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"For this submission, since the ROM hack couldn't be found on romhacking.net, I included both the modified ROM and the gameplay video in the compressed package for easy access and viewing.
This hack features optimizations to reduce lag and frame drops, along with significant changes to certain stages, weapon acquisitions, and boss mechanics. The standout adjustment is the Top Man weapon, which I used extensively for speedrunning due to its ability to accelerate movement. Weapon balance has also been overhauled.
Thanks to the optimizations targeting frame drops, large-scale stuttering is rarely encountered during gameplay."
fsvgm777 note: Replaced the link to a ROM with one to a BPS patch I created myself. Apply to an unmodified Rockman 3 ROM. Thanks for understanding.

这次投稿的录像因为在romhacking找不到所以我投稿的时候把文件和录像一起放在压缩包里了方便即使查找和观看本次改版的特点在卡顿掉帧这一方有优化并且在一些关卡与获得武器和boss方面有较大的改动重点是陀螺人的武器因为可以加速跑图的时间所以我大部分的时间都用这个武器来赶路并且在武器克制方面也有较大的改动因为有优化掉帧这一方面的改动所以大部分时间很少能看见大规模掉帧的现象

feos: Claiming for judging.
feos: ROM hacks are required to be available for download independently from tasvideos. We can't host them on our server or even endorse an Archive.org mirror of it, because hacks may contain copyrighted assets and we can't risk getting sued for it.
I couldn't find any downloads for this hack on Google, only on a Discord server dedicated to hacks, but people who posted it there refused to provide the source. Moreover, it looks like there are several versions of it judging by bilibili videos of it.
I can't accept this submission until this patch is uploaded to some site for ROM hacks (for example, another hack that Azhi co-authored is at https://romhackplaza.org/romhacks/rockman3-rock-battle-cool-nes/), and I can't even contact the hack author about this because I don't know Chinese and I can't make a biliibili account.

feos: I tried contacting people involved in this submission about this hack's availability, but nobody replied. If the only uploads are personal clouds and none of them is from the author of the hack, then we can't even send it to some hack database site ourselves, because it'd be unauthorized. That's the definition of obscurity. Archive.org can't work as an official mirror either, because it's unreliable, and we don't want to be endorsing our own uploads of hacks that can potentially contain copyrighted assets.
I'm canceling this submission until the author of the hack uploads it to some dedicated hack database site and we can finally have an official link. Feel free to uncancel if/when that happens.


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This topic is for the purpose of discussing #9729: longbao's NES Rock Man3 Memorial in 27:02.83
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What a glowup for Top Spin. Hell Wheel (Rockman 4 Minus Infinity) might finally have some competition.
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Boy, I'm surprised our blue bomber hero didn't get dizzy from all that high-speed spinning flight! :P A lot of the roughness of the original Rock Man/Mega Man 3 was simply the consequence of behind-the-scenes trouble (in particular a rushed development cycle that lead to a LOT of stuff being cut out), so a hack that can bring it up to the quality standards of Mega Man 2 is definitely a worthwhile effort. I am disappointed that the Breakman battles in the Robot Master stages aren't here, but that blame is on the hack's creator, not the TASer of the run. Yes vote!
c-square wrote:
Yes, standard runs are needed and very appreciated here too
Dylon Stejakoski wrote:
Me and the boys starting over our games of choice for the infinityieth time in a row because of just-found optimizations
^ Why I don't have any submissions despite being on the forums for years now...
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After playing and clearing the romhack myself, there are a few notes/questions I have. Maybe longbao or someone else can answer for me. 1. In the Doc Robot stages (Shadow?/Spark?/Gemini?/Needle?), I noticed that Doc Heat Man (usually fought in Shadow?) and Doc Metal Man (usually fought in Spark?) are completely absent. The other 6 MM2 bosses (Wood/Bubble/Air/Crash/Flash/Quick) are all present and accounted for. 2. Rush Marine (usually gained from Shadow Man) is also absent in this romhack. Rush Jet is still obtained from Needle Man, though it consumes weapon energy at a much faster rate, which I assume is intentional, given the other weapon re-balancing. Are either of these absences/quirks (No Heat/Metal + No Marine) an indication that this romhack is still a WIP?
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om, nom, nom... juicy!

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