NintendoAge http://nintendoage.com/forum/ -Sqooner Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-03T19:44:01 -05.00 monsterx 8 Originally posted by: labelwhore

Kind of off topic, but monsterx, have you played MR. T Ate My Balls? It's an absolutely hilarious hack of Willow (if not a little crude and childish).
I just came across it recently, but haven't booted it up yet. Definitely going to check it out. 
  ]]> Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-03T09:29:14 -05.00 monsterx 8 Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-02T14:51:28 -05.00 monsterx 8 Originally posted by: monsterx
 
Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

One issue is that the shield sprites only exist for the face-on orientation.

When Willow swings his sword, or turns to any other facing, the shield is going to look like it switches to something else, unless you do a fairly extensive graphic hack to find a place in memory for the extra shield animations.
 
I was playing last night and was thinking about this as well, I'm thinking of just starting with color swapping shield and sword. That should keep me occupied for months.  

  You'll probably have to get creative with it, since there are enough different shield and sword combinations that you run the risk of having too many colors in use, depending on how you try to mechanize it.

  ]]> Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-02T14:17:39 -05.00 monsterx 8 Originally posted by: Memblers

If you don't know 6502 at all, modifying the code will be quite difficult though.  I am completely new to 6502, though have learned some assembly in college. Going through bunny man's guides over the next couple of weeks, to get an idea of what I'm in for.  ]]> Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-02T14:12:18 -05.00 monsterx 8 Originally posted by: arch_8ngel

One issue is that the shield sprites only exist for the face-on orientation.

When Willow swings his sword, or turns to any other facing, the shield is going to look like it switches to something else, unless you do a fairly extensive graphic hack to find a place in memory for the extra shield animations.
  I was playing last night and was thinking about this as well, I'm thinking of just starting with color swapping shield and sword. That should keep me occupied for months.  

  ]]> Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-02T10:03:33 -05.00 monsterx 8
When Willow swings his sword, or turns to any other facing, the shield is going to look like it switches to something else, unless you do a fairly extensive graphic hack to find a place in memory for the extra shield animations.


The sword palette swap is probably much easier to do. ]]> Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-02T05:00:56 -05.00 monsterx 8 [Hack] Possible Willow hack? http://nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=22&threadid=165133 2016-08-02T02:30:50 -05.00 monsterx 8
So, question to the NES programmers out there... too difficult, not possible, or definitely doable? I'm just starting to look into the inner workings and limitations of the NES chipset. 
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