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/hbg/ Homebrew / Romhack General 24 Wed Oct 6 11:51:40 2021 No.8209370 [Reply] [Original]

Gameplay and development discussion:
What homebrew / hacks are you playing /vr/ ?

Are you working on anything? Would you like to learn? Projects and questions welcome.

Communities:
romhacking.net
smwcentral.net
metroidconstruction.com
sonichacking.org
pouet.net

IPS Patcher:
romhacking.net/utilities/240

Archives:
archive.org/details/rom-hack-patch-archive
mediafire.com/folder/50m95vbbuyf25/vr's_ROM_>Hack_Recommendations
mega.nz/folder/jpMxlQyZ#oCwbRyPFaMcZl3gOF5mvSg
mega.nz/folder/TBgnhIxS#aKF0Cv0DA9kYI_qUI_gXvg

NESdev:
wiki.nesdev.com
forums.nesdev.com

SNESdev:
wiki.superfamicom.org
github.com/alekmaul/pvsneslib

N64dev:
n64dev.org

Sega Dev:
smspower.org

Mega Dev:
gendev.spritesmind.net/page-doc.html
github.com/Stephane-D/SGDK

Saturn Dev:
antime.kapsi.fi/sega/docs.html
segaxtreme.net
www.jo-engine.org

GB Dev:
gbdev.gg8.se/wiki

GBA Dev:
forum.gbadev.org
github.com/pret

DS Dev:
ndshb.com
dsgamemaker.jada.io
forums.serenesforest.net/index.php?/topic/26913-nintenlords-hacking-utilities

PSX Dev:
psxdev.net
problemkaputt.de/psx-spx.htm

Amiga Dev:
eab.abime.net

Zed Dev:
worldofspectrum.org

Previous: @ desuarchive.org/vr/thread/
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>>	$18 Wed Oct 6 11:52:50 2021 No.8209372 File: 556 KB, 792x524, akira_64.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] what's your dream homebrew, /vr/? >>8162635

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 12:31:11 2021 No.8209460

>>8209370
>What homebrew / hacks are you playing /vr/ ?

I'm usually not interested in romhacks unless it's something really cool that flips the whole concept of original game upside down (like those memey Cartuchito World/Mystery Meat games). Sonic romhacks can be pretty solid.
You can recommend me some good/funny ones.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 12:32:48 2021 No.8209464 >>8209460 If it's something that improves a flaw/limitation of the original game.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 12:34:17 2021 No.8209468 >>8209370 >What homebrew / hacks are you playing /vr/ smw gaiden it's much more playable after patching infinite lives though

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 12:43:49 2021 No.8209476 File: 2.70 MB, 1643x1471, 1633538425296.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209372 All 4 Wario Land games ported to the SNES in a Super Mario All Stars format.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:05:06 2021 No.8209513 Why haven't you started a disassembly of your favorite game, anon?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:09:51 2021 No.8209521 From the last thread. We were alleged to be doing a port of Chuckie Egg to the NES?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:11:32 2021 No.8209525 >>8209513 Because if my project becomes popular, I will be surrounded by discord tranny furries and eventually fired from my real job for slighting one of them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:13:47 2021 No.8209531 >>8209525 Why are you attaching your real name to such a thing?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:22:18 2021 No.8209545 >>8209521 how big a game are we talking here?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:26:16 2021 No.8209553 File: 218 KB, 3000x1975, sonic_mania.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209460 > Sonic Megamix is practically Canon at this point. Yuji Naka even said so. The lead guy went on to create Sonic Mania, which, you know how that came out.

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:28:57 2021 No.8209557

>>8209545
About 12k. Magnetic media games are a little more work perhaps because they may have stuff like self-modifying code. We did that NES port of Sea Chase earlier? That was a little easier because it was a cartridge game to begin with so we knew it wouldn't have self-modifying code.

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:35:22 2021 No.8209569

>>8209370
>What homebrew / hacks are you playing /vr/ ?
In the last month, two excellent hacks that make their respective games totally worth replaying.

>Super Metroid Redux
Amazing QOL update for the peak game of the series. Includes optional jumping physics that are like the GBA games, which actually feels great and I highly recommend trying it. This hack is the culmination of almost a decade of revisions, and it shows.

>Secret of Mana Turbo
Some might say the purpose of this hack is to bring true real-time combat to SoM, but that isn't close to doing it justice. This is the most extensive hack I have ever seen, comparable to the Mario 64 decomp. It has its own app for building your custom version of Secret of Mana, which is something that should be standardized for all major romhacking games. That said, I used the default settings, with the omission of the "Turbo" branding on the title screen, and I don't regret it at all.

One unexpected feature that I truly love is how character sprite palettes now reflect the equipment they're wearing. I always wished RPGs showed the equipment my characters were wearing (and I guess everyone did, which is why most RPGs do that now), so this feature alone brings me back to the game.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:35:53 2021 No.8209570 File: 821 KB, 3264x1840, VBWL_lol.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209476 VBWL is a masterpiece. The mechanics are super fluid and the spritework is extremely detailed. Streamed it at one point: somehow this setup worked

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:36:43 2021 No.8209571 >>8209570 lmao inspired

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 13:55:02 2021 No.8209602 >>8209557 >self-modifying code wut

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:03:11 2021 No.8209612

>>8209602
Setting your code up to alter certain pieces of code on the fly. This is commonly done to save memory space, but you can only do it on computer games like ZX Spectrum or C64 where your code is RAM-resident, you can't do it on consoles that use ROM cartridges.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:13:51 2021 No.8209636 >>8209521 is ZX Spectrum game right? converting that to NES would be dreadful not only because of the different CPU but the Spectrum doesn't have hw sprites or work in any way like the NES

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:24:47 2021 No.8209658
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>>8209602
>you can't do it on consoles that use ROM cartridges.
this is a rumor. there is nothing stopping you from putting opcodes in RAM, JMPing the program counter there, and running your code like that.
> the NES never did it
It was not practical.

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:34:52 2021 No.8209683

>>8209636
We would use the C64 code not the Spectrum due to same CPU. That makes things easier, although the Sea Chase port still proved it's not that easy. But better than having to completely redo all the code for a different CPU. At least the core game logic and the memory map/zero page setup can be retained.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:36:42 2021 No.8209687 >>8209658 dumb frogposter >>>/v/

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:37:58 2021 No.8209692 now if you were going to do a Colecovision port of Chuckie Egg you would use the Spectrum code because again same CPU also the screen resolution is the same so you won't really have to redraw the graphics

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:39:02 2021 No.8209702 File: 176 KB, 1915x957, dpt_21_10_6.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209557 >Sea Chase Almost. Parsing sound format from famitracker into my proprietary sound engine. Soon...

