I just created an account to review this hack. I’ve only played 1.0 so far. Despite some bugs (which should be fixed in 1.1, according to the release notes), this hack clearly has the potential to be the only version of Mega Man X I play in the future. I’ve been playing this game for 25+ years, and it’s amazing to see the difference this hack makes. You notice it immediately, when killing the first Bee Blader, and it keeps surprising you as you make your way through the game. Thank you.

That said, please release a version of 1.1 with double-tap to dash enabled. Two and a half decades have really ingrained that into me as an option.

Edit: Okay, I’ve played a bit of 1.1, and noticed two issues.

First, Chill Penguin’s projectiles don’t always collide with the statues he creates. After he creates the statues, if he starts shooting projectiles, they should collide with the one closest to him. Now, sometimes they pass right through both of the statues, and sometimes they collide with the second one instead of the first. I first saw this issue in 1.0. I verified the behavior is correct on the clean ROM.

Second, and unfortunately the one I can’t reproduce, in Storm Eagle’s stage I once saw an issue where the elevator column was partially visible over the ground it was coming out of. It was semi-transparent over the ground, and only if X was close to it. It otherwise looked fine. I haven’t been able to reproduce this yet, on 1.0 or 1.1, but I’ll keep trying.

2nd edit: I figured out how to reproduce the Storm Eagle stage graphics bug. See screenshots here: https://imgur.com/a/5NeW3Ij. I was able to do it most reliably by killing the enemy on top of this column before it rose off the screen, riding the column up, then dropping back down. I only seem to be able to reproduce it on Lakka (current version, 2.3.2) with the SNES9x Current core on my RPi4, not on the standalone SNES9x 1.60 on Windows.

I also see weird screen glitches in Launch Octopus’ stage, as I approach the floating ship which you destroy to open the path to a Heart Container. The ship’s graphics appear to sort of warp onto the screen for a few frames as I get close to where the ship appears.

Finally, I noticed that even in 1.1, I occasionally see issues with the highest charge level: the particles sometimes stop appearing around me while charging, and not as many projectiles will fire when I let the shot go.

Sorry for this review that seems to have turned into a list of bug reports. I’m so excited for this to be the version of the game I play from now on.

Thank you again!