The Way






The Way is a 15 exit Kaizo hack. Switch Palaces do count as exits.
This is my first hack, and my goal was to have unique set ups and obstacles, a bit of blend of old school Kaizo, and “new age” Kaizo. There are a couple puzzly elements in secret exits and and switch palaces.
The Way is mostly vanilla, but does have a few sections that are chocolate. All custom blocks used are what have been common knowledge in the community. All Sprites seen act as vanilla, so there should be minimal surprises.
Start/Select out of every level.
Select on Overworld to save.
I hope you have fun!
Extra Files:
Credits.txt
Credits here for the base rom. credits for additional custom music, asm, graphics and blocks are in the hack, after the final level.
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-- Baserom --
AmperSam - Compilation and documentation
-- Help & Testing--
Fen, Fernap, Kevin, LouisDoucet, TheJavaBrew, underway
-- Enhancement Patches --
Bullet Bill Sound Effect on Extra Bit - AmperSam - https://smwc.me/s/34948
Double Bounce Shell Palette - Fernap
Monty Mole, Hammer Bro and Dry Bone Behavior on Extra Bit - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/30450
Pitchin' Chuck Won't Turn On Extra Bit - JamesD28 - https://smwc.me/s/28579
Placeable (Kicked) Throw Block - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/22809
Placeable Disco Shell - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/21597
Placeable Kicked Shell v1.1 - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/28994
Poison Mushroom v1.0 - JackTheSpades, mikeyk - https://smwc.me/s/20440
Rexes With Extra Bit Set Are Squished - Supermario1313 - https://smwc.me/s/27788
Spike Top Ceiling Cling - imamelia - https://smwc.me/s/18949
Triple Ball 'n' Chain - imamelia - https://smwc.me/s/19256
-- Feature Patches --
Individual Dragon Coin Save - JackTheSpades, lx5, worldpeace - https://smwc.me/s/22888
ObjecTool 0.5* - 0x400, imamelia - https://smwc.me/s/24217
RAM Specific L/R Scroll Disable - Chdata - https://smwc.me/s/20355
RAM Toggled Status Bar (& IRQ) - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/28449
RAM-Toggled Spin Jump Fireballs - AmperSam - https://smwc.me/s/35220
-- Bug Fix Patches --
$13FB Game Crash Fix (Fireberry) - p4plus2 - https://smwc.me/s/18319
Ball n' Chain and Yoshi Interaction Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/22761
BG Candle Flames Priority Fix (for SA-1 MaxTile) - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/32380
Block Duplication Fix v1.5* - Tattletale, lolcats439 - https://smwc.me/s/18413
Bob-omb Kicked Palette Fix - Koopster - https://smwc.me/s/24684
Bounce Blocks Death Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/25647
Cape Layer 2 Position Fix - HammerBrother - https://smwc.me/s/12328
Castle Intro Ledge Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/34038
Climbing Net Door on Subscreen Boundary Fix v1.1 - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/32586
Cluster Boo Ducking Fix - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/11618
Dark Room Background Fix - Roy - https://smwc.me/s/19456
Dead Spring Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/29595
Double Spinjump Antifail - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/13400
Eating Blocks Freeze Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/26543
Feather Autoscroll Freeze Fix - Romi - https://smwc.me/s/19333
Goal Point Sprite Reward Fix - Major Flare, Ragey - https://smwc.me/s/22588
Hammer Bro Fix v1.1 - Tattletale, yoshifanatic - https://smwc.me/s/18722
Horizontal Scroll Snap Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/29085
Item Box Mushroom Priority Fix - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/18320
Layer 2+3 Wallrun Triangle Fix - dtothefourth - https://smwc.me/s/21413
Line Guide Acts-Like Fix - imamelia, worldpeace - https://smwc.me/s/23847
Line-Guided Rope Length Fix - imamelia - https://smwc.me/s/18948
Moving Castle Block Offscreen Handling Fix v1.1 - Blind Devil - https://smwc.me/s/18721
No Sprite Interaction Fix - chillyfox - https://smwc.me/s/19222
