Amongst all the officially released SGB Enhanced games, the Game Boy version of The Smurfs is unique in that it does NOT have a custom border, despite featuring a proper SGB palette. Instead, it just has the “The Smurfs” logo from the title screen sloppily plastered over the top of the screen.
Thanks to marc_max’s Super Game Boy Border Injector tool, a proper border has been inserted into the game and will always be displayed when the game is played on a Super Game Boy cartridge or emulator. Nothing else has been changed – the color palettes are the same as in the original ROM. The border (edited from the title screen of the SNES version of the game) was also designed by marc_max himself.
Note that this hack is only compatible with the Rev 1 ROM. If your ROM does not have the “SUPER GAME BOY COMPATIBLE” text in the startup screen and has Spanish as a selectable language, then it’s the Rev 0 ROM and the patch will not work on that.
Database: No-Intro: Game Boy/Color (v. 20210227-015730)
File/ROM SHA-1: A0D6A85331FB034F68F05629A5FF85E13ADAB205
File/ROM CRC32: 8B5BCDE7
marc_max: Super Game Boy Border Injection tool author and border design
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.
- More Patchers
On most files, you can also press “Patch It”, to apply the patch without downloading the file.