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:41:23 2021 No.8209718 File: 59 KB, 476x441, ganked.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209687 > pepe maybe read the content before you judge

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:43:04 2021 No.8209729 >>8209692 they always did crappy Spectrum -> MSX ports and the MSX is mostly the same guts as the Colecovision anyway

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:47:13 2021 No.8209747 >>8209729 Different sound chip. But that wouldn't matter anyway since the Spectrum has only a 1-bit bleeper so you couldn't reuse any of the sound code.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:48:14 2021 No.8209753 shared CPUs unfortunately invite all kinds of abuses like the endless horrible Atari ST ports to the Amiga

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:51:40 2021 No.8209765 >>8209683 Sea Chase is a pretty simple game anyway, it's a shmup in essence so the game logic isn't all that complicated, less so than what you'd have in a platformer. Virtually any retro machine could handle it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 14:52:27 2021 No.8209769 File: 18 KB, 256x224, smv nv title.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How is Super Mario /v/orld doing? Any progress updates?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 15:04:58 2021 No.8209831 >>8209753 There were lazy copypasted Apple II ports on the A8 and C64 too.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 15:08:28 2021 No.8209845 Wasn't a big problem that the Atari 8-bit had collision registers and the NES didn't and Sea Chase actively uses them?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 15:21:56 2021 No.8209887 >>8209570 Lol nice looks great

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 15:22:41 2021 No.8209892 >>8209845 Yes it did. He had to totally redo all that code to use box bounds checking instead.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 16:18:33 2021 No.8210110 >>8209557 Well get cracking.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 16:26:42 2021 No.8210130 >>8210110 obviously he'll have to start by disassembling and tracing the code to find out where everything goes

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:03:36 2021 No.8210228 ITT: Underage zoomers who think they can code after reading two Wikipedia pages

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:09:37 2021 No.8210242

>>8209683
C64 really doesn't work anything like the NES anyway, for example the NES doesn't even have sprite counters instead there's a sprite data map that contains the position of everything on screen and whether it's flipped or not and this map has to be continuously copied to the PPU each frame or it forgets it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:18:26 2021 No.8210280 >>8210242 i felt the Atari was worse because the sprites have no Y position which with Sea Chase make the game logic harder to convert to NES

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:27:26 2021 No.8210309 >>8210228 you could make a bot to repost this in every thread to save you the butthurt, and it would be the closest you'll ever get to programming a game on an old vidya system

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:35:53 2021 No.8210329 >>8210242 as I think someone else mentioned, it seems C64 does screen fills faster than the NES since you don't have to wait for the blank. Just write to the screen memory whever you want.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:45:43 2021 No.8210356 >>8210309 I've been programming since before your mom attained puberty, kiddo.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 17:59:34 2021 No.8210392 >>8210228 >NOOOOOO you can't just teach yourself to code you have to go 20k in debt to get a 4 year degree like I did!!!!!!!!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 18:05:22 2021 No.8210412 >>8210280 Sea Chase was not one of the harder games we could have picked since it's a shmup in essence and shmups have simpler game logic than platformers do.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 18:40:42 2021 No.8210491 >>8209553 Guess the west can invest in good games.

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 18:41:26 2021 No.8210493

>>8210280
> sprites have no Y position
true yes but there were memory variables i had to hijack. it worked like a charm.
>>8210412
> Sea Chase was easy
yes and it still took me several months, which was due to inexperience, but guess what? i'm experienced now. that is how life is. the next port would be twice as fast, but, i have different plans.
anyway, i'm just making a rolls royce NES sound engine for future projects, because i don't like what exists right now >>8209702

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 18:46:36 2021 No.8210503 File: 1 KB, 64x96, 001.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209370 >Are you working on anything? earthbound hack but something very original

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 18:48:44 2021 No.8210508 Are you excited for Sonic Hacking Contest 2021?

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 19:05:27 2021 No.8210543

>>8209683
there was some criticism of the decision to use a 6502 in the Famicom instead of a Z80. it was a net gain later on to Western developers but I can see why they would have objected to it in Japan where most arcade games and computers were Z80-based.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 19:58:25 2021 No.8210670 >>8210503 is that fucking ray the squirrel

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 20:36:08 2021 No.8210759 Here is both /v/ hacks for the person that wanted them in the last thread https://mega.nz/file/T4hkwAhA#SKAqXkkEp5XnBnRtS_yVV1wlqbY_7cjRGfCvVlfd2bs

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 20:51:16 2021 No.8210796 >>8209372 virtual boy wario in color

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 21:04:06 2021 No.8210823 >>8209769 Stay tuned!

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 21:21:43 2021 No.8210857 >>8210329 You can't directly access the video RAM on the NES; you have to indirectly send data through a PPU register. On C64 you would just do something like this. >STA $400,X >STA $500,X >STA $600,X >STA $700,X

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 21:37:33 2021 No.8210894 >>8209372 ...and why haven't you started working on it yet? It's not like anyone else is going to make any of these games.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 21:52:14 2021 No.8210929 >>8210493 >yes and it still took me several months, which was due to inexperience Was not it also unfamiliarity with the Atari 8-bit and how all the hardware works on there?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 6 22:45:35 2021 No.8211046 File: 1 KB, 64x96, 006.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8210670 Yes!

Anonymous Wed Oct 6 23:15:32 2021 No.8211108
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>>8210929
yes NES is my specialty. as far as the internals of the Atari 8-bit line of computers, well, my knowledge was precisely jack shit coming into this. it was aggravating mentally painful and confusing as fuck at times a fun learning experience =)
i took it upon me to bring the game up to commercial standards as well. ironed out a bunch of little details. its very smooth now.
if i did a straight port and i didn't fix everything, it would have been done in no time, but, i wouldn't be proud of that.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 03:09:16 2021 No.8211567 >>8210503 >>8211046 Really thought that was Sonichu at first and I'm glad to hear otherwise

Anonymous Thu Oct 7 05:43:12 2021 No.8211828
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>>8208908
Thanks! They are huge for a smw rom hack!

>>8208918
Thanks! I'm trying to push the GBA a bit with it.

>>8208804
I have finished the entire skills loop: selecting the skill, reducing player hp/mp, hurting the enemy and stunning it if it has weak affinity against the skill, repeating turn, etc.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 07:41:36 2021 No.8212043 File: 451 B, 64x96, 014.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8211567 After i done on Ray then i'll doing Mighty next

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 12:04:19 2021 No.8212542 >>8209692 >>8209196 I'd like a NES port of Miner 2049er more.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 12:11:10 2021 No.8212557 >>8212542 reason I suggested Chuckie Egg is that it's a simpler game than Miner 2049er; not as much game logic to deal with.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 12:42:03 2021 No.8212630 >>8209476 This.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 12:44:36 2021 No.8212637 >>8210508 HELL YEAH I AM! >>8212043 Shouldn't be be pointing at himself like in the character select for SegaSonic arcade?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 13:32:04 2021 No.8212759 File: 489 B, 64x96, 017.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8212637 I can't wait for Hellfire Saga! That was just a lazy edit. That or his thumbs up from Mania.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 13:49:56 2021 No.8212819 >>8210280 Its sprites span the whole height of the screen. To move them vertically you have to shift their position in memory.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 13:54:09 2021 No.8212831 >>8212828 Castlevania could have used MMC1 in the cart conversion and then a battery save but Konami were too cheap for that. Instead is just an UNROM cart.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 13:55:53 2021 No.8212840 >>8209372 resident evil 1& 3, maybe possible if 2 gets decomp'd

Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:12:11 2021 No.8213278
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>>8209370
>Are you working on anything?
Me and a couple of others working on a scrimblo bimblo about a scumbag going on a treasure hunt. I'm using Super Mario World as the base engine but I'm altering a lot of the controls and physics to more closely play like the Wario Land games. Picrel is a dumb enemy design I made inspired by some of the YI leaked assets.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:15:47 2021 No.8213290 >>8213278 what's a "scrimblo bimblo"

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:16:34 2021 No.8213293 >>8213290 bingbing wahoo subgenre

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:17:52 2021 No.8213297 File: 347 B, 16x16, Heavy spiked ball that hurts you.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8213290 Basically what >>8213293 said.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:25:26 2021 No.8213320 >>8209570 What's your Twitch?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:41:27 2021 No.8213356 File: 6 KB, 256x224, 2573titlescreen.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8213278 Sounds fun. Good luck on your homebrew, or is it built on top of SMW like regular romhacks? Reminds me a bit of pic.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 17:43:51 2021 No.8213363 >>8213356 Thanks. And yeah its built on top of SMW, I'm just changing a lot of code and removing chunks of data that I know I'm not going to use.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 18:27:30 2021 No.8213468 File: 514 B, 120x124, PissedOffStar.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8213320 i don't wanna give that away, but, i was a fairly popular speedrunner

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 19:23:00 2021 No.8213618 If you making a hack please test the brightness level on a real CRT so things are not too dark.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 19:55:29 2021 No.8213697 >>8213618 fuck crts and people who play on them

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 20:18:12 2021 No.8213750 earthbound x sonic autism this is like dividing by zero stop it anon THE MERGE IS NOT HAPPENING

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 20:20:01 2021 No.8213757 >>8213697 your mom suck me good and hard through my jorts

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 20:26:18 2021 No.8213775 >>8213697 The only reason you think that is because someone else was overly enthusiastic about them. No actual technical reason.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 20:28:44 2021 No.8213783 >>8213775 And also the fact that they're blurry and distort the image.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 20:29:05 2021 No.8213786 >>8213783 Incorrect.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 20:36:46 2021 No.8213816 >>8213786 Yes, that is what you are.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:02:19 2021 No.8213862 File: 1.26 MB, 2984x2296, trin_20210327_015833.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8213697 behold the true beauty. the camera does not do justice. so vibrant in person...

