ALPHA SPHERE: Director's Cut is a complete overhaul Horror SMW ROM Hack focused on atmosphere and puzzles. You play as Norma, a girl trying to escape a man known as Dr. Andre when she stumbles across an ancient relic. Now she must provide it a new home before the night time passes. There are 5 endings you can get, and many secrets to unravel.
Warning: This hack contains themes of suicide and implied sexual themes (nothing visual). The whole game is Red and Black, which may lead to eye sores if played for a long period of time. The hack can be very disturbing at points.
IMPORTANT NOTES:
- There is a "block" that appears in the beginning of the game that sends you back to the area you died. (If you are not sent to the intended location, just keep trying again until you make it back)
- Press START to skip the Game Over screen.
- Try talking to Dr. Andre more than once.
- Don't be afraid to run out of time.
This is v1.0.2 of the game. This update adds a secret ending and extra scenes that flesh out the world further. See the "Data Log.txt" for further details.
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A L P H A S P H E R E
DIRECTOR'S CUT
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From the makers of 100 Rooms of Enemies:
Daizo Dee Von, the head of Team Nightmare.
VERSION: 1.0.2
Info on previous versions, see changelog.
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Thank you for those who downloaded this rom hack.
Those who don't know how to patch BPS files should
first download FLIPS from SMW Central's Tool
Section, then apply this to a clean Super Mario
World rom (if you're lucky to have one). To test
if it's applied successfully, you should see a
logo appear. If you see a title screen that is red
and black, with a weird sphere relic thingy on the
bottom, you're set, we're good, you may play. If
you just see Super Mario World with the Nintendo
logo, you're just playing the original game. Not
that it's a bad game tho, it's pretty good.
The game is in no current relation with the
Mushroom Kingdom: Beyond The Worlds series myself
and Mellonpizza established; rather, this is
intended to be it's own contained universe and a
story that's all up to interpretation. This is made
as both a practice to my coding abilities with ASM,
and to make a mysterious game with horror elements.
You are Norma, a girl looking to escape from a man
named Dr. Andre. After a suicide attempt, you
stumble across an ancient relic. With it, you must
find a new home for it before the night passes.
(How long the night lasts is represented by the
"TIME" on the Status Bar.)
Gameplay revolves around ring puzzles where you
must throw rings at resistance eyes to progress
through lasers. There are mainly two sections where
this is required, and it's also how you get one of
the endings during, to put it vaguely, a boss fight.
There are 5 endings, each found after preforming
certain criteria. There are also many secrets I have
hid throughout the time between the initial release
back at the Halloween Level Design Contest and the
Director's Cut. Most of these secrets are found by
using the Checkpoint Warp through random chance,
but some require some exploration or preforming
certain actions in various places.
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WARNING:
Epilepsy due to fast animations
Epilepsy due to red and black being the whole entry.
The presence of Jumpscares
Implied sexual themes
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
POSSIBLE SPOILERS IN CHANGELOG
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ALPHA SPHERE: Director's Cut v1.0.2 Release:
- Added a brand new ending, increasing exit count
to five instead of four.
- Dr. Andre's jumpscare soundeffect has been
changed to have a bigger impact.
- Added Health Bar to Dr. Andre's battle after
clearing Ending A.
- Added a new full-screen art to Ending A.
- The door in Dr. Andre's house can now be opened.
- A number of secret cutscenes have been added.
- A few easter eggs have been added.
- Ending B can no longer be accessable until after
endings J, A, or Z is cleared.
- Every tester has been credited, as well as all
Let's Players and Streamers who have played the
game prior to v1.0.2. (If you've streamed it and
you aren't credited, most likely it's because the
video expired and it got deleted. Most likely I
didn't catch it.)
- Added a few new songs.
- Touching up aesthetics.
- Removed Status Bar in Ending J.
- Unless you're in Ending B or in the Gaster RNG
room, the timer no longer kills you instantly.
- RNG rooms can't activate until using the check-
point block a set amount of times.
- Added 2 secret jumpscares.
- Herobrine Removed
ALPHA SPHERE: Director's Cut v1.0.1 Release:
- Fixed music not returning to normal tempo after
death/other important parts of the game.
- Removed skip from Ending B.
- Added the ability to speed credits by holding UP
(you can "pause" credits by holding DOWN)
- Added something for after clearing Ending A.
- Added version number to title screen.
- Added music.
- Herobrine Removed.
ALPHA SPHERE: Director's Cut v1.0.0 Release:
- Expanded Ending B
- Fixed SFX issues with Dr. Andre boss fight.
- Fixed issues with cutscenes (like timer).
- Fixed final puzzle in main path to prevent cheese.
- Changed various songs in the OST.
- Added many secrets.
- Added midpoint selector.
- Added an extra midpoint.
- Herobrine Removed.
ALPHA SPHERE Release:
- First Release
v0.0.0.:
-Super Mario World?, 1990-1993 by Nintendo.
Database match: Super Mario World (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File SHA-1: 553CF42F35ACF63028A369608742BB5B913C103F
File CRC32: A31BEAD4
ROM SHA-1: 6B47BB75D16514B6A476AA0C73A683A2A4C18765
ROM CRC32: B19ED489
