guides 'kyoshiro.damone' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2kyosh.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Character - Nakoruru TITLE: Nakoruru Strategy Guide CURRENT VERSION: 4.7 AUTHOR: Kenneth Hsu (e3321942@student.uq.edu.au) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through rec.games.video.arcade, FTP, and WWW FTP SITES: - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/guides 'nakoruru.guide.hsu' - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2nak.txt' - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ss2nak.txt' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2nak.txt' WWW SITES: - http://student.uq.edu.au/~e3321942 - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html - http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/users/b/bjbisset/WWW/nak-guide.html SUBJECT: Character - Nicotine TITLE: The Official Samurai Shodown 2 Guide To Caffeine Nicotine CURRENT VERSION: 3.0 AUTHOR: Thomas H Harper (th2n+@andrew.cmu.edu) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through rec.games.video.arcade, FTP, and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2_nico.txt' - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/guides 'nicotine.harper' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2_nico.txt' - ftp.kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ss2nic.txt' WWW SITES: - http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/users/b/bjbisset/WWW/nic-guide.html - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Character - Sieger TITLE: The Sieger Player's Guide / FAQ CURRENT VERSION: 2.5 AUTHOR: Damone (damone@ios.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2sieg.txt' - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/guides 'sieger.damone' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2sieg.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Character - Ukyo TITLE: Why Ukyo Is Unbalanced Faq CURRENT VERSION: 1.0 AUTHOR: Scott Fujimoto (SFUJIMOTO@delphi.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through rec.games.video.arcade and WWW WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Character - Wan-fu TITLE: Wan-fu Strategy Guide CURRENT VERSION: 0.5 AUTHOR: Kenneth Hsu (e3321942@student.uq.edu.au) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through rec.games.video.arcade and WWW WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: General Faq TITLE: Fringefaq CURRENT VERSION: 3.0 AUTHOR: An Nguyen (hbhsc043@huey.csun.edu) (his sister's account) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ss2_fringe.faq' - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2 'SamuraiShodown2.fringe.faq' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: General Faq TITLE: Tapfaq CURRENT VERSION: 5.2 AUTHOR: Shawn Holmes (shawnh@qb.island.net), for versions 4.0 and previous Scott Fujimoto (sfujimoto@delphi.com), current editor, v. 5.0 + CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'samsho2.faq' - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ss2faq.txt' 'ss2faqii.txt' - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2 'SamuraiShowdown2.1.faq' '.2.faq' '.3.faq' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'samsho2.faq' WWW SITES: - http://www.armory.com/~ebradley/elec-circ.html - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html - http://dbserver.kaist.ac.kr/SAMSHO/samsho.html (listed as 'different' Shin SS faq) SUBJECT: Miscellaneous TITLE: Character History Faq CURRENT VERSION: 5.0 AUTHOR: Scott Fujimoto (sfujimoto@delphi.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through rec.games.video arcade, FTP, and WWW FTP SITES: - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/misc 'ssorigin.txt' - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ssorigin.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Miscellaneous TITLE: Character Sayings Faq CURRENT VERSION: - AUTHOR: Kenichiro Tanaka (tanaka@maya.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through author and WWW WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Miscellaneous TITLE: Japanese Manual - Translation CURRENT VERSION: - AUTHOR: Kenichiro Tanaka (tanaka@maya.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through author and WWW WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Miscellaneous TITLE: The Complete And Wonderful Guide To SS2 Resources CURRENT VERSION: 2.5 AUTHOR: Damone (damone@ios.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through rec.games.video.arcade, FTP, and WWW. FTP SITES: - brawl.mindlink.com /pub/ss2 'Resource.Guide' - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2resrc.txt' - cencongopher.concordis.ca /pub/JustTheFaqs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2resrc.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Miscellaneous TITLE: Strategy / Combo Faq CURRENT VERSION: .0001 (discontinued) AUTHOR: Timothy Heydelaar (hydelaar@crash.cts.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through author SUBJECT: Movelist TITLE: Nine Key Movelist CURRENT VERSION: - AUTHOR: ? CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ss2_9key' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html - http://dbserver.kaist.ac.kr/SAMSHO/samsho.html SUBJECT: Movelist TITLE: SS2 Movelist CURRENT VERSION: 7.0 AUTHOR: Rich Joseph (rfj105@psu.edu) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'samsho2.mvs' - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'samsho2.mov' - brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2 'SamuraiShowdown2.moves' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'samsho2.mvs' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html - http://dbserver.kaist.ac.kr/SAMSHO/samsho.html (listed as Shin SS Faq) SUBJECT: Movelist TITLE: SS2 Movelist - Short Form CURRENT VERSION: 7.0 AUTHOR: ? (wb1cs171@picard.cc.rochester.edu) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2short.txt' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2short.