Kid Chameleon Level Randomizer

Original game : Kid Chameleon

Platform : GEN

Author : BillyTime! Games

Release date : 02 February 2023

Category : Complete

Patch version : 1.1a

Modifications : L

Downloads : 410

ROM Information

Database match: Kid Chameleon (USA, Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20210226-213851)
File/ROM SHA-1: 28B904000B2863B6760531807760B571F1A5FC1D
File/ROM CRC32: CE36E6CC

Hack description

This patch is designed to Randomize all levels in Kid Chameleon.

How it works:
*Upon pressing start, you are given three lives and no continues.
*Your player will be given a random level, including boss levels.
*Levels are constantly randomized during gameplay.

v1.1 Update
*Restart round life penalty removed.
*Randomizer modified to prevent duplicate levels during gameplay.

NOTE:
*Two Player mode is disabled with this patch
*Patch is NOT compatible with any other Kid Chameleon hack

Patching instructions can be found in the readme.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
BillyTime! Games	Original Hacking

Reviews

Great idea, somewhat flawed implementation (updated review for 1.1)	belthegor	2023-02-08	Version 1.1a
First of all, Kid Chameleon is one of my favorite games of all time, so it was great to see someone finally do something like this. However, a few unfortunate flaws did detract from my experience: Repeating levels. I found myself having to replay the same levels way more times than I'd care to. I even got the same level twice in a row on at least one occasion. If some logic could be implemented to prevent the same level from being picked more than once, that would be great. It'd make the hack less repetitive and give the player a good sense of progression. Removal of continues. It would be better to allow the player to decide whether or not they wish to have continues. This isn't a big problem for emulator/savestate users but is obviously limiting and punishing on real hardware. One instance of a game-breaking bug: dying in the same level twice caused a complete game reset back to title screen, despite the fact that I had plenty of lives left. (The stage I was playing happened to be Ice God's Vengeance, if that makes a difference.) If these issues could be fixed, this hack would be practically perfect. I do still recommend checking this hack out if you're a fan of the game, though. v1.1a Update: The removal of the life loss penalty for choosing to restart a round in the pause screen is a nice addition. However, the issue of duplicate levels unfortunately does not appear to be fixed. I am still getting level repeats during gameplay. And to be clear, in this case I don't mean getting the same level twice consecutively, I mean having to play some maps multiple times over the course of one playthrough. It can get extremely repetitive.

Finally done!	tvtoon	2023-01-30	Version 1.0
BillyTime hacks never worked for me, and I often think it is an annoyance going through "Sound Test" and pressing some weird combination to have battery backup in some games, but this one is a given! Press start to play in any stage, over and over, totally random after completion, from "Lost Woods" to "Plethora", only emulation bugs seem to lock the play. It is an often requested feature that fills in greatly for this game, way to go for the author!

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