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Message: 4792
Author: john_elliott_uk
Date: 02/05/2005
Subject: Re: Current affairs
--- In manicminerandjetsetwilly@yahoogroups.com, "Alexandra"
> What's done in the Super Mario World hacking scene, is patch making.
That's pretty much how JSW128 and JSW64 are distributed from my
> 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.
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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