Roll♥chan 3 Hacked by Zynk Oxhyde 2014 -------------- Date Released: -------------- v1.0 December 17, 2014; In commemoration of Rockman/Mega Man 27th Anniversary and beyond! Yay! XD v3.0 January 14, 2024; In commemoration of Rockman/Mega Man 36th Anniversary AND Roll-chan 10th Anniversary and beyond! Yay! XD ------------ Description: ------------ This is a player sprite hack of Rockman 3/Mega Man III for the NES! This hack changes Rock's player sprites into his sister Roll! There are three (3) Roll-chan skins to choose from: * Megaman 1 (Classic) Roll-chan * Megaman 8 Roll-chan * Megaman 11 Roll-chan ------ Story: ------ In the year 20XX, after the defeat of Dr. Wily, the mad scientist have denounced his evil ways & vowed to help preserving world peace. With that, he joined hands with Dr. Light & together they constructed a giant peace-keeping robot, Gamma. To complete Gamma, they need energy crystals found in nearby mining planets. However, chaos ensues when the robots inhabiting those planets turned violent, preventing them from gathering the resources. Roll is sent to investigate & retrieve the crystals but hindered by the Robot Masters that rule those planets. Along the way, Roll encounters a mysterious robot called Break Man, who challenges her mettle in battle. Mysteries starts to unravel as Roll fights her way around the different worlds & discovering the mastermind behind this evil scheme. On her third adventure, Roll now has a support unit, Tango, her pet cat modified for combat, who can transform into transportation units. -------- Changes: -------- (v3.0 - 01/14/2024) * Updated Megaman 1 Roll-chan skin * Updated Megaman 8 Roll-chan skin * Added Megaman 11 Roll-chan skin * Updated Get Weapon sprites * New Stage Select palettes (v2.2 - 06/10/16) * New colors for the Title logo (v2.1 - 04/06/16) *Top Spin sprite fixed *Top Spin palette changed *Topman mouth added *MM2 Boss colors and weapons matched *Number List texts centered (v2.0 - 12/28/15) *NEW ROLL-CHAN SPRITES! *NEW GET WEAPON SPRITES FOR MM8 ROLL *Roll's sliding sprite fixed *Protoman's sprites edited, esp. his scarf *Protoman mostly appears as Breakman *Boss life meter palette changed to their body color *Retouched some Robot Masters' and enemies sprites (too many to mention) *Tango Marine is now called Tango Diver *Centered Get Weapon screen texts *Stage Select/Password screen fix & Top Spin energy drain fix (thanks to kuja killer) (v1.0 12/17/2014) * Rockman/Mega Man's player sprites are changed to his sister, Roll * Replaced Rock with Roll in the Intro, End & Get Weapon * Replaced Rush with Tango! * Other notable changes: * The Titlescreen * The 1UP * Weapon colors changed * Roll Top Spin * Needle Cannon shots are smaller * PRESS START changed to STAGE SELECT * Rockman/Mega Man texts changed to Roll * Sparkman now has a complete face * Blues/Proto Man has a mouth * Bubbleman & Quickman as seen in Roll-chan 2 * See the Ending. <3 --------- ZIP file: --------- 1. This readme 2. ROLLCHAN3-JP folder a. ROLLCHAN3-JP-MM1_v3.ips b. ROLLCHAN3-JP-MM8_v3.ips c. ROLLCHAN3-JP-MM11_v3.ips 3. ROLLCHAN3-US folder a. ROLLCHAN3-US-MM1_v3.ips b. ROLLCHAN3-US-MM8_v3.ips c. ROLLCHAN3-US-MM11_v3.ips ---------------------------------- How to use patch to unaltered ROM: ---------------------------------- * Use ROLLCHAN3-JP.ips on Rockman 3 (J) ROM * Use ROLLCHAN3-US.ips on Mega Man III (U) ROM -------------------------------------------- How to patch on hacked Rockman 3/Mega Man III ROM: -------------------------------------------- * Patch first the unaltered ROM with your favorite Rockman 3/Mega Man 3 hack patch, then apply Roll-chan patch. If the hack is in (U) or (J) then use the corresponding patches. * Doing it viceversa & your ROM may get glitched, most notably the titlescreen since its edited. However, some hacks may have minor bugs after doing the aforementioned & may revert some enemy AI, weapon weaknesses, boss AI, etc. back to its original state. ---------------- ROM Information: ---------------- Database match: Rockman 3 - Dr. Wily no Saigo! (Japan) Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: E82C532DE36C6A5DEAF08C6248AEA434C4D8A85A File CRC32: FCE6CEA2 ROM SHA-1: F8B186609BBE3AD77D294A5E07F26B7E111A5564 ROM CRC32: D9F1E47C Database match: Mega Man 3 (USA) Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042) File SHA-1: 0728DB6B8AABF7E525D930A05929CAA1891588D0 File CRC32: BE6DBB5D ROM SHA-1: 6780B3FCC547C013EE45AFAC6BB30C6FC6D8B46E ROM CRC32: 603AAA57 -------- Credits: -------- Zynk Oxhyde - Hacking and Roll Sprites ---------- Utilities: ---------- Capcom Sprite Assembler by Matrixz MegaFLE X by Matrixz WindHex hex editor by Bongo` YY-CHR ROM graphics editor by YY FCEUX NES emulator debuggers --------------- Special Thanks: --------------- Romhacking.net - for hosting the patch Sprites Inc. - for the ripped sprites of Roll from various Rockman/Mega Man games (http://www.sprites-inc.co.uk/) kuja killer - for Mega Man III Improvement notes and bugfix help -------- Contact: -------- Email: zynkoxhyde@yahoo.com ----------- Disclaimer: ----------- * Zynk Oxhyde is not related or affiliated with Nintendo and the publisher of the original game. * Do not sell this patch and the contents with it. * Do not sell the pre-patched ROM into reproduction cartridges. * Do not redistribute this patch and the contents with it on other sites without expressed permission from Zynk Oxhyde.