New IPS patches for Konami games

Some Konami games show differences between Japanese and European MSX computers. To improve the true gaming experience, MSX fan Gradius2 has made six IPS patches to force 60Hz mode and English language for the following Konami games:

Akumajyo Drakyula - Vampire Killer (1986)
Gofer no Yabou Episode 2 (1988)
Gradius 2 (1987)
Penguin Adventure (1986)
Salamander (1987)
Usas (1987)

Relevant link: Six Konami patches

By OeiOeiVogeltje

Paragon (1389)

19-04-2012, 22:16

naais!!

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

20-04-2012, 02:31

What "naais" means?

By Rataplan

Master (241)

20-04-2012, 15:23

Great work! How does your Vampire Killer patch compare to This one? http://www.msx.org/news/software/en/frs-enhancement-patch-va...
Does it offer any of the cool features of that one?

By OeiOeiVogeltje

Paragon (1389)

20-04-2012, 15:33

naais is dutch phonetic for "nice"
(put "naais" in google translate dutch language)

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

20-04-2012, 18:02

I see, is somehow close to "nice" lol.

@Rataplan: I did a change on $2B (or 0x2B) checks in the game, FRS didn't changed those.

For Vampire Killer, just change 0x0D9E to 3E 21, do the same for 0x1A09 after FRS's patches then you'll have them all.

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

20-04-2012, 19:19

You can also simply apply this IPS, then FRS, or vice-versa (same result).

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

20-04-2012, 21:05

Forgot to mention, a LOT Konami games are english only, there is no J (japanese) language at all there, so is wrong to label them as "JE".

Few them are pure japanese, and almost all were translated to english, with exception (AFAIK):
- Mah Jong
- Synthesizer
- Pennant Race 1
- Majutsushi
- Quarth

The list here is:
http://bifi.msxnet.org/msxnet/konami/konami.txt

Another wrong example is Badlands, marked as J, while the game is in pure english.

By Manuel

Ascended (17477)

20-04-2012, 22:46

Maybe it means "released for Japanese market"? (And European market when it's E.)

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

21-04-2012, 02:33

Manuel wrote:

Maybe it means "released for Japanese market"? (And European market when it's E.)

Yes, but that is wrong, I tested japanese releases and they have both languages on it (J and English).

Many came from arcade or inspired games to arcade too. Since arcade business was global, they needed to put english there as well, and of course, they did.

By Manuel

Ascended (17477)

21-04-2012, 13:07

Can you give an example?

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

21-04-2012, 20:43

Manuel wrote:

Can you give an example?

RC 700 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Athletic Land
RC 701 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Antarctic Adventure
RC 702 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Monkey Academy
RC 703 1 JE 16 PSG 1983 Time Pilot
RC 704 1 JE 8 PSG 1983 Frogger
RC 705 1 JE 8 PSG 1983 Super Cobra
RC 706 1 JE 8 PSG 1984 Billiards / Video Hustler
RC 710 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Hyper Olympic 1 /Track & Field 1
RC 711 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Hyper Olympic 2 /Track & Field 2
RC 712 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Circus Charlie
RC 713 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Magical Tree
RC 714 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Comic Bakery
RC 715 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Hyper Sports 1
RC 716 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Cabbage Patch Kids
RC 717 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Hyper Sports 2
RC 718 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Hyper Rally
RC 720 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Tennis
RC 721 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Sky Jaguar
RC 723 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Golf
RC 724 1 JE 16 PSG 1984 Baseball
RC 725 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Yie Ar Kung Fu
RC 727 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 King's Valley
RC 728 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Mopi Ranger
RC 729 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Pippols
RC 730 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Road Fighter
RC 731 1 JE 16 PSG 1985 Ping Pong
RC 732 1 JE 32 PSG 1985 Soccer / Football
RC 733 1 JE 32 PSG 1985 Hyper Sports 3
RC 734 1 JE 32 PSG 1986 The Goonies
RC 736 1 JE 32 PSG 1985 Boxing
RC 737 1 JE 32 PSG 1985 Yie Ar Kung Fu 2
RC 739 1 JE 32 PSG 1986 Knightmare
RC 740 1 JE 32 PSG 1986 Twin Bee
RC 742 1 JE 128 PSG 1986 Nemesis (Gradius)

All those are english only (on MSX at least). Some are from/went to arcade too. Frogger, Super Cobra, Time Pilot, Hyper Olympic 1,2 /Track & Field 1,2 Twinbee, and many others.

By Vampier

Prophet (2381)

24-04-2012, 18:51

in the romdb the country flag is based where the companies corp office is located

By Manuel

Ascended (17477)

25-04-2012, 22:28

They are English only, but appeared in both an English/European and a Japanese box/manual. So, they had 2 different releases (but the same code), one for the European and one for the Japanese market.

By Gradius2

Hero (614)

03-05-2012, 07:07

So the only change would be the package and manual.

By roadfighter

Champion (415)