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It's becoming a bit of a theme; platforming games centered around magic but set in modern/futuristic techno settings.  Previously the Krion Conquest took us to an Earth in the far future where an alien civilization invaded with advanced robot technology and began terraforming the world into a technological nightmare; only for a mage to call upon the witch/magical girl, Francesca to save the world.

This time we have a story of magic mashed together with 90's Bill & Ted surfer speak culture and the invasion of an advanced underground civilization into a (then) modern world.  Feels weird when Back to the Future and Bill and Ted and the like are works of fiction that now take place in the real world's past.  That said...what's the story of this one?

Totally Rad.  Known, originally in Japan as "Magic John" and featuring a goofier looking kid with a winged baseball cap it was localized into a righteous quest of a surfer teen under the apprenticeship of master magician, the Great Zebediah.

According to GameFAQ's data sheet:

"Jake is just an ordinary boy who is in love with a very righteous girl, Allison. Together, they meet the very unique old magician, Zebediah, who was exiled from the underground world.
Zebediah's magic isn't some fake trick. He can perform truly amazing magic. He can transform into a lion or a fish, move huge rocks and more.
Jake and Allison are greatly impressed by his magic. Zebediah feels a special connection with Jake and decides to teach him all his magic.
One day, Allison is kidnapped by a mysterious monster. Jake transforms from an ordinary boy into a special boy with incredible skateboarding skills and he can now use Zebediah's magic.
A grand adventure where magic and action collide. Use the power of the great magician Zebediah to uncover the secrets of the underground world!"

Without further ado, here's the Beta Build of Totally Rad, pending final review and submission to the Repository:

Totally Rad (U) Profile - Dropbox

Totally Rad (U) Profile - OneDrive 

Prologue/Title/Act 1-1:

The next in a new batch of potential new profiles for this year, the Krion Conquest is a late entry Mega Man clone that borrows just about everything but the stage select.  Even down to the weapon menu, you're going to see a lot that looks suspiciously like Capcom's blue bomber here.  Yet, this is a game in the anime genre known as the "magical girl" trope.  And your character uses magic instead of high tech weapons.  While the progression is more Super Mario Bros. 1 than Mega Man.  With four areas, four stages each (with a boss at the end of each fourth), plus a final fifth stage against some final bosses, not since Whomp Em' has a platformer felt so similar to Mega Man that it's almost plagiarism!

So what's the story of this little gem from Vic Tokai?

Known in Japan as Magical Kids Doropie (まじかるキッズどろぴー, Majikaru Kizzu Doropī) it was localized as the Krion Conquest.

The Japanese synopsis is as follows, as described by Wikipedia:

In the year 1999, the Akudama Empire (known as the Krion Empire outside Japan) rises suddenly and attacks the Earth with an army of robots. No conventional weapon is able to stop them; they are, however, totally vulnerable to magic. A hired mercenary, Kagemaru, summons the only non-sealed witch, Doropie (known as Francesca outside Japan), to stop the Akudama Empire's offense.^[1] As she assaults the empire's hidden bases, Doropie discovers the army is led by the Machine God Emperor, whom Doropie had previously sealed away in the human world. The Emperor kidnaps Kagemaru and blackmails Doropie into breaking her seal. Kagemaru appears to die from his injuries, and Doropie sets out to stop the now-free Machine God Emperor. After a final battle aboard the Akudama Empire's space base, the dying Machine God Emperor confesses that she begun the invasion in response to humanity's destruction of nature. The base explodes shortly thereafter, but not before Doropie escapes it. She is contacted by Kagemaru, who has survived the wounds previously inflicted on him, and Doropie makes her way back to Earth

The American synopsis is as follows, as described by GameFAQs:  

Once upon a time, long long ago, the world was experiencing great ruin. Enormous animals were bestowed upon the earth to create terrible pain and hardship for the people. The people were desperate, so they called upon the Old Witches' World for help.
Thence came Francesca, a gracious witch with great powers. She fought and saved the world from these terrible creatures. The land began to flourish again and the people worked peacefully together to rebuild their wonderful cities. All was well.
Now, we too are experiencing serious turmoil. Terrible horrid beings called Krions have decended upon our planet. We are prisoners and we are losing hope. Francesca, we need you. If you are out there, please come.

The Krion Conquest (U) Profile (Dropbox):  Krion Conquest, The (U)
The Krion Conquest (U) Profile (OneDrive): Krion Conquest, The (U)

Prologue, Title, Stage 1-1:

Back to the lab again I go as I delve into Irem's late era platformer/shooter, Metal Storm. 

A game which relies on two major selling points: clever use of the NES' graphics ability to create some eye-fooling background tricks to simulate 16-bit era parallax and layered scrolling tricks. And the unique stage mechanic of Mega Man 5's Gravity Man stage; to give you the power to flip the direction of gravity from floor to ceiling at will. 

The story is as follows, as directly quoted from GameFAQ's: "Battle Station Cyberg's massive computer that keeps peace throughout the solar system is no longer user friendly. It's gone wildly out of control. The Laser Gun it operates has already destroyed Neptune. Earth is its next target. As a high-tech hotshot, you must enter Cyberg's core and activate the system's self-destruct mechanism. Mankind is relying on your know-how and toughness to see this thing through. But time is running out... Oh yes, one more thing. the powers of your "Gravity Flip" Suit are essential for a successful outcome to this mission. The Suit empowers you to proceed both upside down and right side up as you dash to put this computer permanently on the blink!"

Metal Storm (U) Profile:

Dropbox: Metal Storm (U)

OneDrive: Metal Storm (U)

Stage 1:

Stage 2:

Stage 3:

Stage 4:

Stage 5:

Stage 6:

Stage 7:

Stage 8:

Stage 9:

The bugs in Mega Man 4, 5, and 6 are expected and I'm working on that.  I've even started rebuilding a Mega Man 5 profile from scratch but so far it seems that I don't have solutions.  The Panic Restaurant bug is new to me as this is one I haven't had previous issues with until now.  I'll look into it.

Being that my own machine is under-powered and likely its graphics hardware isn't all that good, I've come to expect my larger profiles to act up and anyone with computers with a certain spec cut-off experience the same.  Until I get this issue worked out, I don't have any solutions how to fix this.

It's likely the 3DSen engine itself has a limit when it comes to certain mappers or the size of the games themselves.  I don't know for sure, I don't have a way to diagnose the emulator itself. 

A surprise profile prototype that took only about 24 hours to put together.  It still needs refinement, but overall...it's almost ready.

Known as 8 Eye's/8 Eyes in all countries it was released in, there are two different stories depending on which version you have.

