Title: F-Zero GP Legend - Inaccessible Courses added to Story Mode Author: PowerPanda Version: 1.0 Applies to: F-Zero - GP Legend (All Versions) Contents: us_courses.ips - The patch for the US rom eu_courses.ips - The patch for the European rom jp_courses.ips - The patch for the Japanese rom -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=Intro and Description=- F-Zero GP Legend has 2 fully-programmed courses within its code that are inaccessible through normal play. 1) Big Blue: Calm Sea - This course is exclusive to a single-pak multiplayer game. That is, 2 GBAs joined by a link cable with one GBA having an empty cartidge slot. When played, the track contained no music, due to the link cable data transfer limitations. While this required a specific setup on original hardware and was hard to access, it is completely inaccessible on most emulation setups. 2) Mute City II - This course is actually a remake of the SNES Mute City III. It is speculated that the Platinum Cup would have contained Expert mode variants, but this was the only track completed. It is not used anywhere in the game. GP Legend also has a story mode, which contains a mix of Grand Prix courses and exclusive courses. This patch replaces 2 of the story mode courses that borrow from Grand Prix with the 2 inaccessible courses. Big Blue: Calm Sea The final chapter of Rick's, Jack's, and Zoda's stories is an anticpated race on the planet Big Blue. When you get to the race, you find out that the course is simply Big Blue: Slip Highway, a track easily accessible in the Grand Prix Silver Cup. This patch replaces Slip Highway with Calm Sea. Calm Sea has the Big Blue music added. Mute City: Mute City II In Jody's and Rick's story, there is a chapter where their platoon has to race against each other. The course used for this is Mute City: Tradition Park, the first track of the Grand Prix Bronze Cup. This patch replaces Tradition Park with Mute City II. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=Patching Instructions and Compatibility=- Apply the correct IPS patch to your version of the rom. You may apply this before or after other patches. This patch is a low-impact patches that change single bytes in-line with the code. Unless you apply a patch that targets the same story mode chapters, this will likely be compatible. These have been tested with, and are compatible with: Anthony Ryuki's Port Town music fix GuyPerfect's e+ Complete patch, which unlocks all e-reader content. Both patches are recommeded to be used in combination with this patch, as that will allow you to play all of the F-Zero GP Legend content. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=Credits=- Hacking: PowerPanda Special Thanks: GuyPerfect Programs Used: HxD (Hex Editing), no$gba (Debugging), VBA and mGBA (Testing) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -=Code Changes=- CALM SEA All of the following addresses were changed from a value of 2A (Big Blue: Slip Highway) to 22 (Big Blue: Calm Sea): US rom JP rom 09/34E4 09/D830 09/388C 09/DBD8 09/3D6C 09/E0B8 50/FEE1 58/5EAF 52/1336 59/40BF 53/3F07 5A/3077 EU rom En De Fr Es It 09/8FA4 -- -- -- -- 09/934C -- -- -- -- 09/982C -- -- -- -- 52/82EF 55/20C3 58/034D 5A/B9C5 5D/2A0E 53/973A 56/5A6D 59/2BA2 5B/BF58 5E/4928 54/C305 57/A80D 5A/6631 5C/D421 5F/7DEA MUTE CITY II All of the following addresses were changed from a value of 28 (Mute City: Tradition Park) to 00 (Mute City II): US rom JP rom 09/3720 09/DA6C 09/3858 09/DBA4 51/B543 58/F4A0 52/0666 59/361F EU En De Fr Es It 09/91E0 -- -- -- -- 09/9318 -- -- -- -- 53/394B 55/EF38 58/C6B6 5B/677F 5D/E776 53/8A6A 56/4BCD 59/1D9E 5B/B380 5E/3C00