Mega Man II: The Mystery of Dr. Wily

Original game : Mega Man 2

Platform : NES

Author : RetroRain

Release date : 03 March 2014

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : T, O

Downloads : 1795

ROM Information

File: Mega Man 2 (U).nes
Length: 262160 Bytes (2 Mbit)
CRC32: 5E268761
MD5: 8E4BC5B0 3FFBD4EF 91400E92 E50DD294
SHA1: 2290D8D8 39A30321 9E9327EA 1451C5EE A430F53D

Hack description

What the hack contains:

- Minor text edits
- Slightly altered title screen
- The game now uses SRAM

The main feature of this hack is that the password system has been replaced with a save system. Whenever you complete a stage, the game will save the completed stage, your lives, E-Tanks, and the special items you obtain from Dr. Light.

RetroRain chose to call this hack Mega Man II: The Mystery of Dr. Wily, because the Japanese version is called Rockman 2: Dr. Wily no Nazo, which means "The Mystery of Dr. Wily" in English. So, this patch is simply an update to the English Mega Man II that was released.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
RetroRain	Hacking

Reviews

A Good Hack, indeed.	JamesSullivan3	2016-10-18	Version 1.1
While this is indeed a wonderful hack, one I would definitely recommend, doing away with the password system altogether and allowing the ability to save, I can't help but feel it's missing something. Namely, the ability to revisit the stages, which is a matter of simple hex-editing. Other than that, I would definitely recommend this hack.

Probably the best "improvement" that could be made for this game	eternalsage	2014-11-12	-
Most "improvement" mods/hacks I find to be more "I like this, regardless of what anyone thinks, so its better now" type mods. Of course, I happen to agree with many of these types of mods, but that is not the point. This is not a "this game is too easy" type of improvement, but instead the addition of a much needed feature that was to expensive in the game's original time to make it a worth while inclusion. The ability to save your game instead of use those silly passwords is the only improvement that I can consider legit to such an otherwise amazing game. Anything else is a case of not understanding the game design. At least, that's my opinion.

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