Intro on a Japanese MSX2 or higher (different intro on a Japanese MSX1)	Menu on an European machine (no title on a Japanese machine)

First option : GAME
If you want to play the game without any cheat, select this option.
You can also access directly to the game by pressing on ESC, GRAPH or the spacebar in the boot sequence of the emulated MSX.
De-activating the Game Master 2 is also possible : press on SHIFT in the boot sequence.
GRAPH and the spacebar work also without a game in slot 2. In this case, you go to MSX-BASIC or MSX-DOS.

Second option : MODIFY

The Game Master 2 displays the number of the cartridge with the game. Cheating options allow you to modify the number of the beginning stage and to modify the player number (what means the number of lifes !) Last option starts the game with the modifications that you have made.

Third option : SELF (also accessible without a game in slot 2)

First option of this menu allows you to load the saved data of a screen. To convert these data into a bloadable format : * set the cursor before END in the menu * press at the same time on the following keys : Left CTRL - SHIFT - Spacebar You'll get a new file with the extension .VRM. This file can be used in a MSX-BASIC program with the following instructions - for a MSX1 game : COLOR 15,0,0: SCREEN 2,2: BLOAD "filename.VRM",S: A$=INPUT$(1) - for a MSX2 game : COLOR 15,0,0: SCREEN 5,2: BLOAD "filename.VRM",S: COLOR=RESTORE: A$=INPUT$(1) Options 3 and 4 give access to little games (Tennis - Hockey) and to a Biorythm program.

SRAM Disk Utility For 10 Konami games, data can be saved in the SRAM of the Game Master 2. Before the SRAM can be used, it must be formatted by using the third option of this menu. Other options give a list of the SRAM files and allow to delete them. Don't save too many files on this SRAM, because its size is only 8 Kb. You can find on this page utilities created by Sean Young to save the SRAM to disk and vice versa : http://bifi.msxnet.org/msxnet/utils/

SRAM option
It works only for some games and if you have first formatted the SRAM (see above).
The way to use the SRAM can vary for each game.

Contra / Gryzor - Gofer no Yabou Episode 2 / Nemesis 3 - Parodius
Press F1 to pause the game, then press S to save and L to load from SRAM
Gekitotsu Pennant Race - Gekitotsu Pennant Race 2
The SRAM is only used to load / save the game league and team data
Hai no Majutsushi / Mahjong 2
You can save on SRAM only at the end of a round
King's Valley 2 (MSX1 and MSX2 versions)
The SRAM is only used to load / save custom stages
Knightmare 3 Shalom
You can save on SRAM only in some locations of the game
Metal Gear 2 Solid Snake
Press F5 to access to the load / save menu

PAUSE option
When the game is running, press on STOP (=PageUp) to pause the game.
It works also with the demo of the game. The CAPS lock led will turn on.
To quit the Pause mode, press again on STOP (=PageUp) . The CAPS led will turn off.

ONE FRAME option
When you are in Pause mode, press on ":" to advance only one frame.

SLOW MOTION option
When you are in Pause mode, press on ESC to enable slow motion.
You can adjust the speed by using the DEL ans INS keys.
To disable this mode, press on STOP (=PageUp) .

SAVE / LOAD options
When you are in Pause mode, press on Left CTRL to access to the Save / Load options.
You can save only a disk different things : Game, Screen.
The files format is not compatible with Game Master 1.
As the save states of blueMSX, the game data include RAM and VRAM data of the specific used MSX machine.
The files have the following extensions:
.Gxx for Game data, .Sxx for Screen data,
with xx = the two last digits of the Konami RC number.
Screen data files can be converted into a bloadable format (see the SELF option)

GENERAL RESTART option
When you are in Pause mode with the Save / Load menu, set the cursor before END in the menu.
Press at the same time on the following keys : Left CTRL - SHIFT - Spacebar
It will restart completely the Game Master 2 and the game.


Concerned MSX1 games (the game must be inserted in slot 2)

Concerned MSX2 games (the game must generally be inserted in slot 2)

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