Mickey to Donald: Magical Adventure 3: Magical Quest 3 - No Letterbox Hack

Hack to remove the letterbox / black border that is drawn at the top and bottom of the screen during gameplay. It was added by the developer to allow more processes to be carried out without slowdown.

In this hack, the letterbox is still enabled during some boss fights that use mode-7
as otherwise the boss or mode-7 background will not appear.

This patch works with the English translation, with any other translated version, e.g. Spanish or Portuguese translation and with the original Japanese ROM.

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http://rpgone.superfamicom.org

Magical Quest 3 starring Mickey & Donald (Snes)

No letterbox Hack v1.0

18-6-2020


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About
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The letterbox / black border is drawn at the top and bottom of the screen. It was
added by the developer to allow more processes to be carried out without slowdown.

The first game in the Magical Quest series didn't have a letterbox, and it looks much
better not having a black border covering parts of the stage.
In this hack, the letterbox is still enabled during some boss fights that use mode-7
as otherwise the boss or mode-7 background will not appear.


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Issues
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The game is fully playable with this patch.

The Letterbox is still enabled on the following stages, mostly involving mode-7:
Stage 1-4 Flying Pig boss - Boss does not appear without letterbox
Stage 2-5 Spider boss - Boss does not appear without letterbox
Stage 3-4 Snake boss - Top status bar disappears without letterbox
Stage 4-1 - When the stage scrolls up, the screen goes black without letterbox
Stage 4-4 Pirate boss - Mode-7 background does not appear without letterbox
Stage 5-3 Octopus boss - Status bar does not appear correctly without letterbox


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Credits
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Programming - Jonny

If you find any bugs, please contact Jonny on romhacking.net


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Application Instructions
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You need to apply this patch onto a non-interleaved ROM with NO Header (Rom
Checksum: 2F36, CRC32: 32EEA1E9, Size: 2,097,152 bytes). It works on the original
Japanese rom, and on any of the English or other language translated roms.




Mickey & Donald 3 (J).smc
Length: 2097152 Bytes (16 Mbit)
CRC32: 32EEA1E9
MD5: 4B87392A AF03517D 3F45EBF0 6EB2D4BC
SHA1: 8A153F92 AD2498FB F66E4CB1 00F6E5B9 50098044