Cubear wrote:perhaps i was working off the wrong patch. i was using this one: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/2735/
if there's any other source on this i'd be happy to convert it as well

Yes, as @Relikk mentionned, this is another patch.

I also looked for the ips but no chance, i don't think Proteus posted it anywhere.
I tried to contact him on twitter few days ago but nothing for now.

On his youtube channel i found this video with 2 links of patched roms, with and without MSU-1 versions, i don't know if it could help :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wufp5Daj9K8


PS1: this video shows how accurate the conversion is, it's a very good job.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VjTPgBxyRI

Oh, well I made an ips out of the patched rom.  
It doesn't apply directly to (U) unsurprisingly, but with a bit of effort it should be portable even to somebody that doesnt know ASM   


I'll plug away at this slowly (already have moved all the palette data over, and the game continues working)
It's just a matter of time until I get the rest ported over.

My apologies for the double post. I believe I've converted the patch nearly fully.
I've left the intro screens intact (I find inserting your name into a game to be somewhat tacky) 
I have also reverted what I consider to be a palette error on the title screen  "The New Challengers" text.

Here's the merged patch.

Code:

https://mega.nz/file/PeonRDIb#FCKgdTx_Y-O0JH21e_26Zp90b2VITbqUp3DLpwnn6r0

Cubear wrote:...

This is perfect Cubear, i don't know how to thank you, the version can't be better now.
Fast and effective, thanks again for your efforts friend

Cubear wrote:Here's the merged patch.

Code:

https://mega.nz/file/PeonRDIb#FCKgdTx_Y-O0JH21e_26Zp90b2VITbqUp3DLpwnn6r0

The BPS patch in that archive only applies on the Japanese ROM (CRC-32: 26CA246B), and even then it doesn't boot.

Hello,

try the merged patch and i have to say, the Balrog stage looks horrible. Can not be correct.



The first merged patch you created based on the palette correction hack looks much better.

while I may not disagree, the palettes were not designed by me.

the palette data copied properly, and your screenshot looks the same as it does in the example video posted.

@Relikk that's strange. I'll create a different one properly soon, then

Here is the final version of Proteus' arcade patch combined with the MSU-1 patch that Cubear converted to NTSC and fixes the music bug on MSU-1. For use on a headerless USA rom.

Latest Arcade colour MSU IPS

Last edited by Mike Prince Sharpe on Mon 19 Feb 2024 - 12:04; edited 4 times in total (Reason for editing : Updating patch with a music bug fix)