Star Fox 2 Improvement Patch by Sunlit
This set of patches provides fixes and improvements for Star Fox 2.
Originally released: December 4, 2023
Changes:
NTSC-U/PAL:
– Fixed twin laser capsule using prototype graphics in the US version
– Battleship emblem texture replaced with skull texture from the AG 6/22 translation patch
– Fixed Taitania not being localized to Titania in the US version
– Fixed Wolf introducing himself as "Star Wolf" and other script typos
PAL:
– Starwing 2 title logo and PAL ROM header
– Optimizations for running at PAL 50hz (i.e. framerate cap increased to 25fps like Starwing (PAL Star Fox 1)
ALL:
– View can be changed in space by pressing select (as in the AG 6/22 translation patch)
– Title screen copyright year changed to 2017 to reflect the official SNES Classic release
– Freed up some ROM space
– Internal build date changed to the build date of the final version of Star Fox 2 (95-09-20 @11:02 AM JST)
– Changed the ROM version field in the header to 01 (Rev. 1)
– Optional patch to enable homing by default
Credits:
Josete2K: Starwing 2 title logo (touched up by me)
Aeon Genesis: Battleship emblem texture
Sega Mega Drive: Titania text sprite
PATCHING INFORMATION
SF2Improvement_U.bps – USA version
SF2Improvement_J.bps – Japanese version
SF2Improvement_E.bps – European/PAL version
SF2Improvement_*_Homing.bps – Patch for a particular region (J/U/E) with homing enabled by default
SF2Improvement_U(_Homing).bps and SF2Improvement_E(_Homing).bps apply to a USA Star Fox 2 SNES Classic ROM.
SF2Improvement_J(_Homing).bps applies to a Japanese Star Fox 2 SNES Classic ROM.
Hashes:
Filename: Star Fox 2 (USA, Europe) (Classic Mini, Switch Online, Nintendo Leak).sfc
CRC-32: 87653732
SHA-1: 1135a2a6cb786ac7523e81dd553dc81aaa266f51
Filename: Star Fox 2 (Japan) (Classic Mini, Switch Online).sfc
CRC-32: 3753682f
SHA-1: 578df9cc661548f278faa1fb4b9b2e9701bde92e
Staff/Credits:
Josete2K: Starwing 2 title logo (touched up by me)
Aeon Genesis: Battleship emblem texture
Sega Mega Drive: Titania text sprite
Sunlit: Hacking
This set of patches provides fixes and improvements for Star Fox 2.
Originally released: December 4, 2023
Changes:
NTSC-U/PAL:
– Fixed twin laser capsule using prototype graphics in the US version
– Battleship emblem texture replaced with skull texture from the AG 6/22 translation patch
– Fixed Taitania not being localized to Titania in the US version
– Fixed Wolf introducing himself as "Star Wolf" and other script typos
PAL:
– Starwing 2 title logo and PAL ROM header
– Optimizations for running at PAL 50hz (i.e. framerate cap increased to 25fps like Starwing (PAL Star Fox 1)
ALL:
– View can be changed in space by pressing select (as in the AG 6/22 translation patch)
– Title screen copyright year changed to 2017 to reflect the official SNES Classic release
– Freed up some ROM space
– Internal build date changed to the build date of the final version of Star Fox 2 (95-09-20 @11:02 AM JST)
– Changed the ROM version field in the header to 01 (Rev. 1)
– Optional patch to enable homing by default
Credits:
Josete2K: Starwing 2 title logo (touched up by me)
Aeon Genesis: Battleship emblem texture
Sega Mega Drive: Titania text sprite
PATCHING INFORMATION
SF2Improvement_U.bps – USA version
SF2Improvement_J.bps – Japanese version
SF2Improvement_E.bps – European/PAL version
SF2Improvement_*_Homing.bps – Patch for a particular region (J/U/E) with homing enabled by default
SF2Improvement_U(_Homing).bps and SF2Improvement_E(_Homing).bps apply to a USA Star Fox 2 SNES Classic ROM.
SF2Improvement_J(_Homing).bps applies to a Japanese Star Fox 2 SNES Classic ROM.
Hashes:
Filename: Star Fox 2 (USA, Europe) (Classic Mini, Switch Online, Nintendo Leak).sfc
CRC-32: 87653732
SHA-1: 1135a2a6cb786ac7523e81dd553dc81aaa266f51
Filename: Star Fox 2 (Japan) (Classic Mini, Switch Online).sfc
CRC-32: 3753682f
SHA-1: 578df9cc661548f278faa1fb4b9b2e9701bde92e
Staff/Credits:
Josete2K: Starwing 2 title logo (touched up by me)
Aeon Genesis: Battleship emblem texture
Sega Mega Drive: Titania text sprite
Sunlit: Hacking