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:04:50 2021 No.8213867 >>8213862 looks like shit tbqph

Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:22:04 2021 No.8213905
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>>8213867
you have to see it in person. the moon is perfectly circular which can only be achieved with 7:8; 4:3 is distorted. the art was designed and carefully planned for cathode rays.so its luscious and lovely and so very warm.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:23:06 2021 No.8213907 File: 537 B, 96x64, 016.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8213750 >stop it anon Nah

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:45:53 2021 No.8213980 >>8209476 What about shake it?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 21:57:59 2021 No.8214016 >>8213862 >>8213905 do not

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:14:08 2021 No.8214063 File: 589 KB, 777x400, knot.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214016 um?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:17:01 2021 No.8214072 >>8213862 >>8213905 would you fuck off. no one wants you bullshit here.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:19:45 2021 No.8214080 File: 1.36 MB, 2656x1494, trin_20210322_185556.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214072 beatings will continue until morale improves =)

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:46:48 2021 No.8214156 >>8213618 this, and please don't display anything vital outside of the overscan boundaries for fuck's sake

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 22:50:55 2021 No.8214172 >>8214080 anon pls do not there is a thread for it

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:05:28 2021 No.8214218 File: 90 KB, 1235x1011, lttp.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214172 i didn't bring it up >>8213697 im just here to defend

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:09:27 2021 No.8214229 >>8214218 anon

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:11:47 2021 No.8214240 File: 439 KB, 1000x1000, bomber_man_64.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214229 you're saying nothing dude shut up

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:17:41 2021 No.8214264 >>8213468 Okay so we'll just look up who has streamed Wario land virtual boy then. You just had to do this the hard way.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:25:04 2021 No.8214301 >>8214218 Anon, no. >>8213618 did.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:31:38 2021 No.8214319 File: 545 KB, 935x744, sumsalt.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214264 it was several years ago. i don't stream on twitch anymore. i don't wanna be found.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:36:25 2021 No.8214337 File: 117 KB, 833x692, bill_burr.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214301 why are you upset? i'm confused as hell?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:39:03 2021 No.8214347 >>8214337 I'm not upset? I'm just pointing out the post that instigated that shitshow. I'm neither him nor him.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:40:50 2021 No.8214358 >>8214319 Nice

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:42:20 2021 No.8214369 File: 79 KB, 900x600, bill_gates.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214347 > shitshow. what a couple pictures of chrono trigger got your panties in a bunch? pussy. be a fucking man.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:45:13 2021 No.8214378 >>8214369 And now you are trying to start a new shitshow Fuck off.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 7 23:51:17 2021 No.8214403 >>8214240 anon

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 00:10:06 2021 No.8214462 File: 8 KB, 114x114, NESticle_hand2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8214378 >>8214403 yo g i dont follow

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 05:00:26 2021 No.8215064 >>8211828 are you going to release the source code of this in the future so people can study off what you pulled off? this is really amazing and just gives a reminder of what the GBA. or underpowered hardware, can pull off.

Anonymous Fri Oct 8 09:31:30 2021 No.8215491

Well, I got to the Sky Isles in Parallel Worlds. Still don't have the ability lift stones so that didn't get me anywhere but I got a heart piece so I'm at six hearts now.
In Dinn's Lair I beat the three sandworms, then in the next room stood at the door swinging my sword to defeat the other worm enemies. Right as I was about to do so a wallmaster appeared out of nowhere and grabbed me.
I guess standing in the doorway triggered a glitch because it dropped me into a dark room near the entrance but my lantern wouldn't work so I couldn't see anything and just got hit over and over and died. That sucked.
Anyway, still making progress.
Going to try to solve Lost Woods tonight and see what's over there if I can. See if I can find another bottle.

Anonymous Fri Oct 8 09:34:15 2021 No.8215495

BTW I'm playing the ten year anniversary edition of the hack, not the remodel version.
I have to use the shovel everywhere to get hearts when I get hit. This hack would be very different without this item, and I'd probably have just given up on it by now if I didn't have it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 17:12:06 2021 No.8216646 >>8216614 Another NES port project. With refinements.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 17:22:02 2021 No.8216670 >>8215495 I beat the third dungeon and got the item. This game is bullshit. I think I'm done.

Anonymous Fri Oct 8 18:45:51 2021 No.8216910

>>8215495
>BTW I'm playing the ten year anniversary edition of the hack
whaaaat I had no idea this was a thing. I'm the anon who said earlier in the thread (or last thread?) that the game gets better as you go along. I may have to give the game another go, I had no idea it was updated.

>>8216670
Yeah maybe if you're three dungeons in and really aren't feeling it at all, then it just isn't for you. It's a shame that the best/most complete ALttP hack is so over-the-top difficult that it drives people away. The other ALttP hacks just feel so simplistic in comparison. Except the Conker one, but I prefer to pretend that doesn't exist.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 8 23:25:40 2021 No.8217767 >>8209370 Can you do Super Game Boy enhancement hacks like there are GBC enhancement hacks?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 9 10:12:26 2021 No.8218929 >>8209769 I'm still waiting. Got to be patient.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 9 10:20:48 2021 No.8218935 >>8209372 mario 64 decomp port to ps1

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 9 14:37:52 2021 No.8219521 File: 2 KB, 71x62, 1624395453311.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8209769 new bread here >>8219512

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 9 16:59:47 2021 No.8219958 >>8209370 I have yet to see a good romhack and I've seen dozens on different consoles and computers

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 9 22:17:48 2021 No.8221019 >>8218935 I mean, they already did for the PS2, dunno if they will for PS1

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 05:24:22 2021 No.8221780 File: 324 KB, 256x224, ngcliff.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I love the NES Ninja Gaiden games, what are the best Ninja Gaiden hacks?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 10:33:45 2021 No.8222203 >>8209370 Any more seasonal Halloween or otherwise spookifying hacks like that?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 13:43:14 2021 No.8222548 >>8221780 The Deadpool one is interesting if you like Marvel. Apparently you can play as Elektra too.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 19:49:25 2021 No.8223506 File: 1 KB, 64x96, 001.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] ENTER

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 20:12:12 2021 No.8223563 >>8209372 Not necessarily homebrew, but I wish co-op hacks for games without were more common. Imagine playing as Richter and Maria simultaneously in RoB. With approximately buffed enemies.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 22:35:15 2021 No.8223896 Rate this track. https://voca.ro/1fr8I8QJ7ZqG

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 10 22:56:24 2021 No.8223929 >>8223896 I dont like it. Too jarring in some places. 6/10 has potential

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 05:03:03 2021 No.8224716 >>8223563 I only know of Super Mario Bros. and Ducktales 2. Any more?

Anonymous Mon Oct 11 05:09:38 2021 No.8224730
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>>8215064
Maybe, but not before it is done, and it is going to take some time :)

>>8223896
Sorry, but now I have headache thanks to your track.

