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 # Cave Story Engine 2
 
-Cave Story Engine is an in-progress decompilation of Cave Story (freeware release), ported from DirectX to SDL2.
+Cave Story Engine is an in-progress decompilation of Cave Story, ported from DirectX to SDL2.
 
 ![Screenshot](screenshot.png)
 
+## Disclaimer
+
+Cave Story Engine 2 is based off of the *original freeware release* by Studio Pixel, and is not based off of Nicalis' ports, and contains no extra features included in said ports (graphics, audio, and other changes)
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 This project currently depends on SDL2 and Freetype2.