This hack transforms Dr. Mario Game Boy game into a Game Boy Color game.
Enjoy the Game Boy classic now in full color with a very cool new feature: character selection!
That’s it! Dr. Luigi, Dr. Daisy and Dr. Wario join the virus battle! Choose your favorite doctor to play as, each one with their own sprite, palettes.
It also has a couple of slight QoL tweaks to the original game code.
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DR MARIO DX v2.1
by kensuyjin33 & marc_max
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This patch transforms Dr. Mario Game Boy game into a Game Boy Color
game.
Enjoy the Game Boy classic now in full color with a very cool new
feature: character selection!
That's it! Dr. Luigi, Dr. Daisy and Dr. Wario join the virus battle!
Choose your favorite character, each one with their own sprite, palettes
and even virus to defeat.
You can even link up in the competitive multiplayer game, each player
will be able to choose their favorite doctor.
It works in all Game Boy compatible consoles (GB, GBC, GBA and GBA SP),
and, of course, emulators.
PATCHING INFORMATION
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You must provide the original Dr. Mario (Rev 1) ROM:
Dr. Mario (World) (Rev 1).gb
CRC32: f0225dd0
MD5: 921bdff008475aa2c5344e1a0d110910
SHA1: d31d67d0682515c7c85deaa1752b02231150e5bf
Apply the patch here: https://www.romhacking.net/patch/
(some emulators may require a .gbc extension, so make sure you rename it after
patching)
CHANGELOG
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v1.0 (2020-07-20)
- first version
v2.0 (2023-11-07)
- full code rewrite
- added character selection
- new title screen
- added winning pose to single player
- added stage palette changing every five stages (up to stage 25)
- allow to return to title screen during game setup by pressing B button
- fixed a timer interruption issue that could cause extremely rare freezes
- graphics and palettes tweaks
- restored DMG compatibility
v2.1 (2023-11-27)
- added respective alternate characters viruses to ending
- fixed an unknown multiplayer pose for alternate characters
(it's supposed to appear during multiplayer battles, but I still don't
know what exactly triggers it)
CREDITS
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kensuyjin33 - v2.0 graphics
Da_GPer - legacy v1.0 graphics
marc_max - reverse engineering & hacking
I also feel like crediting CowboyJoseph64 and Shugo. They are the authors from
Dr. Luigi hacks for Game Boy and NES respectively, which were the inspiration
to add him in v2.0. We also borrowed temporarily a few graphics from both their
hacks during the development, although we ended up doing new graphics from
scratch.
DISCLAIMER
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This is a fan created hack, no copyright or trademark infringement is intended.
Mario is a trademark © of Nintendo. We are not affiliated nor endorsed by Nintendo.
What changes does patch version 2.1 bring?
Added readme.
CHANGELOG
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v2.1 (2023-11-27)
– added respective alternate characters viruses to ending
– fixed an unknown multiplayer pose for alternate characters
(it’s supposed to appear during multiplayer battles, but I still don’t
know what exactly triggers it)
v2.0 (2023-11-07)
– full code rewrite
– added character selection
– new title screen
– added winning pose to single player
– added stage palette changing every five stages (up to stage 25)
– allow to return to title screen during game setup by pressing B button
– fixed a timer interruption issue that could cause extremely rare freezes
– graphics and palettes tweaks
– restored DMG compatibility
v1.0 (2020-07-20)
– first version