The Japanese version is set in the Balkans in the late 19th century. The Ottoman Empire, which had barely survived due to the power balance among the great European powers, was beginning to feel the shadow of its survival. The seeds of various conflicts, which had been so densely packed that it was called the "Powder Keg of the Balkans," were now igniting all at once. Terrorism and assassinations of important people by the Free Armenian Army were already commonplace. With the dignity of the government in turmoil and pessimistic rumors and speculation abound, an incident occurred that made restoring public order the most urgent task for the British Empire, which had Ottoman Turkey as its protectorate.

A research team was sent by the British Museum to investigate some newly discovered ruins. However, the entire team was brutally slaughtered, with their heads missing and their stomachs cut open. All of the artifacts they uncovered and their excavation journals were stolen.

The perpetrator of the murders was a group led by Ruth Grandier, a female bandit known for her demonic worship who claimed that she and her group were fallen children of Lucifer. The College of Arms learned that Ruth's group stole artifacts which concealed demonic secrets and could be used in a dark ritual to resurrect demons.

To stop Ruth, the College of Arms Seventh Division (which would eventually become the MI5) decided to send Baronet Sir Julian James Bond, the greatest swordsman in all of England. Sir Bond infiltrated the Balkans along with his pet eagle, Cutlass.

The American version of 8 Eyes is set in a post-apocalyptic future. Mankind is recovering from hundreds of years of chaos and nuclear war, and civilization is being rebuilt by the Great King, who harnesses the power of eight jewels. The jewels, known as the 8 Eyes, were formed at the centers of eight nuclear explosions that came close to destroying Earth. The 8 Eyes have mysterious power which, in the wrong hands, could bring about the end of the world. The Great King's eight power-hungry dukes steal the jewels for themselves and banish the King to the nuclear wastelands, threatening to once again plunge the Earth into war.

The player controls Orin the Falconer and his fighting falcon Cutrus. His mission is to infiltrate the Dukes' eight castles and retrieve the 8 Eyes. With the help of Cutrus, Orin must fight the Dukes' soldiers, nuclear mutants, and the duke of each castle to retrieve the jewels. After the jewels have been recovered, Orin must return them to the Altar of Peace so that the Great King may return and finish rebuilding the Earth.

As far as the game goes, it seems to take DNA from CastleVania, Simon's Quest, Mega Man, Vice Project: DOOM's side-scrolling stages and some other bits and pieces here and there.  Its standout mechanic is having a trained falcon you can command in both 1-player mode or 2-player mode in which the second controller takes control of Cutrus.  With that horror-search-and-destroy vibe, you will have no shortage of deja-vu in enemies and local.

Profiles:

Dropbox Link:  8 Eyes WIP Profile

OneDrive Link:  8 Eyes WIP Profile

Save States:

Dropbox: Save State ZIP

OneDrive: Save State ZIP

Title: 

Stage 1 - Spain: 

Four years ago, CR00T_R0M began work on his own take on a 3-D Mega Man profile.  At some point I decided to collaborate and finish his vision and begin what I later coined as my "EXTREME DEPTH" style.

The result wasn't too shabby.  It had its obvious flaws and awkward looking large-scale 3-D sprites (there's just nothing anyone can do with that Yellow Devil).  And we put it out there and it's still available.

So while I was working on Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) 3-D...I got to thinking...would it be too ambitious to attempt a sequel?

Well...before I game myself a definitive answer...I got to work on it anyway, practically doing an all-nighter around the time I was working on world 4-2 for SMB2(U) 3D.  And I came up with a Bubble Man stage that wasn't too terrible.  And from there...I just went all out.

While I have still yet to work out a lot of issues and it seems the latest 3DSen on Steam has something odd about the camera that affects even the UI, I still came up with an unpolished prototype that for the most part...works.

However, there is still much I have left to learn as I still do not understand enough to get the gears to rotate in Metal Man's stage without getting chopped in half and spinning all whopper-jawed; where geod's profile stops them in their tracks on the sides of the screen before they get...ugly.

I had to come up with makeshift solutions in order to achieve a "tube" effect for Heat Man's lava-filled sewer.  And boy oh boy did it take a lot of assets to get the Pico-Pico-Kun block room to behave.  But...here's the result of what I put together, so far...with Dr. Wily stages to be recorded as the whole profile but only the first eight stages have videos.  I'll see if I can polish this one up over time before it's ready to join its predecessor in the Repository.  So here goes:

DROPBOX:  Rockman II (J) 3-D

OneDrive:    Rockman II (J) 3-D

Title and Air Man Stage:

Crash Man Stage:

Flash Man Stage: 

Quick Man Stage:

Metal Man Stage: 

Bubble Man Stage:

Heat Man Stage: 

Wood Man Stage: 

Dr. Wily Stage Area 4:

Dr. Wily Stage Area 5:

Dr. Wily Stage Area 6, Ending, and Staff Roll:

New Year.  New projects.  New 3DSen possibilities.

I have returned, yet again and I've had a chance to look over comments and one of them that came up was about the Super Mario Bros. 2 USA profile.  One of the eldest Work-in-Progresses around here, it hasn't received an update since pretty close to the board's conception.  That said...I think it was about high time this one got finished.  So I took a look at Ness_and_Sonic's profile, ran though it a few times...and then completely started from SCRATCH.  And low and behold over the course of January, I've given it...the EXTREME DEPTH MAKEOVER.

Super Mario Bros. 2.  (U) needs no introduction.  Back in 1988, this was the follow-up to Nintendo's big breakout hit,  Super Mario Bros.  A whole three years after the original.  But little did we Americans know this was NOT actually Super Mario Bros. 2 as Japan knew it but a reskinned platformer based on the game, Doki-Doki Panic also known by the name Dream Factory.  With sprites and music tinkered with and a new story in place, this was ready to ship in anticipation of Mario Madness.  And it sold like hotcakes with no one questioning the difference in play mechanics.  We were just happy to play as Luigi without it being a 2-player alternating game and as Toad and the Princess...well...at all.

I now submit for your approval, a fairly polished prototype with minor Z-alignment issues due to workaround using the Multi-Platform Depth script and some slight Overlap Script weirdness...the overall package is looking within my standards and playable if a bit challenging due to Luigi's very slippery air controls and overpowered jumps.  (Maybe I should have gone through as Princess Toadstool...)

Anyway.  platforming issues called for inventive solutions, reskinning assets, and sacrificing minor things like the flashing effect on the characters when the Invincible Star is in effect.   

So from start to finish, please read the descriptions in the video links if you view them on my YT page for development notes.  Otherwise, this will be a down-and-dirty, in-your-face of the videos and not much in the lines for details.

Please note the current profile may be more polished than what is shown in the videos.  Some final polishes and removal of some multi-platform script along with a couple more sprite overhauls have since been done.

So here-we-goooo!