>>8211828
Finished with the status spells (reduce attack, speed, etc.) and some passive skills too.
For the GFX I have setup the classic circle window raster effect but with a scaling background, color palette rotation and a bit of blending on top.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 16:05:39 2021 No.8226012 >>8209683 Alright, so let's get to work on this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 16:34:59 2021 No.8226104 >>8217767 Of course, why wouldn't you be able to? All the custom borders and palettes are part of the game ROM.

Anonymous Mon Oct 11 17:14:50 2021 No.8226210

do you guys know wether it's feasible to create a romhack of smash 64, and basically remove all characters except samus and create some appropriate levels and tweak the gameplay to make a "metroid 64" out of it?
i have zero skills whatsoever, i'm just wondering

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 17:58:12 2021 No.8226339 >>8226210 >i have zero skills whatsoever If that's what you want to do then you best develop some skills, son.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 18:03:09 2021 No.8226356 >>8226339 you forgot the >just wondering

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 18:08:33 2021 No.8226373 I downloaded a few pre-patched rom hacks for megadrive and got some .md files. Gens doesn't read them. Why? I thought this was the go to emulator.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 11 18:50:10 2021 No.8226474 >>8226373 The go-to these days is stuff like Genesis Plus GX, Picodrive, BlastEm, and etc., not that

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 12 00:43:37 2021 No.8227679 >>8226210 >feasible No

Anonymous Tue Oct 12 01:05:35 2021 No.8227724

Working on an NES Castlevania 3 total conversion hack if anyone's interested.

Our team has been able to ramp up the MMC5 chip to its fullest potential here and were able to gain enough room to double the games original content (with the proper 6502 help). The plan is to totally convert Castlevania 3 into a whole new game with brand new levels, story, music, and bosses.

Read more about it here:
https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=31918.120

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 12 09:03:20 2021 No.8228598 File: 47 KB, 197x100, YM3812.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8227724 > MMC5 chip to its fullest potential here yes which features are you using and how?

Anonymous Tue Oct 12 13:28:34 2021 No.8229093

>>8227724
>Our team has been able to ramp up the MMC5 chip to its fullest potential here and were able to gain enough room to double the games original content
The game was 384k, it's the same size as SMB3 while MMC5 on paper can support up to 2MB of ROM.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 12 14:34:46 2021 No.8229227 File: 852 KB, 861x756, ben.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8229093 Awesome. MMC3 can go as high as 512K of PRG and 256K of CHR: which is the case with Kirby. Sounds like an improvement.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 12 18:41:04 2021 No.8229965 >>8209370 Can anyone tell me how to convert a 3d model to an N64 Display List?

Anonymous Tue Oct 12 22:33:35 2021 No.8230531
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>>8228598

Like >>8229093 said, our team was able to unlock the full 2 MB of memory provided by the chip by cleaning out the rest of the ROM file (there is a ton of garbage data in place of empty space). We can use this space to lengthen the levels, make bigger and more complex bosses, and add new features.
On the new feature front, so far we have added:
Mid air controls, weapon dropping from SOTN, instant character swapping and decreased door and stair loading times.

Even a co-op mode is in the works. Current tests have a swap function enabled, where controls can be moved back and forth mid game between players 1 and 2. (giving player 1 Trevor and player 2 the companion). Suffice to say we have just barely dipped into the extra potential given to us by the chip. Our greatest limiting factor is ASM 6502 programmers at the moment (which have been next to impossible to find).

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 12 23:37:23 2021 No.8230690 >>8230470 NES port when? (but you'd want to use the C64 code as a basis)

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 00:27:28 2021 No.8230793

what is this nonsense?

>said, our team was able to unlock the full 2 MB of memory provided by the chip by cleaning out the rest of the ROM file
the ROM is physically 384k it's not 2MB

>We can use this space to lengthen the levels, make bigger and more complex bosses
Um, no. there's still the inherit limitation of a 1Mhz CPU and the levels can't be that long as the NES can only "see" 40k of ROM at once no matter how big a ROM you use.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 01:01:27 2021 No.8230841
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>>8230793
>>8230793
Yes the ROM only used 384k, however that doesn't mean we are limited to that amount of space. The MMC5 had more room than CV3. Many other titles expand past that 384k limit. The game ONLY uses 348k out of the MMC5's 2MB storage limit. If you open up a copy of CV3 right now in a CHR editor, you'll see everything past that 348k end limit is random garbled data. Essentially its empty. You could remove or add banks upon banks of data after that end point with no consequences to game-play. In fact: I copied the entire games data and placed it in, just to make sure that claim of fitting double the data was true. (696KB if your counting)

Yes! The NES can only see 40k of ROM at once. NES devs got over this issue using a tactic called bank switching. CV3 uses it on almost every screen. Want to add bigger levels? Apply a bank swap at the door or stair trigger point (again like the game does already) and switch the bank to add more content. Want a bad ass boss that uses a ton of CHR data? Write a part of it to background data, and use bank switching to animate it. The NES has been doing this since the 90's man. It's not too unheard of.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 02:19:01 2021 No.8231019 >>8230531 >Our greatest limiting factor is ASM 6502 programmers at the moment (which have been next to impossible to find). There are literally millions of them. Thousands who code for it on a regular basis. Why are you having trouble finding them?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 03:00:57 2021 No.8231076 File: 13 KB, 256x192, 1629451224812.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] How's Zelda 2 hacking? I really like the way it controls but I think recreating its physics/engine in like godot seems like its the way to go.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 04:22:31 2021 No.8231223 >>8209531 Because I want attention for putting in all the hard work

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 09:30:53 2021 No.8231863
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>>8231019
Mostly because the project is completely non-profit. Why? We have to fit under Konami's non-commercial fan game umbrella to slide under the radar. Most programmers I found were looking to work on paid homebrew projects over volunteer hacks. If anyone has any suggestions on where to look for rom hacking volunteers it would be greatly appreciated.

https://eu-support.konami.com/hc/en-gb/articles/115012083508-Can-I-use-KONAMI-copyrighted-materials-for-non-commercial-purposes-

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 09:57:36 2021 No.8231919
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>>8230531
> Even a co-op mode is in the works
Sounds like scope creep to me. There isn't enough power in the processor, the sprite limit will cause problems for everyone, and where will you put the status and score?
2P is a waste of time. I would not suggest it. Focus on your game here.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 10:04:37 2021 No.8231934 File: 2.74 MB, 5312x2988, 20210921_101635.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8231863 that's gonna be inpossible without money. we don't work for free. no one will help you.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 11:02:28 2021 No.8232043

>>8229965
I've found out there is this objn64 program which generates n64 c style display lists and i found both 1.0 and 1.03 versions, was able to compile the 1.03 version on windows using visual studio but when i run the program with an .obj + .mtl +.bmp, there is nothing generated, there is output in the console like its doing something but there is no output

Anyone know of any other tools or what i might be doing wrong?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 11:35:30 2021 No.8232124 >>8231919 he sounds like he's approaching Fonzie level of delusion here

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 11:36:23 2021 No.8232127

>>8232043
Just use the 2017 3DS Max script, it actually generates DisplayLists
it's called 'Max to N64' on github, you need both texture cords and vertex paint

>Vtx model_elements[] = { { -0.41, 23.65, 0.0, 0, ((const int)21.312 << 6), ((const int)11.565 << 6), 0.0, 7.0, 0.0, 255.0 }, ... ... };
>unsigned int model[] = { 0x000000FF,0x000000FF, ... ... };
> Gfx model_dl[] = { gsDPPipeSync(), ... ... };

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 11:50:04 2021 No.8232153 File: 11 KB, 768x544, miner 2049er c64.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8231919 Can't we just do a NES port of Miner 2049er instead? It sounds a lot more fun and a lot more feasible.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 11:52:43 2021 No.8232161 File: 11 KB, 768x544, miner 2049er c64.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8231919 Can't we just do a NES port of Miner 2049er instead? It sounds a lot more fun and actually feasible.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 11:56:28 2021 No.8232167

