StarTropics is an action-adventure game for the NES that plays something like a cross between The Legend of Zelda and Dragon Quest. Players control American teenager Mike Jones, whose uncle Dr. J has gone missing from his laboratory on C-Island. Mike sets out to find his uncle, taking his ship/submarine on a journey across a tropical island archipelago.

Designed especially for international NES players, StarTropics is notable for being one of the few first-party NES games to never be released in Japan. One of its more innovative features at the time was requiring players to interact with a physical note included in the game box to progress in the story.

This patch removes the 8 frame delay after changing directions and reduces it to 1 frame. You can still change direction without moving by a quick tap of the direction pad.

The patch only modifies one hex value in the rom. It is a massive improvement over the original game.

You will need an IPS patch installer to patch the rom such as Lunar IPS http://www.romhacking.net/utilities/240/

Note: This rom can also be patched with the music fix hack without issue.

No-Intro Name: StarTropics (USA)
(No-Intro version 20130731-235630)
File SHA-1: FDD3D68C7B5B2F9DC7EC50D9888B0A8EDBAAEC28
ROM SHA-1: 74C53FE9AC779F146C59AC01E701C9BF912B3C7B