Gauntlet: Final Fantasy Epic

I started learning how to ROM hack in the summer of 1997, and by the next summer I felt comfortable enough to start working on projects with the intent of releasing them.

The first to be completed was this hack. Fresh from beating the FF3j translation, and amazed by the release of the original DOS version of Tile Layer, I decided to make Gauntlet into a FF3j themed game.

The graphics are mostly copy/pastes from the first three FF games, with some craptastic artwork done by myself as needed…

100% of the graphics and text were altered, but there’s a problem with the way I did the wall graphics (You can’t see the breakable tiles, which proves to be a major pain in the ass in certain levels).

Also, there is no level, sound or assembly hacking (All beyond my abilities at the time). However, the story is kind of interesting if you liked FF3j, as it’s a direct sequel to it.

Final Fantasy Epic v.03 Final

Hacked by Sliver X ([email protected])
Original game: Gauntlet
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What you need:

An unaltered rom of Gauntlet.

An IPS patching program.

This IPS file.
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This hack is basically a cut and paste of various
Final Fantasy graphics into Gauntlet, with a few
original graphics made by me. (You should be able
to tell which those are by the shitty quality of
them. Most noticably the character portraits. I'm
not exactly a graphic artist.)

This is the final release. I acually got it done ahead of
schedule, which surprised the hell out of me.
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Just what the hell is new in this version?

Everything is now finished. I fixed the walls, the villain
at the beginning, the dragon,ect ect. I kept the map though,
and the teleporters due to the fact that I didn't really think
they needed to be changed. Also I've changed the text
and written a story for this. I strongly recommend you use Loopynes
for this hack, as NESticle can't display some of the scrolling text
properly.
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What's next?

I'm going to start working on my Dragon Warrior hack, Dragoon X.
I'd say it'll be anywhere from 2 weeks to a month before I'm done
with it. I'll be releasing a preliminary IPS patch soon on my webpage
at http://members.citynet.net/sliverx/index.html
Anyway, hopefully you'll like this hack. Any input is appreciated.

Beware the Dark Moogle.

Sliver X 11/03/98

Gauntlet (USA).nes - NOINTRO
CRC32: 57D8330A
MD5: 881DFC2691EA8F6615C288D8D02C8C65
SHA-1: 71F0AFCF093A5F11F88996B40ED4312B0FA8C7D4
SHA-256: E52D6B82D09318B47688E49F1149F12E83DE9EE20D60DD5A8C317541D23E0435