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After a whole afternoon in the making, the ‘Dragon Warrior 1 & 2 - Spell Name Update’ ROM hack for the Gameboy Color versions of Dragon Warrior 1 and 2 is finally out!
The patch replaces the older styled spell names (Firebal, Firebane, Explodet, etc.) with the new(er) names used by the series in English localisations since Dragon Quest VIII on the Playstation 2 (Sizz, Sizzle, Kaboom, etc.). Nothing else in the ROM is changed except spell names so all existing saves should continue to work.
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Find out what happened to Mr. Ghost as you progress through the game. Great music, graphics and level design await. Do you stand a ghost of a chance to reach Enma while going through 7 levels full of frightening creatures? Only one way to find out. Say “I ain’t afraid of no ghost” and download the translation patch, which includes amongst other things:
- Full translation of the game, title and level names
- Turbo mode
- Reinstated extra bonus level which wasn’t accessible
- Improved screen splits
- Minor other improvements
- Details on how to access easy mode
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“Power of the Hired” is the first Strategy RPG that Dynamic-Designs has released in quite some time, but its style departs from several typical conventions that players encountered in “Feda: The Emblem of Justice” and the “Shining Force” series. Similar to how Arc the Lad on Playstation worked, one departure from typical SRPG game play is the lack of town functionalities, wherein characters may walk around, visit shops, speak to NPCs, and so forth. This game is divided into 18 scenarios, all of which must be cleared in order to keep advancing forward. Party composition selections occur in between scenarios, then game play resumes. Another sometimes disconcerting development is to have waves of fresh enemy replacements keep pouring onto the battlefield until the player satisfies a previously stated objective.
The game features a party of four playable heroes called “Beast Mages” that the player must use to fight off overwhelming waves of enemies. The characters are each able to summon two beasts to help in battle and with the help of these beasts, the player is able to tactically conquer each of the game’s scenarios. Depending on the beasts summoned, the characters’ magic will change and their spell composition will differ. Several scenarios require that the player acts quickly to avoid various dangers, such as a burning bridge that the characters need to quickly vacate in order to survive. Whereas other scenarios require the player to protect NPCs while they are escaping from danger themselves.
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After the request of one of my subscribers, here you have a revised and improved version of this hack that turns a game based on a Japanese TV show cloned from Miami Vice, into the videogame that many fans were waiting for.
The biggest novelty of this ver.1.2 is the inclusion of an additional patch in the rar file with the hack translated 100% into Spanish. Now all Spanish speakers can enjoy the story and dialogues easily. Some extra work is done too to fix some grammatical inconsistencies in the dialogues of the English version. And of course, there’s much more!
For more information you can check the README files, available in both languages.
I hope You enjoy it!
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Last year, Polinym released the most up-to-date version of his hack EightBound, which turns EarthBound into a Final Fantasy game. It combines elements of all of the first nine games to create an epic Final Fantasy adventure. Players can check out the original hack here: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/4874/, or see its trailer in the related link.
EightBound was intended to be a very challenging hack that was still accessible to less skilled players. However, Polinym received many complaints about the difficulty. In response, Polinym has created a brand new edition of EightBound that caters to casual gamers.
Why Regal? Because this hack gives you the royal treatment!
Introducing EightBound Regal! Regal creates a whole new experience for players of all skill levels to be able to beat. Even a beginner who has never played an RPG before can reach an ending! Features of EightBound Regal include:
- Cheat protection has been removed!
- Significantly lowered encounter rates!
- A faster adventure that doesn’t waste more of your oh-so precious time!
- A never-before-seen story arc!
- New characters!
- New abilities!
- New bosses!
- A revamped interface!
The creator of the hack also wishes to make this statement: To all those who thought that EightBound was too difficult, Polinym is so sorry for all the pain my hack has put you through. He never realised that you have to cheat past the struggles you encounter in lif-,er, games. He is now a changed man. Now Polinym says that if your situation ever becomes too painful to endure, remember: it’s okay for you to escape your problem. He doesn’t want a single one of you players to think that an unfair reality you’ve been forced into is the only one that you have to live. Your ability to play EarthBound hacks on your computer is an amazing miracle. You deserve to spend your days in happiness.
Dreams can come true! No more tears!
Finally, Polinym wishes to reiterate that live reactions are the most helpful form of feedback for improving ROMHacks. The uploading of video playthroughs with commentary is highly encouraged. Also, he requests that commenters and reviewers refrain from posting spoilers for this hack’s new story.
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Mizzurna Falls is a 1998 PlayStation adventure game developed by Human Entertainment. Heavily inspired by cult classic TV show Twin Peaks, the game follows high schooler Matthew Williams as he searches for his close friend, Emma Roland, who has gone missing. Notable for its unique blend of open-world gameplay, a real-time clock that sees NPCs and events following their own schedules, emphasis on exploration, and elaborate action sequences, Mizzurna Falls is considered a forerunner to later titles such as Deadly Premonition, Shenmue, and Majora’s Mask. However, Mizzurna Falls was on the bleeding edge of technology at the time, and its ambitious open-world was ultimately too much for the PlayStation to handle, resulting in a number of bugs.
Many efforts have been made to translate Mizzurna Falls into English, the most notable of which involved professional translator Resident Evie and PlayStation hacker Gemini. While Evie produced a full translation of the game’s enormous script, the effort ultimately fizzled out. The primary obstacle was that, when translated into English, the game’s script was simply too large to fit on a PlayStation disk. However, Evie released her translated script in the hopes that another hacking group could one day use it to develop a working patch.