DROPBOX: Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) 3-D

OneDrive:   Super Mario Bros. 2 (U) 3-D

World 1-1:

World 1-2:

World 1-3:

World 2-1:

World 2-2:

World 2-3:

World 3-1:

World 3-2:

World 3-3:

World 4-1:

World 4-2:

World 4-3:

World 5-1:

World 5-2:

World 5-3: 

World 6-1:

World 6-2:

World 6-3 (Shortcut Version): 

World 6-3 (Long Route Version): 

World 7-1:

World 7-2 and Ending:

And we hit the ground running with punch number 2 of a duo of A-listers (As in both games start with the letter A) from the NES library.

Following up Abadox is a fantasy sidescroller.  Its name?  

Astyanax.

Some name, huh?  Well, according to the game's prologue, Astynax is an ordinary high school Freshman with an unusual name.  In his words, his namesake comes from Greek Mythology.

Stop me if you've heard this one before.  A young man living in an ordinary town with an ordinary life where nothing happens is bored with his hum-drum daily grind.  Until one day, from out of nowhere, a voice contacts him as he is transported, without warning, to a strange place in a strange land.  He is approached by a strange creature--a fairy (with leg warmers?) named Cutie who tell him he is the hero chosen for a great quest as Princess Rosebud has been captured and imprisoned by the evil warlock, Blackhorn.  Blackhorn schemes to enslave the princess to make her power his and his alone in order to conquer all.  Rosebud, alone, has the power to return Astyanax home.  

With a mighty axe called Bash, Astynax sets out from Remlia to the Tower on Blackhorn's fortress on the mountain cliff of the island of Thelenea.  With armies of beasts and monsters led by minibosses and bosses in front of him, the only way home is forward.

It's a test of blade-wielding skill and use of a powerful magic spell as his lone ace as Astyanax and Cutie brave all sorts of mythical, magical, and fantastic lands and creatures to free the princess from the Tower.  With anime cutscenes in the style of Ninja Gaiden, telling the story, this is one of the finest hidden gem entries in the NES library brought to you by third party, Jaleco.

This is my 14th profile.  Let me show you how far I've come...

Let's get started:

Astyanax Profile

Prologue, Title, and Cutscene 1 

Round 1-1: Remlia, Caesar Boss and Cut Scene 2.  Marble pillars, paintings, and gargoyle statues.  The boss is now a trio.

Round 2-2: Inazumi and Boss Medusa.  Scaling the mountains, we duel with a gorgon.

Round 3-1: Ryogoku.  A mix of Roman/Greek architecture which also gives me Egyptian vibes, somehow.  Perhaps a coluseum?

Round 3-2: Rent, Brain Golemn Boss and Cutscene 3.  Now we descend down the mountain.  Boss's true self is a brain creature.

Round 4-1: Marshy.  Nuclear slime and radioactive vines make this dark swamp extra nasty.

Round 4-2: Grave and Plant Boss.  It's an underground tomb full of caskets, skuklls, and stalactites.  And now spinning lanterns.

Cutscene 4 and Round 5: Telagamn.  Some story and then we cross the ocean to an island fortress.  The way in has bridges and aqueducts.

Round 5-2: Cliff and Cutscene 5.  A cliff.  Descriptive enough to tell you what you need to know.  You're in for a climb and some more story.

Round 6-1: Thelenea.  We're down to the wire as we enter the deadly maze.  Look for the signs!  A cutscene reveals a noble sacrifice.

Round 6-2: Tower and Ending.  This is it.  The last stage and it drops you into some miniboss battles before the final boss.  Take it in, battle it out and finally witness how the story ends.

And that's Astyanax for NES.  See you next profile.

UPDATE:  A long list of polishes and fixes.  Most of which you won't see in the videos but suffice to say the final profile will look noticeably improved in certain spots.

Don't call it a comeback but...

I'm thinking I'm back.  Yeah...I'm definitely back.  And here we have lucky profile number 13.

Chances are if your are a fan of space SHMUPS in the vein of Life Force and R-Type, you'll know what this game is, immediately.  If not, let me bring you up to speed.  It was the early 1990's.  As a certain Nerd once described it, it was the "Barf Age".  A time when what was marketable was the "gross-out" factor.  If it was disgusting; whether everything from Mad Balls to Garbage Pail Kids, you can bet something was going to cash in on the craze.

With space shooters being nothing new and games like Gradius defining the territory, how do you up the ante?  Make a shooter chock full of bio-mechanical nightmares, viscera, entrails, and eyeballs intermixed with technology and horrors that call back to the gold and silver age of monster movies and sci-fi madness.

Enter our game in question.  A game advertised with a TV commercial glorifying how absolutely disgusting its visuals could get.  Developed by Natsume and distributed by Milton Bradley (also known for the NES port of arcade classic, Cabal), this one follows in the footsteps of Konami's Gradius and sets the stage for tiles in the next generation like Irem's Super R-Type.

Its name?  Abadox.  Or more formally, Abadox: the Deadly Inner War.

It opens up with a pretty standard sci-fi trope.  A mothership slowly pans in from the upper left of the screen before dropping its passenger--in a mobile mech suit into the depths of space through a beam-in.  After a short booster-powered flight, the suit ditches the additional thrusters and goes at it alone to its target: A demonic planet so evil it has a perpetual angry face.   

The mission?  EXTERMINATE.  That's all you need to know.  Six nasty stages between you and victory.  Every other level switches from side scrolling to top-down (with emphasis on down, as in direction) shooter.

This is Abadox:  

Abadox: the Deadly Inner War

Prologue and Title

Stage 1.  Really sets the tone with a planetary surface made up pulsating worms, guts, and entrails.  And features a decaying hellhound skeleton miniboss and a stage boss that may or may not be inspired by R-Type's own first stage boss, even down to the eyeballs on twisting, turning, optic nerves that stretch out far from the body.

Stage 2.   Setting the tone of "Bio-mechanical" with undulating guts and organs grafting themselves onto machinery as we go for a vertical drop down into enemy territory.   A centipede-esque miniboss only sets things up for a nasty, meaty version of the alien flytrap right out of Little Shop of Horrors.  All that's missing is for it to be saying "Feed Me, Seymore!"

Stage 3.  Also known as the cave of dead spaghetti guts.  Featuring waterfalls and icy cave formations in the first half and a flying barracuda fish for a miniboss, the second half gives you an empty space breather before dropping you in the middle of long strings of giant, crisscrossing veins and arteries which culminates in the form of a deadly alien that's so large it hugs the wall and ceiling in a "Gamma" shape.

Stage 4.  Back to top-down and featuring a stage I initially mistook as a rocky mineshaft but I soon realized was made up of bubbly meat-sponge matter with equally spongy background.  A spider miniboss will separate you from the rest of the stage before the game hits you with an unexpected surprise.  The music suddenly cuts out and the sound of a beating heart builds the suspense as the main foreground turns out to not only be a massive elongated obstacle but also the main body of the boss itself.

