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This is a complete sound improvement of Mario Kart Super Circuit, that makes the game play at a higher mix rate, without lag, it does sound about the same to some, but if you listen closely to a lot of tracks they do sound more tolerable, The author suggest testing this mod out with rainbow road or boo lake, they sound a lot better here!
This also makes the drums more noticeable so you can hear tracks like Lakeside Park in better quality, and same goes for Bowser’s Castle.
But if you don’t particularly like Mario Kart Super Circuit’s soundtrack, this may change your opinion.
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Hello everyone!
This is a remake project that started a long time ago, respecting the original content, and now it’s possible that anyone can play this new content.
It is currently in Spanish, but in the future it will be in English!
- Partially/fully reconstructed cutscenes
- True Honey Bee Inn, the real map discarded from the original game, rebuilt and playable
- Special mode to switch between classic and HD
- New soundtrack made with Final Fantasy VIII “Sound Font”
- Extended battle music
- Karma Mode
- General rebalancing
- Patch expansion +9999
- New battles, and difficulty mode
- New minigames, new features
- Lots of new and extended events
- Achievement system
- Time attack
- New magic and items
- New leader control
- New shops, and price rebalancing
- New maps
- Randomization of prizes
- Other surprises that would be a big spoiler
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Why should her Uncle Scrooge have all the fun? Thrill-seeking Della Duck returns from the moon ready for adventure!
Della Duck takes on her greatest challenge yet - to discover the legendary Five Lost Treasures and challenge Scrooge McDuck’s title as the “Richest Duck in the World!”
This ROMhack makes Della Duck playable in place of Scrooge McDuck, in the 1989 NES Ducktales video game. Character graphics have been redrawn, with a new title screen and ending screen. Some text has also been rewritten, with a new font, and sprite construction tweaked.
HDPacks are also provided for the emulator Mesen. These replace the graphics with more colors than the NES is capable of.
Mother to Huey, Dewey and Louie, Della Duck was played by Paget Brewster in the 2017 Ducktales series. She had been a minor implied character in previous versions. Della once went on adventures with her brother Donald and her uncle Scrooge McDuck (the richest duck in the world). She has been trapped on the Moon for many years (as long as the boys have been alive). She survives on oxygenated gum. Losing a leg, she replaces it with an artificial one. She discovers a race of people on the Moon, and gets back to earth just in time to fight off an invasion, and reconnect with her family. She can be reckless to a fault, but nothing can stop Della Duck!
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After a 9 month hiatus NBA Jam 21 is back making its 2022 debut during the Playoffs. It’s better late than never. Version 1.4 brings a new look and feel with a revamped logo, updated splash screens, new FMV highlights, and 7 new players added plus one hyperactive ninja.
The newly added players are Anthony Edwards, James Harden, DeMar Derozan, Zach LaVine, Darius Garland, Anthony Davis, and Naruto Uzumaki.
As always there are minor fixes and improvements to the game. The most noteworthy one is the CPU Difficulty fix which makes the AI more balanced and less aggressive.
The campaign ladder was also updated to reflect the 2021 NBA season standings. The Milwaukee Bucks are now the Champions making them the final team to beat.
Check out this AMV style trailer to see more details of the changes: https://youtu.be/JFKcWwtxBBA
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It’s long overdue, but today is the day, Super Mario Land DX v2.0 is out!
This update brings a lot of new features and bugfixes from the original v1.0, which from toruzz’s own words: “Many people will consider it the real v1.0.”
So, what can you find in the newest update?
- Framerate issues have been addressed. That includes issues in the original game, especially noticeable in 3-2 (hard mode).
- Mario’s sprites have been revamped. They are mostly the same size as the originals.
- Mario’s relative position when jumping has been fixed. This was responsible for the weird collision issues in v1.0 (yeah, it wasn’t the sprites).
- Luigi has been added. He has slightly different physics.
- Old graphics are now an option. Not all graphics are unchanged, as it mostly affects the sprites, but this should be good enough for people who didn’t like the new ones.
- A shortcut to difficult mode has been added.
- New palette for Superball Mario/Luigi.
- New animation for Super Mario/Luigi when looking up.
- New animation for Super Mario/Luigi when entering a pipe.
- Options menu added to accommodate the new options.
- Battery added to permanently save your options, top score and level selection.
- Every single stage’s colors have been tweaked.
- An incompatibility screen for the original Game Boy has been added.
