Taito Legends 2 PC lives fix and Rayforce score issues

[FSR]

Hello everyone

Taito Legends 2 for PC has some issues, here's the ones I'm aware of:
> Gekirindan "normal" mode and Darius Gaiden "normal" mode start with 2 instead of 3 lives, Rayforce extend/bonus life settings are not set to 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 :

I made a fix for that, you can download this here: http://ryushare.com/cneof4sva5nm/savedata
This is a file with all games set to normal difficulty, all default scores but the issues mentioned above fixed.
Please make a copy of your old file first. Overwrite the file "savedata" in the directory the save file is normally stored e.g. "C:\Users\YOURACCOUNTNAMEISHERE\AppData\Roaming\Taito Legends 2\autosave".
To keep this fix working, do not change from "normal" to another mode in the fixed games. All other changes, e.g. controls, sound, window borders etc. are no problem, adjust as you please.

> Starforce protection
(workaround exists, a bit too hot to discuss however)

> Doesn't work on Windows 7 (and maybe 8?)
(workaround exists, a bit too hot to discuss however)

>Rayforce score calculation is wrong: I have no idea how this happens but you get some odd score numbers for pretty much every enemy. e.b. 101, 201,... points for cannon fodder enemies instead of 100,200,... Clearing the game without continuing can result in a score that looks like continues have been used. Anybody know how to fix this? (I'm aware of the solution that's called "play on MAME" but would like to have another solution)

I hope this kind of discussion is OK and within the forum rules. If not I sincerely apologize and ask for the deletion of this topic, as this was though as a service for fellow shooting game fans and not as some "mad hack skillz" brag job.

[Ed Oscuro]

Thanks for the work on this, I know some people will appreciate it!

[BPzeBanshee]

I'm still wondering why the first Taito Legends crashes with every game on some machines. Count me in for appreciation too: the more fixes to make these releases the way they were meant to the better.

[MathU]

I just run all my Taito Legends 2 games through MAME.

[kathy]

I just run all my Taito Legends 2 games through MAME.

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