Gimmick! Quality-of-Life Mod

Original game : Mr. Gimmick

Platform : NES

Author : SadColor

Release date : 22 September 2022

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : P

Downloads : 667

ROM Information

Database match: Gimmick! (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: 835FEE060B15700163A1F8AD9716A163BF79C8FD
File CRC32: 15F688B6
ROM SHA-1: 9336C1968359C55C3E4438579C7BF14C443EDEBE
ROM CRC32: D65E7C7

Hack description

This is a hack for Gimmick! (J) that aims to make the jumping mechanics more forgiving.
It accomplishes this with the following two changes:

The player can now jump a couple of frames after they fall off of a platform.

The player can now press A a few frames before landing and they will jump once they land.

These changes make it less likely that a jump input gets "lost", especially when making tight jumps or jumping off of slopes and moving surfaces.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
SadColor	Hacking

Reviews

Gimmick is really good this makes it better	PoyoPoyo1985	2024-06-27	Version 1.0
Gimmick or Mr.gimmick for people outside of Japan is a good game but it's hard. This hack makes little easier and more fun so good job hacker!

Dealing with gimmicks just got a whole lot easier	Supergamerguy	2023-07-22	Version 1.0
This is a must-use hack for "Gimmick!". As a player who'd never seen the game past the first stage before, this patch makes tackling the brutally difficult platforming sections a little more forgiving. Jumping off slopes feels much better now, as well as frantically jumping around stages to avoid enemy projectiles.

This makes a much bigger difference than I thought it would	Captain N	2022-09-23	Version 1.0
When I first patched this and gave it a try I didn't really think it would make that much of a difference but when I played the game back to back with the unpatched version, the difference was night and day and it makes the game just that little bit more responsive and forgiving to play. I would actually love to see more patches for old NES games that allowed for Coyote-jumping and the ability to start another jump slightly before you actually land the first.

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