Gameboy Game Hacking - Small guide I wrote for a hack I made

FAST6191 · Oct 13, 2019

Nice little guide. Personally if it is a unique icon (as opposed to a commonly used part of the font) I don't see the problem with blanking, though I suppose for the GB/GBC you do occasionally get slowdown at certain sprite counts and that might help with other aspects.

For a 3 lives thing for the "simple" cheat part I do like to throw in a round or two of "do anything/everything but lose a life and then do a has not changed search" as that small a number might not narrow it down quickly enough.

IncredulousP · Oct 13, 2019

This was an interesting and very informative read, thanks for sharing

. I'll have to take a crack at hacking some old favorites.
I love that you mentioned Wario Land 3, I too enjoy that game and its health-less, lives-less design. In fact, I recently streamed it and got to relive why I loved it so much as a kid.

cearp · Oct 13, 2019

I was thinking of also making a hard mode/challenge mode - no game over either, but instead of the lives going DOWN when you die, it goes UP, so it tracks how many times you die (or get hurt... etc)
It would be easy to do, apart from when you reach double/triple digits, handling more than one digit would be extra code.
Still very possible, just not a simple 5-10 minute thing (for me).

Thank you for the feedback!
Yes, Wario Land 3 was great, I went back and completed it 100% a few years ago - I didn't truly complete it as a child.
I have never played any of the other Wario platformers although when I saw a screenshot of 4 with its health bar, it did put me off

IncredulousP · Oct 13, 2019

Neat idea, making the lives simply a counter of death by changing decrement to increment

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I haven't played Wario Land 2, but I can confirm that Wario Land 4 isn't great. It's linear and nothing like 3. Maybe someone will make a Wario Land 3 hack one day

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cearp · Oct 13, 2019

I think I saw a WL3 level editor, or at least custom level a few years ago... not sure how it progressed.
Although hard to match the original Nintendo levels.
Everyone can make a SMW hack in Lunar Magic but only a few are good

Reecey · Oct 16, 2019

I luv you cearp, you’re always dabbling in something new! Was the luv you a bit much?

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