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Movelist TITLE: Super Deformed Movelist CURRENT VERSION: - AUTHOR: Unknown CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_faqs 'ss2sdmoves.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html SUBJECT: Movelist TITLE: Super Shadow Moves Faq CURRENT VERSION: 1.7 AUTHOR: Damone (damone@ios.com) CURRENT AVAILABILITY: Through FTP and WWW FTP SITES: - ftp.netcom.com /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs 'ss2shadw.txt' - cencongopher.concordia.ca /pub/JustTheFAQs/VideoGames/FAQs 'ss2shadw.txt' WWW SITES: - http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html *************************************************************************** -FTP SITES- SITE: brawl.mindlink.net CURATOR: Dave Kirsch (a00563@giant.mindlink.net) CONTAINS: faqs, pictures, sounds SITE: cencongopher.concordia.ca CURATOR: Paul Schwartz (?) CONTAINS: mirror of ftp.netcom.com SITE: ftp.dhp.com CURATOR: Unknown CONTAINS: sounds, pictures SITE: ftp.netcom.com CURATOR: Andy Eddy (vidgames@netcom.com) CONTAINS: faqs SITE: kaiwan.kaiwan.com CURATOR: GeeSe Howard (dvillnva@kaiwan.com) CONTAINS: faqs, pictures, sounds *************************************************************************** -FTP RESOURCES VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL- (credit Iain Noble) Those who need items from FTP sites but do not have FTP access can still retrieve resources from the FTP sites listed above via e-mail. Procedure: - Send an e-mail message to either of these two addresses: - ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com - bitftp@pucc.princeton.edu - Contain this as the body of your message (subject line is ignored): connect (siteaddress) chdir (directory.of.item) get (filename) quit EXAMPLE: To get the SS2 Movelist from the ftp.netcom.com site: connect ftp.netcom.com chdir /pub/vi/vidgames/faqs get samsho2.mvs quit *************************************************************************** -GOPHER SITES- SITE: cencongopher.concordia.ca CURATOR: Paul Schwartz (?) INCLUDES: mirror of ftp.netcom.com site *************************************************************************** -MISCELLANEOUS- ITEM: Hanafuda Card Game (credit Scott Fujimoto) DESCRIPTION: For all you Genjuro completists out there, you can get a computer-game version of the card game that uses the cards appearing in many of Genjuro's Special Moves. This is for IBM PC compatibles only, and I have no idea if it is Windows-capable or not. The file is compressed. AVAILABLE BY: - FTP: uceng.uc.edu /pub/wuarchive/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/games '1995card63a.zip' ****************************************************************************** -PICTURES- SITE: brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/pictures CURATOR: Dave Kirsch (a00563@giant.mindlink.net) INCLUDES: All characters, plus options screen, intro, and logo from ss2 home version. SITE: ftp.dhp.com /pub/neogeo/pictures/ss2 CURATOR: Unknown INCLUDES: All characters, plus options screen, intro, and logo from ss2 home version. SITE: http://student.uq.edu.au/~e3321942 CURATOR: Kenneth Hsu (e3321942@student.uq.edu.au) CONTAINS: Some Nak pictures SITE: kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_ss2_screenshots CURATOR: GeeSe Howard (dvillnva@kaiwan.com) INCLUDES: All characters, plus options screen, intro, and logo from ss2 home version. ************************************************************************** -SOUNDS- SITE: brawl.mindlink.net /pub/ss2/audio CURATOR: Dave Kirsch (a00563@giant.mindlink.net) INCLUDES: Cham Cham, Charlotte, Genjuro, Haohmoru, Kuroko, Nakoruro, and others. SITE: ftp.dhp.com /pub/neogeo/sound/ss2 CURATOR: Unknown INCLUDES: Cham Cham, Charlotte, Genjuro, Haohmoru, Kuroko, and others. SITE: kaiwan.kaiwan.com /user/dvillnva/neogeo_wav_files CURATOR: GeeSe Howard (dvillnva@kaiwan.com) INCLUDES: Cham Cham, Charlotte, Genjuro, Haohmuro, Kuroko, and others. *************************************************************************** -WORLD WIDE WEB SITES- SITE: http://dbserver.kaist.ac.kr/SAMSHO/samsho.html CURATOR: Chul-woong Yang (cwyang@kaist.ac.kr) CONTAINS: A lot of SS and SS2 (listed as Shin SS) Materials SITE: http://hannibal.mit.edu/home.html CURATOR: ? CONTAINS: Brief review of SS2 SITE: http://student.uq.edu.au/~e3321942 CURATOR: Kenneth Hsu (e3321942@student.uq.edu.au) CONTAINS: Strategy guides, plus links to other pages SITE: http://styx.ios.com/~damone/ss2page.html CURATOR: Damone (damone@ios.com) CONTAINS: All SS2-related materials and links to all SS2 sites SITE: http://metro.turnpike.net/jtu/samurai.html CURATOR: Jimmy Tu (jtu@chaph.usc.edu) CONTAINS: Comprehensive SS page for both games. Includes faqs for both games, plus info on all players, and the history of the game series. Also, Haohmaru Guide for SS. SITE: http://www.armory.com/~ebradley/elec-circ.html CURATOR: Eugene Bradley (ebradley@armory.com) CONTAINS: Primarily for Electric Circuit Video Game Arcade (Bloomfield, NJ). Has hypertext connection to faqs for many games (including SS2). SITE: http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/users/b/bjbisset/WWW/nak-guide.html CURATOR: Billy Bissette (bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu) CONTAINS: Nakoruru Page SITE: http://www2.ncsu.edu/eos/users/b/bjbisset/WWW/nic-guide.html CURATOR: Billy Bissette (bjbisset@eos.ncsu.edu) CONATAINS: Nicotine Page *************************************************************************** That's it. Any additions, corrections, or updates, to me at the address below. Damone (damone@ios.com) ***************************************************************************