This project, developed by nikita600 and Cirosan, does exactly that, using Evie’s script as a base. Nikita, a professional mobile game developer, and Cirosan, a professional translator and localization editor, collaborated over the course of several months to finally develop a working translation patch for Mizzurna Falls. Nikita developed a tool specifically for use with Mizzurna Falls that used a new compression algorithm to fit more text onto the disk than was ever possible before. Despite that, the game’s script was still too large to fit, which is where Cirosan came in. Fundamentally rewriting and editing a majority of Evie’s script (with her blessing), Cirosan produced a script for Mizzurna Falls that was able to fit onto the disk without sacrificing coherence, quality, or significant plot points. The result is a full localization of Mizzurna Falls that helps dialogue sound more natural and conversational, in addition to altering certain characters and elements to be more effective with Western audiences. Most of the work on the patch was done under quarantine during the Covid-19 pandemic; Nikita and Cirosan communicated via Discord to develop the patch.
This patch represents a supreme effort by Evie, Nikita, and Cirosan, across three countries and over a period of many months and years, to bring this revolutionary game to Western audiences. Welcome to Mizzurna Falls - we’ve been waiting for you.
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At last, the USA Port for Revenge of the Findesiecle has arrived! Castlevania HoD: Revenge of the Findesiecle USA is now available.
Castlevania HoD Revenge of the Findesiecle is a comprehensive hack originally made for the Japanese Castlevania - Byakuya no Concerto.
Things such as sprite/palette tweaks, added bonus characters, and a few different music tracks serve to enhance the overall experience when playing Castlevania - Byakuya no Concerto.
After many hours of research, and troubleshooting, Castlevania HoD: Revenge of the Findesiecle USA is ready for release.
Everything from the original Japanese RotF Hack has been successfully ported to the USA Version of Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance.
Slight tweaks to the original Japanese Version were implemented to better reflect the USA Version.
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The latest and greatest version has been released. It comes with some bug fixes, as well as 3 new features: Model Test Mode, Super Boost and Freeze/Explore Mode!
Model Test Mode is pretty straightforward; it allows you to view all of the models in the game, rotate them, zoom them in and out, and also “draw” with them.
Super boost in god mode - while boosting with X, hold B to boost even faster! (Speed is 65 by default, 83 for normal boost, 123 for super boost!)
Freeze/Explore mode allows you to stop the ship from moving forward automatically, essentially removing the rails. You can manually move forward and backwards, as well as continue to fire (as the rest of the stage will still be active!)
Fixed a few small bugs, such as the background tilting issue for 2 player mode.
Enjoy, and hoping to always bring big things to the next release!
Full Changelog: 7.19.3
- Model Test Mode: Select on title screen
- B/Y to change the model
- JU/JD/JL/JR to rotate
- L/R to zoom in/out
- Hold A to “draw”, release to “erase”
- Super boost in god mode - while boosting with X, hold B to boost even faster! (Speed is 65 by default, 83 for normal boost, 123 for super boost)
- Freeze + Explore mode! Hold B and press START (and then unpause) to stop the ship dead in its tracks!
- Move forward with X and backwards with B
- Joypad2 camera controls and Joypad1 camera view changes work
- L+R+RIGHTJPAD to get out of frozen mode.
- Enemies and level keeps running!
- Further refined the colors of Fox/Slippy/Falco/Peppy’s ships (low poly+high poly)(Requested by Delta)
- Replaced the training level with one made by CoolK. Thanks CoolK!
- Created unique border limits for training level
- Added 2 new ships to choose from, the car and the bike from 2-6 (Requested by Delta)
- New title screen, removed sprite of team on title screen
- Fix nukes so that pressing A detonates them on command after they are deployed when not in god mode
- Fixed enemy weapon deflection when doing barrel rolls
- Boost/Brake soundfx only plays upon pressing the button, not continuously. (Requested)
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After the great adventure of Link, a Zelda II - The Adventure of Link del 1987!!
Return with a new path …after 30 years… in search of 6 new guarded palaces to place the crystals on statues for break the long sleep of Princess Zelda!
A great return for true nostalgic Zelda II lovers!
This game is highly well cared for, great crafted professionalism, in a very passionate way; and not to nonsense! As if Nintendo were made!!
Globes, Caves, Towns, Palaces and more… nice well done, well done completely different, not boring, neither easy, nor difficult… Enjoyable to play non-stop!
Free: the cover / poster in jpeg, of this game!!!
The update to the version is already foreseen: 2.01
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Over twenty years after its initial release, Neon Genesis Evangelion Shito Ikusei has finally been translated into English!
In a post-apocalyptic version of Tokyo, an organization by the name of NERV has been created to combat the celestial beings known as angels who aim to bring about the Third Impact. While on the surface NERV seems to be focused on its evangelion program, behind closed doors there seem to be seedy plans in motion.
The game largely follows the events of the original anime series but from the point of view of the mysterious and ever-flirtatious triple agent, Ryoji Kaji. Gameplay combines pet simulation with multiple locations to explore and a number of NPCs to talk to. There are secrets to be uncovered in the underbelly of NERV headquarters in addition to more than twenty possible evolutions for the player’s angel.
Fans of Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tamagotchi should not miss this charming remnant of the late ‘90s.
