My GB to GBC hack wishlist and my thoughts on existing ones

[SDA]

It's starting to look very good.

 

[lordelan]

Man I wish someone would give "Tetris - Rosy Retrospection" the DX treatment. Shouldn't be too much work. Wish I knew how to do it or at least find good source to read into how to start off with things. I learned that toruzz had some videos on YT explaining it a little but took them off. :/

 

[SDA]

Man I wish someone would give "Tetris - Rosy Retrospection" the DX treatment. Shouldn't be too much work. Wish I knew how to do it or at least find good source to read into how to start off with things. I learned that toruzz had some videos on YT explaining it a little but took them off. :/

I thought we already had an official "Tetris DX" game... to think it's not exactly the same.

 

[ciaomao]

Oh man, lots of titles have been just added to my wishlist.
Who does remember for example Mario's Picross? Yes, that game is one of the most popular on the GB and deserves more than a simple Super Game Boy palette.

finished it a couple of months ago now i moved on to picross e7 on 3ds, but will never forget the title song of the GB game.

 

[lordelan]

I thought we already had an official "Tetris DX" game... to think it's not exactly the same.

Tetris DX looks alright but of course doesn't have all the QoL features of the Rosy hack (you don't wanna play any other GB Tetris again after playing Rosy once) and it also misses the amazing soundtrack. How in the world did they decide to remove the signature title melody?

 

[SDA]

How in the world did they decide to remove the signature title melody?

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5564/

The author of Mega Man World 5 DX made this way back in 2020.

 

[SylverReZ]

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5564/

The author of Mega Man World 5 DX made this way back in 2020.

Nice ROM hack. Doesn't look too difficult to pull off, though.

 

[lordelan]

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5564/

The author of Mega Man World 5 DX made this way back in 2020.

I'm aware of this but even with the original music I don't wanna play any GB(C) Tetris ever again without the Rosy QoL features.
I just meant that I don't get why Nintendo themselves did not use the iconic melody in the original GB's Tetris successor (what the rom you linked did later).

The perfect Tetris game for me would be either:

1. Tetris - Rosy Retrospection with a colorization treatment, basically turning it into Tetris - Rosy Retrospection DX
   or
2. Tetris DX - Rosy Retrospection (basically all the nice QoL features of the Rosy hack added to Tetris DX too but of course with the title melody swap hack you mentioned also included or at least being able to be applied on top of it)

 

[SDA]

The perfect Tetris game for me would be either:

1. Tetris - Rosy Retrospection with a colorization treatment, basically turning it into Tetris - Rosy Retrospection DX
   or
2. Tetris DX - Rosy Retrospection (basically all the nice QoL features of the Rosy hack added to Tetris DX too but of course with the title melody swap hack you mentioned also included or at least being able to be applied on top of it)

Somebody will probably do one.
Just know that that "somebody" will not be me.

 

[SDA]

I was not wrong. People are still concerned about the palette choices used in GB to GBC colorizations.

And they still complain about the colors in Metroid II EJRTQ.

 

[SDA]

The brand new version of Dr. Mario DX has been released! You guys have to wait a lil' more to see an updated review about that.

(@SylverReZ, seriously if you keep bothering me I will report you)

 

[Jayro]

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/5564/

The author of Mega Man World 5 DX made this way back in 2020.

I use this with the no anxiety music patch and remove cinematics patch and all 3 patches work fine together to give me the best Tetris DX experience ever.

 

[SDA]

I use this with the no anxiety music patch and remove cinematics patch and all 3 patches work fine together to give me the best Tetris DX experience ever.

The patches for Tetris DX are called "Don't Panic" and "Skip Celebrations" respectively.

 

[Jayro]

The patches for Tetris DX are called "Don't Panic" and "Skip Celebrations" respectively.

Ah, thank you. I forgot their real names when posting. But yeah, all 3 work great together.

 

[SDA]

Updated Dr. Mario DX review.

 

[Marc_LFD]

Game Boy games in color makes a huge difference and honestly looks pretty damn nice.

I'll have to give Super Mario Land on GB a chance even though I'm not a fan of how it plays or looks (a bit too tiny).

 

[SDA]

I'll have to give Super Mario Land on GB a chance even though I'm not a fan of how it plays or looks (a bit too tiny).

The Game Boy/Game Boy Color screen itself is tiny after all. But to me, it makes no difference.

 

[Jayro]

Game Boy games in color makes a huge difference and honestly looks pretty damn nice.

I'll have to give Super Mario Land on GB a chance even though I'm not a fan of how it plays or looks (a bit too tiny).

See, I'm the opposite... I find Super Mario Land 2 to have too large of sprites. And super Mario Land 1 was too small. Something in-between would have fit the screen better. Wario Land sprites were fine being large because the game generally was slower-paced.

 

[SDA]

Oh, I also forgot to say that I deleted Donkey Kong '94 from my wishlist. Not because the colorization hack has been completed, but rather because I'm not too interested in the game. I can play the four arcade levels and some more stages after that, but ultimately I'm no good with this kind of platformer.

Someone even told me to put it in the first post as an order...

 

[lordelan]

Btw someone did a DX version of GB Tetris.
This is the last cornerstone before what might be the colorization I've been hoping for the most: "Tetris - Rosy Retrospection". I'd die happily when that happens. And luckily the dev already stated to tackle that one next. My Analogue Pocket is ready!