Ultimate Chakan is a gameplay overhaul of Chakan The Forever Man. This patch aims to tone down the game’s difficulty and length while adding a few new mechanics.

General Changes:

• Larger enemies and Bosses’ invincibility frames have been reduced by half (reduced to 30 from 60)
• Much more time has been granted to clear all levels
• Game ends after clearing the terrestrial plane (Elemental Plane still available through portal skip)

Potion Changes:

• Player starts the game with one of each potion
• Red and Clear potions grant full health upon pick up
• Green potions grant Super Jump upon pickup
• Blue Potions grant Lightning Swords upon pick up

Weapon Changes:

• Swords base damage have been increased to 2
• Hammer and Axe base damage have been increased to 4
• Lightning Swords base damage have been increased to 5
• Fire and Earth Swords base damage has been increased to 8

Player Changes:

• Chakan jumps slightly higher
• Lower gravity remains the same regardless if the jump button is held or not
• Chakan’s spinning swords double jump remains active until you touch the ground

• Chakan has lower gravity when falling
• UPDATE 9/29/2022 - Release Jump Button for fast fall

Patching instructions can be found the readme.

• Database match: Chakan (USA, Europe)
• Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
• File/ROM SHA-1: 7EAE088F0B15E4BCD9A6A38849DF5A20446BE548
• File/ROM CRC32: 46A48DE