Any Hackers interested in Hacking Punch-Out?

[mechanized]

To start, and reference, a particular Strong Bad E-Mail: E-Mail #117 "Montage"

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail117.html

 

Once the e-mail has finished, click "Strong Bad" for some extra content.

 

This extra content is one of those rare, extremely crackheaded ideas that simply cries out for realization, that being a Punch-Out hack in which you play as a stack of pancakes. Think of it... Punch-Cakes! Or uh.. Pancake-Out! Stacks of Fury? Something.

 

A savvy hacker with some time on his hands might not only be able to replace the Little Mac sprite sets with fighting pancakes and the trainer into a Strong Bad, but perhaps even change some opponent sprite sets to other characters. Imagine a Strong Mad instead of Soda Popinski, a King of Town instead of King Hippo, a Coach Z instead of Great Tiger (that's his name, right?), Pom Pom instead of Bald Bull, and at the end... Bubs!

 

So if any of you are looking for a project, give that one some thought. It'd be ... beautiful, in some way. Or just a colossally awesome hack and/or waste of time.

[bjk7382]

Don't think you will find too many NES hackers here at AtariAge

[Atari-Jess]

It wouldn't work out unless you disassembled the source to change

pallettes within the game.

 

Since a simple sprite hack will only get you strange colouration.

[Blackbird]

Actually, NES pallette changes can be done just by a search/replace of the hex code, since each pallette is grouped in four colors.

 

I actually had the same thought for a minute there too, until I realized that the Little Mac sprite is too skinny and there's no possible way to attach a pair of boxing gloves to a wagon of pancakes.

[fabventure2600]

if it serves to inspiration:

[Shawn]

if it serves to inspiration:

998003[/snapback]

 

 

Is this a 2600 game? If so what is it called I would like to try it as I was under the impression all the boxing games for the 2600 had horrible graphics, This one looks ok to me. How does it play?

[StanJr]

That is Absolute Title Match Pro Wrestling which was cloned from RS Boxing which is a great game! really really great. Makes Activision boxing look like two horny crabs on a platter.

Edited January 11, 2006 by StanJr