Dig Dug II: Trouble in Paradise: Blob Buster

Help M.C. defeat the evil forces wreaking havoc on a peaceful island paradise!

This patch is a graphical facelift to the game to change the enemy, character, and landscape sprites.

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-=BLOB BUSTER v1.0=-
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A Graphics Hack of Dig Dug II
New graphics (C)2001 BMF54123


Paradise Lost!
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LOCATION: The Sapphire Islands, ten miles north of Yass Plains. M.C., The
Blob's faithful sidekick, is reclining against a tall palm tree, enjoying a
refreshing glass of Zalu Berry Soda. As the sun begins to dip below the
horizon, M.C. drifts off to sleep...

...but is suddenly awakened by the smell of burning wood! He turns around to
see a strange metal contraption shooting fire from its nose, setting his
favorite palm trees ablaze!

"What the...? What's going on here?!"

Suddenly, the ground begins to rumble. Earthquake? Thunder? No...it's a huge
army of Bad Blobs, each carrying an armful of building supplies!

"Bad Blobs! I should've known...you'd better have a good reason for
interrupting my much-needed vacation!"

"Silence!" one of them shouts. "We have orders from Emperor Rejal to build
new munitions factories on these islands! He has given us permission to
eliminate anyone or anything that stands in our way. I suggest you leave,
now!"

"Aw, gee, you guys...I was hoping I wouldn't have to kick anyone's butt
today..."

"You dare to defy us?" One of the Bad Blobs pulls out a remote control and
presses a few buttons. Instantly, the sky is filled with swarms of gleaming,
jet-propelled, flame-throwing robots! A few more buttons are pressed, and the
robots begin to scatter throughout the Sapphire Islands, burning grass and
trees as they go. Several of them, however, have their sights locked on a
different target...

The Bad Blob with the remote control steps forward. "Pyro-Bots...attack!"

"Yipe!" M.C. transforms into a rocket and blasts into the sky just as the
Pyro-Bots let loose a barrage of fireballs. "Looks like I'll be cutting my
vacation short this year. But hey, maybe robot-bashing is fun..."


So, um, what happens next?
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In "Blob Buster", you take control of M.C., The Blob's half-Blob, half-robot
sidekick. Your mission is to rid the Sapphire Islands of the Bad Blobs and
their Pyro-Bots before they can start building their munitions factories.


Fight back!
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M.C. can use two different weapons in this game: a BlobCo "Lil' Tornado" Air
Pump (built into his body), and a special jackhammer attachment for his feet.

Air Pump: Press B to stretch out M.C.'s arm in the direction he is facing.
Once his hand punctures an enemy character, either hold or rapidly press B to
pump them full of air. Pump enough air into them, and they'll explode! But be
careful, if you stop pumping too soon, they'll quickly deflate and start
chasing you again!

Jackhammer: The Sapphire Islands are dotted with strange brown shafts that
extend deep into the ground. M.C. can hammer the tops of these shafts and
cause parts of the islands to fall into the sea, taking Bad Blobs and
Pyro-Bots with them (and M.C., if you're not careful!). Stand on top of a
shaft and press A to activate M.C.'s jackhammer attachment; this will form a
crack in the direction he is facing. Making a complete crack across an island
will cause the smaller half to fall into the sea. Make sure you're not
standing on that half when it happens!


Special bonuses
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If M.C. drops enough land into the sea, a special bonus item will appear.
Grab it before it disappears! There are 10 different bonus items, each with a
different point value.

Whenever possible, collect a large group of enemies in one spot and drop
that land into the sea. You'll clear the islands much more quickly and easily
this way, and earn tons of points!

If you see a Googlin jump out of the water, shoot it for 500 bonus points!

Achieving certain scores will earn M.C. an extra life, so try and get as
many bonus points as possible!


Alright, enough about gameplay, how do I use this patch?
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What you need
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- BB_PATCH.EXE (or BLOBBUST.IPS and an IPS patcher).

- A Dig Dug II NES ROM.

- A decent NES emulator, such as loopyNES, fwNES, SMYNES, or NESten.
I recommend using loopyNES because it rocks. But if it doesn't work for you,
the other three are good, too.

All the best and worst NES emulators can be found at Zophar's Domain:
http://www.zophar.net


How to apply this crazy thing
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** BACK UP YOUR ROM FIRST! **

Windows users: Just run BB_PATCH.EXE, enter the location of your Dig Dug II
ROM, then click "Patch". Simple as pie!

Non-Windows users: Download an IPS patcher for your particular OS, and apply
BLOBBUST.IPS to your Dig Dug II ROM.


What was used to make this hack?
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Tile Layer v0.50b - graphics editing
XTree Gold - hex editing
X-Late 3.0 BETA - graphical hex editing (title screen, copyright)
IPS2EXE v1.5 - executable ROM patcher


Special thanks to...
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Toma, for the nifty "Dig Dug II" font; the authors of the above utilities;
and, of course, to Namco. =)


Contact me, BMF54123
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E-mail:
[email protected]

Website:
RuSteD Network
http://www.icehouse.net/flory


Disclaimer
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I will not be held responsible for any damages caused by using this patch
and/or the program(s) included with it. You use the patch/program(s) at your
own risk. Although I don't see how they could possibly damage anything, unless
you accidentally patch COMMAND.COM... =P


That's all
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Go! Play!


Dig Dug II (U) [!].nes - GOODNES 3.14
CRC32: 3CC270FB
MD5: 7F4D3CEA6C410538995E462E11B68871
SHA-1: E21A7594CD07B478C4D823EABC367A833F9ADB9E