Gaming Chromatic Tetris new GBC game has been dumped

[celebi23]

Here's the patch. You will need to use ROM Patcher JS to make changes to the original ROM.

Much appreciated! Thanks again for your help

 

[asboy]

Have the other Chromatic carts been dumped yet?

 

[SylverReZ]

Have the other Chromatic carts been dumped yet?

Nope, not all of them yet, likely because of the hefty DMCA takedowns.

EDIT: Yes, several others in-fact; although, I'm not going to tell you where to get them, but I can say which games are dumped as of this time of writing.

The list of games are as follows, which have been confirmed as dumped:

• Dragonyhm
• In The Dark 2
• Patchy Matchy
• Project S-11
• Tales of Monsterland DX
• Tetris
• Toki Tori - Ultimate Edition

 

[Jayro]

I just got my GameStop Chromatic, and not only did I not get any charm included in the box as many reviewers did, I dumped the cartridge ROM of Tetris, and the hash I get doesn't match the v1.0 dump from the archive.org.

Could I possibly have version 1.1?

Here's the hashes:

Original dump gives:
Name: ChromaticTetris.gbc
Date: 12/5/2024
Size: 256 KB (262,144 bytes)
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SHA-1: 44D7517BAC52DE85FDCA14BD62AACD22160598ED
MD5: 6564AAD1FE5B3162E399F3ACDCCDE71F
CRC32: 18E90873


Mine gives:
Name: ChromaticTetris v1.1.gbc
Date: 2/27/2025
Size: 256 KB (262,144 bytes)
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SHA-1: 263A97134D39920E207E8CB30991EA43141E7F81
MD5: 86BAA90E6D3A2EE5CF4A8DAA668CE917
CRC32: E0403D82

 

[Morku]

I own an original copy of Tetris updated to 1.1 with Cart Clinic Firmware Update Utility when it came out.
Out of curiosity, I dumped the ROM with GBxCart with verified ROM Checksum.
Expecting to get the same Hash, instead I get with ROM Size 256 KiB:

SHA-1: 234e37b02bc9085c8af56875914d4530421c51bf
MD5: 580765755d7b7b59fbf1c607131a9151
CRC32: 2417ad2d

After Analyze Flash Cart and get a 2 MiB ROM Size:

SHA-1: 2c9ecdf45d1e6bf3913c81928ba96300b8861fc1
MD5: f6bfc3fad4613fb99a01d66658a1ce6b
CRC32: 89559057

Both compared in HxD, it's "the same in different size".

I started the Cart Clinic again and it still detect Tetris which is up to date, but I never get the Has shared here.



Dumped Roms play fine in Emulator. What I am missing?

= FlashGBX Dump Report =

== File Information ==
* File Name:       Tetris.gbc
* File Size:       256.0 KiB (262144 bytes)
* CRC32:           2417ad2d
* MD5:             580765755d7b7b59fbf1c607131a9151
* SHA-1:           234e37b02bc9085c8af56875914d4530421c51bf
* SHA-256:         09ad439ad00cf7d9594e4ec495bb9b2a7846c880494016d6c02479d651680e57

== General Information ==
* Hardware:        GBxCart RW v1.4a/b/c – Firmware R42+L14
* Software:        FlashGBX v4.4
* OS Platform:     Windows-10-10.0.26100-SP0
* Baud Rate:       1500000
* Dump Time:       2025-08-01T14:19:37+02:00
* Time Elapsed:    2 seconds (121.82 KiB/s)
* Transfer Buffer: 4096 bytes
* Retries:         0

== Dumping Settings ==
* Mode:            Game Boy
* ROM Size:        256 KiB
* Mapper Type:     MBC5
* Cartridge Type:  Generic ROM Cartridge
* Read Method:     A15

== Parsed Data ==
* Game Title:      
* Revision:        1
* Super Game Boy:  No support
* Game Boy Color:  Required
* Nintendo Logo:   OK
* Header Checksum: OK (0x72)
* ROM Checksum:    OK (0x130C)
* ROM Size:        256 KiB (0x03)
* SRAM Size:       256K SRAM (32 KiB) (0x03)
* Mapper Type:     MBC5+SRAM+BATTERY (0x1B)
* Target Platform: Game Boy Color

 

[N7Kopper]

This is a pretty good version of Tetris for the GBC, and while the game does work on the original DMG, the sprites are difficult to see. The game supposedly has a mode to make the game more playable on an unlit GBC display when you press select+start on startup, but I couldn't get it to work on my Gameboy Light.

I made a patch that changes the sprites and scores to have more contrast. The countdown when unpausing has also been removed. Some of the menu's graphics are still corrupted due to the game using specific GBC hardware features but you can get through them pretty easily.

This patch is meant for grayscale Gameboy's only.

It likely works on the DMG because it wasn't designed to block its use, due to being intended as a Chromatic-exclusive game.
But maybe the developer will take this advice for next time: if you want to block people from pirating your new product (likely out of politically-motivated spite from people with self-destructive tendencies) then use a new mapper or something; force the emulator developers to support your cartridge, be it physical or FPGA-simulated. That's what the guy who made those new Mega Drive games did.

I find it ironic that, if these people's opinions were held as sacred, the guy who invented Tetris wouldn't have seen a single penny in royalties - all going to "the people" (Read: The State)

 

[QuestForTori]

Not giving any money to a war profiteer and fascist-funder.

