| Released By | Bregalad |
|---|---|
| Category | Improvement |
| Platform | NES |
| Patching Information | No Special Requirements |
| Genre | Role Playing > Action RPG |
| Mods | G |
| Patch Version | 2.1 |
| Hack Release Date | 06 January 2013 |
| Readme | Readme File |
| Downloads | 1638 |
| Last Modified | 06 November 2015 |
Description:
This hack does two things :
1) Restore Simon Belmont in CV2 to what it looked like in CV1 by means of palette swapping
2) Change the lifebar to look better and be more accurate
ROM / ISO Information:
- Castlevania II - Simons's Quest (U).nes
- CRC32: A9C2C503
- MD5: 1B827C602C904D8C846499C9F54B93E0
- SHA-1: D6B96FD98AE480C694A103FE9A5D7D84EEAFB6F7
Links:
Screenshots:
Credits:
| Contributor | Type of contribution | Listed credit |
|---|---|---|
| Bregalad | Hacking |
Lifebar hack is nice
Reviewed By: skroops on 31 May 2017note: this patch is incompatible with versions of bisqwit’s retranslation above 2.9.8.17, but 2.9.8.17 is plenty good enough.
Lifebar hack is nice and really improves the game but I don’t think the CV1 palette swap fits. Moreover It seems to contradict the lore implied (retroactively) by bisqwit’s retranslation intro movie, where Simon starts to look different after he gets sick. I’m not sure why the author didn’t make this two separate patches. It’s easy enough to fix by hex editing the new palette [07 27 37 0F] back to the original [0F 16 20 0F]. In my rom it was at 0×0001CABF.
Version 2.1 Recommended - Yes
| Headline | Author | Date | Version | Recommended |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Love the life bar from Dracula X (wish it was red!) | timeisup | 05 Apr 2020 | 2.1 | No |
| Very good but make it compatible with English Re-translation (+ Map) Patch | BlueFenix | 06 Aug 2019 | 2.1 | Yes |
| Lifebar hack is nice | skroops | 31 May 2017 | 2.1 | Yes |
| A good idea but flawed | Mysterii | 24 Oct 2016 | 2.1 | Yes |