Mega Man 2 VRC6/PCM Romhack (with my remixes!)

[@JamesTrifolium]

Your contributions in keeping this franchise alive are well appreciated. It’ll be exciting to see how you tackle the Dark Man and Wily stages.

[@turrican3839]

I hope Mega Man 3 will still feature the Wily Station theme from III and put it as the 2nd fortress theme, I always loved that

[@steveluvscows2490]

It's been 3 years, but finally, FINALLY, we've got confirmation on Mega Man 5 Remade releasing soon.

[@IsaiahStover]

Any proof?

[@binarycode_]

fun fact, those hacks also remove (most?) noticeable lag present in the original games

[@Bonemagee]

And more fun fact, that MM1 still more laggy than MM2, even while MM2 does pcm playback. For MM1 I optimized several routines, but in general seems engine is too bad. For MM2 v1.1 I optimized code only in two locations, but in v1.2 added a bit more, afair something for sprites, to compensate for CPU load during PCM playback.

[@ozzie_goat]

Rushjet you didn't have to bless us with this

[@ozzie_goat]

@@TheOneFreakservo I meant it in a collective fashion but okay

[@JLunaarS]

(lol that ending) Thanks for all of your hard work - but also many thanks to Ti for getting this all to work! This patch is only 2 days old! Play it while it's hot! 🔥

[@justinmohns8279]

Sweet!

[@GamerFromJump]

I didn’t actually even think of using the I-frames to get through the last laser on laser screen three of Quickman. You learn something new every day.

[@retrokid104]

Happy tenth anniversary to Mega Man 2 Remade!

[@JamesDziezynski]

Whooooaa this is awesome! I'd love to have this on cart! Thanks for putting this together (and all the years of great music!)

[@dinothebetatt6733]

Oh dang, those drums are amazing!

[@Joramee]

Love your remixes and can't wait for the mm3 romhack with your tunes! Is he doing all 6 games?

[@kveemusic]

Ooooooh, that's super cool! I know what I'm using for my next MM2 playthrough :]

[@MissUmbra]

First off, MEGA MAN 5 REMADE CONFIRMED Secondly, someone get Zynk Oxhide on the phone about these so he can make Roll Chan versions of these hacks

[@TechnoKnight2520]

I wonder if the same can be done to the 3 and 4, also including gameboy titles. Either way It is really good to hear that you're working to continue the 'Remade' series. I'll be happily waiting for 'Mega Man 5 Cover Playthrough'.

[@RushJet1]

Apparently it's not possible with 3 due to issues bringing it over to VRC6. There is a MMC5 version though that can have music added to it, so I might try retooling my tracks to work with that, though losing a channel and timbres does suck.

[@steveluvscows2490]

Shame.

[@DeusVult838]

This is so awesome!!!!!!!!!

[@WishMakers]

Holy wow, this is beautiful work. It's truly a magical experience to play the mixes along the game

[@CrimsonDragoon23]

Fingers crossed someone does a VRC6/PCM Hack for the Double Dragon NES Trilogy.

[@RushJet1]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmeXYmSKjrGle9U well it's a start, maybe

[@niclaswa5408]

I remember I used to play MegaMan on mute and played your version of the soundtrack in the background while playing

[@birdologist333]

god mf damn this music is so good

[@DreadEthos616]

Are there any plans to implement your music into a mod for Megaman Maker?

[@jarkspore]

TIL NES has 7-bit sample playback. I assumed those Furnace demos that had it were just inaccurate.

[@retro3188]

Awesome. I love Mega Man 2!

[@sylzayz]

Awesome video and music!

[@bochtabochta]

LET'S GOOOOOOO

[@ForteNT7601]

ask Ti if can release the PCM Version of your ost on youtube or something

[@gabrieldreemurr]

smooth and epic

[@dabluejay]

heck yeah

[@liptherapypirate]

hype

[@t.20imgaming]

2:08

[@MagnetoBombin]

This is not fire. This is Mega Fire!!!

[@nytr0s96]

"I didn't know PCM was possable with gameplay" forgets super mario broes 3 does the same thing.

[@musicgardener2142]

while this is obviously true, it's also true you have to modify assembly regarding controller inputs if you use DPCM, cause of its wacky implementation. nothing that can't be done, but has be taken care of nonetheless.

[@RushJet1]

Note that I'm actually talking about 7-bit PCM and not DPCM in this case. Most games that had samples used DPCM with a few exceptions, and pretty much all of those have to halt CPU activity to do it.

[@JFD62780]

@@RushJet1 I sort of suspected, but now that you confirmed it, holy s---, this literally changes the game on homebrews! Actual 7-bit PCM during gameplay. DAMN! XD

[@musicgardener2142]

@@RushJet1 could you elaborate a bit on the difference between 1-Bit DPCM vs. 7-Bit PCM and how they are handled? Information on this topic is a bit sparse. How would i go about using PCM in Famitracker and in an actual ROM? It's not as simple as using the DPCM channel and telling it to use 7-Bit PCM instead i'd assume, but some other shenanigans to make that work.

[@RushJet1]

@@musicgardener2142 you can't really do PCM in FamiTracker but you can in Furnace. This was romhacked in after the fact and I had to come up with higher quality versions of the samples and and convert the samples with Ti's help.

[@Skypatroller_BenCD]

Wait Megaman 5 remade is real!? SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY!!!!

[@t.20imgaming]

3:43-3:44

[@mcintoshprod4126]

8:35

[@OVNI-i6b]

:0

[@retro3188]

Awesome, but skip the talking. Mega Man 2 rocks!

[@MegaSonicfan23]

He has plenty of videos where he doesn't talk. He's allowed to talk when he wants to lol.