=======================Parody World==================== ======================Monster Party==================== ==========================V1.00======================== Genre: Action/Platformer Source language: Japanese Platform: Famicom Patch language: English Author: Pennywise/rainponcho E-mail: yojimbogarrett@gmail.com http://yojimbo.eludevisibility.org/ ====================================================== About Monster Party ====================================================== Background: This is one of those Japanese made games that was only released in the US in censored form. It had always intrigued me because there were rumblings of a Japanese prototype that existed where the game was quite different. So, when a prototype finally got into the hands of people willing to dump the ROM, translating this bizarre game became possible, but let me tell you about them people. A few years ago in the illegal reproduction community, two brothers(?) acquired the prototype cartridge after spending a nice sum of money. To recoup their money, they decided to do a reproduction run of the unaltered prototype and after a certain period of time, they would release the ROM on the internet. Well, it's great that they decided to release the ROM, but they had no rights to produce those reproductions and committed a blatant act of piracy in the process. What's more is that they produced a pile of useless junk because the prototype while uncensored, is still an unfinished piece of work that lacks the extra polish of the US version. But hey, at least something good came out of the folly of others. This translation is not a straight translation and is more akin to a localization especially in regards to the boss text. Myself and Ryusui went through the text and made many changes so that the end result would be a humorous one. Eien ni Hen also lended some feedback for the text to improve our translation. Now for the really important part. In addition to hacking and translating, I enlisted the aid of rainponcho to port over all of the positive changes made to the US version. He spent quite a bit of time and effort doing and deserves the utmost praise for his work. This is the list of changes he made to the game. Backport stage 9 nose shield Backport stage 9 boy, boss palette Backport ending princess music Backport game over music Backport stage 2 blood drops Backport stage 4 floating blocks Backport room door close, open Backport music engine fix - multi-control code bytes ptr advance Backport stage 8 dragon starting behavior Backport stage 5 zombie behavior Backport stage 6 shadow behavior Backport key sfx Backport stage clear sfx Backport stage clear health regain Backport empty room random powerup Backport alien, javelin, samurai, guitar sfx Backport cat, cow, medusa sfx Backport pause sfx Backport unpause music fix Backport stage 1 dark world music Backport stage 7 floor 5,8,9 layout Backport stage 7 elephant graphic Backport boss hit flashing palettes Backport boss room starting position Backport stage 4 enemy layout Backport stage 6 dialog boxes Backport stage 3,5,6 palette animations Backport stage 2 shrimp - onion - kebab boss Clear screen when printing text Faster text printing Improve status bar scanline flicker Improve boss wall collision detection Improve stage 5 zombie collision detection Improve stage 9 boss rng Randomize stage 6 shadows Fix stage 7 floor 5,8,9 column gfx Fix boss, key sound sfx play priority Play stage 9 clear music However, the totem pole boss is still unfinished and there will be at least one more update to the translation with a finished version of that boss. ====================================================== Patching Instructions ====================================================== The patch is in either IPS or BPS format and can be applied with FLIPS which can be found here: http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/1040/ The patch needs to be applied to the Japanese prototype and not the US ROM. Monster Party Famicom Proto.nes We would be highly grateful, if you find some time to contact us with proposals or corrections. Information on found bugs or corrections would be highly appreciated. P.S. Support the game industry by buying used games! Even if the money doesn't go to the developers directly, as the games become rare and harder to find, the price goes up, and people become more inclined to buy new releases "while they can!" ====================================================== Credits go to: Pennywise - hacking, localization rainponcho - hacking Ryusui - translation, localization M-Tee - title screen design and hacking Eien ni Hen - feedback cccmar - testing ====================================================== Compiled by Pennywise. July 2017.