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Bomb Jack Dx

Original game : Bomb Jack

Platform : GB

Author : MojoDodo

Release date : 25 April 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : G, T, O

Downloads : 1559

ROM Information

Database match: Bomb Jack (Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: A2B2799E867777A5A19155ED1F2245630FC03560
File/ROM CRC32: 9BD8815E

Hack description

A big overhaul of Bomb Jack for the gameboy.

Adding colors, fixes and improvements.

This hack includes:

* Colors everywhere
* Added an info screen on game start, since most videos on youtube people stuggled with the controls
* High score table now saves
* New flashier graphics for Level, bonus and game over screens
* Still plays on DMG
* Removed continue after gameover

Apply to "Bomb Jack (Europe).gb" md5sum = 7615154dc9afb1a7d7d2fe63b76c68e4

Credits
Zombie101 - GBC instructions screen graphics
MojoDodo - Everything else

History
2022/04/25 v1.0

Screenshots

Contributions

ContributorType of contributionDescription
Zombie101GraphicsGBC Instructions Screen Graphics
MojoDodoHacking

Reviews

Awesome! But why...yeppo2023-03-16Version 1.0

So first, yes, you should use this. It looks great, and it adds fun. The huge lettering for bonuses and levels is strangely satisfying, which I didn't expect :)

If only it didn't take away the continues...

EDIT: Note the bold lettering I have just mentioned sadly don't get ported to the monochrome version. But the high scores do get saved, so this is nice also if you're playing on DMG/GBP/SGB

A good start, but needs more polish.Bluestreak2022-04-28Version 1.0

It's nice to see a fun and addictive classic get a colorization for sure, however, it does need a little more time and work done. For one, it doesn't seem to be too much more colorful than a GB game when played on GBC in most cases. Having Bomb Jack's sprite be made with the same skin shade, but with red and blue instead of red and black, with less colourful versions of the arcade sprites ported in (and resized if needed) would be one way to increase the quality, and another using similar greys the enemies use in the arcade version of the enemies.

Try just to take a little more advantage of the hardware and its colour abilities if you can, and you could have a colorization shockingly close to the arcade before you know it!

Awesome job! What a random surprise!atpstudios2022-04-26Version 1.0

This is a MASSIVE upgrade to the green tinted original for sure! So weird I just recently discovered this game and thought it would benefit from color! GREAT JOB KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!! :) THANK YOU!

I must say I was also impressed as the colors on the actual Gameboy Color are WAY more contrasted. You may want to update the screenshots on here since they look really muddy and washed out.