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Dead_Or_Alive_READNFO_NTSC_XBOX360DVD-CLEAR

DATE........: 2005-12-31                    FiLENAMES...: clr-doa4.rxx
PLATFoRM....: XBOX 360                      PACKED......: 98x50MB
ORiGiN......: NTSC/USA                      SOURCE......: CLEAR
LANGUAGE....: ENGLISH                       TESTED......: N/A
URL.........: http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/256988.asp

GAME NoTES:

Taking advantage of the superior technology of Xbox 360, Dead or Alive
4 offers the defining gaming experience on the next-generation console.
The game encompasses all that Xbox 360 has to offer, giving you the
most rewarding digital fighting to date on any videogame console.

Dead or Alive 4 once again raises the bar in both online and offline
fighting. By utilizing the advanced technology of Xbox 360 hardware,
the game redefines 3-D high-definition graphics and sound, creating
one of the most visually beautiful and realistic-looking video games
available. Unsurpassed online capabilities via Xbox Live, incredible
new interactive stages, an all-star lineup of old and new favorite
characters, and a complex DOA countering system all combine to create
a must-have video game for Xbox 360.

RELEASE NoTES:

Yes, this is real. No, you can't play it yet.

We release these to assist in making progress on the 360, and for those
who want to keep them on hand until they are playable.

Dummy space stripped because:

1) We have no way of knowing if the dummy data is used (historically
it rarely is)
2) Until the time comes when these are bootable and we can determine
with certainty that the dummy space is necessary, it makes no sense
to be passing around 7GB files for every release
3) If we're eventually going to be able to play from a HDD, the dummy
space would be useless anyway
4) If we get a modchip with a decent bios, why would they keep the need
for every disc to be 7GB with a bunch of dummy space?
5) Dummy space certainly wouldn't be used in-game -- if it's not a file,
you don't have access to it
6) Someone always has access to the originals again if needed
7) Who the hell wants to blow the extra bw/space/time to download/archive
empty space? For instance, Madden PI 70x100MB vs. Madden CLEAR 65x50MB
(less than half the size!)
8) Dummy space isn't going to magically allow a backup to boot

As mentioned in our last nfos, unlike PI/RADIAN's raw dumps, ours are in
actual .iso format, and do not require PI's special extractor tool, but
can instead be opened, viewed and extracted using many of the existing
great Xbox iso tools already out there (Qwix, xISO, etc.).

Also included alongside our .iso is a layout file (.lyt). This can
optionally be used with programs such as MooGUI and the forthcoming
Qwix 2.0 to create an .iso file that takes maximum advantage of DVD
spindle rotation speeds for the DVD size (single of dual layer) you're
burning. The arrangement of files on Xbox and Xbox 360 game discs is
determined by developers through extensive testing of file access
patterns during actual gameplay. Layout (.lyt) files list the exact
placement of all files and directories on an original Xbox or Xbox
360 disc. They can also be used to optimize old backups that one might
play frequently that don't perform as well as they could. As .lyt
support is gradually being added to more ISO creation programs, sites
will begin hosting archives of downloadable .lyt files.

SPECiAL THANKS:

AJ-Yoshi

CoNTACT:
clearxbox*hush*ai