Stage 5.  And we go super-technological in this one.  Starting with that familiar spongy red bubble matter, we quickly shift into machinery and honeycomb backgrounds with hanging  pipes like propane storage tanks and walls of scanning tube-beams before facing a miniboss that's actually a trio.  It seems the enemy has sent three of its own answer to your mobile suit.  This continues on to more mechanical layout accentuated by deadly force beam generators before it pulls the ultimate sci-fi reference and pits you against a giant Terminator inspired boss.

Stage 6, Escape, Ending and Credits.  The final stage has us going to extreme depths in both senses of the word.  With a custom-crafted grid/tile background that utilizes the closest I could make to a half-pile effect, more meaty bio-matter walls are mixed with technology and weird mechanizations that really sell the bio-mechanical aspect.   The miniboss is just an eye flanked by smaller eyes.  The trek continues downward with more force lasers and a nasty surprise: a hydraulic double-press in the walls.  The boss is a similar one to the earlier fly trap.  Defeating it releases an alien girl princess in a bubble.  What happens next is a high-speed escape through a montage of earlier stage layouts (and an implied rescue/escort mission what with your mech holding the princess-in-a-bubble).  In fact this last zone disables your weapons completely and force you to play a game of evasion.  Do you have the lightning reflexes to make it out alive?  If so you'll be treated to the game's simple ending of returning to your mothership as the planet explodes in a supernova.  Roll credits.

Once again (as always) cheat codes were used to accelerate progress.  Not intended as a walkthrough but a showcase of the profile.

That said...it's good to be back.  Again.  See you whenever next profile is ready!

Update: Stage one's sprites have all been realigned as I had been informed many of them were off center along the Z-axis, making 3rd person camera perspective look awkward.  Corrections to later areas will be made in time.

Nope.  Can't say I have.  I'm between projects now but you never know.  When I find one that's viable with  no issues and works in the standard emulator (and not just in the Maker, while using the FCEUMM core) I'll start up on something new

Starting up on my twelfth profile, the game this time this time around is Panic Restaurant; a cute platformer by Taito.

You are Cookie, owner and proprietor of his own restaurant, the Garden of Eaten (get it?).

You're on your way to work when suddenly you're attacked by food falling from the sky...food that has come ALIVE!  Food from...your own restaurant!?  As you look up, you see the face of the man responsible--your old partner and assistant, Chef O'Dove.  And he has revenge on his mind over a tragic incident involving a potato peeler.  

O'Dove has taken control of Eaten and now it's up to you to brave the horrors of food monsters and mutated kitchen utensils and cookware!  Armed, initially with only a frying pan, seek out the items like spoons and other kitchen tools to help you clobber these angry food beasts back to the supermarket and take back your bread and butter in a six-stage romp from appetizer to dessert.

Going back to my traditional methods, this profile won't have the EXTREME depth of the last game (Whomp Em') but will contain some refinements where I can fit them in.

Progress tally

Stage 1 (COMPLETE)

Stage 2 (COMPLETE)

Stage 3 (COMPLETE)

Stage 4 (COMPLETE)

Stage 5 (COMPLETE)

Stage 6 (COMPLETE)

Final Boss  (COMPLETE)

Ending (COMPLETE)

PROJECT FINISHED!!!

For now...here's the WIP profile: 

Panic Restaurant Profile(Mod: Finished Version)

Panic Restaurant Profile (Mod: OneDrive Mirror)

Stage 1 (Appetizer): 

Stage 2 (Soup):

Stage 3 (Salad):

Stage 4 (Fish):

Stage 5 (Meat):

Stage 6 (Dessert) and Final Boss and Ending:

Check back for more updates.

Surprise update!  Z-axis corrections have been made from beginning to end, making long overdue fixes to player/enemy alignments.  Scores of objects were just not centered.  Recent issues (now corrected) with Abadox prompted me to go back and consider some new fixes, polishes and corrections to the old profiles.

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It has been quite a while.

But this marks the first of what I hope will be more projects on the way.

The title in question is one of the earliest and possibly most well-known of Mega Man clones for the NES. 

 Whomp 'Em for NES by Jaleco LTD. Known in Japan as 西遊記ワールド2 天上界の魔神 or "Saiyūki World 2: Tenjōkai no Majin/Evil Spirit of Heaven".  You are Native American brave, Soaring Eagle and you're on a warrior's quest to bust down the gates of Heaven and prove to the Great Spirit you're worthy of ascending to tribal chief.  But to so so you must embark on a long and winding quest that traverses an intro stage, six choose-your-own-peril:  The Fire Test, the Ice Ritual, the Sacred Woods, the Secret Cliff, the Magic Forest, and the Water Test.  

In each different environment you'll face hazard and challenge a different boss spirt.  Defeat each one to obtain on of the six medallions as proof of your strength.  Each will give you a different power to imbue into your trust spear to traverse enemies and obstacles much like the Blue Bomber's ability to copy weapons.  Once you have them all, ascend the clouds with the final power to challenge the Great Spirit and complete your quest.

One odd thing to note is the boss of the Sacred Woods (at the top of a tree, no less) not only has a resemblance to Wood Man from Mega Man 2 but also similar patterns and a similar weapon.

This marks my first attempt to use the Multi-depth platforming solution script.  Though I'm not sure I implemented it corrected, it produced and interesting effect with the depth that sometimes has my character ducking into the background bushes and scaling the platforms of the mountain; which are further back than the rocky foreground.  While it's mostly stable in the vertical areas, I haven't figured out what causes Soaring Eagle to jump back further into the background or return to the default depth.  It's HARDLY gameplay breaking and actually produces a unique effect I'm okay with.

This profile is a huge experiment in what I call "Extreme Depth".  This is a profile for Z-axis junkies only.  If you want to see how BIG stages can go, this is your jam.  With depth that sometimes has your character going practically into the background, Whomp Em' takes things to the ABSOLUTE extreme with how "open world" I can make it look.

I still have some cleanup and such to still do on this first level but for the most part this is a nice preview of what's to come.

Update 1:  Whomp 'Em Sacred Woods Stage added.  Six more levels to go.

Update 2: Whomp 'Em Fire Test Stage Added.  Five more levels to go.

Update 3: Whomp 'Em Ice Ritual Stage Added. Four more levels to go.

Update 4: Whomp 'Em Secret Cliff Stage Added.  Three More levels to go.

Update 5: Whomp 'Em Water Test Stage Added. Two more levels to go.

Update 6: Whomp 'Em Magic Forest Stage Added.  One More Level to go.

Update 7: Whomp 'Em Final Stage Added.  PROJECT IS COMPLETE!!!

Whomp 'Em Profile (DropBox)

Whomp 'Em Profile(OneDrive Mirror)

Intro Stage:

Sacred Woods Stage:

Fire Test Stage:

Ice Ritual Stage:

Secret Cliff Stage:

Water Test Stage:

Magic Forest Stage: 

Final Stage and Ending: 

Project complete, pending further clean-ups and fixes.   Check back for further updates.

