function newImage(arg) {
	if (document.images) {
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}

function changeImages() {
	if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
		for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
			document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
		}
	}
}

var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
	if (document.images) {
		metalsaga_nav_02_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav_02_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav_03_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav_03_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav_04_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav_04_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav_05_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav_05_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav_06_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav_06_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav_07_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav_07_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav2_02_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav2_02_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav2_03_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav2_03_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav2_04_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav2_04_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav2_05_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav2_05_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav2_06_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav2_06_over.gif");
		metalsaga_nav2_07_over = newImage("images/metalsaga_nav2_07_over.gif");
		ms_characters_01_over = newImage("images/ms_characters_01_over.gif");
		ms_characters_03_over = newImage("images/ms_characters_03_over.gif");
		ms_characters_04_over = newImage("images/ms_characters_04_over.gif");
		ms_characters_06_over = newImage("images/ms_characters_06_over.gif");
		ms_characters_08_over = newImage("images/ms_characters_08_over.gif");
		ms_characters2_01_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_01_over.gif");
		ms_characters2_02_ms_characters2_03_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_02_ms_charac.gif");
		ms_characters2_02_ms_characters2_04_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_02_ms_cha-05.gif");
		ms_characters2_02_ms_characters2_05_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_02_ms_cha-06.gif");
		ms_characters2_02_ms_characters2_06_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_02_ms_cha-07.gif");
		ms_characters2_02_ms_characters2_07_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_02_ms_cha-08.gif");
		ms_characters2_03_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_03_over.gif");
		ms_characters2_04_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_04_over.gif");
		ms_characters2_05_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_05_over.gif");
		ms_characters2_06_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_06_over.gif");
		ms_characters2_07_over = newImage("images/ms_characters2_07_over.gif");
		preloadFlag = true;
	}
}