"The All New? Punch Out!!" ROM hack by RatedJpG 1/2

"The All New? Punch Out!! - The Sandman" hack
part 1/2
hack by RatedJpG

People seem to enjoy my MTPO videos, so I thought I'd share a bit of a gem I stumbled upon through YouTube. This is a showcase of "The All New? Punch Out!! - The Sandman" hack by RatedJpG. The idea apparently was spawned from Team Awesome's submission for the Nintendo Shortcuts contest in 2007, making an older Little Mac receive training from Von Kaiser and come out of retirement to battle (the son of?) Mr. Sandman, represented by King Hippo. IMO, the most incredible entry and well deserving of first place, but it somehow didn't have the backing for a top 10 cut. But, alas, the past is the past. On a side note, their Contra video is entertaining as well and we can expect more from them in the future.

This hack is comprised of elements from the original "Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!," Team Awesome's mock trailer, and many characters from "Super Punch Out!!" for the SNES and Nintendo's "Arm Wrestling" for flavor and filler. The videos don't include any mid-round dialogue, character gloat screens, or the ending. I've spoiled enough for you with the videos - now go get the patch.

Why do I like it so much? Because it doesn't incorporate any immature nonsense so common in most ROM hacks to which I've been exposed. If it weren't for the existing videos, I probably wouldn't have given it a chance, but I seriously would have missed out. It's just some simple, yet fine-tuned, graphics/text alterations that almost make you feel like you're playing a whole new game, while simultaneously immersed in the original. A lot of game content is left out of my videos, so do yourself a favor if you take the time to play the hack - explore the corner pep-talks between Little Mac and Von Kaiser, in addition to the abrasive, comedic opponent banter.

Currently, the only way of obtaining the hack is by getting the patch and hacking the ROM yourself. A simple message to RatedJpG will get the job done. I know this because this is how I got my hands on it.

To display the hack, I have used Andrés Delikat's (Adelikat) tool-assisted speedrun (TAS) for the game. I have put up so many videos for "MTPO!!" that I didn't want just another run of me and my collected strategies. Enjoy the inhuman reflexes of the slow-downs, save-states, re-records, and frame-by-frame-advancements that only an emulator could provide. This is not a debate for TAS vs. SPEEDRUN! It's just what I used to show off the ROM.

A few more boring notes:

1) I cannot provide you with the ROM
- Ever! I like my page and don't want it shut down by Nintendo.

2) I cannot provide you with the patch.
- As I mentioned, the only way (I am aware of) to acquire the patch is through PM and email directly from RatedJpG. It's too awesome for you not to visit his page and see the work first-hand from the source. He gladly provided me with it, and I'm sure he'd do the same for you.

3) I won't support your patching the ROM.
- It took me eight seconds to figure it out through Google and I'm not sure what the legalities are.

But, here are some links for you to guide you on your quest for "The All New? Punchout!!" ROM hack and to the TAS upon which the video is based:

http://youtube.com/user/RatedJpG (The person responsible for providing all of us with an incredible remake/interpretation/imagining of one of the most popular games in video game history)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=SiBER4iVwCw (The Team Awesome "Punch Out!!" Nintendo Short-Cuts submission)

http://tasvideos.org (The site hosting the controller-inputs and videos, making this "run" synch with the game hack for an entertaining perspective)

http://www.zophar.net/utilities/patchutil.html (Your one-stop guide for utilities and tutorials involving the techniques of IPS hacking a rom - I prefer Lunar IPS for such a simple task)

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• NES
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• All
• New
• Sandman

[tussler21557]

whoa. i thought 20 punches on GJ b4 he taunts was impossible

[KingdomCarts]

With frame advancement, it's possible, but no human could ever pull it off. You could spend your life on this and not get the star.

I might make this my next challenge :) Thanks for the idea...

[HexidecimalBeefTrogg]

Who let the trolls loose on this video?

Anyhow, I'm not afraid to admit that his hack is of better quality than my original Phred's Cool Punch-Out!! hack. That hack is almost nine years old. Also, I am not a graphics designer. Not only that, I only had NESticle to edit the graphics back then. JpG did an incredible job with the graphics on this hack. Instead of arguing which hack is better, let's just enjoy this hack for all of the hard work JpG did to make it possible for us to play.

[KingdomCarts]

well said - I think they're both great.

[spartan11111118]

NAZI STOLE MY MOTORBIKE!

[MagmaDashE]

In the corner talks he claims to be "Pizza Pasta's younger brother".

RatedJpG explained in his site the real name (Pizza) didn't fit so he had to shorten it and create a new character. Just for you people to know.

[jaythebird7]

Minor Circuit: Kid Quick Age:20 31 [10 KG] 10 POUNDS RECORD 10-40 10TKO Mantle AGE:40 60 [50 KG] 60 POUNDS RECORD 40-40 40KO Pizza Pasta Age:28 49 [10 KG] 200 POUND RECORD 50-20 50KO CHAMPION MR.sandman AGE:???? [150 KG] 300 POUND RECORD 50-20 46KO Major Circuit:Disco Kid AGE:20 40 [50 KG] 120 POUND RECORD 40-30 40KO SUPER MACHO MAN AGE:29 30 [120 KG] 320 POUND RECORD 100-40 80KO World Circuit: Lukas Sprinkle AGE:20 [120 KG] 30-20 20KO Jakob Sprinkle AGE:19 [121 KG]

[loutheboo]

Minor circuit: Gabby Jay: Age: 62 80 [30 KG] 50 Pounds Record: 20-120 9KO Pete Pasta: age: 20 [100 KG] 230 Pounds record: 8-4 5KO Aran Ryan Age: 22 record: 9-1 190 pounds [80KG] 9KO REMATCH : AGE: 22 RECORD: 11-4 10KO MAJOR CIRCUIT: Heike kagero: age: 18 100 pounds [45KG] 8-1 3KO rematch AGE: 18 112 POUNDS[51KG] TV Hippo Age: 800 1500 POUNDS 14-0 13KO alyn AGE: 1000 30 POUNDS 14KG 17-0 12KO MASK X AGE: 50 250 POUNDS 130KG 19-0 19KO

[FlandreScarletTepes]

Haha, Aran Ryan's so scared of Little Mac his hair started going gray right there in the ring!

[TheOnlygCrusher]

I'd train under Von Kaiser. His mustache alone must hold many legendary secrets.

[ZDLR221]

Crackers stole my bike!

[MrSleek87]

please tell me how to get this and is it the same difficulty as the original

[charlieboiy]

whos the second one?

[blazorblazorblazor67]

@spartan11111118 more like

Von Kaiser stole my bike

[puffykilled2pac]

Should have made the Bald Bull replacement from "parts unknown" lol