Mario Kart romhack (Mach Rider)

Nintendo RabbitNintendo Rabbit
in The Brewery
I threw together a romhack since I wanted Mario Kart on the NES and I got in the mood from Mario Kart 8 on the WiiU.



What has been changed: The rider is now Mario, the barrels are now Boo.



Not sure if it's allowed to post the romfile here, if it is I'll upload it. In the meantime enjoy this screenshot =)



Comments

  • ProveauxProveaux
    Make a patch.



    http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/240/
  • Nintendo RabbitNintendo Rabbit
    Cheers! Hm,Can't figure out how to make a patch, I select the "create ips patch" option and then select the rom, then it asks me to open a file again instead of saving. Sorry for being new at this. Never created a patch before.
  • ProveauxProveaux
    I believe it ask you to first select unmodified rom then modified one. It sounds like you need a copy of the game that has not been changed.
  • Nintendo RabbitNintendo Rabbit
    Ahh, thanks!



    Hm, get an error from the site when I try to upload it, I'll try again a little bit later.
  • ProveauxProveaux
    Try dropbox or other site like that then put link here.
  • Nintendo RabbitNintendo Rabbit
    Okay, here it is. IPS patch: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=19261774895332656646
  • ShiruShiru
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel
    I assume you're intending to redraw the city-scape into something Mushroom Kingdom-esque?



    Do you think it's possible to turn the other riders into Koopa Troopa's? (rather than Mario's)



    Also, any plans to modify the gauges to feel more like Mario Kart?



    Conceptually, I love the idea.
  • Nintendo RabbitNintendo Rabbit
    I have given thoughts on editing a lot of things, but I have had a bit of a drain in the idea department so suggestions are appreciated. Hm, I haven't gotten far in the game, I've just met the cars, no other bike riders. But if they are mario's then I can't change that, it's the game re-using sprites. But if they are using other colors then you can pretend they are Luigi, Wario, Waluigi etc? ^^
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel

    Originally posted by: Nintendo Rabbit



    I have given thoughts on editing a lot of things, but I have had a bit of a drain in the idea department so suggestions are appreciated. Hm, I haven't gotten far in the game, I've just met the cars, no other bike riders. But if they are mario's then I can't change that, it's the game re-using sprites. But if they are using other colors then you can pretend they are Luigi, Wario, Waluigi etc? ^^

    I was basing my comments on Shiru's posted youtube video.



    I didn't see any cars, just other bike riders who looked like Mario when they turned their heads.



    I suspect with some manual hex-editing you could actually make them look at a different memory address for their graphics and make them non-mario-like.











    I think redoing the skyline (to look like a Mario level) and redoing the dashboard are more important to the overall feel, though.
  • TanookiTanooki
    Would it be possible to switch to another game that may have a few cars in its database so not everyone is Mario? I know Rad Racer has a few as does Al Unser unless they're too complicated.
  • arch_8ngelarch_8ngel

    Originally posted by: Tanooki



    Would it be possible to switch to another game that may have a few cars in its database so not everyone is Mario? I know Rad Racer has a few as does Al Unser unless they're too complicated.



    I was actually thinking it might be better to reskin a game like RC-ProAm so you are actually racing a fixed number of opponents around a closed course.



    Since RC-ProAm has 3 different body-types, you could nerf the chassis differences and just use them cosmetically.

    (have 2 that match for Mario/Wario or Mario/Luigi, and then use the other 2 types as distinct characters)





    Also, with RC-ProAm the weapons are in play (bombs are bananas and rockets are shells)





    The biggest downside is how many frames of animation exist for each car that need to be redrawn.
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