Hi, taskforce and Draken! Thanks for the kind words, both of you, but I'm just glad to help. Also, thanks, Draken, for the info you passed along regarding some of the hidden items. It really was invaluable, as I was on a wild goose chase searching EVERYWHERE. I would have reached out to MariusB, but I haven't really interacted with him that much and felt it would be a bit awkward to ask him.

As for keeping my involvement private...well, it might seem like that, but, in truth, I asked about beta testing in a private message so you wouldn't feel like you were put on the spot publicly (in case you declined). You see, my...zeal...tends to put people off, and I wanted to make sure you were comfortable having me on the beta test team I'm glad to have been a part of the beta test team. Thanks, Draken and MariusB...it's funny, though...a lot of the things I flagged for correction were already corrected by the time I submitted them, so some of the items on my reports were unnecessary (well, better safe than sorry). Great job, guys!

Also, good news: I'm done with the final play through the game, so check your e-mail a bit later today, taskforce. Unsurprisingly, there's not much in need of fixing, but there's still a handful of items here and there.

Glad my beta tester wanted to test it one final time, we had a game breaking glitch pop up where a block of text ran out of memory on the SNES to store it that I had to correct. Unfortunately, if you ever wondered how bugs happen when something has been beta tested. It is because we don't have the resources typically to beta test for a second round and catch anything accidentally introduced while doing fixes the first time. I want to give special thanks to this beta tester for doing a second round so we could catch this before release. He has kept his involvement private so I won't release his name. If he wants to, he can tell you who he is but a HUGE thanks for the hard work. You are the hardest working most dedicated beta tester I could ever ask for. And not to be overshadowed, my other two beta testers also did excellent work. Thank you Draken and MariusB for all you did as well. Definitely not trying to slight you guys either. A great team all around and it was a pleasure to work with you all.

Regarding Aretha-I, I know I left you hanging a few years ago. This was not due to your zeal. Rather, it was major life circumstances on my end - the death of my mother. I was her guardian - both her and a disabled brother that she took care as long as she could. I became his guardian, too, and along with the rest of my immediate family, we needed quite some time to get the estate and my brother settled. I simply had to disconnect suddenly from so many other interests.

Within my archives, I probably still have your suggested changes in the early going of Aretha-I. What I still don't have is much time. Now, I'm in the midst of a major life transition of my own - both my wife and I together. It's all good - except I still don't have any game time. Specifically, I'm shutting down my primary residence for the past 14 years - happily, on purpose, and long anticipated, I might add!

So, I'm offering this - if TF is willing to help manage things. I can send the latest structure for Aretha-I back over to TF, if you want to go through the whole game - as you started to do - and make changes you deem enhancing. Since you have worked on Aretha-II very recently, everything is fresh, and this process could fine-tune both games to a highly consistent level. It's up to TF and you. You both know how much time and interest you have. After I haul a few truck loads of belongings to other quarters during the next few weeks, I hope to finally steal some game time and get another one of our works released.

Thanks for all you've done. Now that you've emerged from the shadows, as far as my feelings go - and in respect to your contributions - I consider you one of us.