Mega Man 2 - Font Improvement (NES) Romhack

This patch is primarily designed to tweak and edit the game’s font to match the later games and, in some cases, improve readability.

List of changes:

Imported the font used from Mega Man 3 onwards, which features improvements over the original like a better “K” or a “Q” that doesn’t look like an “O” with two extra pixels.
The font for the stage select and Robot Master preview screens has a drop shadow.
The “READY” text also has a drop shadow to it.
Improved the letters in the pause menu, which had parts of their drop shadow missing or were poorly drawn. Most notably, the “NEXT” inscription had an awkward look to it due to the letters being too close to each other.
BONUS: Replaced the small spheres representing the Energy Tanks in the pause menu with proper miniature tanks. The sprite is taken directly from Mega Man IV and V for the Game Boy, although the topmost part is missing due to limitations.

The ZIP contains three patches for each region’s release (US, Japan and Europe). It has not been tested with level hacks or the English translation by Aeon Genesis (in the case of the Japanese Rockman 2 ROM).

Hashes:

US Version:
Database match: Mega Man 2 (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: 2290D8D839A303219E9327EA1451C5EEA430F53D
File CRC32: 5E268761
ROM SHA-1: 2EC08F9341003DED125458DF8697CA5EF09D2209
ROM CRC32: FCFC04D

European Version:
Database match: Mega Man 2 (Europe)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: A9DAFF94A800625A5D10345C3A3C8952FB57CF87
File CRC32: F78ACB96
ROM SHA-1: E28BA80BE814BB032BBE4647C1B2104F868DFA25
ROM CRC32: A6638CBA

Japanese Version:
Database match: Rockman 2 - Dr. Wily no Nazo (Japan)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: FB51875D1FF4B0DEEE97E967E6434FF514F3C2F2
File CRC32: 30B91650
ROM SHA-1: 3E9DC769E1B63E73834786EC7FE9EDE7E706C72F
ROM CRC32: 6150517C

Staff/Credits:

Simone D. Alemanno: hacking, graphics, font replacement

File download:

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