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 IPS patch must be applied to a US Mega Man II ROM. Alternate patches for the European and Japanese Rockman 2 ROMs are planned in a future update.

Hashes:

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

Staff/Credits:

Simone D. Alemanno: hacking, graphics, font replacement

File download:

Help about patching:

Most of the files you're about to download need to be applied to your game. Here is a list of utilities that allow you to do this:

Online Patcher: Marc Roblero's online patcher. Works with many different file types.
Floating IPS: NWell-known patcher for applying IPS and BPS files.
Delta Patcher: Used to apply xDelta files.
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