This (admittedly minor) hack for Ikari Warriors (NES) makes the ending screen make more sense, with a lead in to Ikari Warriors II: Victory Road. All existing save states will work with this hack, as no addresses in the ROM have been changed. This is not a "localization", and no memes or other easily-dated content have been added.
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N a m e : I k a r i W a r r i o r s P r o o f r e a d ( a s i n b a k e d b r e a d )
F u n c t i o n : I m p r o v e m e n t
A u t h o r : M i s t e r X i a d o
V e r s i o n : 1 . 0
D a t e : 2 0 1 8 0 7 3 0
T o o l s u s e d : F C E U X f o r e f f e c t i n g t h e c h a n g e s , L u n a r I P S f o r e x t r a c t i n g t h e I P S f r o m t h e h a c k e d R O M .
T h i s h a c k f o r I k a r i W a r r i o r s ( N E S ) m a k e s t h e e n d i n g s c r e e n m a k e m o r e s e n s e , w i t h a l e a d i n t o I k a r i W a r r i o r s I I : V i c t o r y R o a d . A l l e x i s t i n g s a v e s t a t e s w i l l w o r k w i t h t h i s h a c k , a s n o a d d r e s s e s i n t h e R O M h a v e b e e n c h a n g e d . T h i s i s n o t a " l o c a l i z a t i o n " , a n d n o m e m e s o r o t h e r e a s i l y - d a t e d c o n t e n t h a v e b e e n a d d e d .
H o w t o u s e t h i s h a c k :
I r e c o m m e n d c o p y i n g t h e o r i g i n a l I k a r i W a r r i o r s R O M t o a n e w l o c a t i o n , o r t o a n e w f i l e n a m e i n t h e s a m e l o c a t i o n , a n d u s i n g L u n a r I P S t o b i n d t h e h a c k I P S f i l e t o t h e R O M .
N o - I n t r o N a m e : I k a r i W a r r i o r s ( U S A )
( N o - I n t r o v e r s i o n 2 0 1 3 0 7 3 1 - 2 3 5 6 3 0 )
F i l e S H A - 1 : 6 E A D B B E 4 C 2 A 1 F 7 E D E 2 9 7 8 F 1 4 9 B 6 3 2 7 0 C 7 2 D B 2 8 1 F
R O M S H A - 1 : 7 4 4 C 6 6 3 8 C 3 D 7 E 3 9 B D 3 3 1 A 3 B 8 8 F 5 6 A F F A 9 A 0 C 4 E 4 B
T h a n k s t o :
S N K o f t h e p a s t , f o r s e t t i n g t h e b a r f o r N E S g a m e s s o l o w t h a t D e a d l y T o w e r s s e e m s f u n b y c o m p a r i s o n .
No-Intro Name: Ikari Warriors (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File SHA-1: 6EADBBE4C2A1F7EDE2978F149B63270C72DB281F
ROM SHA-1: 744C6638C3D7E39BD331A3B88F56AFFA9A0C4E4B