Final Fantasy III: Backstabu is a fan-made patch for the Super Nintendo version of Final Fantasy III, addressing a graphical glitch where characters erroneously change orientation during certain spells. This patch ensures party members properly face their attacker when flinching from attacks such as Blow Fish and Fire Ball. It includes various file types for both headered and non-headered ROMs.
In battle, when your party members are subject to the spells Blow Fish and Fire Ball, as well as a few others, they flinch. However, they are also made to face left while flinching, even if they should normally be facing to the right. This patch ensures that your party members face the right direction.
Final Fantasy 3 (US/SNES), Final Fantasy 6 (JP/SFC), Final Fantasy 6 (US,JP,EU/PS1), Final Fantasy 6 Advance (US,JP,EU/GBA)
Backstabu Glitch fix patch
CONTENTS:
FF3-Backstabu-H.ips: The fix patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF3-Backstabu-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SNES ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF3-Backstabu-HR0-old.ips: The old reverse patch for a headered SNES v1.0 ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by previous versions of this patch.
FF3-Backstabu-HR1-old.ips: The old reverse patch for a headered SNES v1.1 ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by previous versions of this patch.
FF3-Backstabu-N.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF3-Backstabu-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SNES ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF3-Backstabu-NR0-old.ips: The old reverse patch for a non-headered SNES v1.0 ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by previous versions of this patch.
FF3-Backstabu-NR1-old.ips: The old reverse patch for a non-headered SNES v1.1 ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by previous versions of this patch.
FF6-Backstabu-H.ips: The fix patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6-Backstabu-HR.ips: The reverse patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6-Backstabu-HR-old.ips: The old reverse patch for a headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by previous versions of this patch.
FF6-Backstabu-N.ips: The fix patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6-Backstabu-NR.ips: The reverse patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6-Backstabu-NR-old.ips: The old reverse patch for a non-headered SFC ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by previous versions of this patch.
FF6A-Backstabu-JU.ips: The fix patch for a US or Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6A-Backstabu-JUR.ips: The reverse patch for a US or Japanese GBA ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6A-Backstabu-E.ips: The fix patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6A-Backstabu-ER.ips: The reverse patch for a European GBA ROM file. Apply to reverse all changes made by the previous patch.
FF6PS-Backstabu-U0.ppf: The fix patch for a US v1.0 PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6PS-Backstabu-U1.ppf: The fix patch for a US v1.1 PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6PS-Backstabu-J.ppf: The fix patch for a Japanese PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
FF6PS-Backstabu-E.ppf: The fix patch for a European PS1 BIN file. Apply to fix the Backstabu Glitch.
readme.txt: This file.
Backstabu.rtf: An index of the code changes.
AFFECTED AREAS:
See Backstabu.rtf.
PATCH INFORMATION:
All PS1 patches include undo data.
SNES patches work on ROM v1.0 or v1.1.
URGENCY:
Depends on you. This is purely a graphical glitch, and is therefore harmless, but you might still find it irritating.
PURPOSE:
Some enemy skills, including Lores, have animations that involve the targeted party member recoiling, similar to a standard attack. However, with a few of those skills, if that party member is facing right, they will turn around while flinching. This is clearly unintentional, so this patch ensures that your party members always take the attack in the front.
Here is the full list of spells that are fixed using this patch:
- Atomic Ray
- Blaster
- Blow Fish
- Cyclonic
- Disaster
- Entwine
- Fire Ball
- L.4 Flare
- Launcher
- Meteo
- Missile
- Step Mine
- Stone
- TekMissile
- Tentacle
VERSION HISTORY:
v2.2 (July 13, 2017): Added the PS1 patches.
v2.1 (September 16, 2016): Added the GBA patches.
v2.0 (March 25, 2016): The previous patch had the wrong approach. This patch now changes the animation scripts instead of the assembly code.
v1.0 (October 8, 2015): Initial release.
Final Fantasy III (USA)
CRC32: E969BD77
MD5: A684517EBD29308C2E3B55D371E15245
SHA-1: 23422176191B371F01AE3A7CFE7455A2022F8EE8
SHA-256: 6F6911ED4A0E9844770035A3C39157F8C3929C321D5AFACBAFDA39C835B44374
Includes patches for headered and non-headered ROMs
Includes patches for SNES and SFC ROMs
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