>>8231919
also banking or not that 40k window is still a handicap because you have to break levels down into small pieces and be constantly swapping stuff. on the Mega Drive or SNES you can make a single continuous big level since the CPU can see up to 4MB of ROM. that's why for example SMW has much larger levels than the 8-bit Marios.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 12:12:32 2021 No.8232203 File: 1 KB, 51x50, kadabra.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8232124 just tap the jukebox and voila. abra cadaver! ayyyyy

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 12:23:13 2021 No.8232232 >>8232161 There's nothing stopping different people from working at different projects at the same time, though.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 12:35:32 2021 No.8232260
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>>8232161
> we
you want it then do it. whos we? no one helped my stupid fuckin ass. except for the one guy who gave me the Atari 800 series manual and reference guide thank you sir

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 12:44:35 2021 No.8232287 >>8232161 it's for attention whoring because doing a ROM hack of a well-known AAA NES title gets more attention on social media

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 12:50:11 2021 No.8232302 >>8232167 It's like the Atari 2600. You can only see 4k of ROM at once, so imagine a 16k game like Dig Dug or Summer Games being four separate 4k "programs" that are linked together and you can switch between them.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 12:56:24 2021 No.8232314 >>8230690 neat, you could use the PCM channel for his death scream

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 13:10:14 2021 No.8232353 >>8232314 >>8232302 We could do a 2600 port of Hungry Horace too but I fucking hate 2600 programming.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 13:13:42 2021 No.8232362 >>8232161 we were working on a port of Chuckie Egg. first thing's first.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 13:16:37 2021 No.8232369 >>8232353 That and it would require bank switching. I think anyway.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 13:21:17 2021 No.8232385

>>8232369
I downloaded a D64 of the C64 port and estimated about 8k, so it would require banking. If you wanted to do a 2600 port and I'd rather not I'd rather do it on almost anything more powerful and that doesn't require you to count cycles to draw the playfield line by line.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 13:32:55 2021 No.8232412

>>8230841
>The game ONLY uses 348k out of the MMC5's 2MB storage limit. If you open up a copy of CV3 right now in a CHR editor, you'll see everything past that 348k end limit is random garbled data. Essentially its empty

not all games use all of a ROM, some can be pretty packed tight but others you'll be surprised. for example I download Flicky for the Mega Drive. the ROM is 128k yet only 40k of it was used.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 14:30:41 2021 No.8232587

>>8232412
Mega Drive games take more physical space on average than NES games since the graphics data and 68000 code are bigger than NES graphics and 6502 code (Mega Drive bg tiles for instance are 32 bytes each while NES bg tiles are 16 bytes each). So while 512k ROM is a huge NES game it's a postage stamp Mega Drive game. On average use a multiplier of 4 to estimate the ROM size needed. So 256k NES ROM would be 1MB on the 16-bit consoles.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 15:26:15 2021 No.8232806 File: 117 KB, 1643x1500, 61yvXyBj7fL.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8232260 >you want it then do it. whos we?

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 16:05:11 2021 No.8232901
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>>8230841
>Want to add bigger levels? Apply a bank swap at the door or stair trigger point
Here's the original game. While I haven't disassembled it to find out, I believe it banks stuff each door you go through. At least there's a momentary pause there so I assume that's what's going on.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 16:18:33 2021 No.8232950 >>8232362 First off does the C64 code use the collision registers? (which the NES doesn't have)

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 16:38:29 2021 No.8233005

>>8232901
Castlevania's an UNROM game so it has a single fixed game engine and is just swapping the level/music/graphics banks as needed. It's probably copying the next set of graphics data when you go through the doors. MMC1/MMC3 are more flexible as you can have multiple game engines.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 17:34:09 2021 No.8233214 >>8232587 it's like how they said they couldn't put Yoshi in the 8-bit Marios because the game logic for that needed too much space+CPU power?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 18:35:10 2021 No.8233412 >>8232167 I'm pretty sure on SMB3 it banks stuff every time you switch screens.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 18:50:32 2021 No.8233456 >>8233412 It's easy to tell when an NES game bank switches because there will usually be a second or so of blank screen or a momentary pause. Note in SMB screen switches are instantanteous since it's an NROM game and doesn't have any banking.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 19:29:57 2021 No.8233601 >>8232412 >>8232587 Flicky just looks like an NES game with more colors. It doesn't otherwise appear to use any of the Mega Drive's capabilities.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 19:33:59 2021 No.8233614 >>8209476 >all 4 there are 6

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 19:34:01 2021 No.8233615
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>>8231919
>>8232124
I'm glad people are interested in the topic. On scope creep, AoC's dev team
(yes im not the only one working on the project here)>>8231934
made a list of ASM scripts that could potentially be made in the future of the project. From a few lines to almost impossible. A 2 player mode was originally at the top of the close to impossible list. Essentially for the reasons you stated. The game flickers like hell with 1 player and adding 2 would mean completely re-making the game's code.

That was until we gave the list to an independent development partner who was interested in tinkering with CV3's code. Funnily enough Tag-Team was partially invented while working on faster loading times. The dev who discovered it was looking into ways to make character switching faster. (as the original game took a few seconds to swap the banks), and highlighted the code that swapped characters. After a small amount of attempts he was able to connect the character swap function with the controller input while also increasing the character swap speed drastically. Currently, Tag-Team essentially connects the character bank swap to the player controls. Switching the character also switches the control port, allowing for players to swap controls from player 1 to player 2 mid fight by pressing select, which in tandem switches the character from Trevor to his partner (Sypha, Alcuard, or Grant) as well. It's not your conventional 2 player by any means (as technically only 1 player exists at a time) but it absolutely works.

Again, other games at the time did something similar. 8 eyes (the CV clone below) used a 16x16 falcon for a 2nd player to keep flicker low and worked by fitting multiplayer life bars next to each other like the original player and boss health bars in the original CV3. This isn't new.

Anonymous Wed Oct 13 19:39:59 2021 No.8233626

>>8233615
>The dev who discovered it was looking into ways to make character switching faster. (as the original game took a few seconds to swap the banks)
How fast is MMC5 anyway? I know that discreet mappers like UNROM switch in 2 instructions, MMC3 takes 3, and MMC1 takes 6 and is notoriously slow.

>Again, other games at the time did something similar. 8 eyes (the CV clone below) used a 16x16 falcon for a 2nd player to keep flicker low and worked by fitting multiplayer life bars next to each other like the original player and boss health bars in the original CV3. This isn't new.
My favorite example is Bubble Bobble which does the 2 player co-op mode by incorporating insane amounts of flicker. But we're talking a port of a multi-CPU arcade game whose combined CPU speed was 18Mhz so you literally couldn't do a 1v1 port of it until the PS1.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 19:44:33 2021 No.8233640 >>8233626 everyone who's played SMB2 and Zelda II knows they have incredibly slow screen switching. this isn't due to the banking code however but an inefficient graphics RAM fill routine.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 13 22:26:20 2021 No.8234021 All the kids in here pretending to know retro hardware is so cute.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 00:11:48 2021 No.8234259

>>8232167
The 16-bit consoles still have load times of a sort because you have to copy graphics data into the video RAM, although on the Mega Drive it usually only takes about half a second. on the SNES it can be enervatingly slow if the game is SlowROM. But you can put your code in one nice continuous block and not have to constantly leap between banks to access different small sections of it.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 00:36:58 2021 No.8234309

>>8232167
LOL no it doesn't. SMW's levels are pretty short actually and the game's not as long as SMB3. it's got 72 levels while SMB3 has 90 of them. yes the ROM is bigger (512k versus 384k) but the sound, graphics, and game logic are bigger and more complex than they are on NES games so they use most of the ROM space.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 00:48:07 2021 No.8234348

>>8234021
It's sad so much misinformation is spread around. The NES can really do some insane stuff if given the chance. Modern hackers and hombrewers are doing awesome things with the console, and I'm looking forward to seeing just how far 8 bit hardware can go.

