Kaijuu Monogatari / Shell Monster Story (NES) Patching Trouble

[BlackPaladin]

I wanted to use KingMike's patch for Kaijuu Monogatari (NES)

https://www.romhacking.net/games/483/

I checked to see if I have the correct ROM with the proper hashes, and that's not an issue.  It also says that I needed to expand the ROM to apply the patch first and consult the readme.  I did and noticed that the readme refers to a document called "KJEXPAND.TXT" for further details.

But there was no such document in the ZIP file.

How can I expand the ROM to apply the patch if the document needed to expand the ROM included with the patch?  Am I doing something wrong?  What can I do here?

[Zynk]

How can I expand the ROM to apply the patch if the document needed to expand the ROM included with the patch?  Am I doing something wrong?  What can I do here?

I think I used this before when I played that game ROM Expander Pro

Didn't get a chance to finish the game as I used savestates... and you need to reset the game with an in-game save file to proceed to the last stage, I think 

[BlackPaladin]

I think I used this before when I played that game ROM Expander Pro

Didn't get a chance to finish the game as I used savestates... and you need to reset the game with an in-game save file to proceed to the last stage, I think 

I remember that the readme mentions that program, and I did try using it.  It didn't work, unfortunately.  It requires a "Rom Expander Pro.txt" file for the Kaijuu Monogatari (NES) ROM.  The zip file in which I downloaded the patch didn't include one.

[Zynk]

Have you tried using the included NES ROM Expander.exe in shell10b.zip anyway?

I just patched the game and it works fine.

[BlackPaladin]

Have you tried using the included NES ROM Expander.exe in shell10b.zip anyway?

I just patched the game and it works fine.

I did.  I received the same error message.

[Zynk]

Which error? When I used the expander, it only said it needs a COMDLG32.OCX file and that's it.

EDIT:
Looks like I found a bug, I just started the game without typing a NAME


Found a wallet (looks more like a pouch) with Perals

[BlackPaladin]

Which error? When I used the expander, it only said it needs a COMDLG32.OCX file and that's it.

EDIT:
Looks like I found a bug, I just started the game without typing a NAME

The error was about asking for a "ROM Expander Pro.txt" file... initially.

However, when I DLed the patch and activated the ROM Expander Pro program, I saw a different interface... one which mentions expanding certain programs (Kaijuu Monogatari being one of them).  I was able to expand the ROM with that one and patched the expanded ROM.  It does work now... but I did encounter this very minor error... something you encountered as well, lol. 

Also, when I want to go into the menus, the game draws the box... but once the box is drawn, the screen flickers and the text shows up in the menu box afterward.  I wonder if that's intentional or not.

[KingMike]

I know that opening cutscene is a little glitchy, as I never could figure out a fix for it.
I had to do quite a bit of modification of the text routine to work around the original 16 character x 4 line dialogue limit.

Zynk, I'm guessing there's a default name, and I wasn't aware of it.

It was the first game I did extensive ASM hacking on, and I know my code is a crazy spaghetti mess because of it. The sort of thing I'd like to redo but realistically probably won't.

As to not being able to get into the final dungeon, it seemed to be a bug where the game would only proceed if you used Manual combat mode in the tactical-RPG segment before.

[Zynk]

I'm revisiting the game every once in a while.

So Holy (renamed Warp) when used warps you back to the last town visited.

This message that follows says

"<name>_swelled_with_health",

but I think it should be the next line

"<name>_'s_body_floated_up_into_space"


"<name> swallowed the Warp" then [a blank message] then "health"



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