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BalzacMisfit
12-22-2004, 07:19 PM
i wanna do a hack of metroid for the nes. i was wondering if anyone would like to partner with me to make an awesome hack. see my problem is i am good at thinking of ideas but i have limitted ability in actual rom hacking. i know a little but not enough so if any one would like to help or have any comments let me know.

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CROcOp
12-22-2004, 09:38 PM
I am not a big hacker, either.
You should try Metedit for hacking Metroid.
You can find it here:
http://www.zophar.net/utilities/download/metedit.zip
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icenine0
12-22-2004, 11:31 PM
Yeah, yeah. Sure, you can be management and I'll be labor. That sounds great. Send along a 30-minute brainstormed list of good ol' ideas so I can spend hours and hours of actual work implementing them.

No, seriously, ideas are a dime a freakin' dozen. You'll have to learn some more valuable skills to contribute if you want to be part of a team.

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BalzacMisfit
12-23-2004, 01:52 PM
thats why i wanna work along someone so that i may learn from them and i will better my skills. Im not asking someone to do all the work.

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CROcOp
12-23-2004, 03:14 PM
If you want someone to do the whole work for you, you are gonna be flamed. Unless you are an expert, nobody will join you. First read some tutorials, then begin hacking. Post your work on Zophar to let people see if you can do something. Maybe then some will join you, but you have to show them some work of your own.
You should read "Definitive Guide to ROM Hacking for Complete Beginners" by InVerse.
There you have a lot of questions answered, along with your question.

http://www.zophar.net/tech/files/rhnewbfaq.txt

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Jathys
12-23-2004, 04:26 PM
Best help you're going to get:
1) MetEdit is a level editor for Metroid. Very easy to use. If I remember correct, it also had the problem of making all moved items retrievable over and over again . . . If this is the case, someone should know of the fix (I saw one hack that didn't have this problem).
2) Tiles for enemies are not compressed, so they can be changed quite easily in a program like TileLayerPro . . . Scenery *may* be compressed (which would make it impossible to do unless someone's feeling really generous). Then again, it may *not* be compressed too. Can't remember.
3) I will be willing to help in finding things such as HP values, palettes, etc.... (ie- you do the hack, but I'd find stuff you can add in).

Hmmm... I wonder how easy it would be to make a version of SABS for Metroid? Fewer enemies.

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Kuikorosu
12-23-2004, 05:10 PM
i want to hack nes with tools it would be awesum

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PetMetroid
12-23-2004, 06:47 PM
> see my problem is i am good at thinking of ideas but i
> have limitted ability in actual rom hacking. i know a little
> but not enough so if any one would like to help or have any
> comments let me know.
>
Ya, I'm kinda like that, too. But the Metedit level editor is very simple to use (I'm not the expert AT ALL in graphics hacking) the only hard part is using your resources. The game recycles it's rooms in each area. In other words, it's like a giant puzzle where you have to get every piece to fit. You may have some good ideas but you've got to have some genious ideas to make your ideas go together correctly. With time and patience, you could do it yourself, but if you do need help I don't think I can 'cause vacation is almost over. Good luck.<img src=smilies/thumb.gif>

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BalzacMisfit
12-23-2004, 06:52 PM
i never said i wanted anyone to do all the work for me.

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BalzacMisfit
12-23-2004, 06:56 PM
thanx man

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CROcOp
12-23-2004, 08:16 PM
> i never said i wanted anyone to do all the work for me.
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I am just giving you few advices, that is all.

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Gideon Zhi
12-24-2004, 01:06 AM
CANT HACK METROID

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PetMetroid
12-24-2004, 04:54 AM
> CANT HACK METROID
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???
; .

What are you talking about? Ya you can.

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king killa
12-24-2004, 05:00 AM
> What are you talking about? Ya you can.
>

it's an old joke.

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CROcOp
12-24-2004, 11:00 AM
> it's an old joke.
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I don`t get it. <img src=smilies/retard.gif>

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king killa
12-24-2004, 02:30 PM
> I don`t get it.
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that's because it's an old joke. <img src=smilies/thumb.gif>

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CROcOp
12-24-2004, 04:04 PM
> that's because it's an old joke.
>
Yeah, yeah. Only old geezers get that one, huh?
Okay, then.

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Danoz
12-24-2004, 07:04 PM
> it's an old joke.

Haha, like 6 years ago old. Speaking of which, anybody spoke to Demiforce lately? I haven't talked to him since before Radical Dreamers was translated.

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Jathys
12-24-2004, 07:30 PM
> Yeah, yeah. Only old geezers get that one, huh?
> Okay, then.

Old geezers, like me . . . Say, does anyone else remember thinking VSMC (aka- the banana mode emulator) was teh shiznet? All yellow super metroid was the way to go.

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PetMetroid
12-25-2004, 07:01 AM
> > that's because it's an old joke.
> >
> Yeah, yeah. Only old geezers get that one, huh?
> Okay, then.
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LOL, is this an "old joke" around the domain?

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JadussD
12-25-2004, 07:22 PM
> Old geezers, like me . . . Say, does anyone else remember
> thinking VSMC (aka- the banana mode emulator) was teh
> shiznet? All yellow super metroid was the way to go.

I think I came in around the time of Snes96...but I remember people bitching about not being able to check out the latest version of VSMC because TheBrain basically wrote his own OS and disk format or something and it was like next to impossible to copy the disk or something (?!)

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D--
12-26-2004, 06:02 AM
> I think I came in around the time of Snes96...but I remember
> people bitching about not being able to check out the latest
> version of VSMC because TheBrain basically wrote his own OS
> and disk format or something and it was like next to
> impossible to copy the disk or something (?!)

He actually did it? I just remember him talking about it, and some people trying to get him to add stupid shit like TCP support so they could use IRC inside his planned OS... since apparantly IRC and 8 color SNES games are all computers were good for...

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