Alex Kidd HD hack

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elmacbee
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Alex Kidd HD hack

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Hello!
I've had recently discovered this "HiSMS" emulator (despite it was released back in 2009) - and I'm in love with it because it lets you to create high-definition hacks of Sega Master System games.
Right now I'm modifying "Alex Kidd in Miracle World". All graphics are now 4 times bigger. I'm attaching two videos taken from this enhanced emulator. Hope you like it:

New opening:


First stage gameplay:


:D
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Looks great! :D

Are these new sprites that you drew?
Do you plan on doing the whole game?
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EllertMichael wrote:Looks great! :D

Are these new sprites that you drew?
Do you plan on doing the whole game?
Thank you so much! =D
All these sprites were created by me.

And yep, I'm planning to remake the entire game. Thanks for watching! :)
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I guess this is pretty similar to what that n64 plugin does with the hires textures and stuff.

How long before we see similar emulators for NES, SNES, Genesis, etc?
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when you're done, will it be exported to an SMS ROM that can play on any emulator, or will this HD hack only work on HiSMS?
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AppleQueso wrote:I guess this is pretty similar to what that n64 plugin does with the hires textures and stuff.
How long before we see similar emulators for NES, SNES, Genesis, etc?
Yes, the idea is very similar.
But the N64 plugins reads external image files and mix them with the game - while this one inserts all hi-res pictures in the Rom. You'll only need this hi-res Rom and no extra files.

There's something like this for NES (a specific version of "MyNES" emulator) but it's tremendously hard to use. I tried to change some graphics but gave up few hours later.
I'd love to see similar (and easy to use!) tools to NES, MSX, Atari 2600, Game Boy...

noiseredux wrote:when you're done, will it be exported to an SMS ROM that can play on any emulator, or will this HD hack only work on HiSMS?
Nope.. It creates a very specific, modified Rom (with the .HMS extension). Right now HMS Roms only works on HiSMS. Hopefully other emulators may add compatibility with HMS games someday.
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Brand new gameplay video:

:D
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Haha very interesting. I need to look into more of this, be interested to see what others have done too.
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