Recently, (2020) NES ray-casting has improved to the point of functioning textures, which is absolutely mind blowing to see.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf6_rjygSnM

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 00:53:34 2021 No.8234359 The Master System could likely do more as it has more CPU power to spare and isn't as extensively explored.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 00:57:06 2021 No.8234372 File: 225 KB, 860x592, 9129.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8232362 >>8232950 you guys always promise these cool projects in /hbg/ that never result in anything. quit doing this shit already.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 01:04:09 2021 No.8234391 any retro system could do Sea Chase pretty much although I don't think we need an Apple II or Amstrad port

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 01:24:37 2021 No.8234445 File: 379 KB, 1035x1504, bruce.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8232806 and nothing but the truth.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 01:25:46 2021 No.8234450 File: 150 KB, 640x480, Whatcraft.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8233615 gl hf dd

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 08:40:18 2021 No.8235368

>>8231863
>fit under Konami's non-commercial fan game umbrella to slide under the radar.
Yeah, that's the same kind of word salad as
>Our team has been able to ramp up the MMC5 chip to its fullest potential here and were able to gain enough room to double the games original content (with the proper 6502 help).
And frankly more of a turn off than not getting paid. People work for free all the time, but it's because they're interested in the project or want the epen or whatever. But here your coder is going to have to remain completely anonymous. If not, every time he starts dousing his fish and chips in Sarsons he'll have to endure 15 minutes of jokes about him ramping them up to their full potential.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 09:47:33 2021 No.8235493

As for that 'word salad': If your interested in learning more about what legal restraints we have to follow please read the link posted with that original comment. To be specific, the only rule we have to follow is being non-profit and "not spoiling any major releases". There's nothing about staying anonymous in there. Ultimately were looking to be protected by 17 USC 107. Please, check the link for both if your interested in the legality of the project.

As for our programming team, (the project has 2 programmers at the moment). Both have worked in the ROM hacking scene before. If your looking for fame and fortune, ROM hacking probably isn't your thing. It's is a major turn off for a lot of people, and I can get not wanting to join hacking projects. (Which is why I didn't come here to ask for any ASM help). All of our programmers are respected. Their a core element to our team after all.

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/107

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 09:55:07 2021 No.8235512 File: 10 KB, 512x448, dsc93.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8235493 Lode Runner has 50 levels but since it's a very early game only has 16k PRG. how many can we add in if we bump it to 32k? the computer original had 150.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 10:24:40 2021 No.8235578 File: 126 KB, 1010x726, 4chan post.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8235493 are you using the japanese or american game as a base? akumajou densetsu has the enhanced sound, which anyone worth their salt is going to care about.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 11:49:27 2021 No.8235798 >>8234445 You were kind of taking as a personal affront when he mentioned porting a game when he never even actually said you should be the one doing it.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 12:05:09 2021 No.8235818
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>>8235798
well im very very tired of the laziness around here. everyones talking in circles. be a man and do it.
learn how to code and be making a project. im living proof you can. please ask me for help. thanks

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 12:10:17 2021 No.8235825 >>8235512 I would prefer if somebody added ending into this game I always was disappointed by the lack of it, especially considering Bomberman had it and NES Lode Runner is a follow-up to that game.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 12:20:56 2021 No.8235854 >>8235818 Bit unfair tbqh. We don't know what projects people are and aren't doing. Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it's not happening.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 12:26:32 2021 No.8235875 >>8235854 I have a ton of ideas the problem is committing to one.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 12:42:06 2021 No.8235924 File: 26 KB, 280x390, 159.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8235854 fair enough

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 13:32:20 2021 No.8236047 >>8235854 If you are doing something at least post status/update reports.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 13:51:41 2021 No.8236102 >>8236047 No. Also I'm canceling a project I had started but never told anyone about.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 13:53:34 2021 No.8236105 File: 973 KB, 312x213, its_happening.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8235854

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 13:55:32 2021 No.8236113 >>8236047 >If you are doing something at least post status/update reports. Why?

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 13:56:10 2021 No.8236118
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>>8235854
you clearly have a weak grasp of human patterns and behavior. no one is going to keep their project to themselves. they would be running their stupid fuckin mouths on here about it. so yeah shut the fuck up.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 14:55:09 2021 No.8236292 >>8236118 Bullshit though, I have half a dozen or so graphic hacks going on that may or may not ever see the light.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 14:58:16 2021 No.8236301 >>8209370 Anyone have the most recent pastebin link for this topic?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:03:54 2021 No.8236319 >>8236292 Point proven. Just couldn't keep it to yourself, could you?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:07:36 2021 No.8236326 >>8235825 Bomberman came out after LR unless you mean the original JPC Bomberman.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:11:03 2021 No.8236338 File: 215 KB, 499x458, 322971348360211.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] We were working on NES port of Chuckie Egg were we not?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:14:16 2021 No.8236347 >>8236338 I...think anyway. But not really sure.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:15:30 2021 No.8236353 >>8230841 now imagine playing Maniac Mansion on C64 when every single room you went in required slow as fuck disk access

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:19:45 2021 No.8236378 >>8236353 Done it, don't need to imagine it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 15:32:15 2021 No.8236430 >>8235493 Japan don't even have any concept of fair use in their IP laws.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 16:25:52 2021 No.8236604 >>8236347 Yes we were.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 18:17:51 2021 No.8236865 >>8236604 you'll have to trace the code and find out how everything works. good luck.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 18:28:48 2021 No.8236895
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>>8236865
The game logic doesn't seem that complicated. Just some birds walking around with minimal AI and they don't chase you or anything. But I haven't yet figured if it uses the C64's collision registers which if it does would be a PITA to convert for the NES which has none.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 18:44:53 2021 No.8236957

>>8236895
you'll have to completely reorganize the whole thing. most C64 games load at $801 while NES games start at $FFFF and work their way down to $8000. that's not including completely rewriting all sound, graphics, control input, and redoing the graphics. the only code you can really reuse is the enemy AI.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 19:18:55 2021 No.8237041 >>8236957 On C64 usually you set the VIC-II page to $C000-$FFFF unpack your graphics and copy them there prior to starting the code loop. NES has the graphics immediately there on power on unless it's CHR RAM.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 19:54:55 2021 No.8237115 >>8235493 The reason to stay anonymous would be to avoid ridicule for being associated with people who use that kind of word salad and can't into reading comprehension. Nothing to do with the law, my huffy little faggot.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 19:58:39 2021 No.8237123 >>8236895 And it doesn't scroll so no need to play with that or sprite 0 hit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:02:37 2021 No.8237129 >>8236895 >TIME 863 noice a countdown timer. this is another thing that's easy on C64 but annoying on NES due to lack of IRQs. you just have to set a timer in the work RAM and tick down one each frame.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:04:14 2021 No.8237131 >>8237129 Don't you normally use the VIC-II IRQs for that?

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:07:22 2021 No.8237137 >>8237131 yes. the CIA #1 has an IRQ but you normally turn that off and game loops use the VIC-II IRQs instead. on NES there's no IRQ without the right mapper you only have the NMI which the PPU generates each vertical blank.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:08:41 2021 No.8237140 >>8236957 On top of that no BCD mode on NES which the game probably uses for the high score counter.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:10:22 2021 No.8237145 >>8236895 so I'm trying to understand this game. >run around >grab eggs >avoid birds >at some point the caged bird comes out after you

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:12:56 2021 No.8237151 >>8236895 for one thing you might make the birds multicolored since the NES offers that capability

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:17:14 2021 No.8237159
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>>8235512
I don't know the chip or what type of compression was used for banks. It mostly depends on how you use that extra space. I think its certainly possible to reach that 150 level mark with that amount of room.

