                          -=SUPER MARIO BROS. 1.5=-
                          A graphic hack by BMF54123
                                v1.0 - 2/16/99
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What is it?
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This patch will replace all the graphics in SMB with those from the Japanese
SMB2. It was a simple hack made with Tile Layer v0.50b.

What you need
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This patch. Duh. (MARIO1_2.IPS)

The SMB1 ROM _with the title screen_. It won't work on the other one. I chose
to hack the one with the title screen so I can possibly change it later. (I
need help on this. Read below.)

You'll also need an IPS patching utility. They can be found at Zophar's Domain
(http://zophar.net).

Problems
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Well, for the most part, the graphics from SMB2 fit perfectly into SMB without
having to modify any tile mappings. However, there are a few cases where the
graphics don't work like they should, one example being the "giant mushroom"
levels (the mushrooms look like orange clouds with stems). I'm not an expert
at in-depth ROM hacking, so I don't know how to change this. If you're a good
ROM hacker and would like to help me out, I would appreciate it. All I want to
do is change the mushrooms into white, stemless clouds. (Open MARIO15.ST1 in
NESticle to see what I'm talking about.)

Some other things I'd like to change:
* The title screen, so it says "Super Mario Bros. 1.5" (can be done)
* Add a poisonous mushroom (probably can't be done)
* Maybe alter Luigi's programming, so he acts like he does in SMB2 (probably
  can't be done)

Again, if you can help me out, I'd appreciate it.

Who did this?
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This ROM hack was made by BMF54123.

E-mail me at:
bmf54123@hotmail.com

Visit my webpage at:
http://welcome.to/rusted.logic
Soon-to-be home of RuSteD LOgIc ROM Hacks

Future releases
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Super Legend of the Blob Bros. 2 (a graphic hack of the U.S. SMB2)
Super Legend of the Blob Bros. 3 (hack of U.S. SMB3)
Dr. Blob (hack of Dr. Mario)

And if I have the time:
The Mega Blob series (hacks of Mega Man games)

That's all
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Ciao!