I present a surprise finished prototype; essentially 99.99% cleaned up and ready for the repository!

Konami's Bucky O'Hare.  A side-scroller based on the early 90's cartoon that takes one part Mega Man and a lot of parts Battletoads with a little CastleVania III and Gradius sprinkle-tossed in.  One monsterously difficult, and deceptively big game that spans 7 worlds but each world can go from 6 to 10 acts before you reach its end boss!

Enjoy!

Bucky O'Hare Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Bucky O'Hare Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

And we have yet another project to the pile.  Old-school shooter/puncher platformer, Amagon!  Made by American Sammy (the same company behind VICE: Project Doom if you can believe it!)

Simple story, simple graphics, and simple gameplay that harkens back to that arcade experience where games feature less fixed screens (from the time of Mario Bros.) to the familiar side-scrolling genre.

You are Amagon, a barefoot guy in a tee and shorts who's crash-landed his airplane on a dangerous, jungle island.  Your only hope is the cross the island and get to a port where an abandoned ship can sail you back to civilization.  But this is a game where EVERY form of flora and fauna is out to kill you.  What starts as birds, spiders, and snakes attempting to give you a miserable day progresses all the way to a clash with...ALIENS FROM SPAAAAACE!?  Believe it!

And there's all kind of nasty bosses in between like lion men, hippo demons, ticked off dryad tree-beasts, skeletons, and even a giant stone serpent statue come to life.

But Amagon isn't defenseless.  He runs, he jumps and he just happens to be carrying a machine gun......with limited ammo.  So...better pick up spare bullets or you'll have to resort to using your gun as a club.  And going melee is dangerous as heck.

Fear not!  For Amagon has a trick up his sleeve.  As he racks up the points he can gain enough to trade in his score once he finds the Mega Key!  And using the Mega Key, he can transform into the brutish Tarzan knock-off, Amagon; whose brutal uppercuts sent enemies flying, plus he can use the devastating Megagon Shockwave attack as a projectile.  

But BEWARE, yet AGAIN!  Depending on how much of a score you had before you transformed, you may not have enough of the 70,000 point quota in order to start Megagon with full power; for however many points you DID train in, represents how long you can stay as Megagon.   

Getting hit by enemies will drain that power bar as will EVER use of the Megagon Shockwave.  Use your power wisely or you'll be back to wimpy Amagon where a single hit will KILL YOU!!!  You read that right!  Amagon can't even take one hit without dying.  Lose all your lives and it's game over.

UPDATE: This profile is COMPLETE and ready for the REPOSITORY!

Amagon Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Amagon Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

Stage 1-1:

Stage 1-2: 

Stage 2-1:

Stage 2-2:

Stage 3-1:

Stage 3-2:

Stage 4-1:

Stage 4-2:

Stage 5-1:

Stage 5-2:

Stage 6-1:

Stage 6-2 and the Ending:

Stay tuned for more.

I officially unveil another side-project which I'm working on between Mega Man 6's profile.

Introducing, VICE: Project Doom.  An American Sammy platformer with "variety gameplay".  What does that mean?  Like the Adventures of Bayou Billy, this is a game that knows how to switch it up to keep you on your toes.  And it includes a top-view driving car chase with machine guns, platforming with three different attacks each with its own range, and a couple of FPS on rails scrolling shooter stages.  Add to that some Ninja Gaiden style storytelling through cutscenes and you got an action/adventure game that tells a 90's dark, gritty lone cop against a corrupt corporation conspiracy.

A plot 30-years plus in the making comes to a head as a mysterious corporation C.E.O pulls the strings on what will change the course of the life of a lone cop named Hart as he tries to unravel a growing conspiracy that involves lies, arms-dealing, genetic experimentation, and assassination.   At the risk of telling to much, this is one story that does not promise a happy ending for our hero.

With a variety of game styles, this took a plethora of flexible restructuring techniques, including my first attempt at working with a top-down perspective car chase level.  While I don't yet have a script in place to lock stage 1-1's driving level into a diagonal camera angle to emphasize the 3D effect, the camera can still be adjusted manually.  I may implement an automatic camera control script in later work on this until then.

Most of the stages are traditional 2D sidescrolling platformer and each of those builds consecutively toward increasing eye candy that uses more and more of my "trademark style".  You'll see what I mean in stage 4-1.

Fair warning, the cutscenes still need some work as some objects need to some depth-correction and polishes.

All this exposition complete, I now give you the partial build which currently includes up to (but not including) stage 5-1.

UPDATE: The build now includes stage 5-1 through (but not including stage 7-1.  Two stages for the price of one update...totally free!

UPDATE: The build is now complete!  This project is finished and ready for the repository!

VICE: Project Doom Profile

VICE: Project Doom Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

Prologue and Stage 1-1:

Stage 2-1: 

Stage 3-1:

Stage 4-1:

Stage 4-2:

Stage 5-1 , 5-2, and 5-3:

Stage 6-1, 6-2, and 6-3:

Stage 7-1:

Stage 7-2:

Stage 8-1:

Stage 9-1:

Stage 10-1:

Stage 11-1:

Stage 11-2 and Ending:

I officially introduce, now, the first of a couple side-projects cooking in the oven.

If Clan McDuck can have two profiles on 3DSen, why not those two gumshoes?  Yup.  It's Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers 2.  Fat Cat has escaped prison and stolen the Urn of the Pharaoh.  What begins as a time bomb threat in a restaurant quickly escalates into a rematch with the criminal mastermind with the voice of Jim Cummings in an expanded mostly-linear romp through new stages with familiar skills and even more familiar allies.   Rescue Rangers AWAY!!!

UPDATE:  This profile is now complete and ready for the repository!  Enjoy!

Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers 2 Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers 2 Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

Stage 1 (Restaurant:

Stage 2 (Sewers):

Stage 3 (Transport Ship):

Stage 4 (Frozen Warehouse):

Stage 5 (Haunted House/Funeral Home): 

Stage 6 (Clocktower):

Stage 7 (Western World):

Stage 8 (Future World):

Stage 9 (Fat Cat's Hideout):

Ending:

Stay tuned (Or is it Tooned?) for updates!

It's deja-vu time, Blue Bomber fans!  Here we go again!  

Yet another robot war erupts in Monsteropolis and spreads throughout the world.  This time the sponsor of the World's First Robot Fighting Tournament has stolen the eight finalist entrants into his own contest--Robot Masters hailing from Saudi Arabia, Canada, South America, Arizona in the United States of America, Great Britain, Greece, and China--Mega Man's going to need some serious frequent flier miles to curb this batch of multi-ethnic machines!