>>8235578
MMC5 is the chip used in the NTSC (NES) version of the game. Pretty much the only reason it was chosen over the VRC6 (Famicom) version was to preserve the rarer versions of CV3.
Our team has already anticipated cart scalpers (which is a problem many CV hacks have had to face before) who destroy real CV3 carts in order to sell physical copies of hacks for profit without company or hackers consent.

>>8236353
Bank swapping AND slow load times? Geez, I'm glad the NES is cartridge based.

>>8236430
Good point! Which is why the companies policy on fan work was linked first. As the copy-write holder; they have the ultimate authority on what fan project fly's or dies. The US law was linked only to show reinforce the fact that ROM hacking is completely legal in our case. (As non-profit projects are protected by both Konami and US law). Sadly many assume, hacking retro titles is a legal grey area and don't want to put their names on something that might be legally prosecuted.

>>8237115
I hate to be a petty grammar nazi here, but it's too easy. Those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
>and can't GET into reading comprehension.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:20:46 2021 No.8237169 >>8237159 >I don't know the chip or what type of compression was used for banks game's from 1984, it's NROM. there's no mapper or banking at all. it's 16k PRG+8k CHR.

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 20:42:22 2021 No.8237214 >>8237169 Ah, my bad. I assumed that was the case but wanted to be sure. I've never messed with the game before. Thanks for the confirmation.

Anonymous Thu Oct 14 21:22:38 2021 No.8237271
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>>8237159
> VRC6
its a shame that you and your team will not be able to take advantage of that proprietary advanced audio stuff... oh well
best of luck with your project: i'm already a fan based on the work you've presented, seems good for the community, and i'm pretty excited to play the final result!

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 22:38:26 2021 No.8237431 File: 26 KB, 311x311, you-must-be-new-here.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8237159 >I hate to be a petty grammar nazi here, but it's too easy zoom zoom

>>	Anonymous Thu Oct 14 22:52:18 2021 No.8237456 >>8209769 >2 more weeks

Anonymous Fri Oct 15 00:38:35 2021 No.8237597

>>8237169
the CHR ROM setup on NES is nice because it offloads the graphics data to a separate ROM chip freeing up space in the main ROM for additional game content. thus Lode Runner fits 50 levels a (useless) editor music and scrolling screens in 16k which wouldn't be possible if the ROM also had to hold the graphics. want proof? check out the cartridge C64 Lode Runner. it has only 30 levels no editor and no music.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 02:55:13 2021 No.8237781 File: 2.59 MB, 636x530, full_pvs_2_comp.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] gonna get back to working on the map editor now

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 05:05:12 2021 No.8237947 File: 151 KB, 780x576, genesis_does.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8237781 glad you're here with us genesis dude =)

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 12:06:10 2021 No.8238552 >>8232260 Chillax. At least we didn't make you do a game with bank switching.

Anonymous Fri Oct 15 12:11:57 2021 No.8238563

>>8231863
Even I am a peak idea guy at best but I'd at least have the decency to hire someone for cooding or music programming. I can do some graphics at least, I'm no artist but I'm pretty good at squishing graphics down and redrawing them in TLP. Unfortunately the only game I'd ever want to have made would be my joke Yeah Yeah Beebiss I adaptation and I want its creation to be as secretive as possible.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 12:56:23 2021 No.8238649 >>8238552 Sea Chase was 8k originally. But I think he padded out to 16k 'cause why the fuck not? That's the minimum .NES format ROM size anyway.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 13:08:47 2021 No.8238669 >>8238552 Sea Chase was 8k originally. But I think he padded out to 16k because of some technical improvements and that's the minimum .NES format ROM size anyway.

Anonymous Fri Oct 15 14:39:27 2021 No.8238831
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>>8237159
the shit thing about ASIC mappers is you never know what ROM bank is going to be switched in at power on so you have to include redundant code+CPU vectors in each bank. say if you have a 256k MMC1 game then there's 16 different 16k ROM banks and you have no idea which one will be in $C000-$FFFF when the NES is powered on. for MMC3/MMC5 it gets worse as banks are 8k in size that means for a 256k game there's no less than 32 different banks each of which has to include CPU vectors and other such bric a brac.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 18:53:59 2021 No.8239384 >>8231223 The hacking scene would benefit from less ego than it currently has, not more.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 18:59:47 2021 No.8239405 >>8238831 not always. you can bank in 16k chunks on MMC3 if you want. it's backward compatible with MMC1 except single screen mirroring is not supported.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 19:06:26 2021 No.8239434 >>8239338 Cool we might actually be able to do some arcade accurate ports with this.

Anonymous Fri Oct 15 19:41:11 2021 No.8239528
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So I was looking into Eddie Fries's other games. Here's Anteater. This one's a little rough and not as polished or developed of a game as Sea Chase.

>you are an ant
>pick up the rocks (?) and deliver them to the underground burrow
>don't get caught by the anteater (he can be squished with a boulder and temporarily knocked out for points).

The anteater for instance has only one frame of animation, it's like a slideshow and the music is one channel. Come on, POKEY has four of them no need for this PC speaker tier music. I bet it would have been an easier port project for anon since it's a simpler game than SC, but probably not as fun either.

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 21:39:01 2021 No.8239829 >>8238831 Truly amazing. What witchcraft do they use to ensure that it's impossible for any ASIC used as a mapper to power up in a known state?

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 22:04:57 2021 No.8239914 Anyone remember some of those homebrew links from year or so back? I might have a few of those on a drive to upload but it might be a bit,

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 22:34:15 2021 No.8240017 >>8239914 Those links are gone

>>	Anonymous Fri Oct 15 23:37:47 2021 No.8240106 >>8240017 I think I have a bunch of those in a drive somewhere, I recall one being called allfiles.zip, though my collections kind of a mess and my laptops a potato so it might be a bit before I can upload it,

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 00:14:27 2021 No.8240170 >>8240106 Ok let's see if it appears

Anonymous Sat Oct 16 00:31:31 2021 No.8240185
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>>8237159
>>8235512
The six bytes at the end there are the CPU vectors, the IRQ, NMI, and reset, respectively--they point at $CA85, $B404, and $E2C2. The PRG ROM is packed completely full and I can't tell what exactly is level data. There's a bunch of stuff that's clearly not code but some is going to also be sound data. It does also show you the advantage of the separate CHR ROM on the NES since this already packed full 16k PRG doesn't also have to hold the graphics data. The CHR ROM has quite a bit of empty space especially the sprite table which isn't even close to being filled up. But then again there's not much in this game sprite-wise but the MC and enemies, I guess the bonus fruits are sprites too.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 00:55:21 2021 No.8240223 >>8239914 >>8240017 >>8240106 If I can figure something out I might be able to put the whole pack up somewhere where I've got enough space

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 01:02:44 2021 No.8240236 >>8240223 To follow up on this, what's a cloud service that'll work for everyone interested in the homebrew pack that has been dead for a while now?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 01:16:39 2021 No.8240257 https://mega.nz/folder/yvhCnSrb#ntxHufgATM6GvG4SejcyIQ Took a bit to upload but here's some of the old homebrew links from about a year back, plus some bonus ones from when I was browsing around on places like vk before they locked that group down.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 01:33:58 2021 No.8240302 pretty short game but I can't figure out what this stuff does

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 01:38:26 2021 No.8240310 File: 58 KB, 694x735, chuckieegg.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] pretty short game but I can't figure out what this stuff does

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 02:40:33 2021 No.8240421 >>8240257 You have v1.0 of New Super Mario Land. Here are the newer ones except 1.4. anonfiles com/H7V8i3Oeub/New_Super_Mario_Land_J_V1.5_7z

