RENT-A-HERO No.1 - ENG

[Markdanni123]

Was RAH a online game?

[VincentNL]

Dear Heroes,

I'm really happy to share with you a video, the sum of our efforts, which makes Rent A Hero No.1 DC English patch an unique experience!

First of all credit goes to Egregiousguy, for the quantity and quality of his 3D models that makes the new UI look so great and Nanashi for his awesome work on Fonts.cg which allowed new symbols and support for any language!

Coding the whole menu entry new functions took me a sheer amount of time in:

- Reversing original functions

- Get around developers messy design choices (which prevented confirmation text to be implemented in the original game!)

- Create 4 new functions (219 lines of asm: "New confirmation text system" / "Glowing tab" / "A button" func / "Start button" func )

- Bugtesting / rewriting to ensure compability on real hardware.



There's a major unannounced feature being worked on atm, but I'll save that for next time once it properly works on real hardware!


Regarding Beta Testing:

Due to the advanced status of new asm / translation, it would serve little purpose to test now when in a few months Beta testers will be able to play the game from the beginning to the end!

For this reason, once ready I'll privately advise everyone who applied.

[Wombat]

I guess this is the first time in Dreamcast history that an independently released (translation) patch, improves the original! This is incredible! Great job @VincentNL and the others that are involved.

[fafadou]

Words missing, bravo !

[bingobongo]

Incredible! Really looking forward to this

Many thanks to all involved, great effort!

[SMiTH]

epic!

[Bob Dobbs]

I know I have been wanting this since 2000. I went out of my way to play it on Xbox.

[VincentNL]

It's been a colossal asm work, but I'm finally able to say it's working great!
By entering a certain button sequence, which will be revealed in late game under specific conditions, you can access a number of developer functions originally removed from the game, plus a number of new ones for your entertainment!

Here's a quick changelog:

DEBUG MENU:

- Secret key to enable / disable Debug Menu
- Debug Menu / Item Add menu GUI
- Ending Movie
- ONE-PUNCH Mode ( joke mode based on ONE-PUNCH MAN manga)
- Max Gold
- All items
- All Emails
- Unlock Ultimate Armour
- All Combo / Special Moves

MAIN GAME interface improvements:

- Press start any time during intro logos to skip them
- Keep start pressed when booting the game, brings you to title screen

[Ian Micheal]

This going to one of the best ever scene releases for the dreamcast well done to you and your team

[dubcity]

It's amazing you've added new elements to the game Vincent! I was hoping for just a straight translation. This is above and beyond.