Streets of Rage 2: Streets of Rage 2 - Extreme Mania Hack

Streets of Rage champion and world record setter Anthopants asked for a challenge... A Streets of Rage 2 hack with no continues, 1 starting life, and one difficulty setting... MANIA.

A Streets of Rage 2 hack with a few more enemies, and enemies that come at you faster and sooner.

A hack nearly impossible to beat, but certainly fun to try.

A hack hardcore gamers could look to crush, while everyone else could have a little fun seeing just how far they could go.

This is that hack...

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::Streets of Rage 2 - Extreme Mania Hack
::Concept by Anthopants
::Romhack by eskayelle
::November 2019
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::
::**CONTENTS**
::
::*****INTRODUCTION*****
::*****TOOLS USED*****
::*****BATCH FILE ASSEMBLY*****
::
::
::*****INTRODUCTION*****
::
::Streets of Rage champion and world record setter Anthopants asked for a challenge...
::A Streets of Rage 2 hack with no continues, 1 starting life, and one difficulty setting...
::MANIA.
::
::A Streets of Rage 2 hack with a few more enemies, and enemies that come at you faster and sooner.
::
::A hack nearly impossible to beat, but certainly fun to try.
::
::A hack hardcore gamers could look to crush, while the rest of us could have a little fun seeing
::just how far we could go.
::
::This is that hack...
::
::
::The Streets of Rage 2 - Extreme Mania Hack [U] [h].bin file is a modified Genesis ROM of Streets of Rage 2.
::The romhack is distributed as an IPS patch, which should be patched to an original USA Streets of Rage 2 ROM.
::
::The ROM can be opened and played via several emulators, including in Windows, Linux, and Android environments.
::
::The following is a list of known Windows or Android emulators within which this ROM works;
::note that it also works with Raspberry Pi/RetroArch.
::
::Windows--
::1) Fusion v3.64
::2) Gens v11c r57shell mod r665
::3) RetroArch build date Feb 3 2019
::
::Android--
::1) MD.emu v1.5.37
::
::
::Special thanks to Gsaurus, Dha Lau Hoo, Savok, and SCD for various code snippits.
::Thanks to Anthopants as well for the game concept.
::Props to Cyneprepou4uk for tracelog guidance.
::
::
::*****TOOLS USED*****
::SoR2 Level Editor v1.0
::Gens v11c r57shell mod r665 debugger and trace logs
::xvi32
::HEX Editor v2.6.6 (Android)
::
::
::*****BATCH FILE ASSEMBLY*****
::
copy "Streets of Rage 2.gen" a.bin
flips "001) No Continues.ips" a.bin
flips "002) Remove Region Lock.ips" a.bin
flips "003) Six Enemies (6002 to E62A).ips" a.bin
flips "004) Default Mania (0A to 040F).ips" a.bin
flips "005) 1 Life Option (00 to F9B7).ips" a.bin
flips "006) 1 Life to Live (00 to 0415).ips" a.bin
flips "007) Extreme Mania Title.ips" a.bin
flips "008) Set End Message for Mania Only (0A to 22EB5).ips" a.bin
flips "009) End Message (Mania).ips" a.bin
flips "010) Mania in Options (67 to F99C).ips" a.bin
flips "011) Mania in Options (67 to F974).ips" a.bin
flips "012) Mania Only (4E71s).ips" a.bin
flips "013) Increased Walk Speed.ips" a.bin
flips "014) End Credits.ips" a.bin
flips "015) Cigar Restored.ips" a.bin
flips "016) More End Credits.ips" a.bin
flips "017) Top Ten.ips" a.bin
flips "018) KOs upon Pause (7844 & 7A).ips" a.bin
flips "019) Rev Eng Quick Activation.ips" a.bin
flips "020) No Round Select (FBB4 and FBCA 4E71s).ips" a.bin
flips "021) Lives Cheat Options (F9E4 and FA 4E71s).ips" a.bin
flips "022) Kill Options Code (60 to FC5E).ips" a.bin
flips "023) Fix Checksum.ips" a.bin
ren a.bin "Street of Rage 2 - Extreme Mania Hack [U] [h].bin"
flips -c -i "Streets of Rage 2.gen" "Street of Rage 2 - Extreme Mania Hack [U] [h].bin" "Street of Rage 2 - Extreme Mania Hack [U] [h].ips"
@pause

Database match: Streets of Rage 2 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Genesis (v. 20180824-045026)
File/ROM SHA-1: 8B656EEC9692D88BBBB84787142AA732B44CE0BE
File/ROM CRC32: E01FA526
External Header: No