Touted as the "World's Greatest Battle", new stages, new bosses, new weapons, new music and graphics, new Rush armor transformations, and a whole LOT of familiar, Mega Man 6 marks the end of the NES era.

That said, let's get this project officially started with not one but BOOM!  Two updates in this debut!

Note:  By this point the profile is getting large and the rendering glitches of the maker (and sometimes 3DSen itself) rear their ugly heads and can only be remedied by closing as many other programs as possible and hoping that setting the priority and reloading the emulator enough times will result in non-glitched visuals.  The Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 profiles have this problem, too.  This is a common occurrence in PC's with lower specs. Typically higher-spec PC's don't experience this issue.  This one is probably my most polished profile.

As of July 4th, 2021 at 1 A.M. E.S.T. this project is complete and READY FOR THE RESPOSITORY! ^o^

Mega Man 6 Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Mega Man 6 Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

Update 1: Project is now 1/16th done! 15 Stages remain.

Update 2: Project is now 2/16th done! 14 Stages remain

Update 3:  Project is now 3/16th done! 13 Stages remain

Update 4: Project is now 4/16th done!  12 Stages remain ONE-QUARTER POINT!

Update 5: Project is now 5/16th done!  11 Stages remain.

Update 6: Project is now 6/16th done!  10 stages remain.

Update 7: Project is now 7/16th done!  9 stages remain.

Update 8: Project is now 8/16th done!  8 stages remain!  HALFWAY POINT!!!

Update 9: Project is now 9/16th done!  7 stages remain.

Update 10: Project is now 10/16th done!  6 stages remain.

Update 11: Project is now 11/16th done!  5 stages remain.

Update 12: Project is now 12/16th done!  4 stages remain. THREE-QUARTER POINT!!!

Update 13: Project is now 13/16th done!  3 stages remain.

Update 14: Project is now 14/16th done!  2 stages remain.

Update 15: Project is now 15/16th done!  1 stage an an ending remain.

Update 16: Project is now 16/16 done!  PROJECT IS COMPLETE!!!

Flame Man's Oil Refinery Palace in Saudi Arabia:

Blizzard Man's Ski Resort in Canada:

Plant Man's "Forgotten Area" Amazon Rainforest in Brazil:

Tomahawk Man's "Restricted Area" Desert Badlands in Tombstone, Arizona

Yamato Man's Mount Fuji "Impregnable Fortress" in Tokyo, Japan

Knight Man's "Capital of Science" castle fortress in the United Kingdom:

Centaur Man's "Ancient City" in Athens, Greece:

Wind Man's Mechanical Tower in China

Mr. X's fortress, X-Tower Area 1 (Skyscaper Exterior):

Mr. X's Fortress, X-Tower Area 2 (Observation Hall):

Mr. X's Fortress, X-Tower Area 3 (Underground Loading Dock Warehouse):

Mr. X's Fortress, X-Tower Area 4 (Basement Power Generator Core Room):

Dr. Wily Fortress mk VI, "Skull Pagoda" Area 1 (Ventilation System)":

Dr. Wily Fortress mk VI, "Skull Pagoda" Area 2 (Cold Storage Facility):

Dr. Wily Fortress mk VI, "Skull Pagoda" Area 3 (Dr. Wily Teleport System version 6.0):

Dr. Wily mk VI, Skull Pagoda Area 4 (Dr. Wily Final Bunker/Wily Machine Garage) plus Ending, Robot Master Credits, and Staff Roll:

I've since lost the original Mega Man 3D profile I started to work with from your WIP so I started from scratch.  However I didn't realize at the time I mislabeled Rockman(J) as Mega Man 1 so I got along pretty far along with it.  After a while I finally finished the profile and credited you in the meta-data.  I hope you like I what I did with it.  It turned out pretty well.

Here's "Special Edition Rockman 3D".  Specifically for the Japanese ROM, like the Mega Man profile but with oodles more depth and effect!  Plus the sprites themselves are now 3D.

Rockman (J) Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Rockman (J) Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

Let me know what you think.

"I am the Terror the Flaps in the Night! 

I am the LJN that makes the AVGN get NSFW!

I am DARKWING DUCK!"

I present to you a 100% complete prototype Profile for a long-overdue Capcom title...

Link to profile: Let's get Dangerous! (Dropbox)

Or if that doesn't work, use the OneDrive Mirror link: Let's get Dangerous! (OneDrive)

Quackerjack Stage:

Liquidator Stage:

Wolf Duck Stage:

Megavolt Stage:

Moliarty Stage:

Bushroot Stage:

Steelbeak Stage and Ending (spoilers):

Enjoy! And keep watch for updates to Project: Mega Man 5.

You know, when I'm finished, you're welcome to modify my profile to make a special 3-D Mega Man edition of it if you want.  Same with my existing Mega Man 4 profile.  I don't object, and you have my blessing to do so.  I've kept Mega Man 2D so that he'd match the other Mega Man profiles already in existence.  There's no rule that says there can't be more than one version of a profile (that I know of).   There's an official Zelda II profile as well as one being worked on by JJXB so... *shrug*

Just when you thought it was safe in Monsteropolis...

BOOM.

While I'm only 1/16th done, I've decided to let anyone and everyone play around with the VERY MUCH W.I.P. profile and I'll leave you with this little gem.  Enjoy!

* Profile maker's note:  Sometimes loading custom profiles, specifically Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 results in a glitch in which 3DSen doesn't load all the textures and colors into the RAM fast enough and it can result in scrambled graphics.   Most of the time this can be remedied by opening a pack-in profile ROM; CastleVania 1 usually works the best, then after it's loaded up, immediately re-load Mega Man 4 or Mega Man 5.   It may also help to increase the priority to 3DSen in Task Manager or close other programs.  Firefox and Chrome are especially resource-hungry.  

Of the the three Mega Man titles I've worked on, this one is the MOST problematic.

Update 1: Project is now 1/8th done! 14 Stages remain.

Update 2: Project is now 3/16th done! 13 Stages remain

Update 2.5: A number of improvements made.  Stage Selected splash screen deepened to fix text and background issues.  Clouds now drift in Gyro Man's stage.  Gaping holes in the background of Crystal Man's stage now fixed.  Other minor tweaks and polishes.

Update 3: Project is now 1/4 (25%) done!  12 Stages remain.

Update 4: Project is now 5/16th (31.25%) done 11 Stages remain.

Update 5: Project is now 3/8 (37.5%) done! 10 Stages Remain.

Update 6: Project is now 7/16th (43.75%)  done! 9 stages remain

Update 7: Project is now 8/16th (50%) done!  8 stages remain  HALFWAY THERE!

Update 8: Project is now 9/16th (56.25%) done!  7 stages remain

Update 9: Project is now 5/8th (62.5%) done!  6 stages remain

Update 10: Project is now 11/16th (68.75%) done!  5 stages remain

Update 11: Project is now 3/4 (75%) done!  4 Stages remain!  HOME STRETCH!

