ActRaiser MSU-1 Version 1.0 by DarkShock This hack adds CD quality audio to ActRaiser using the MSU-1 chip invented by byuu. The hack has been tested on SD2SNES, bsnes-plus 073.1b and higan 094. The patched ROM needs to be named actraiser_msu1.sfc. The music pack can be found here: http://www.mediafire.com/file/biiqxaf3jncd9vi/ActRaiser_MSU1_Music.7z Original ROM specs: ACTRAISER-USA 1048576 Bytes (8.0000 Mb) Padded: Maybe, 32768 Bytes (0.2500 Mb) Interleaved/Swapped: No Backup unit/emulator header: No Internal size: 8 Mb Version: 1.0 Checksum: Ok, 0x83db (calculated) == 0x83db (internal) Inverse checksum: Ok, 0x7c24 (calculated) == 0x7c24 (internal) Checksum (CRC32): 0xeac3358d =============== = Using BSNES = =============== 1. Patch the ROM 2. Unzip the .pcm 3. Launch the game =============== = Using higan = =============== 1. Patch the ROM 2. Launch it using higan 3. Go to %USERPROFILE%\Emulation\Super Famicom\actraiser_msu1.sfc in Windows Explorer. 4. Copy manifest.bml and the .pcm file there 5. Run the game ==================== = Using on SD2SNES = ==================== Drop the ROM file, actraiser_msu1.msu and the .pcm files in any folder. (I really suggest creating a folder) Launch the game and voilą, enjoy ! =========== = Credits = =========== * DarkShock - ASM hacking & coding, Music editing * Abyss Rebirth - Music reorchestration (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svWGSOT17XA) ========= = Music = ========= 00 = Fillmore 01 = Sky Palace 02 = Bloodpool ~ Casandora 03 = The Beast Appears (Boss Battle 1) 05 = Aitos ~ Temple 06 = Powerful Enemy (Boss Battle 2) 07 = Opening 08 = Descent 09 = Piramid ~ Marana 10 = Birth of the People 12 = North Wall 13 = All over the World 14 = Satan 15 = Silence (name of the track, not actual silence) (No Loop) 16 = Sacrifices 19 = Peaceful World 21 = Ending (Long Track) ============= = Compiling = ============= Source is availabe on GitHub: https://github.com/mlarouche/ActRaiser-MSU1 To compile the hack you need * bass v14 (http://files.byuu.org/download/bass_v14.tar.xz) * msupcm (https://github.com/qwertymodo/msupcmplusplus) To distribute the hack you need * uCON64 (http://ucon64.sourceforge.net/) * 7-Zip (http://www.7-zip.org/) make.bat assemble the patch distribute.bat distribute the patch make_all.bat does everything