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Phantasy Star II - Reduced Flicker and Flash

Original game : Phantasy Star II

Platform : GEN

Author : FlamePurge

Release date : 14 November 2020

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.00

Modifications : G, T

Downloads : 381

ROM Information

Phantasy Star II (USA, Europe) (Rev A).bin
No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20180824-045026)
SHA-1: 0711080E968490A6B8C5FAFBB9DB3E62BA597231
CRC32: 904FA047

Hack description

When battle units are damaged, they flicker three times, and the screen also flashes red three times. Not only does this needlessly drag battles out, but the flashing is an issue for people with photosensitive-related visual problems. Therefore, this set of patches has been made to slightly speed up battles and also eliminate the potential problems from screen flashing.

Source included for compatibility with lory1990's Phantasy Star II Disassembly.

To apply multiple IPS patches in tandem, the game image's checksum may need to be reverified with Kuwabara's tool Fix CheckSum.

Screenshots

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
veo	Hacking	Flicker and flash patches
FlamePurge	Hacking	Truncated reward message patch

Reviews

True to its word	zstandig	2022-11-10	Version 1.00
Flashes are gone and it does indeed make the battles go by a little faster. It may not sound like much, but it helps the game be less of a slog.