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 What is this crap?
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This zip contains an abandoned hack that tries to recreate
Mega Man 9 for the NES. The zip contains two patches: one patch for
the American Mega Man 3 NES and the American Mega Man 4 (PRG0).

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 Why was this project scrapped?
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For a couple reasons actually...

First of all, I got a life and second of all the original
Mega Man 9 is complicated to recreate. For one the resolution
for the original is 256 x 224 while the NES in PAL mode is
256 x 240. Due to the resolution differences, the level design
looks weird on the NES, especially when it scrolls vertically.
The original game's graphics are also compressed with Sappy so
some of the graphics do not reflect the NES's color limitations.
Speaking of limitations, not all the levels can be recreated using
Mega Man's 256 tiles. I really wanted an exact recreation so 
it got frustrating when certain expectations couldn't be met.

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 What's the Progress
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The hack was initially for Mega Man 1 but due to the very
limited space saw much better developement on Mega Man 9
(don't ask me why I thought doing Mega Man 1 was a good idea
because it wasn't). Due to even more limitations, it made its
way to Mega Man 4 because the mapper had more capabilities like
graphic switching.

I have only provided the patches for Mega Man 3 and Mega Man 4
(not the Mega Man 1 patch because it's bad). The Mega Man 3 patch
has much more progress than the Mega Man 4, it goes up to
Wily Stage 2 but lacks any music changes and enemies.
The Mega Man 4 patch only has a few stages added.


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 The Materials Provided
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I was quite generous with the tools I am providing. There are:

* Numerous ripped graphics (some with incorrect palettes) in
  the "Graphic Rips Folder"

* The "Rockman9Tiles.002.des" contains the raw graphic data
  from the actual game (have fun assembling!)

* Complete .nsf covers of the entire soundtrack and all the
  sound effects. I have also included some covers on the
  Mega Man 9 songs on famitracker.

* "megafle.dat" This file is for the Mega Man editor MegaFLE
  and has been modified for the space changes done to the
  Mega Man 3 ROM. Special thanks to KujaKiller for these changes.

* Some color demos to help you with palettes as well as an NES
  Color Programming Guide by Lugia2009.

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 Reccommended Tools That Aren't Included
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* Tile Layer (with tlpfixed patch)
* rockman3editor
* rockman4editor
* MegaFLE
* Capcom Sprite Assembler

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 Contacting
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Contact me a romhacking.net via Private Messaging with
any comments and/or concerns. Much is appreciated if you 
want to contribute to this project or start it up again.

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 Copyright Crap
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This modification is not associated with Capcom and/or
inti creations. By playing these hacks, you must own
the original game unpatched game as well Mega Man 9.
I am not responsible for any damages to your computer
that these files inflict on you as well as legal charges.