Mission to FIX SNES GAMES | SNES, Analogue Pocket, MiSTer FPGA
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Not all super heroes wear capes, some just improve the Super Nintendo games that suffer for slowdown. The SNES was and will always be one of my favourite consoles of all time, it's so nice to see that many of the games are getting some QoL improvements decades later.
Project FastROM was started by the legendary @HackerVilela and is still going strong today, courtesy of kandowontu.
Useful links
patreon.com/kandowontu (free patches)
/ vitorvilela
/ kandowontu
/ hackervilela
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), commonly known as the Super Nintendo, is a highly revered and iconic video game console that revolutionized the gaming industry in the 1990s. Released by Nintendo in 1990, the SNES followed the success of its predecessor, the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), and quickly became a global sensation.
The SNES boasted impressive hardware capabilities for its time, offering 16-bit graphics and stereo sound, allowing for immersive gaming experiences. Its sleek and compact design, with its distinctive purple and gray color scheme, captured the imagination of gamers worldwide. The console introduced a variety of iconic games and franchises that are still beloved today, such as Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Super Metroid.
One of the SNES's most significant features was its innovative controller, which introduced the concept of shoulder buttons and introduced a more ergonomic design. This controller layout set the standard for future console controllers and remains influential to this day.
The SNES also saw the introduction of the Super FX chip, a graphics enhancement chip that allowed for advanced 3D rendering in games like Star Fox. This innovation pushed the boundaries of what was possible in console gaming at the time.
With its vast library of games and technical advancements, the Super Nintendo left an indelible mark on the gaming industry. Even today, it holds a special place in the hearts of many gamers, representing a golden era of gaming and nostalgia for those who experienced its magic firsthand.
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Some of the games that have a FastRom patch available
GS Mikami - Joreishi wa Nice Body (J)
Gourmet Warriors (USA)
Uchuu no Kishi - Tekkaman Blade (J)
Top Gear
Sanrio World Smash Ball (J)
Pocky & Rocky 2 (USA)
Side Pocket (U) (E) (J)
Swat Kats - The Radical Squadron (U)
Olympic Summer Games (U) (E)
Syndicate (U) (E) (J)
Kirby's Dream Land 3 (U) & Hoshi No Kirby 3 (J)
Super Air Diver 2 (J)
Prince of Persia (J)
Gunforce (U)
War 3010 - The Revolution (U)
War 2410 (U)
Mickey to Donald - Magical Adventure 3 (J)
Ganbare! Daiku no Gen-san (J)
Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games (U) (E)
Prince of Persia (U)
Soul Blazer (U)
Return of Double Dragon (J)
Combatribes, The (U)
World Heroes 2 (U) (J)
Phantom 2040 (U) (E)
No Escape (U)
Ken Griffey Jr.'s Winning Run (U)
Mickey Mania (U) (J) (E)
Cybernator (U) (E) (U Prototype)
J.League '96 Dream Stadium (J)
Chrono Trigger - Jet Bike Special (J) (BS)
Mini Yonku Shining Scorpion - Let's & Go!! (J)
Hebereke's Popoitto (E)
Marvelous - Mouhitotsu no Takara-jima (J)
Super Mario RPG (ALL)
Jikkyou Oshaberi Parodius (J)
Legend (U)
Strike Gunner S.T.G. (U)
Bill Laimbeer's Combat Basketball
Toy Story (U) (E) (J)
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel (U) (E Rev0+1)
Spanky's Quest (U)
J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings - Volume 1 (U) (E) and (G)
Parodius Da!
Legend of Zelda, The - A Link To The Past (France)
Puggsy (Proto)
Secret of Mana (France) Rev 0+1
The Great Battle V (J)
The Great Battle IV (J)
Fun 'N Games (U) and (E)
College Slam
Cal Ripken Jr Baseball (U) and (E)
Bonkers (U)
Super Turrican 2 - Special Edition (NA) (UNL)
NHL 95/96/97/97 (Rev 1) (U) and (E) + NHL 98 (U)
NBA Jam - Tournament Edition (ALL)
NBA Jam (ALL)
Joe & Mac 2 (U) and Joe & Mac 3 (E)
Prince of Persia 2 (U) and (E)
Secret of Mana (G)
Secret of Mana (U)
The Ignition Factor
Double Dragon V - The Shadow Falls (U) and (E)
Arkanoid - Doh It Again (U) and (J)
Aero the Acrobat 2 (U) and (E)
Weaponlord (U)
Pilotwings
Earthworm Jim (U) (E) (J)
Radical Psycho Machine Racing
Hyperzone
Parodius: Non-Sense Fantasy (E)
Super Aleste (J)
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
Cacoma Knight in Bizyland (U)
Space Invaders - The Original Game (U) and (J)
Super R-Type (J)
Super R-Type (U)
Super Mario World (U) and (J) and (E)
Super Punch-Out
Mario Paint (JU)
Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World
Super Mario All-Stars
I've been following the Fast roms for a while. Such a great improvement!!!
