Super Mario Advance Color Restoration

Original game : Super Mario Advance

Platform : GBA

Author : Asaki

Release date : 22 November 2008

Category : Improvement

Patch version : cr160626

Modifications : G

Downloads : 12757

ROM Information

Database match: Super Mario Advance (USA, Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy Advance (v. 20180816-092117)
File/ROM SHA-1: F071D45D8F5CB05B48D7D2B804C6CB6A79AD96FB
File/ROM CRC32: 1E4C6D6A

Hack description

This is a full color restoration for Super Mario Advance Enjoy!

==Update==
Author submitted a cr160626 version. To be clear, this is -not- a "full restoration", and is maybe 70% completed. Changed ROM information to point at the correct ROM (USA, not Europe).

==Another Update==
This hack is discontinued, check out Mister Man's patch instead! https://retrohackers.net/hack-details.php?id=6439/

For reference, it is unclear which changes (from SNES to GBA) are deliberate, and which are mistakes. Hoopster being yellow/brown seems like a mistake, since it is red in the manual.

To change it back to red, go to these two addresses and change 21 to 23:
0x00344ED4 and 0x00344EDC

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Asaki	Hacking

Reviews

Red Plumber still Bright?	Koopa_Trooper	2019-06-14	Version cr160626
Hey, so uhh... the patch works... except Mario still sports his GBA palette. I know this isn't 100% finished, but the screenshots show him in the Super Nintendo palette. Any clarification may be deemed helpful. Other than that, this hack is great!

Good colors	MathUser2929	2016-06-05	Version 1.0
I tried this hack and it's true. The colors are about the same as the SNES version. This goes a long way in making it enjoyable on emulators. If only Nintendo released the original game to have this palette selectable on non-original GBA's. Woulda been pretty sweet.

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