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Message: 4792

Author: john_elliott_uk

Date: 02/05/2005

Subject: Re: Current affairs

 

In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, Alexandra wrote:

What's done in the Super Mario World hacking scene, is patch making.
An IPS patch is a file containing all the differences between an
original SMW ROM and your hack, which replicates your hack when
applied to the original ROM. It works a treat, and it means that only
the data you are legally entitled to (i.e. your own level designs,
graphics, etc) are included in the release.

That's pretty much how JSW128 and JSW64 are distributed from my
homepage; JSW128 does the patching on a Spectrum, while JSW64 does the
patching under DOS/Windows/Unix. It's also how JSWED upgrades the game
engine from one to the other; those .hex files in
/usr/local/share/jswed are patches to the game engine containing just
the changes I made.

 

 

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