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Magical Quest 3 - No Letterbox Hack

Original game : Mickey to Donald: Magical Adventure 3

Platform : SNES

Author : RPGONE

Release date : 18 June 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P

Downloads : 1750

ROM Information

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

Hack description

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.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
JonnyHacking

Reviews

Simple but mandatorybigbob2020-06-30Version 1.0

It is more conformable to have a true full screen. I don't understand why it is only the case in the first game. I hope that we will have a similar hack for "Magical Quest 2 - The Great Circus Mystery starring Mickey and Minnie Mouse".

Subtle but Nice UpgradeNeon Streetlight2020-06-27Version 1.0

Wow! Really happy this hack exists. It never bothered me having the letterbox look but it's wonderful not seeing those black bars anymore. The hack does exactly what it says it does, easily seem on the screenshots, and game performance still feels great. Awesome job - thanks for making it!