Update 12: Project is now 13/16 (81.25%) done!  3 Stages remain!

Update 13: Project is now 7/8 (87.5%) done!  2 Stages remain!

Update 14: Project is now 15/16 (93.75%) done!  1 Stage remains!

Update 15: Project is now 16/16 (100%) done!  Project is essentially finished*

* I was unable to fix the end credits after many attempts.  They will have to remain a problem.

Well the message says it all.  This project is finished.  Or rather it's as finished as I can make it.  Due to problems with the final staff roll credits, I had to leave off after the Robot Master Contest credits.  Otherwise...there's nothing more I can do for this profile.  It is essentially a finished project.

This coming March I hope to be able to start Mega Man 6 and I'm hoping I'll have fewer complications in the long-run.

Overall...this was still one of my favorites to work with despite the problems.  It's very, very much playable, baring any unforeseen glitches, color problems, or emulator issues.

Thank you for sticking around to see it through.

Mega Man 5 Profile (Dropbox)

Mega Man 5 Profile (OneDrive)

Gravity Man's Gravity Control Physics Lab:

Gyro Man's Sky Garden

Crystal Man's Energen Crystal Mine!

Napalm Man's Rainforest Jungle Cavern Bunker

Stone Man's Mountainous Mining Cavern

Charge Man's Railway Depot and Supply Train

Wave Man's Water Purification Reservoir

Star Man's Orbital Space Station

Dark Man Fortress, Area 1 (Castle Courtyard and Outer Walls):

Dark Man Fortress, Area 2 (Castle Basement Water/Gas Plumbing and Supercomputer Area):

Dark Man Fortress, Area 3 (Upper Ramparts, Castle Walls, and Security Stations):

Dark Man Fortress, Area 4 (Inner Core--Confrontation with "Proto" Man!  The truth revealed!):

Dr. Wily's Lab:  Skull Fortress mark 5, Area 1 (Quantum Computer and Junk Crushing Area):

Dr. Wily's Lab; Skull Fortress mark 5, Area 2 (Flooded Castle  Basement Water Regulation System):

Dr. Wily's Lab; Skull Fortress mark 5, Area 3 (Dr. Wily Teleport System mark V):

Dr. Wily's Lab; Skull Fortress mark 5, Area 4 (Underground Bunker/Garage) and Ending:

As always, if you check out the video on my YT page, please read the comments under "Show More".

Update: Profile completed!  Download to follow

Profile: 

Kabuki Quantum Fighter Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Kabuki Quantum Fighter Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

I've since returned to my second project.  Known as Kabuki Quantum Fighter in the USA and 地獄極楽丸 ( Jigoku Gokurakumaru - "Hell Paradise") in Japan; this game can be considered "alternative Ninja Gaiden".  Smaller in scale, more traditional 2D view (instead of NG's tendancy to simulate semi-isometric environments), and less sophisticated cinematic storytelling.  This game features 6 areas (Well...five and a final boss room) and an arsenal that expands with each area--a feature revisted in the SNES/Genesis/Sega CD game WolfChild.

Interesting of note, Kabuki Quantum Fighter's  second area features a boss called "Gemini" that shoots blue lasers that change direction plus he clones himself.  Mega Man 3 fans might consider that a little familiar...

That said, I've made some cosmetic upgrades to Area 1 and completed Area 2.  I've hit a setback with Area 3 and lost a decent amount of progress on it but I'll rebuild ASAP.

Anyway.  Here's Area 1 and Area 2.  If you view the videos on my channel, please do read the comments under "show more" for details.

Once complete, I'll post the profile here.

Update: Area 3 added.   (As said before, please read the description if you view the videos on my YT channel for details).

Double update: Area 4 and 5 added.  See above and check back later.  The profile is on its way.

Check back here for further updates.

Topic revised and streamlined.

Sure, go ahead.  Hopefully the remaining stages and the ending won't give me too much trouble.

You've played the first three Mega Man titles, packed in with geod's amazing 3DSen emulator.  Now I continue the tradition with the next three entries.  Behold...Mega Man 4.

It's the year 20XX and the world has been at peace since Dr. Wily's apparent death after the destruction of Gamma.  Household robot siblings, Rock and Roll enjoy the peace in the lab of their creator, the brilliant Dr. Thomas Xavier Light.

However, history repeats, and Light's other former colleague, Dr. Mikhail Sergeyovich Cossack has surfaced and he's thrown down the gauntlet; having created 8 new robot masters to challenge Mega Man to combat for supremacy.  Seemingly suffering from a bruised ego of being ignored in the wake of Doctors, Light and Wily, he's ready to fill the void of mad scientist trying to take over the world.

Mega Man sets out for battle, riding a bullet train straight to Siberia, Russia.  This time armed with the new Super Mega Buster--an enhancement to his main "lemon shooter" arm cannon to allow him to charge his shots for greater attack damage.  Rush is back to support his master with his transformations from last game.  Now he is joined by Eddy "Flip-Top" who will teleport to key locations in certain stages to dispense power-ups to Mega Man at crucial moments.

Eight new stages in various parts of the world include Toad Man's "Station One" water reclamation facility, Bright Man's "Lightning Control" stage, Pharaoh Man's crypt in Neo Cairo, Ring Man's space telescope observatory, Dust Man's junk-crushing/burning waste disposal plant, Skull Man's bone bridges over an archaeological site, Dive Man's underwater magma-pumping facility at a harbor, and Drill Man's underground mining tunnel.  Make it through all that and Dr. Cossack's Siberian Citadel awaits.  

But could it be there's more to the story than meets the eye? 

Play through Mega Man to get to the truth of why Light's old friend has turned foe.

FINAL (foreseeable) UPDATE!!!  With this last batch of fine-tunes and corrections, the profile should be 100% complete, though insignificant issues and errors may still be present.  That said...this should be the last round of fixes.  If any more need to be made, let me know.  And so...

Mega Man 4 Profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Mega Man 4 Profile (OneDrive Mirror)

* Profile maker's note:  Sometimes loading custom profiles, specifically Mega Man 4 and Mega Man 5 results in a glitch in which 3DSen doesn't load all the textures and colors into the RAM fast enough and it can result in scrambled graphics.   Most of the time this can be remedied by opening a pack-in profile ROM; CastleVania 1 usually works the best, then after it's loaded up, immediately re-load Mega Man 4 or Mega Man 5.   It may also help to increase the priority to 3DSen in Task Manager or close other programs.  Firefox and Chrome are especially resource-hungry.  

Out of the three, this is is USUALLY the most cooperative with few if any graphical issues.  While glitches can occur, they are far more rare than Mega Man 5 and Mega Man 6.  This one is probably one of my favorites but took the most effort to clean up after several conflicts and shared assets.