P-Balloon and Cloud Clipping Fix - lolcats439 - https://smwc.me/s/8771
P-Switch Duplication with Yoshi Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/22611
Proximity Wraparound fix 2.0 - HammerBrother, JackTheSpades, RussianMan - https://smwc.me/s/26926
Question Block Item Collision Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/29094
Red Stem Piranha Plants on Extra Bit + Stem Fix - Koopster - https://smwc.me/s/32080
Rollover Fix - Noobish Noobsicle - https://smwc.me/s/14053
Rope Fix - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/8784
Skull Raft Fix - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/20145
Spike Swim Fix v1.1 - Alcaro, yoshifanatic - https://smwc.me/s/17740
Springboard Fixes - MiracleWater - https://smwc.me/s/22084
Sprite Ceiling Fix - Davros - https://smwc.me/s/14697
Sprite Scroll Fix - HammerBrother - https://smwc.me/s/13675
Star/Slide Kill GFX Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/30709
Tide Current Fix - Koopster - https://smwc.me/s/26825
Time Up Fix - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/15110
Title Window Cleaner - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/8975
Torpedo Ted Offscreen Smoke Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/26503
Triple Rotating Platform Vertical Level Fix - Karisa - https://smwc.me/s/21707
Vertical Level Bowser Statue Fireball Fix - Medic, Telinc1 - https://smwc.me/s/16781
Vertical Spawn/Despawn Fix - HammerBrother - https://smwc.me/s/22833
Victory Pose Fix v1.1 - TheBiob - https://smwc.me/s/22372
Walljump/Note Block Glitch Fix v1.6 - lolcats439 - https://smwc.me/s/19932
Yoshi Pipe Animation Fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/30127
-- Optimization Patches
Fixed Color Data NMI Optimizer - Ladida - https://smwc.me/s/18596
Layer 2 Buoyancy Optimization - worldpeace - https://smwc.me/s/16366
Lunar Magic's "VRAM Patch" Optimization - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/28028
Optimize 1F0 - Fernap - https://smwc.me/s/31950
Status Bar NMI Optimizer v1.1 - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/33996
-- Misc. Patches --
Extended No Sprite Tile Limits v4.0 - DiscoTheBat, Kevin, Roy, imamelia, worldpeace - https://smwc.me/s/32381
Free Up RAM - dtothefourth, RPG Hacker, Erik/Kaijyuu
Free Up Tile 69 - Kevin
Mario's 8x8 Tiles DMA-er - Ladida, lx5 - https://smwc.me/s/26002
No More Sprite Tile Limits v1.2.1 - Arujus, MathOnNapkins, Tattletale, NoelYoshi, Vitor Vilela, edit1754 - https://smwc.me/s/24816
SA-1 Pack v1.40** - Arujus, Vitor Vilela - https://smwc.me/s/25938
-- UberASM --
Consistent 8 Frame Cape Float Delay* - DJLocks, xHF01x - https://smwc.me/s/28534
ON/OFF Double Hit fix - Kevin - https://smwc.me/s/30011
Retry System v0.5.2 - Kevin - https://github.com/kkevinm/retry-system/releases/tag/v0.5.2
UberASM Objects System - AmperSam, underway, MarioFanGamer
-- Blocks --
Basic Baserom Blocks - AmperSam
Block Breakable by Item - JUMP Baserom
Donut Lift Block v1.1* - by Davros, mikeyk - https://smwc.me/s/20418
Hurt / Death Block for Kaizo / Pit Hacks - dacin - https://smwc.me/s/27268
Ledge Vine - ASM - https://smwc.me/s/3944
One-way blocks 1.2 - HammerBrother - https://smwc.me/s/18158
Question Mark Blocks v1.3.0* - MarioFanGamer, lx5 - https://smwc.me/s/19775
Screen Scrolling Pipes 4.0.2* - HammerBrother - https://smwc.me/s/27019
Spiny and Swooper Blocks - TheBourgyman - https://smwc.me/s/30296
Super Bounce Blocks* - dogemaster - https://smwc.me/s/22934
-- Used Tools --
AddmusicK 1.0.9 - Kipernal,KungFuFurby - https://smwc.me/s/31558
Asar v1.81 - Alcaro et al. - https://smwc.me/s/25953
Callisto v0.2.2 - underway - https://github.com/Underrout/callisto
Flips v1.31 - Alcaro - https://smwc.me/s/11474
GPS V1.4.4 - TheBiob, p4plus2 - https://smwc.me/s/29130
Lunar Magic 3.40 - FuSoYa - https://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/lm/program.html
PIXI v1.40 - Atari2.0, JackTheSpades, Tattletale - https://smwc.me/s/32277
UberASMTool 2.0 - Vitor Vilela, Fernap - https://github.com/Fernap/UberASMTool
-- Other --
Custom User Toolbar - AmperSam
* modified for use in the baserom
** if using SA-1 initial build patch