 

[JustMeDaFaq]

Not giving any money to a war profiteer and fascist-funder.

I didnt knew that until now. Thanks.
I actually bought Chantey before knewing that. Great game! Also, i dumped that one for my own purpose, works wonderfully as an rom in Emulators and Flashcards (and on real GBC) too! Can recommend that game!

 

[ciaomao]

Is the DMG patch available for v1.2?

 

[hippy dave]

Is the DMG patch available for v1.2?

I'm not aware of a DMG patch. As mentioned in the first post, the released version of the game does unofficially run on DMG in monochrome, but with glitches. I haven't heard about any patches for the game outside of the official updates, tho I could have missed something.

 

[ciaomao]

I'm not aware of a DMG patch. As mentioned in the first post, the released version of the game does unofficially run on DMG in monochrome, but with glitches. I haven't heard about any patches for the game outside of the official updates, tho I could have missed something.

https://gbatemp.net/attachments/modretro_tetris_dmg_v1-zip.483583/
https://gbatemp.net/attachments/tetris-modretro-v1-1-ips-zip.484357/

 

[emigre]

I have nothing to add but to say I really like Tetris and fuck Palmer Luckey.

 

[Jokippo]

https://gbatemp.net/attachments/modretro_tetris_dmg_v1-zip.483583/
https://gbatemp.net/attachments/tetris-modretro-v1-1-ips-zip.484357/

While I do have a Chromatic with Tetris, I don't have a way to dump the cart (Modretro should add this feature to the Chromatic, or someone else could do it since the firmware is open source). And I can't find 1.3 anywhere online.

If I could find a rom and Modretro didn't change too much, I can try to make a new patch. But probably not if I need to make a lot of changes.

edit: I found v1.2. The rom is completely different, so adapting my 1.0 patch would take a lot of time. And then I would have to do it again for v1.4 ect.

 

[SylverReZ]

While I do have a Chromatic with Tetris, I don't have a way to dump the cart.

Buy a GBxCart RW from insideGadgets which will allow you to dump the cart relatively easy. The fakes are not supported in any way, shape, or form, if you're getting one off AliExpress -- they're based off an older hardware revision and has a plethora of issues.

 

[Jayro]

While I do have a Chromatic with Tetris, I don't have a way to dump the cart (Modretro should add this feature to the Chromatic, or someone else could do it since the firmware is open source). And I can't find 1.3 anywhere online.

If I could find a rom and Modretro didn't change too much, I can try to make a new patch. But probably not if I need to make a lot of changes.

I have v1.4

Post automatically merged: Oct 26, 2025

Buy a GBxCart RW from insideGadgets which will allow you to dump the cart relatively easy. The fakes are not supported in any way, shape, or form, if you're getting one off AliExpress -- they're based off an older hardware revision and has a plethora of issues.

The best dumper/flasher right now is actually GB Flash. Fully working with and supported by FlashGBX, and has the best speeds.

 

[ciaomao]

While I do have a Chromatic with Tetris, I don't have a way to dump the cart (Modretro should add this feature to the Chromatic, or someone else could do it since the firmware is open source). And I can't find 1.3 anywhere online.

If I could find a rom and Modretro didn't change too much, I can try to make a new patch. But probably not if I need to make a lot of changes.

That would be great. But why not use 1.2, it has "Battle Mode" already. Until today I did not know about 1.3 or 1.4. What are the differences?

 

[Nephiel]

Hold on. So, we're almost in 2026, and now we have to keep track of updates to (of all things) our copies of Tetris, on real, physical Game Boy carts. Is that right?
This is so not the future I was expecting.

That would be great. But why not use 1.2, it has "Battle Mode" already. Until today I did not know about 1.3 or 1.4. What are the differences?

There's a games changelog on their site detailing the date and changes for each version. I would link to it here, but I really don't want to support that company.

 

[SylverReZ]

@hippy dave @Jokippo @Jayro

This is the IPS patch for ModRetro Chromatic Tetris, version 1.2. I have attached three (.IPS) files to upgrade from previous versions of Chromatic Tetris, those being v1.0, v1.01 and v1.1 -- be sure to check the "md5.txt" file and compare the ROM's hash before and after patching it. I'm not exactly sure what the differences are, someone can let me know, because to me it looks just about the same. What you should get after patching is the following MD5 hash for v1.2: d4e6842e8ee7a7781907c21f0cb7c787

(Re-read for previous release: https://gbatemp.net/threads/chromatic-tetris-new-gbc-game-has-been-dumped.664381/post-10587079)

Post automatically merged: Nov 1, 2025

The best dumper/flasher right now is actually GB Flash. Fully working with and supported by FlashGBX, and has the best speeds.

So, has the GBFlash changed for better over a GBxCart RW as an affordable option?

 

[Jayro]

So, has the GBFlash changed for better over a GBxCart RW as an affordable option?

Yes. It's the fastest and cheapest option right now, and is firmware-flashable to work flawlessly with FlashGBX.

Post automatically merged: Nov 1, 2025

@hippy dave @Jokippo @Jayro

This is the IPS patch for ModRetro Chromatic Tetris, version 1.2.

v1.4 is out bro.

 

[Jayro]

Have the other Chromatic carts been dumped yet?

Yes, I have all of them except for the Croc re-release. And I keep the ROMs updated.