Dov's KISS Page

Maintained by Dov Sherman

Welcome to my KISS page, a source for information, software, data sets, and other useful and fun stuff related to the popular Japanese computer game KISS, the KISekae Set system.

An Introduction to KISS	KISS Programs	KISS Data Sets by Dov	More KISS Data Sets
KISS Format Specifics	KISS Utilities	Other KISS Web Pages	KISS Mailing List

WHAT IS `KISEKAE'?

Kisekae is Japanese for `changing clothes'. It's a popular play for little girls. They are given `kisekae ningyou' (dolls for changing clothes) and play changing clothes of the dolls. And, girls' manga magazines sometimes provide paper dolls and clothes for kisekae.

WHAT IS KISS?

KISS (KISekae Set system) simulates kisekae with paper dolls on your computer. The Kiss system consists of a Kiss program and Kiss data. A Kiss data is the set of pictures. The Kiss program displays the character with several clothes (dress, shirt, socks, shoes, hat etc) and allows you to changing the clothes by manipulating them.

WHAT IS FKISS?

FKISS is the new, somewhat beta extension format that adds animation and sound to KISS. The .CEL (image maps) and .KCF (color palettes) formats are the same but FKISS adds additional codes to include in the .CNF (configuration) to allow manipulation of the cels. Not all versions of KISS support FKISS yet but it is likely more will support it in the near future.

WARNING!

In some KISS data sets, a doll with no clothes on will be naked. If you are too young to see nudity or think nudity is offensive or indecent, please leave this page immediately.
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My KISS Data Sets

I have made a few KISS data sets myself because, apparently, I have way too much free time. Both data sets must be used in a mode that supports 256 or more colors.

KISRANKO.LZH: Female Ranma of Ranma 1/2 (229k)
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BRAND SPANKING NEW! 2RANMAS.LZH: Male and female Ranma in one doll with flashy sound and animation! FKISS support highly recommended. (170k) Please, if you have an earlier version of this set titled 2RANMA.LZH, delete it. Only the set released as 2RANMAS.LZH (with the S on the end), is valid.
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KSKEICHI.LZH: Keiichi of Aa! Megami-sama (157k)
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BUGCHAN.LZH: The Cute and Beautiful Bug-chan (19k)
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KISS Programs

To use these sets, you'll need the KISS program, available for many platforms:

WKISS 0.65e for Windows 3.1 or higher (75k) - Supports FKISS format extension and GS-KISS format
- LHA v2.13 LZH archive make/extract program for DOS (43k)
- LHA file compressor/extractor for MS-Windows (40k)
- Use this .DLL with WKISS 0.65e to extract KISS data sets from Lha-compressed files `on-the-fly' instead of having to extract them before use
KISS for Macintosh, version 1.20 (105k) - Supports built-in LZH decompression
AmiKISS 1.1 for Amiga (69k)
PlayFKISS for Amiga (40k) - Supports FKISS format extension

More KISS Data Sets

Once you've got a version of KISS that will run on your system, you'll need some KISS data sets to play with:

A Guide to KISS Data Sets: This guide lists all the KISS sets that I've found on the net giving their size, the name of the doll, and, for dolls based on anime characters, what the doll is based on.
The Graphic-Intensive Guide to KISS Data Sets: This second version of the Guide includes small preview images of the dolls.

These are the main sites where the sets listed in the Guide are located. I think I managed to include everything at these sites but you're welcome to take a look at the sites yourself:

The Venice KISS Archives: This site hasn't been updated in a very long time but it has lots of good data sets.
The Iczer KISS Archives: I maintain the KISS section of this FTP site. I've placed some of the better KISS data sets here but, of course, anything on that site, will be linked into my data guide pages too.

KISS General Format Specifications

Want to learn how to code your own KISS data? You'll need to get some information on KISS Format to do that:

FKISS: The latest version of WKISS supports the new FKISS format which has flashy stuff like animation and sound. I've written up some specs based on observation of the WKISS 0.65e port and discussion with Mr.Yav, the originator of FKISS extension format.

Unfortunately, a few programs had to be removed when the supporting FTP sites went down:

The KISS FAQ is a good general starting to point to find out about KISS.
The KISS/GS v0.18 General Format Specifications explain the general syntax of KISS .CNF configuration files and the way .CEL images and .KCF color palettes are laid out.

KISS Utilities

Once you're familiar with KISS format and you're ready to start making KISS data sets, you might want to pick up some of these helpful utilities:

Mian's PCX to CEL and CEL to PCX converters for MSDOS are a handy way to get those PCX images into CEL format.
Hyuu's WCEL Ver1.08E Win KISS Cell Viewer/Saver for Windows 3.1 or higher allows viewing of 16/256 color CELS, conversion of BMP files to CEL format, and margin setting.
Hyuu's WSVC ver0.11a is a great tool for making KISS data and includes a sample tutorial to help you get started.

Other KISS Web Sites

Here are some good KISS-related websites where you can find more KISS data sets, additional programs, the latest news on KISS, and documentation to help you create your own KISS sets:

The ISoft KISS Web Page
This page, based in Japan and maintained by Ozawa-san, has some of the most up-to-date news on KISS and some data sets not available anywhere else. You do need a browser that supports FRAMES and TARGET like Netscape 2.0 to read the KISS news however.
World of KISS
John Stiles maintains this KISS web page which has, among other things, a few data sets not available in my guide.

The KISS Mailing List

Want to keep up to date on the latest news and discussion of KISS? Join the KISS Mailing List by sending e-mail to himechan@usagi.jrd.dec.com. This is not an automatic subscriber program but the address of the mailing list maintainer so send him a nice note asking politely to be added to the mailing list. Please make sure your web browser is correctly configured to use your correct address before sending mail from this homepage.

Thanks for visiting my KISS homepage. Please send any feedback to me at:

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