Definitely, I'm enjoying them myself
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Never knew this kind of fixes exist.😮 Thank you!
The "i" in portuguese sounds like "ee" so the guy's name is pronounced "Veetor Veelela" so you almost got it right.
Thanks, I always appreciate cultural information.
For me, I love all the slow down it is how I know that the SNES is being pushed hard and I must be playing a good game!
to be fair, lots of slowrom games don´t suffer slowdowns that offen or at all, because the developers knew they were running slow so they optimized better. By the contrary i have found that lots of native fastrom games tend to slowdown more offen.😆
you finally got a pocket dock?
Haha, it happened, thanks to a friend.
I guess I have to ask what is fast rom exactly and why developpers didn't use it. Is it a completely new thing or are there tradeoffs? Not sure I understand what fastrom is
I do cover it in the video
But here is the originator's GitHub with more details
github.com/VitorVilela7/fastrom
is basically setting the snes cpu clock speed from 2.68Mhz (slowrom) to 3.58Mhz (fastrom). There are more complex technicall stuff but that is the simplest way to look at it.
Most developers probably decided to ship their games in slowrom chips to keep manufacturing cost low as cartidges with fastrom chips were more expensive.
The shmups on the SNES really benefit.
Games like Gradius 3 and Super R-Type were widely criticised on release for the slowdown issues.
I've got a video coming up, where I play one of the later Parodius games, and man does it feel great.
kandowontu is a beast of romhacking, on another topic I'm surprised you didn't do a video about the recent release of mega man the sequel wars on mega drive. I recommend you to try it in case you missed the information.
Megaman the Sequel works is on the to-do list.
I did cover it in a news video but have to do a dedicated video on it too. Thanks for mentioning it nonetheless.
@@PixelCherryNinja Was it in an old news video cause I don t remember seeing it in recent ones ? there was a new build released to public this week and it's great, it includes the complete remake of megaman 4, really great if you re a mega man fan, anyway I ll be looking forward for your video covering it. Thanks for your work.
@@StardustX7 yeah it was a while back in one of the weekly news videos. I only just mentioned that either the game existed or was on its way.
@@PixelCherryNinja ok, so it was before the release of this week build, the new one is vastly expanded and not a demo anymore (even if still not complete) , it really deserves to be mentionned again. I hope you will like it.
Super Metroid is getting a SA-1 fix.
Nice
No, if you have never played these games before i recomend playing the normal slowrom version first, then play the fastrom hacks. You will never appreciate the fastrom versions if you don´t know where the original games had slowdowns.
You make a valid point, but personally, I just go straight in to the fast ROM if I've never played the game before.
The only reason not to use fast ROMs is strictly due to nostalgia.
@@PixelCherryNinja Actually...some games didn´t need the upgrade: Super Turrican and Turtles in time, and Darius Twin for example.I don´t remember any instance of slowdown in the original games.
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@@PixelCherryNinja Excellent intro
@@DarkbluesEXE25 got ya, and thanks. I'm trying a bit before my usual intro to reflect the coming video. I'm glad you like it, and thanks for the feedback 👍
One of my favorite hacks is the SuperFX 2 + FastRom hack of Star Fox. It's crazy playing a polygonal 16-bit game at that framerate.
Thanks Drew, I know Bout it but haven't tried it. I got into Star Fox 🦊 from the N64. I remember seeing the SNES version, but I never played it for more than a few minutes at a friend's house.
I just want widescreen.
There is a wide-screen hack of SMW available.
@PixelCherryNinja I know but... I want it all
Nah. Classics dont need improvements. They just need preservation. Retro games are perfect exactly how they are. That is the charm of those games. You want to play something modern? Then play the current games.
It's good to have options. I'm a fan of both
Yeah but in this case, these games ran slower bc it was cheaper for Slowrom. Fastrom is actually how the games were designed to play.
wow! I keep up fairly closely with retro news and this is literally the first I've heard about these improvements. neato❣
There's a lot of news, honestly it's difficult to keep up. Try some out and let me know what you think?