Romhacks BattleZone – PAL Remastered (Atari 2600) Romhack

[Simone D. Alemanno]

Why is this hack made on top of the NTSC ROM if the PAL version does exist?

 

[JRussellRetroGaming]

The coding on the PAL version does not have the code or the data for me to be able to add the gradients. I had a check on HackOMatic III the ground data is solid wiothout the extra data to add gradients. I gone ahead and used the NTSC version to convert it to PAL. It runs exactly the same as the PAL version retail release, but with more data.

 

[Simone D. Alemanno]

The coding on the PAL version does not have the code or the data for me to be able to add the gradients. I had a check on HackOMatic III the ground data is solid wiothout the extra data to add gradients. I gone ahead and used the NTSC version to convert it to PAL. It runs exactly the same as the PAL version retail release, but with more data.

So they removed the graphic data from the game and made the ROM smaller? This is quite a dirty move, no offense.

 

[JRussellRetroGaming]

So they removed the graphic data from the game and made the ROM smaller? This is quite a dirty move, no offense.

The size of the ROM wasn't reduced. Just lazy coding on Atari's part.