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+# OpenBOR
+OpenBOR is a continuation of the Beats Of Rage 2D game engine, which was originally
+created by the wonderful folks over at http://www.senileteam.com. 
+
+
+## History
+In 2004, Senile Team released Beats of Rage, a free beat-'em-up for DOS inspired
+by SEGA's Streets of Rage series and using sprites from SNK Playmore's King of
+Fighters series.  The game spread only by word of mouth, but it nonetheless
+amassed popularity very quickly.  Senile Team soon released an edit pack allowing
+anyone interested to create a mod for the BOR engine.
+
+In 2005, Kirby2000 asked Senile Team to open the source code to BOR.  They
+agreed, and OpenBOR was born.  Development on the engine was continued by the
+community, and still is to this day.
+
+## Available Platforms
+OpenBOR has a very modular and portable design inherited from Beats of Rage. Ports
+to the following platforms are currently supported:
+
+* Android
+* Windows
+* Linux
+* Mac OS X
+* Wii
+* PSP
+* Dreamcast
+* GP2X
+* GP2X Wiz
+* OpenDingux (Dingoo A320 & GCW-Zero)
+
+In addition to the above, the original Beats of Rage engine (downloadable from
+the Senile Team website) is available for the following platforms:
+
+* DOS
+* Playstation 2
+* Xbox
+* GP32
+* Palmtop
+
+## OpenBOR Team
+
+### Current Members
+
+#### Damon Caskey (2007-)
+Project manager, lead programmer, and site owner of the OpenBOR community. Primary
+contributions are feature additions to core engine, scripting, general development, and organization.
+
+#### Plombo (2009-)
+A developer who prefers to work on OpenBOR's supporting libraries and
+platform-specific backends.  Known for maintaining the Wii port, writing the
+GPU-accelerated video code for Wii and OpenGL, and a few engine features.
+
+#### uTunnels (2007-)
+Among many other powerful additions, contributed the original scripting engine to OpenBOR, single handedly
+breaking nearly every single limitation module authors faced.
+
+
+### Former members and contributors
+
+#### Anallyst (2011)
+This developer's work centered mainly around trimming the fat and optimizing the codebase.
+
+#### SumolX (2006-2011)
+Former project manager and lead programmer, retired from the scene in 2011. Known for porting PSP,
+PS3, Linux, Wii, GP2X and maintaining all other platforms and code base.
+
+#### KBbandressen (2007-2011)
+Contributed a plethora of features, including the powerful text object and filestream capabilities.
+
+#### CGRemakes (2005-2006)
+Main developer after Kirby2K.  Introduced many exicting features to engine.
+
+#### LordBall (2006)
+Developed offshoot engine based on OpenBOR.  Shared features with both engines.
+
+#### Tails (2006)
+Developed offshoot engine based on OpenBOR.  Shared features with both engines.
+
+#### Fugue (2006)
+Developed offshoot engine based on OpenBOR.  Shared features with both engines.
+
+#### Kirby2K (2004-2005)
+The original developer of OpenBOR who asked Senile Team for permission to open
+up Beats Of Rage.
+
+### Senile Team
+Senile team was not directly involved with developing OpenBOR, but their opening
+of the orginal Beats of Rage codebase was vital. Parts of the orginal BOR still
+reside in OpenBORto this day.
+
+#### Roel (credited as "Opla" in BoR)
+The team's chieftain. Does most of the game design, programming and artwork.
+http://www.roelvanmastbergen.nl
+
+#### Jeroen (credited as "Leila" in BoR)
+Does all the things no one else does.
+
+#### Sander (credited as "Albatross" in BoR)
+3D artist and animation sequence editor.
+
+#### Ben
+Senile Team's composer, who is currently working on the soundtrack for Age of the Beast.
+
+#### Neill
+Neill was the first to port Beats of Rage to other systems, namely Playstation 2
+and Dreamcast. He now supports Senile Team with advice regarding console hardware
+and code compatibility, and has agreed to port Age of the Beast when it's ready.
+http://www.neillcorlett.com
+
+
+## Websites
+* ChronoCrash (Main openBOR community and home of OpenBOR Team) - http://www.ChronoCrash.com
+* Senile Team (original authors of Beats of Rage) - http://www.senileteam.com