- Hundreds of minor (and not so minor) changes and fixes.
What are you waiting for? Relive the first outing of Mario on the GameBoy with a brand new look and polish!
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Documents News
Great news everyone!
If you wanted to translate a retro game and you didn’t know how to start, or maybe you wanted everything covered in a 3 short papers guide, your prayers have been answered!
The last document of that guide has been finally published, that achievement is now at your fingertips!
You can see the 3 document names and links here:
(Besides each of them can be read as standalone)
Romhacking 101 - Script Dump: https://www.romhacking.net/documents/871/
Romhacking 102 - Font & Sprites ( + Palette): https://www.romhacking.net/documents/872/
Romhacking 103 - Script insertion: https://www.romhacking.net/documents/873/
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Soul Eater: Battle Resonance, released for the PS2 and PSP in 2009, is now fully playable in English.
A traditional 2.5D fighting game, it features 11 locales and 13 playable characters from the popular anime and manga series. The game has an adventure mode that follows the original story with over 50 missions to complete. In addition to the adventure, there are versus, team battle, and arcade modes which allow players to continue the battle long after the story has ended.
Separate patches were created for both the PS2 and PSP games. The PS2 version contains the Soul Theater, an additional mode for viewing screenshots from the anime, as well as additional costumes for Maka, Black☆Star and Kid. The PSP version supports Ad Hoc multiplayer to play with friends over two devices, allowing both players to have their own dedicated camera.
The team behind the patch also previously created translations for Medusa no Inbou (NDS) and Monotone Princess (Wii), meaning this release sees all three Japan-only Soul Eater console games now available in English!
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Over a decade after its initial release, Pennywise and Tom present a new and improved translation of Goemon 2 for the NES. The ROM has been expanded this time around for a full script and various other graphics have been newly hacked and translated.
A translated manual can be found here as well thanks to Almendrita:
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Garfield puts you in the driver’s seat!
Join America’s favorite cartoon cat Garfield, Odie and Jon Arbuckle. Grab your controller and pull up to the starting line. It’s you against four other all star-racers in this thrilling Nintendo kart racing competition! You’ll face hair pin turns, outrageous curves, oil slicks and rain clouds as you make your way through 32 treacherous courses that will test your driving ability like never before.
Along the way, you’ll pick up performance boosters like Turbo Acceleration, Sticky Tires, and Top Speed that will help you get to the finish line first. But when the going gets rough, you’ll use bombs and missiles to knock the competition for a loop and make sure you’re the winner! Collect the letters that spell NINTENDO and upgrade to a faster, more powerful kart. Start with Garfield and unlock Jon Arbuckle and Odie. Hop in and enjoy the ultimate in video racing competition on your NES. Go fast, go big! It’s Garfield Kart!
This hack is based on the 2017 hack “Mario Kart NES” by PacnSacDave. While most changes have been reverted or redesigned here, elements like the Mario jingle are still present. Hack by Pangent Technologies (pangenttech, Signal and Noise on Youtube)
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A week of adventure with the world’s favorite comic strip cat!
A Week Of Garfield is somewhat infamous as a poor-quality licensed NES game. It is not quite as bad as its reputation, but it’s very flawed and unforgiving.
This hack greatly improves the character graphics for Garfield, and alters other character and item graphics, along with other improvements and corrections.
This hack features:
* Overhauled graphics, especially Garfield and the UI. * Start with full health. * Level select. Press Select at the title screen to skip stages, then press Start. * New font in the style of “Search for Pooky” for the Game Boy Advance. * All text converted to ASCII format. * Graphical bugs fixed, like how the lasagna powerup is rendered. * Palette bugs fixed, like the incorrect palette of the Mice on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
Garfield is a one of a kind cat. He loves lasagna and coffee. He hates Mondays. When his friend Odie the dog disappears suddenly, Garfield goes on a week-long adventure to find Odie. It won’t be easy. Garfield will be attacked by mice, birds, spiders, frogs, worms, flies, fish, baseballs and more. Checking in with his owner, cartoonist Jon Arbuckle, Garfield must reach the end of each level and find the key before time runs out. Milk, lasagna and coffee will keep him going. He can kick enemies. He can also throw bones, burgers and cheese. But watch out! He’ll need to defeat the dangerous alley cats who stand in his way. It’s going to be a difficult journey. Can you handle it? Look out, Monday, here comes Garfield, in his first adventure for your Nintendo Entertainment System.
