Lemmings - Colour Palette & Level Title Fix V1.3 - PAL (Genesis) Romhack

LEMMINGS Colour Palette & Level Title Fix Hack 1.3 for the Sega MegaDrive. Colours changed to match the Commodore Amiga version for the MegaDrive.

This hack include the changes And Fixes.

UPDATE 27th September 2024: v1.2 removed and now updated to v1.3 with fixed Palettes, please download and Patch v1.3 instead.

VERSION HISTORY:
Previous v1.2
Change the Purple Text palette to a improved hot purple colour
Beast Of a Level, MENACING !!!, What an AWESOME Level! & A BeastII of a level have level colour palette improvements.
Fixed the spacing on the Level Title on Level 16 Tricky – Luvly Jubly

CHANGES AND FIXES BY JOSHO:
Dirt levels no longer the vomit yellow green colour,
Yellow Pillar palette matches the Entry and Exit.
Blue Crystal palette now matches the Amiga palette including the very dark one now black rather than BG blue.
Red Fire Levels now improved to look more red and darker.
Intro Cutscene is brighter to match the Amiga’s version.
Title screen Palette has improved.
The Level card palettes have now been improved to adjust the contrast better, including making the yellow text now a coffee bronze colour.
Fixed the Level 1 Title name
Fixed the Brief to recommended percentage of saves.

FIXES BY ADRIAN GAUNA:

Fun Level 10: Smile if you love Lemmings

Fun Level 26: Nightmare on Lem street

Tricky Level 4: Been there, seen it, done it.

Tricky Level 6: Lemmings in the basement

Tricky Level 16: Luvly Jubly

Tricky Level 17: Diet Lemmingade

Taxing Level 16: Mary Poppin’s land.

Mayhem Level 20: No added colours or Lemmings

Fixed a typo in the ending credits from “GRAPICHS” to “GRAPHICS”

NOTE: Do NOT patch this Hack with the Lemmings USA/JAPAN ROM. it will not work. You MUST patch this with the Lemmings EUROPE PAL version as this is a hack from the PAL version of Lemmings for the SEGA MegaDrive.

I can confirm this ROM hack is compatible to run on real hardware using the Mega Everdrive x7.

SEE THE YOUTUBE VIDEO URL BELOW SHOWING GAMEPLAY ON REAL SEGA MEGADRIVE II HARDWARE.

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Hashes:

Filename: Lemmings (E) [!].smd
CRC-32: 6a1a4579
SHA-1: f4b86031e348edb4dcffaf969998f368955828ce

Staff/Credits:

J.Russell
Colour Palette Fix for Dirt, Pillar, Crystal, Fire Levels, & Special Levels, Intro, Title screen & Credits - Minor text edits

Adrian Gauna
Level Title Fix & Credit fix

YouTube Video:

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JRussellRetroGaming

1 month ago

UPDATED the hack to v1.3
Those who have v1.1 & 1.2, Download the 1.3 patch as that is now fixed up.
Should’ve done this proper fix as a proper 1.2. but glad i did it later than never.
Cheers,
J.Russell

Adrian Gauna

It’s definitely a prettier version of the game with even more colour edits than before. Very grateful to have worked on this project alongside Josh. Well done J.Russell Retro gaming! This patch is now the best version of this game available.

Reply to Adrian Gauna

Always a pleasure Adrian. ^^ Thank you. Glad you really like the new and improved version than the retailed version.

Enjoy.

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Reviews:

Not Only The Best Port Of Lemmings But The Prettiest Lemmings Hack On The Sega Mega Drive!

Written by: Adrian Gauna - October 16, 2024

This port of Lemmings for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis has always held a special place in my heart, it has one of the greatest soundtracks to ever grace the console, the graphics are also very accurate to the Amiga original, this version also has more content than all the other ports on other consoles, plus this port is nostalgic to me my parents bought it for me way back in 1994 when I was 10 years old and it's always been a game with great replay value getting me to constantly revisit it every 2 or 3 years. I know all the solutions off by heart on account of replaying the game so many times over the course of 30 years.

This hack improves and corrects many aspects of this game making it the best one to play. The colours have all been improved in all the level tile sets including the special levels, in particular the dark red in the fire/hell tile sets really makes it look better, the icy blue level pillars have the correct black colour in the centre instead of the adjacent background blue of the retail version. I also like how many of the level title names have the correct names and there's lots of spelling typo fixes which is always welcoming. Another great thing about this hack is that it is designed for the PAL (Europe) version of the game. 99 out of 100 times, patches and hacks are always made for the USA NTSC Genesis leaving the PAL hardware owners left out and forced to play with region lockout blocking devices and slow music so it's good to have a bit of balance in the community and something for once intended for 50Hz and not 60Hz.

Well done JRussellRetroGaming! I encourage all Lemmings enthusiasts to give this one a go.