<s>
Echelon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
warez	B-Application
group	O
which	O
specializes	O
in	O
the	O
illegal	O
release	O
and	O
distribution	O
of	O
copyrighted	O
console	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
ISO	B-General_Concept
images	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
September	O
4	O
,	O
2000	O
to	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2002	O
,	O
Echelon	B-Application
's	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
division	O
released	O
188	O
game	O
titles	O
and	O
34	O
other	O
various	O
fixes	O
,	O
tutorials	O
,	O
trainers	O
,	O
and	O
loaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
19	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Echelon	B-Application
released	O
Final	O
Fantasy	O
X	O
as	O
their	O
first	O
of	O
several	O
hundred	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2007	O
,	O
Echelon	B-Application
continues	O
to	O
release	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
PS2	B-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Echelon	B-Application
was	O
named	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
six	O
groups	O
targeted	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Operation	O
Fastlink	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Justice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
15	O
,	O
2005	O
,	O
Echelon	B-Application
's	O
Dragon	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
VIII	I-Application
USA	O
PS2	B-Device
nfo	B-Protocol
file	I-Protocol
stated	O
that	O
Echelon	B-Application
was	O
indeed	O
Kalisto	B-Application
:	O
We	O
errr	O
Kalisto	B-Application
released	O
it	O
on	O
November	O
2nd	O
2001	O
as	O
Dragon_Warrior_VII_USA_PS1-KALISTO	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
and	O
the	O
nfo	O
ended	O
with	O
--	O
the	O
dragon	O
warrior	O
of	O
KALiSTO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
ROM	I-Application
Loader	I-Application
is	O
a	O
front-end	O
loader	O
program	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
warez	B-Application
group	O
Echelon	B-Application
,	O
allowing	O
a	O
user	O
to	O
load	O
their	O
own	O
ROMs	B-General_Concept
into	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
emulator	B-Application
built	O
into	O
Sega	O
's	O
Sega	O
Smash	O
Pack	O
Volume	O
1	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Provided	O
in	O
the	O
release	O
are	O
the	O
emulation	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
tools	O
,	O
and	O
instructions	O
on	O
burning	O
a	O
CD	O
with	O
custom	O
ROMs	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
it	O
runs	O
in	O
full	O
speed	O
with	O
very	O
few	O
issues	O
(	O
the	O
most	O
prominent	O
being	O
its	O
poor	O
sound	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
emulator	B-Application
,	O
being	O
dubbed	O
"	O
Segagen	B-Application
"	O
to	O
avoid	O
legal	O
issues	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
embraced	O
in	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
homebrew	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
much	O
controversy	O
,	O
most	O
Dreamcast	B-Operating_System
web	O
sites	O
soon	O
stopped	O
hosting	O
the	O
ROM	O
loader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
loader	O
's	O
small	O
text	O
and	O
poor	O
controls	O
,	O
Obsidian	O
later	O
released	O
their	O
own	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	B-Application
Smash	I-Application
Pack	I-Application
ROM	I-Application
Loader	I-Application
,	O
called	O
"	O
Lemec.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
larger	O
,	O
easier-to-read	O
text	O
,	O
quick	O
scrolling	O
through	O
files	O
,	O
additional	O
VMU	B-Application
functionality	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
stability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Obsidian	O
's	O
release	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
the	O
Smash	O
Pack	O
emulator	B-Application
software	O
for	O
legal	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
the	O
user	O
requires	O
the	O
original	O
Echelon	B-Application
release	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
disk	O
using	O
the	O
Lemec	B-Application
loader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Lake	O
,	O
the	O
programmer	O
of	O
the	O
Sega	O
Smash	O
Pack	O
Volume	O
1	O
,	O
had	O
himself	O
deliberately	O
left	O
a	O
documentation	O
of	O
the	O
built-in	O
emulator	B-Application
on	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
disc	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
documentation	O
seemingly	O
intended	O
at	O
them	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
filename	O
(	O
ECHELON.TXT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
