Shift Post 64

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Readme.txt

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Shift Post 64 by Minus Bros.
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Shift Post 64, otherwise known as Super HACKIO 64 is my first attempt at hacking
Super Mario 64. It takes the familiar vanilla game and spices it up as a
palette swap. However, not only is it a palette swap, but it's also a difficulty
increase hack as well. The game includes some higher quality graphics most
notably in the HUD and menus. There's also a brand new story I made up for the
game. It's not really meant to be taken seriously, but it has to do with Mario
and Bowser 20-30 years in the future when they are much older and done with
conflict.

If this goes well, I might try again at making a real ROM hack, but it will
take MUCH longer than this. There's still time to improve on the utilisation
of the existing hacking tools, especially the custom music importer which I
did not use for this hack.

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Tools used
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-Mario 64 ROM Extender
-Toads Tool 64 v0.6.8S
-Quad 64 v0.2 Beta
-SM64 Editor v2.3
-SM64 Text Manager v1.0.2
-SM64 Tweaker v0.4.7.1 Beta

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Good and important things to know
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-This hack took a week and a half to make
-The game looks fresh due to the colour swaps
-The HUD can be triggered by pressing "L"
-Cap times are slightly shorter
-Difficulty has been increased; easier than the original, but not quite as 
hard as say Kaizo Mario 64
-You start with 10 lives instead of 5
-Lakitu is skipped at the beginning of the game
-All important text has been changed
-The "plot" is different
-Most areas have different music
-Some text boxes require less mashing to get through
-Courses 2, 3, 4, and PSS don't require any stars to access
-Later levels contain more than 8 Red Coins
-Bowser is red and Mario is blue
-All levels have added obstacles
-Some stars have been moved to harder locations
-Warp zones have been lifted for dramatic effect
-Mario, Peach and Bowser are in their 50s to mid 60s
-Lots of pop culture, movie and game references are made
-Shoutouts to SimpleFlips and Nathaniel Bandy



Well, have fun playing.