Retro Gaming News 157: Destiny Has a New Emperor

"Massive game play improvements over the original Destiny of an Emperor:
FCE 2.1.5 Emulator is required to run this mod. Using other, untested emulators such as NESten, will likely produce graphical errors. Download FCE 2.1.5 here:
FCE Ultra Emulator Download Page
Rise of Ieyasu 2.0 enhancements included are:

• Brand new story based off of the Sengoku Era of Japan
• Officer Agility Stats - now viewable in the status screen
• New leveling schemes and level 52 now possible
• Iron Ore / Treasure Chest Bug Fix
• Terrain graphical changes
• Modified soldier bar length/color
• Modified TP Gains
• Modified gold gains
• Smoke Pot Time Increased
• Battle balancing
• New Weapon and Armor Stats
• New Tactics Code by MiDKnighT: ‘Duel’, ‘Blitz’, ‘Protect’, ‘Guard’, and Resurrect Tactics
• Officer ‘perma-deaths’ possible in Duels
• 8 Tactic Slots Unlocked
• Ludmeister’s Tactic and Agility-Based Attack Code
• Many unique classes of officers
• ALL NEW officers
• New portraits by sonic.penguin
• New sprites by sonic.penguin and MiDKnighT
• New soldier bar and sprite colors
• Valuable Steeds give 2x attacks
• Critical hit formula changes
• Increased difficulty
• Increased experience gains
• Music Changes
• Faster/cleaner dialogue after battles, in menus, and when dealing with merchants to eliminate extra keystrokes
• Entirely new bonus section of the game… can you conquer the Path of Heaven?

Visit the http://lordyuanshu.com/forums for the latest updates on this mod and more Destiny of an Emperor mod releases from sonic.penguin!"

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Has the ROM hacking community finally found a patching format to call their own?

"For some time now the ROM hacking community has been plagued with problems and limitations of the IPS format, which is the most popular patching format used by ROM hackers. There have been several attempts to resolve these problems, with the most notable attempts being Ninja and UPS.
Well, byuu, one of the co-developers of the UPS format (meant to be an enhancement to the IPS format), decided to start from scratch and create a patching format that would meet all the primary needs of the ROM hacking community. This format is called BPS and it is fairly robust and offers no file size limits, smaller patch sizes, non linear patching, embedded readme files, and much more.
byuu recently confirmed that the specification has been finalized, after the inclusion of folder/directory patching. byuu stated, “BPS is a done deal. Extremely well vetted, tested against thousands of files. It’s not going anywhere”. With the final addition of folder patching we can not only patch single files but entire CD directories or PC game folders.
August of this year he released beat which can apply and create BPS files and, as with most of byuu’s projects, it is open source and highly portable. Visit the RHDN project page to read all that beat/BPS can offer and take the time to try it out and see if BPS is a good fit for your ROM hacking project."

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Finds 450: Nintendo Gamecube Component Cable

I picked up this awesome Gamecube and you know why? Because it came with the rare component cable! They are insanely expensive for a cable, just check eBay! Anyways, I'm not sure if I'm going to keep it around or sell it off. 

Nintendo Gamecube Component Cable (GC)

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Retrobeat Tuesdays 032: Sonic Green Hill

Here is a classic tune that many of you should have in your MP3 player!! ^_^ Sonic 4 life!!!

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Animonday 032: Dot Hack Sign Intro

Here is another sweet intro of a very peculiar anime. It's based on online gaming so many of you must be familiar with it. The story is very interesting. It's based on this gamer that can't log off the online world. The person's body goes into a comma and the other players in the game are trying to find out how to help. 

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Finds 449: Original Gameboy, Tecmo Baseball, and Disney Game

Here are a couple of finds from a couple of days ago. I picked them up for half price so couldn't say no to them. It's nothing great but I do enjoy Tecmo games and original gameboys are on my list. The DS game might be a gift since it's sealed. 

Original Game Boy

Tecmo Baseball (NES)

Tinkerbell (NDS)

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3DS Pic of the Week 050: Cosplay Gal

I figure out since we just got passed Halloween that I would upload a pic related to it. Well, this is not a Halloween pic at all but one of a con. I think she is quite adorable and I'm guessing she wanted to get hand cuffed? lol! Enjoy the pic!

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Pirate Game of the Week 053: Jungle Book 2 (FC)

This game might seem new to many but it's definitely a pirate of a pirate. As you can see, pirates can sometimes be innovative but can also be quite repetitive and lack in inspiration. This game in particular is just a hacked version of Donkey Kong Country pirate for the Famicom. Care to see any differences? There aren't many but we can go through the different categories.

The music is the same as Donkey Kong Country pirate. There is really not much to say about it except that it's repetitive and quite annoying at times. Definitely pirate made.

What to say about the graphics? They are the same as the pirate of Donkey Kong except for the title screen hack and the Jungle Boy itself. He was definitely done with some care but that doesn't make up the fact that this is a game made for monkeys not jungle people.

Your experience will not differ from the original. You can jump and tackle the bad guys as if you were Donkey Kong himself. The levels are rough to play through though. It's mainly because of the gravitational pull your character receives. It's quite shocking to say the least.

The game itself is not worth a replay. Unless you like Jungle Boy then I wouldn't recommend coming back to it. It just feels out of place. In fact, you are better off playing the SNES release of the game. It's that simple.

This is one game you might not be excited about. It's definitely a lazy work of a pirate. Just edit the title and change the main character won't do much especially with the wrong game. I do have to admit they could've pulled it off if they did some level editing but there is just too much Donkey Kong in it to feel like a different game even if you are still in the jungle. 

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Find of the Month (October)

We got back to our normal selves and had quite a lot of postings. Awesome finds such as the Contra Hard Corps CIB for the Genesis and Dragon Quest V for the Famicom were very neat finds but this one beat them overall. Doki Doki Panic is a FDS game that was released back in the Famicom/NES era. The game was never brought to cart form until some savvy pirates decided to port it that is. I was able to pick this gem up on eBay for a very decent price and it has definitely become the gem of my collection. It's a gem alright and earns top honors in the month of October.

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October Numbers (2012)

So the numbers of last month weren't as great as prior months to it but still quite acceptable. We hope to get more people to visit! Lets continue our hard work!

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