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Splatterhouse 3: Bloody Edition

Original game : Splatterhouse 3

Platform : GEN

Author : CRT_rex

Release date : 06 October 2021

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.2

Modifications : G

Downloads : 2038

ROM Information

USA
Database match: Splatterhouse 3 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: 7F29F00EC724E20CB93907F1E33AC4AF16879827
File/ROM CRC32: F05D07

JAPAN (commonly found, bad checksum, needs to be fixed before using patch)
Database match: Splatterhouse Part 3 (Japan, Korea)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: 1FCB8ADFDB19CB772ADABAC14E78C560D4F2E718
File/ROM CRC32: 31B83D22

JAPAN (after fixing the bad checksum, will work with patch)
Database match: not found
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: FCBE8091FBF586F514C6EBBAF96A3A8DC9FA3AC1
File/ROM CRC32: 7A5EC257

Hack description

I will put this right up top: the most common dump of the Japanese version of this game has a bad checksum. All there is to do if your patch fails to apply, is to use this tool to fix checksum in the rom before applying your patch:

https://retrohackers.net/utility-details.php?id=1610/

Thanks to Retroplay for bringing this to my attention and finding a solution. I can't do anything from my end, the problem is not my patch, but with the ROM dumped online. Just fix the bad checksum with the tool above, then patch it, that's it.

Anyway, this is a straight forward hack that simply replaces the green-colored "blood" with the more appropriate red blood. It is more in lieu with what the original developers had in mind, but Namco could not approve due to the strict censorship at the time. The developers have mentioned so in interviews.

If you like the original green slime, this hack is obviously not for you.

This is a strictly color-editing hack, no further changes were made. The game is left just as you remember, but blood is now red, that is all.

Update v1.1: The two spots featured in screenshots three and four that still had green blood have been fixed.

Update v1.2: A patch for the Japanese version has been made, including changes done in 1.1. No changes were made to the American patch, which remains the exact same.

All maps of the game have been carefully verified afterwards, and there seems to be no more green blood anywhere, so that should be it. There is an elusive pair of sprites I could not find, more details in the readme file. Enjoy.

Feel free to report any bugs or problems via a PM or in your review, thank you. But please, be patient, and again, if you're having trouble patching this game, it's going to be the bad checksum that plagues the Japanese dump commonly found online for sure, NOT my patch. Again, fix checksum, and it will work just fine.

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
CRT_rexDesign

Reviews

Well done but...Jack_Vincent132021-11-04Version 1.2

Wow, this is outstanding, and so appropriate for the season. And I just tested this and applied BillyTime! Games SRAM over this with no issues what so ever. Well done. I will say I honestly think the red could be just a bit darker though.

Cheers

A minor change, but a welcome oneSupergamerguy2021-10-30Version 1.2

I don't really have much to say about this hack, other than mentioning how much better it is with real blood than green goo/acid. I'm not even a big "gore" fan, but the red blood really completes the atmosphere and makes you feel like you're actually putting a dent into those monsters. As I'm sure many, many other people have said: "This is how it should have looked in the first place if Sega hadn't censored it" (or something to that effect).

I like it.TenZero2021-10-10Version 1.2

Its the little things sometimes that make a big difference. Having the blood actually be red is great. A good excuse to play the game again if nothing else. Thanks for this.

Color hack welcomeEllouco2021-10-10Version 1.0

Fantastic work. A seemingly simple detail that brought a much more interesting look to the game. We now have blood, something that was censored at the time the game was released.

We hope that you will bring this improvement to Splatterhouse 2 and also think about the possibility of being compatible with the Japanese version of the game, which is the most complete version in terms of history.

I recommend this color hack to everyone who, like me, appreciates this nostalgic franchise.

Rick Taylor had an hard day again!Algunar2021-10-06Version 1.2

An excellent work and much appreciated efforts from this author's patches!

This really makes the game much more appealing (even if "appealing" might probably not be the first word you would think of about Splatterhouse series) and brings so much more coherence with the gore environments and atmosphere of Splatterhouse.

Splatterhouse 3 was already a rather obscure Genesis true gem, it just goes bettter than ever now with this Bloody Edition!

Now that choice is given to anyone to select which Bloody Edition (s)he wants to play between US and Japanese version, everyone should hopefully be happy.

This being settled, some people should consider twice before giving some negative criticism too quickly and before blaming anyone to have developed and provided an amazing patch for one version of a rom instead of another one, regardless the considerable time and amount of work performed.

First things first, someone proposed an improvement solution for free, to begin with, and deserves therefore some respect for this, even if the first targeted rom was maybe not the best to be selected from start!

A small change goes a looong way..2spaz2021-10-04Version 1.0

The way it should have been.. Just GREAT The same color patch on SPH2 would be most welcome..

Not compatible with (J)1HomoErectus12021-10-04Version 1.0

While red blood looks normal, I see no reason to play the American version of the Splatterhouse 3 with all its questionable gameplay changes. The hack is not compatible with the Japanese version. When choosing between red blood and full-fledged game, I choose full-fledged game. Honestly, I always thought that this is not green blood in the original game, but some kind of green slime. Especially when the very first monsters already have red blood on their sprites in the original game, and show green slime only when they die.