Hack Showcases and RPG Hack Showcases are a series where I show off various game and rpg hacks. I try to stick with hacks that improve gameplay or add quality of life features, completely or partially change the plot and characters, along with additional content, dialogue, graphical and sound improvements. Non-rpgs I try to give a full run to, or at least enough for a solid review. Rpgs I will stick with titles that have enough changes in the beginning to show off, and when I can, show parts later in the games where more differences appear. There may be spoilers in the reviews and videos. Some of these I may stream fully in the future or play on my own. Reviews are open to later revisions due to bug and content updates or me playing them and finding anything new I wish to bring up.
Mega Man: Wily Wars came out for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive in Japan and Europe, but only released on the Sega Channel service in the US in the 1990s. It finally got a real US release on the Sega Mini. It’s a collection of the first 3 Mega Man games along with the new Wily tower level with new bosses to fight. The jump to 16-bit graphics and music were applauded, the play control, uneven challenge in all 3 games, the sluggishness and slowdown…not so much. Since emulators and the Sega mini rom of Wily Wars dropping, various hacks have attempted to fix the shortcomings of this collection.
For this Hack Showcase, I used the European rom of Wily Wars and put 4 hacks together for a better experience, which I’ll be reviewing separate and together in the order that I patched the rom. Anyone reading this is welcome to patch their game the way I did. These hacks are made for the European rom of Wily Wars and I patched SRAM + Proto Man first, then the others, testing each one as I put them together. I played these in Retroarch, your mileage may vary on Retroarch and other systems. Feel free to try these together or separate!
The SRAM + Proto Man Size Fix hack by JackelZXA is the first hack attached and adds the following:
- SRAM saving
- Changes the ROM from EU to US (50Hz to 60Hz)
- Fixes Saving so Wily Tower can be unlocked
- Improves Input Lag
- Improves Buster Fire Speed
- Adds the Slide to Mega Man 1 and 2
- Redraws all of Proto Man’s sprites.
Weapon Master by Woodfrog adds the ability to use any weapon and item in all 3 Mega Man games, along with Wily’s Tower! Hit the C button for the Window will pause the game and hitting up or down will cycle through the weapons and items from Mega Man 1, 2 and then 3. Worth noting that you can only use MM1 weapons on the Copy Robot fight in MM1 to prevent crashes.
Wily Tower Always Available by Gruesome_Garie gives you the option to go right to Wily Tower from the start! No need to use save states or worry about saves not working after finishing Mega Man 1-3!
Fixer Upper by Josephine Lithius adds the following improvements, which actually build upon some from the 1st hack I added:
- Enemy invulnerability time has been all but eliminated. This means that enemies can take damage more frequently and reliably. No more “missed” shots!
- The default weapon (the Buster) has been sped up to match its 8-bit counterpart. Watch those lemons fly!
- The default weapon and some boss weapons can be fired more rapidly! Hammer that “fire” button and launch waves of projectiles!
- Rockman pulls his Buster back a little sooner after firing! This… only affects a handful of weapons and the change isn’t that big, but hey! It might help!
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