PATCH CONTENT: (Note: some bullet points are denoted *REMOVED* or *TWEAKED* to signal that a feature that was in the original patch is different or missing.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Man II: The Mystery of Dr. Wily by RetroRain >SRAM save game replaces the password system >Minor text edits >*REMOVED* New title screen and copyright splash screen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Man 2 - QoL Fixes by Ratheronfire >Using E-Tanks while full on health does not waste E-Tanks >E-Tanks are preserved on game over >Energy balancer added, weapon energy that you pick up while using buster, or a weapon full on energy, will now go to your most depleted weapon (Atomic Fire sound plays whenever a weapon not in use has become full on energy) >Energy Tank display updated to look more like lives display >E-Tanks collected beyond max ammount shall no longer play jingle >Quick Man AI altered to make him less likely to get stuck on walls. >*TWEAKED* E-Tank limit increased from 4 to 9 like in later games (99 in the original hack, reduced due to absurdity) >*TWEAKED* Life limit decreased from 98 to 9 (increased to 99 in the original hack, reduced due to absurdity) >*TWEAKED* Increased "Get Weapon" text speed to appear every fourth frame (appeared every single frame in the original hack, reduced due to absurdity) >*TWEAKED* E-Tanks are now properly saved thanks to SRAM (5 E-Tanks and beyond would mess up passwords in the original hack) >*REMOVED* Roof adjusted in Wily 4 Sniper Joe hallway -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Man 2 - Weapon Rebalance by Nali >Weapon damage balanced dramatically on all enemies, bosses, and entities in general, with 117 buffs/nerfs in total, mostly to make non-damaging weapons deal damage. All bosses made slightly more vunerable to certain weapons, excluding Alien. >Faster fire rate for Quick Boomerang >Air Man's tornado patterns adjusted to be more reasonably dodgeable, although still roughly difficult. >*TWEAKED* Altered weapon consumption for each weapon. >Atomic Fire buffed to 0/2/4 energy per shot depending on charge level (1/2/4 energy in original hack, mixed with Weapon Hack) >Air Shooter buffed to 1 energy per shot >Leaf Shield buffed to 1 energy per shot (2 energy per shot for Leaf Shield in original, Weapons Hack overrode it) >Lead Bubble is unchanged >Quick Boomerang nerfed to 1 energy per 4 shots (1 energy per 6 shots in original hack) >Time Stopper buffed to 2 energy per use (unchanged in original hack, Weapons Hack overrode it) >Metal Blade nerfed to 1 energy per shot >Crash Bomber buffed to 2 energy per shot >Item 1 buffed to 1 energy per use (unchanged in original hack, buffed for less item energy grinding) >Item 2 and 3 energy consumption halved >*TWEAKED* Atomic Fire charges faster, skips first charge phase, and altered palettes (simply charged faster in original hack, mixed with Weapon Hack) >*TWEAKED* Adjusted checkpoints in Wily Stages 1-4 and 6 (added boss checkpoints in Wily Stages 1-4 originally, altered Wily Stage 6's checkpoints, leading to the only stage layout change in the entire game.) >*REMOVED* Mega Man's health and weapon bars fill up faster in-game (Weapon Hack has a better implementation) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mega Man II Weapon Hack by omega_rugal >Health and weapon bars universally fill faster >Leaf Shield can now be used while moving, and can be shot in any 4 direction with the B button >Crash Bomber can now be detonated manually with the B button once it latches onto a surface, and no longer has a timed detonation >*TWEAKED* Time Stopper no longer drains all your energy in one use, instead freezing time in usable bursts of 1.5 seconds (1.75 without startup animation), for a total of 21 seconds (24.5 without startup animation), more than twice the length of the original and now able to kill Quick Man by itself, Mega Man also becomes invulnerable (lasted 4 seconds (4.25 without startup animation) in original hack, for a total of 56 seconds (59.5 with startup animation), nerfed due to absurdity) >*TWEAKED* Atomic Fire charges faster, skips first charge phase, and altered palettes (simply skips first phase and alters palettes in original hack, mixed with Weapon Rebalance) >*TWEAKED* Altered weapon consumption for each weapon. >Atomic Fire buffed to 0/2/4 energy per shot depending on charge level (0/1/3 energy in original hack, mixed with Weapon Rebalance) >Air Shooter buffed to 1 energy per shot >Leaf Shield buffed to 1 energy per shot >Lead Bubble is unchanged (1 energy per shot in original hack, reverted to make Alien less stressful) >Quick Boomerang nerfed to 1 energy per 4 shots (unchanged in original hack) >Time Stopper buffed to 2 energy per use >Metal Blade nerfed to 1 energy per shot (unchanged in original hack, mixed with Weapon Rebalance) >Crash Bomber buffed to 2 energy per shot (1 energy per shot in original hack, mixed with Weapon Rebalance) >Item 1 buffed to 1 energy per use (infinite in original hack, reverted due to absurdity) >Item 2 and 3 energy consumption halved (infinite in original hack, mixed with Weapon Rebalance) >*REMOVED* Start out with one free E-Tank in your inventory (too generous) >*REMOVED* Floor friction increased to mimic future Mega Man games (I'm only removing this bc I don't want negative reviews for something as minor as this even though this makes zero difference and people always praise its removal when it's MM1 but complain when it's this game ksdjajksdjkkasdsoadpd) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Exclusive to Mega Man 2 Megamix by DannyPlaysSomeGames >Editing of all patches to be fully compatible with each other >Stages can now be revisited from the stage select >Tweakeed title screen text from "Normal/Difficult" to "Beginner/Veteran" >Slightly adjusted bar at the bottom of stage select screen >Made palette more consistent on Picopico-kun >Removed unnecessary hyphens for weapon names on "Get Weapon" screen -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHANGELOG: v1.00 >Initial patch with all content v1.01 >Undid change to Wily Stage 3's checkpoints due to game-over inducing glitch involving scrolling