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Second update:

Third update:

Fourth update:

Fifth update:

Sixth Update:

Seventh Update:

Update 8:

I present the finished prototype.  While still riddled with flaws and probably some undiscovered glitches and issues, for the most part I'd like to consider it a solid A minus work.  If anyone can fix the issues and problems and/or clean it up, please by all means fix what I have.  Anyone and everyone is welcome to polish and overhaul it or even go through and painstakingly make all of Mega Man and the boss characters into 3D models.  

Rest assured I made my best attempt to put everything else in 3D, but some things such as the Metool Daddy boss in Dr. Wily's stage proved to have too many issues with shared assets and other unforeseen problems.  Most strange of which is a layer of the floor that does not seem to show up, making Mega Man and the boss and its minions seem to float.

Good luck to all who can make what I've put together better.  I leave it all in your hands now.  Just be sure to credit me as the maker of the original profile prototype if you modify or upgrade it.

Post Profile Updates:

Bright Man Stage:

Finally, this stage meets all of my standards.  After a long time of experimentation with 3DNes coupled with a lot of trial and error with 3DSen, I've finally cleaned up and polished a version of Bright Man's Lighting Control plant that I've been aiming for for ages.  It honestly looks and feels worthy of the quality Mega Man games should carry.  Several mismatched and substituted tiles eliminated, several holes filled with tile merging, several tweaks to the background, fixes to cables and light fixtures for the lights-out-darkness effect to look proper and all kinds of performance issues corrected without causing too much conflict with other shared tile areas.

Ring Man Stage:

A COMPLETE overhaul and upgrade of the screw-cut crystal pillars and layout that makes up the bulk of this stage.  Better cyclinder and alpha effects lead to convincing transparency and gives Ring Man's space telescope observatory tower the overall appearance that is befitting of the Mega Man 4 game.  A re-done hippo mid-boss with cleaned up pedestal platform (Now appearing as an oblong/oval platform instead of a circular drum) and new machine-filled crystal flooring.  For minor tweaks, planets were now given proper black shadow area to form complete sphere objects.  And lastly the machinery and walls of Ring Man's stage were merged, cleaned up and polished to eliminate performance issues.

Dust Man Stage:

Dust Man's industrial junk-crushing incinerator turned out to be a surprise source of performance issues.  Glad I nipped this in the bud before it became a huge problem.  Sometimes the best overhaul is the one that you can't tell if anything's been changed.  Most of the upgrades in this iteration were done to improve performance while retaining the look of the original version 1.0.  Several tiles merged into singular patterns, several assets reworked, and a lot of makeshift patchwork to fill gaps (a problem that made Bright Man's stage easily a pain with empty spaces and shared tiles).  Rework of the square presses and several revisions of the pipes and press shafts.  Overall, looking and playing better.

Skull Man Stage:

I apologize for the thumbnail being lit up during a Flash Stopper use, but finally I was able to eliminate the accidental cylinder pattern texture on the sky and do some serious cloud tile merging and fixes to get the stage to scroll as smooth as butter (despite my PC's and laptop's limited specs.  Skull Man's bone bridge archeologic dig site has some improvements on the bones and elbow joints in combination with multiple tile merging to reduce the number of rendered object and present a more cohesive rocky terrain.  Initially I had greatly expended the depth of the rib-cage bridges, but that revision was lost in another profile brain-fart that erased my work.  So I reverted back to the current setup.  Overall I like this stage a lot in 3D.

Dive Man's Stage:

Dive Man's magma-pumping water ocean base (a predecessor to Launch Octopus' turf?) was the cause of many performance issue headaches.  To the point it nearly crashed the emulator at some points or slowed it down to unbearable levels and of course riddled with audio static and pops on my PC and laptop due to their unimpressive specifications.  But, the challenge of doing more with less presents many opportunities to find new work-arounds and new ways to correct old problems.

I've since doubled down on the assets of Dive Man's stage, doubling the depth, though I've had to tweak the sky background, delete and re-merge tiles repeatedly until I got  a working solution that didn't cause any immediate problems in the rest of the game (thus far).

There are still problem areas with slowdown during the first narrow gap slide (under the large overhang between two sky assets and a numerous drop-claw enemies) and the open area with the lone "Jumbig".

But now the whales have been improved to a noticeable degree and the Wire Adaptor area now features expanded plumbing since my version 1.0 build.  After a set of refinements, Dive Man's stage is now very playable.

Any future updates to this profile will be intended to correct lingering issues and graphics problems in Dr. Cossack's and Dr. Wily's stages.

Stay tuned.  Just because the profile is complete and in the Profile Repository doesn't mean it can't still get later updates and polishes.  For now the priority still goes to Mega Man 5.  But you never know when a new fix will show up for the Mega Man 4 profile...

UPDATE:

And now new fixes and polishes for Mega Man 4 are up but still more remain.

Finally I can show of the Cossack stages in action.

Cossack Citadel, Area 1:  Scaling the snowy outer defense wall:

Cossack Citadel, Area 2: Inside the Citadel, approaching the main computer:

Cossack Citadel, Area 3, Above the Citadel, around the minaret and towers:  

Cossack Citadel, Area 4, Into Dr. Cossack's underground warehouse:

What may be the final post-profile update...

Wily Fortress mk IV, Area 1, Through the castle's water-purifying and pumping station:

Wily Fortress mk IV, Area 2, Passing through Wily's Robotics Research Server Farm:

Wily Fortress mk IV, Area 3, Entering the Dr. Wily Teleport System version 4.0:

Wily Fortress mk IV, Area 4, Dr. Wily's underground bunker and secret lab, Ending, Staff Credits & Thanks For Playing final message

Thank-you for sticking around to see the development run its course.  See you in Mega Man 5!

The positive feedback is greatly appreciated.

My fourth project, but second finished work.  A 99.99% completed profile for Werewolf the Last Warrior and a better attempt than my previous work on Kid Icarus.  There are still enemies and things I haven't tweaked and some questionable graphics in the second stage (city, above ground) but overall I'm proud of how it came out.  Especially the glowing effects and transparencies.

As always anyone is welcome to polish, modify or overhaul it.  Just credit me as the original maker.

Video demo shows the progress on the first stage.  Yes, cheat codes are used; this is not a serious play-through, just a demo.

Werewolf the Last Warrior profile (Dropbox Mirror)

Werewolf the Last Warrior profile (OneDrive Mirror)

Mod Update: Update the profile with info about the maker Profile Link

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My first profile is Kid Icarus.  It's pretty much completed but rough and unrefined.  Anyone and everyone is welcome to polish it, refine it, or completely overhaul it.

Cheat codes are used.  This is not a walk-through or serious gameplay; just a demo to showcase the 3D effect.

Kid Icarus: Angel Land Story Profile (DropBox)

Kid Icarus: Angel Land Story Profile (OneDrive Mirror)