Anonymous Sat Oct 16 03:27:29 2021 No.8240482

So I recently got into randomizers, and I had a lot of fun with Wind Waker. I had just finished replaying the game like a week ago and then I replayed it with the randomizer, and I had more fun the second time.
Question now becomes, since I've got Ocarina and Twilight Princess, and I sorta remember the latter and never played the former, should I play Ocarina for the first time normally or randomize it?
I kind of want to see how Zelda works for a first timer randomized but I don't know if I should do it to OoT.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 04:15:48 2021 No.8240556 >>8240236 If MediaFire or possibly even me making another MEGA account because I don't trust people works for people wanting the whole all_files.zip or whatever it was called I'll do that

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 06:59:24 2021 No.8240754 >>8240421 Care to reupload these elsewhere? I can't access the site at the moment

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 07:06:12 2021 No.8240762 >>8240421 Never mind I was able to download it, my bad

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 07:17:43 2021 No.8240772 >>8240556 Tbh Archive.org probably wouldn't be the worst place to uoload these eitber. Easier to keep track of at least. >>8240421 Didn't know there were more revisions since then so thanks for that link.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 11:18:13 2021 No.8241149 >>8241110 This is another possible NES port project.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 11:29:45 2021 No.8241173 File: 40 KB, 765x431, s-l500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8241149 damn, stop suggesting this stuff. That's 10 and counting games you fag all claim to want to do a port of. pick something and stick to it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 12:10:12 2021 No.8241258 >>8241173 Welcome to the romhacking community. Where for every person actually doing something, there's 20 idea guys saying "SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE THIS" and wondering why they are ignored.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 12:12:50 2021 No.8241263 File: 1.80 MB, 1366x728, SuperZed to Tiled and Back.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8241258 Someone should make a tool to let us edit Alttp in a cool editor like Tiled.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 12:16:02 2021 No.8241273 >>8241263 That is awesome!

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 12:28:39 2021 No.8241293 >>8241258 >Where for every person actually doing something, there's 20 idea guys saying "SOMEONE SHOULD MAKE THIS" and wondering why they are ignored You throw the idea out there. If someone picks it up then fine, if not not.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 12:45:14 2021 No.8241318 >>8241173 We were doing Chuckie Egg.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 12:53:00 2021 No.8241328 >>8241318 from what i've seen of it it's a pretty simple game. doesn't seem very challenging tbqh.

Anonymous Sat Oct 16 13:25:19 2021 No.8241391

>>8231863
>Why? We have to fit under Konami's non-commercial fan game umbrella to slide under the radar.

That won't do you any good. There was a Silent Hill or Castlevania fangame around 2014 that got enough attention that Konami gave it "its blessing", then they uncerenomiously issued a C&D.
Shill for the patreon of another cover project as a reply/twitter bio to the original post mentioning it.

Just present it as a romhack. SD Snatcher for MSX is having a translation that's being SOLD and Konami didn't do anything. It shouldn't be hard for you to commission someone out of your own pocket and then shill for progress updates on patreon or something to cover the expenses if any.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 13:27:42 2021 No.8241396 >>8241293 >and wondering why they are ignored I think that's the problem here, anon They wonder that loudly, and even nudge the modders directly if they don't "take the hint"

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 13:27:46 2021 No.8241397 >>8241391 >There was a Silent Hill or Castlevania fangame around 2014 that got enough attention that Konami gave it "its blessing", then they uncerenomiously issued a C&D You guys just had to make a Silent Hill porn game, didn't you? Didn't you?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 13:29:18 2021 No.8241405 >>8241397 The Silent Hill Erotic Violence game was a Konami officially licensed pachinko "game", no?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 13:46:41 2021 No.8241441 >>8241396 ???

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 14:54:18 2021 No.8241606 >>8241173 >That's 10 and counting games you fag all claim to want to do a port of Where in this thread was that suggested?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 15:11:28 2021 No.8241648 >>8241258 someone should shut you up

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 15:37:25 2021 No.8241696 >>8241258 20 only?

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 16:20:55 2021 No.8241793 >>8241149 There was apparently a Coleco Adam port of HHM I didn't know about. At minimum it would make more sense to use that version's graphics for the NES as the screen dimensions are closer than the computer versions.

>>	Anonymous Sat Oct 16 18:17:55 2021 No.8242110 >>8241263 Is this for real? How can I edit Zelda in Tiled?

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 17 03:04:25 2021 No.8243510 File: 2.78 MB, 240x160, paella_eng.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8237781 Impressive! How are you going to render enemies and other objects? >>8224730 After fixing millions of bugs, I have made a cure skill.

>>	Anonymous Sun Oct 17 17:11:57 2021 No.8245346 Any good ones for Mitsume ga Tooru for Famicom?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 18 06:35:47 2021 No.8247243 i have most of the old zniggy assets and artwork which weren't used if anyone needs this.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 18 11:21:37 2021 No.8247794 File: 2.44 MB, 240x160, cortezas_eng.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8243510 First slash type skill.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 00:36:34 2021 No.8249826 >>8247794 Nice. DS?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 00:44:19 2021 No.8249840 >>8249826 Does that look like DS resolution to you, Anon?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 01:52:12 2021 No.8250007 >>8249826 Nope, GBA (240x160). According to /vr/, DS is still not retro BTW.

Anonymous Tue Oct 19 10:43:50 2021 No.8250835

>>8242110
Yes it's real.
The new Hyrule Magic forked Editor has some great data management functions, it treats the rom like a final game and stores level in a folder. They are in a format easily converted.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/super-zelda-editor/

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 11:17:24 2021 No.8250895 Does anyone know the ROM offsets for disabling the fireball in Wrecking Crew?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 12:05:15 2021 No.8251005 how's Gameboy differ from the NES programming wise?

Anonymous Tue Oct 19 12:15:49 2021 No.8251024

>>8251005
Very. Different CPU, smaller screen, different scrolling setup. Remember the following few things:

>Gameboy does not have the dual bus setup of the NES; graphics are stored in the main ROM and copied to video RAM
>bank switching is simpler; there is one standard memory mapper and ROM configurations of 32k, 64k, 128k, 256k, 512k, and 1MB (but only Pokemon uses the last one)
>the first 16k of ROM is fixed and cannot be banked, so games can have only one engine which is a bit more limiting than NES where multiple engines are possible
>8k RAM standard, cartridges can have another 8k usually for battery saves
>the tile map is mostly single screen mirroring but there are 2 rows of tiles off screen you can scroll before having to refill the tile map
>the CPU is a Z80 derivative but lacks the block copy and a few other things, so it's actually more like an 8080 instruction-wise

Anonymous Tue Oct 19 12:21:39 2021 No.8251035

>Want to play Chrono Trigger
>Look into various patches to fix and decensor text without messing with the gameplay too much
>Every patch continues to use "Masamune" for Frog's sword
I'm usually flexible with localizations, but this isn't even close to a Japanese-styled sword. Is it really that much of a sacred cow that nobody has ever made a patch to change it (and the namesake boss) to Grandleon?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 13:13:56 2021 No.8251148 >>8251005 I like that it has a lot more registers.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 13:22:51 2021 No.8251172 >>8250835 Is there really still no full disassembly of any of the Zelda games?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 16:14:59 2021 No.8251562 >>8251172 Ocarina of Time is almost done.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 20:24:29 2021 No.8252167 >>8251172 What would happen if its done?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 20:26:22 2021 No.8252169 >>8250835 thanks for writing this up

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 19 22:29:06 2021 No.8252481 >>8251035 sad

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 20 01:38:33 2021 No.8252807 >>8241263 These should be changed for the Sprite Objects: E2 - 10 Arrows E5 - Big Key

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 20 05:26:58 2021 No.8253172 File: 2.62 MB, 240x160, chopitos_eng.webm [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8247794 Enemies now can do the magic thing too (they can even cure themselves).

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 20 12:28:06 2021 No.8253860 File: 417 KB, 1366x728, szed-tiled-2.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>8252169 you're welcome >>8252807 thank you

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 20 13:42:31 2021 No.8254003 >>8253860 oh god it's like I'm looking at Graal again

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