various rips

[Ton]

So excited for Nova.

[Barack Obama]

More Kirby revisions:
+ The Beginner's Show: Added EU controller
+ The Great Cave Offensive Treasure: Added JPN logo
+ Bulletin Board & Game Select: Added EU logo

WIP, Galactic Nova

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This will take a tad longer, since there is more stuff than I expected.

[Barack Obama]

Added the Samurai Kirby Foreground Grass (JPN), which is another quick one.

Whenever I start losing motivation, ripping slows down dramatically, at least for the big sheets. Motivation ceases usually when a sheet is too scattered over multiple scenes and has several variations.

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After Nova, Kirby is done for me.

I already have quicksaves for every Plok transformation and I'm really looking forward to rip him.
I'm also interested what the palettes for Klubba and Kudgel (DKC2) look like and if Recolor will have problems with it.

[Ton]

Looking good! And Plok hasn't been touched in a long time, so I can definitely see that needing an update.

Klubba and Kudgel themselves don't overlap, but some of the colors in their clubs do.

[Barack Obama]

Makes me wonder if the clubs are separate objects.
Btw the Plok section looks surprisingly good, therefore I will not re-rip much from this game:
+ Plok (missing stuff, needs a clean tile rip with palettes and the rest of the transformations)
+ Bobbins Bros. (chain looks weird, probably a separate object?)
+ Rockyfella (ancient sheet? also white bg)
+ Title (missing frames according to one of the comments)

Still working on the Nova sheet, but somehow I take occasional breaks to rip some fast stuff.
In this case, Megaton Punch (Popstar Scene).

This game really needs it, though.

[Barack Obama]

Galactic Nova is done.

[Barack Obama]

Moving on to Plok, which has one of the cleanest VRAMs I've ever seen in an SNES game.

I can really get everything I need from Plok without doing much, all of his transformations can be accessed from either an ingame cheat code or a code for emulators.

[Barack Obama]

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More Plok. Looks like this will take longer, since there is a palette animation for the light brown parts of some vehicles and effects.

[Ton]

This is looking fantastic!

[Barack Obama]

Ripped the title for Plok! (SNES) including everything from all versions.

Also did a test rip for Kirby Super Star Ultra (DS) with a map viewer called MApRX. Not doing more, since I mainly want to rip SNES games and just wanted to draw attention to this tool. The sheet itself is called "The Great Cave Offensive - Area 2: Old Tower".

[Ton]

I just rearranged the backgrounds in the KSSU section to accommodate. Nice work!

[Barack Obama]

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7E080696 - Infinite health
7E076809 - Infinite lives
7E07F402 - Always have the boxer costume
7E07F404 - Always have the rocket costume
7E07F405 - Always have the shotgun costume
7E07F406 - Always have the flamethrower costume
7E07F407 - Always have the cowboy costume (not recommended)
7E076C04 - Get a Plokontinue at the end of every level.
7E01CE87 - Infinite time in bonus races (timer stays at 0.0). Do not turn the cheat on until you see the timer. if you lose the race by dying, the vehicle will stay with you when you go back to the main level.
7E0950FF - Infinite amulet power (buzzsaw attack)
7E08F2CF - Extra life for every shell
7E08223F - Plok walks/jumps normally even without his legs

Vehicles:

7E081E01 - Unicycle
7E081E02 - Truck
7E081E03 - Rocket
7E081E04 - Motorcycle
7E081E05 - Helicopter
7E081E06 - Tank
7E081E07 - UFO
7E081E08 - Secret Weapon


Begin the game at one of the following levels (turn off after you reach the level):

7E084A00 - Cotton Island, Beach
7E084A01 - Cotton Island, Bridge
7E084A02 - Cotton Island, Columns
7E084A03 - Cotton Island, Log Falls
7E084A04 - Cotton Island, Rickety Bridge
7E084A05 - Cotton Island, Crazy Cradles
7E084A06 - Cotton Island, Blind Leap
7E084A07 - Cotton Island, Bobbins Bros.
7E084A08 - Akrillic, Garlen Beach
7E084A09 - Akrillic, Sleepy Dale
7E084A0A - Akrillic, Plok’s House
7E084A0B - Legacy Island, Mace Cove
7E084A0C - Legacy Island, Fool’s Gap
7E084A0D - Legacy Island, Zig Zag
7E084A0E - Legacy Island, Sponge Rocks
7E084A0F - Legacy Island, Swifty Peaks
7E084A10 - Legacy Island, Log Trail
7E084A11 - Legacy Island, Crouch Hill
7E084A12 - Legacy Island, Bobbins Bros.
7E084A13 - Akrillic, Plok Town
7E084A14 - Akrillic, The Penkinos
7E084A15 - Akrillic, Venge Thicket
7E084A16 - Akrillic, Dreamy Cove
7E084A17 - Akrillic, Creepy Forest
7E084A18 - Akrillic, Womack Spider
7E084A19 - Akrillic, Creepy Crag
7E084A1A - Akrillic, Gohome Cavern
7E084A1B - Akrillic, Crashing Rocks
7E084A1C - Akrillic, Rockyfella
7E084A1D - Akrillic, Brendammi Bog (missing level)
7E084A1E - Akrillic, Badream Fens (missing level)
7E084A1F - Akrillic, Breezy Beach (missing level)
7E084A20 - Fleapit, Cycling Clever
7E084A21 - Fleapit, Road Hogging
7E084A22 - Fleapit, High Flying
7E084A23 - Fleapit, Easy Riding
7E084A24 - Fleapit, In A Spin!
7E084A25 - Fleapit, Real Rumblings
7E084A26 - Fleapit, Slient Running
7E084A27 - Fleapit, The Flea Queen
7E084A28 - Test Drive, Secret Warp!

https://theakrillictimes.tumblr.com/cheatcodes

These codes make everything way easier. I also played through the game and while graphics and sound are really nice, the game balance isn't.

[Barack Obama]

Last one for Plok & Grandpa:

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[Ton]

I never got very far in this game and I don't remember if it was because it was hard, or I couldn't figure out the jumping mechanics.

[Barack Obama]

I think back in the days I got as far as entering the Dreamy Cove, since I can't remember the forest with the spin doors or fighting the Womack Spider.

Very last WIP, sheet is complete but I think I have to rearrange the order for the palette animations since they're currently backwards.

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After that I'm done with Plok!, Bobbins Bros is already a decent rip and Rockyfella is part background & part sprites, which is too annoying for me to rip.