Friday, July 10, 2009

A Quick Fix For Battle & Chase

A common problem with the PAL version of Mega Man Battle & Chase is the inevitable display issues when played on a NTSC TV/PlayStation. Even on modded hardware, difficulties persist in the form of scrambled graphics and bad audio quality. Fortunately, there is now a convenient solution.

Marty K whipped an Action Replay code that converts European signals to NTSC, subsequently making Battle & Chase fully playable on North American PlayStations. The only real drawback is a small part of the screen gets cut off, but other than that, it's perfect. The code below:

D0039168 0001
80039168 0000
D00B98B0 0001
800B98B0 0000

Previously, the only method of fixing B&C was to burn a copy of the game and a patch onto a CD-R; a somewhat dangerous method as commercial CD-Rs can damage the PSX's laser.

Happy gaming! Thanks, Marty.

11 comments:

  1. What happened to the post about the song in RnR3?

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  2. epsxe, epsxe, epsxe and that´s it!!

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  3. yeah, or if you want to play it in america, there's always Mega Man X Collection. may not be as cheap, but you do get the option of either GCN or PS2 controller, with no need for an action replay.

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  4. And Mega Man X Collection, but I prefer the Japanese version because of the things that where removed in the PAL and MMXC versions.

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  5. Why this kind of codes are made for America, but never for Europe?

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  6. Ok, I guess we'll never know where it went then.

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  7. There's also a patch you can apply to the ISO before burning that will fix it completely. I did it once, I posted the offset values here:

    http://www.pal4u2000.com/m.html

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  8. Did you add that last bit after I posted my comment?

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  9. Nope, it's been up there since last night.

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  10. lol, never even saw it. Is that proven that they damage the laser? How is that, from reflection for the disc not being black?

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  11. Something along those lines I'm told.

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