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Colourization projects for monochrome Game Boy titles have seen a substantial growth over the years, and today, another original Game Boy game joins the ranks of those with a full colourization project for the fanbase to enjoy.

Renowned romhacker Marc Robledo, in collaboration with Kensu William, who have both previously worked on other romhacking colourization projects, like Mega Man World 3 DX, released a new trailer for their upcoming colourization project for the last remaining title from the original Game Boy lineup to be colourized, Mega Man World 4.

The features that this DX colourization will have are the following:

• Full color conversion
• Slowdowns removed
• NES styled pause screen
• Works in real GBC hardware and emulators

Marc and Kensu also worked on colourizing Mega Man World 5 DX, and while the other 2 Mega Man World titles were not done by him, those two also have a colourization/DX romhack available, made by SpecialAgentApe as Mega Man World GBC and Mega Man World 2 GBC.
With Marc's release of Mega Man World 4 DX, all five Mega Man titles for the original Game Boy would now have DX versions for each one of them, which would now make the Mega Man Mania project a close reality, with plans made down the road to make all 5 Mega Man World DX titles available in one GBA cartridge, as it was originally intended decades ago.

The romhack will be available on December 17th, 2024.

Marc Robledo's YouTube Channel
Marc Robledo's X Profile
Kensu William's X Profile

 

[MikaDubbz]

I'm very excited to see Mega Man Mania come to fruition. That's going to be rad! Will inject and install it to my Wii U the moment that collection is finally released.

 

[Ryab]

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Colourization projects for monochrome Game Boy titles have seen a substantial growth over the years, and today, another original Game Boy game joins the ranks of those with a full colourization project for the fanbase to enjoy.

Renowned romhacker Marc Robledo, who has previously worked on other romhacking colourization projects, like Mega Man World 3 DX, has released a new trailer for his upcoming colourization project for the last remaining title from the original Game Boy lineup to be colourized, Mega Man World 4.

The features that this DX colourization will have are the following:

• Full color conversion
• Slowdowns removed
• NES styled pause screen
• Works in real GBC hardware and emulators

Marc has also worked on colourizing with his Mega Man World 5 DX project, and while the other 2 Mega Man World titles were not done by him, those two also have a colourization/DX romhack available, made by SpecialAgentApe as Mega Man World GBC and Mega Man World 2 GBC.
With Marc's release of Mega Man World 4 DX, all five Mega Man titles for the original Game Boy would now have DX versions for each one of them, which would now make the Mega Man Mania project a close reality, with plans made down the road to make all 5 Mega Man World DX titles available in one GBA cartridge, as it was originally intended decades ago.

The romhack will be available on December 17th, 2024.

Marc Robledo's YouTube Channel
Marc Robledo's X Profile

Honestly rather shocked Capcom hasnt made a collection of the GB era MegaMan games. Got World 1 to 5 and the 2 Xtreme games.

 

[Robert Newbie]

Honestly rather shocked Capcom hasnt made a collection of the GB era MegaMan games. Got World 1 to 5 and the 2 Xtreme games.

That's a good point. Capcom did a compilation for the Zero and Battle Network games, but the GB/GBC games are still MIA. Plus, the original cartridges go for a pretty penny. Some of the portable Mega Man's go for about $20 USD, others for over $100. Yeah, a nice legal option would be much appreciated.

Kudos to all the devs doing colorization work. The results are great, and they breathe life into these portable classics.

 

[SDA]

It's about time.

 

[Ryab]

That's a good point. Capcom did a compilation for the Zero and Battle Network games, but the GB/GBC games are still MIA. Plus, the original cartridges go for a pretty penny. Some of the portable Mega Man's go for about $20 USD, others for over $100. Yeah, a nice legal option would be much appreciated.

Kudos to all the devs doing colorization work. The results are great, and they breathe life into these portable classics.

Yeah Capcom is generally great when it comes to getting collections out for their older games.

 

[BLsquared]

Finally! This one's my favorite, glad to see it's finally got a release date. Looking forward to getting to play it!!

 

[Robert Newbie]

Yeah Capcom is generally great when it comes to getting collections out for their older games.

Konami's been upping their compilation game too. From Ninja Turtles to Castlevania to Contra.

I know the demand is generally low for these Mega Man GB/GBC games, and like @MikaDubbz said, Mega Man Mania was cancelled back in the day. Still, it's a nice dream. I'd rather not pay $250 USD for a Mega Man V cartridge.

 

[4d1xlaan]

mega man-ia

 

[Ryab]

Konami's been upping their compilation game too. From Ninja Turtles to Castlevania to Contra.

I know the demand is generally low for these Mega Man GB/GBC games, and like @MikaDubbz said, Mega Man Mania was cancelled back in the day. Still, it's a nice dream. I'd rather not pay $250 USD for a Mega Man V cartridge.

I mean Konami just started making games again lol

 

[Ligeia]

This is really amazing ! This Mega Man Mania restoration project is such a great idea.

 

[Robert Newbie]

I mean Konami just started making games again lol

Isn't it crazy? In the 7th gen, Konami left us with nothing but Pachinko and Metal Gear Survive jokes while all their franchises collected dust. All of a sudden, we're getting compilations and remakes. They're not even trying to dance around it, going for remakes of Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 right off the bat.

I'd like to see what a remake of the original Silent Hill would look like, let me tell you.

 

[Ryab]

Isn't it crazy? In the 7th gen, Konami left us with nothing but Pachinko and Metal Gear Survive jokes while all their franchises collected dust. All of a sudden, we're getting compilations and remakes. They're not even trying to dance around it, going for remakes of Silent Hill 2 and Metal Gear Solid 3 right off the bat.

I'd like to see what a remake of the original Silent Hill would look like, let me tell you.

I mean they realized that they have these IPs worth a lot of money. Might as well do something with them even if they aren't directly doing it.

 

[thevideogameraptor]

It felt so strange having 4 be the odd one out, now all is right with the world.

 

[Fugelmir]

I would love to see someone colorize the Saga 2: Final Fantasy Legend 2. Apparently its actually being worked on. Excellent

 

[ZeroT21]

One of my fav Rockman games

 

[x65943]

There is almost nothing that makes me happier than the idea of one day having every original Gameboy game/entire catalog playable in full color on my real GBC

 

[lordelan]

I'm very excited to see Mega Man Mania come to fruition. That's going to be rad! Will inject and install it to my Wii U the moment that collection is finally released.

I'll do the same but will also put it on my MiSTer FPGA and Analogue Pocket. Those games are timeless. If everything goes as planned, Taki Udon will even release a MiSTer handheld early next year with a beautiful OLED screen.

 

[Jayro]

I'm glad to see it finally, but I'm not sure why they did them all out of order like they did... That part is whack.

I would love to see someone colorize the Saga 2: Final Fantasy Legend 2. Apparently its actually being worked on. Excellent
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I want Toruzz to finish his frog bell tolls game. (I forget the exact game name)

He was working on it diligently until he was secretly contracted to Limited Run Games to make a color port of Trip World. But that release came and went, and still not a peep about finishing the frog game.

 

[MikaDubbz]

I'm glad to see it finally, but I'm not sure why they did them all out of order like they did... That part is whack.

I mean they started with the best entry, 5, and then finished the other 4 within like a year. Complaining about any of that is just silly.