Super Mario Bros. 2: Legend Of The Blob Bros. 2

After failing to defeat Mario and his friends in the dream world of Sub-Con, Wart has set his sights on a new target: a small, seemingly defenseless planet called Blobaria. As the entire world falls under Wart's evil spell, it's up to Blobby and his three trusted companions to track down the wicked wizard and put a stop to his evil plans once and for all!

This hack completely changes the game's graphics, levels, and storyline, and even throws in a couple of surprise gameplay changes near the end. With a completely different take on how Super Mario Bros 2. ended, this is a must for any fan of the series.


RuSteD ROM Hacks presents...

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| L E G E N D O F T H E B L O B B R O S . 2 |
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version 2.0 - (C)2002 BMF54123
Original "Super Mario Bros. 2" program and audiovisuals (C)1988 Nintendo


What? It's DONE? How can this be?!
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Yep...more than 4 years after the project's start, Legend of the Blob Bros. 2
is finally complete! (It feels SO GOOD to say that.)

So much has been done between the last release (v2.0 Demo) and this one, it
would be impossible to list all the changes. Levels, graphics, program
hacks...you name it, it's been either vastly improved or completely redone
from scratch. Forget 2.0 Demo ever existed--this is the real thing, the
finished product!

NOTE: This file contains only basic information, such as what programs and
files you'll need, and instructions for applying the IPS patch. For more
detailed information about this hack, please visit the Legend of the Blob
Bros. 2 webpage, located in the "ROM Hacks" section of RuSteD LOgIc
(http://bmf.rustedmagick.com).


The stuff you'll need
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- BB2Patcher.exe (or BLOBBRO2.IPS and an IPS patcher).

- A Super Mario Bros. 2 NES ROM (PRG-0, CHR-0, 262160 bytes).
NOTE: The PRG-1 revision will NOT work with this hack!

- A decent NES emulator. loopyNES is best for DOS users, while FCE Ultra is
best for Windows users. Other good emulators include fwNES, SMYNES, and
nester (or one of its clones).

NOTE: I *do not* recommend using NESten to play this game. As of v0.61 Beta
1, the emulator contains bugs that may cause odd glitches, rendering
certain levels impassable, or even crashing the game. If you must use
NESten, please don't use savestates.

- For the best visual experience, I recommend downloading the latest version
of BMF's NES Palette (available at my website) and loading it into your
emulator. This palette closely simulates the colors output by a real NES,
and was the primary palette used during this hack's creation. Many "older"
NES palettes (especially NESticle's) are *very* inaccurate and will make the
graphics look all yucky. =P

- A good amount of free time. =)


Applying the silly little patch
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** BACK UP YOUR ROM FIRST! **

- Windows users: Just run BB2Patcher.exe, enter the location of your SMB2
ROM, then click "Patch". Piece of cake!

- Non-Windows users: Download an IPS patcher for your particular OS, and
apply BLOBBRO2.IPS to your SMB2 ROM. Please don't ask me how to use a
patcher--read the instructions!


Hacking assistance provided by...
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Super Mario Bros. 2 Discombobulator v0.96 - level and various data editing
Tile Layer v0.50b, Tile Layer Pro v1.1, NESticle x.xx - graphics editing
XTree Gold, Translhextion 1.6c - hex editing
X-Late 3.0 - graphical tile-based hex editing
IPS2EXE v1.5 - executable ROM patcher


Credits
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Hacking: BMF54123
Graphics: BMF54123, DarKnight13, Toma, Nintendo
Testing: Acmlm, Ballz, Scoutboy, Neil Adler
Special Thanks: Acmlm, Scoutboy, DarKnight13, the authors of the
aforementioned programs, everyone who gave me support and
helpful info during the project, and anyone else I forgot...
probably far too many. =(


Contact me, BMF54123
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E-mail:
bmf54123(at)rustedmagick(dot)com

Website:
RuSteD LOgIc
http://bmf.rustedmagick.com


Disclaimer/Legal stuff
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I will not be held responsible for any damages caused by using this patch
and/or the program(s) included with it. You use the patch/program(s) at your
own risk.

You may freely distribute this patch (BLOBBRO2.IPS), as long as this file
(README.TXT) is included with it, and the contents of both are unchanged. This
patch may not be distributed as a pre-patched ROM, or included with a ROM
collection of any sort.

Super Mario Bros. 2 is (C)1988 Nintendo. Contents of the patch (BLOBBRO2.IPS)
and this file (README.TXT) are (C)2002 BMF54123, excluding small amounts of
artwork by Toma, DarKnight13, and Nintendo. This patch is not sponsored,
endorsed, or approved by Nintendo.


That's all
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Have fun!


Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) (PRG0) [!].nes - GOODNES 3.14
CRC32: 7D3F6F3D
MD5: 71576D8339BD63198FCFC51A92016D58
SHA-1: 7DF0F595B074F587C6A1D8F47E031F045D540DAE