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Akumajo Dracula - Vampire Killer - Improvements

Original game : Vampire Killer

Platform : MSX

Author : FRS

Release date : 26 July 2011

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : O

Downloads : 1489

ROM Information

Name: Vampire Killer (Japan, Europe) (Alt 1).rom
SHA-1: 5460A88C25386B1B950B57FC1325FD75587CC825
MD5: 51D021AF50C3A48124331A9FBC738B97
CRC32: 0AEDEA40

Hack description

DynamicVsync (it also Fixed the 50Hz speed bug, as the Z80A/3.57MHz was also too fast to run the game at 50Hz)
Enhanced sprite cycling
- Page flipping for the sprites
- Enables the turbo via CHGCPU on boot
- Hold the TAB key to throttle the game speed
- Automatically sets the VDP to 60Hz on boot, to play the game at the correct speed even on European machines. If you have an old European TV that doesn't support this, keep SELECT pressed on boot to disable it.
- Correct handling of non-VDP interrupts, which are now passed along to the interrupt chain.
-Removed the internal pseudo GameMaster-1 to release space for the enhancements. You can use GameMaster-2 with this game instead.
- Fixed inconsistent keyboard vs joystick interface: now when playing on the keyboard the player also jumps by pressing the secondary trigger (M or N key). The UP key is now only used to climb stairs. This solves the frustrating jumping-instead-of-climbing situations that happened before.
- Added support for the Mega-drive 3-button joy-pad connected though a joy-mega adapter. (START = pause, A-button = MAP). Don't connect the joy-pad directly to the MSX! The adapter *MUST* be used.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
FRSHacking

Reviews

Really great hack but stage 12...dearka6662024-01-24Version 1.0

Great hack, love it! Everything feels better and sounds better, but just as warning to people who got stuck on stage 12 like me. Pressing down and up isn't going to work anymore - you got to press down and press M or N.