Willow fixed tuning

Hack of Willow

Title screenHack Information
Released By1516
CategoryBug Fix
PlatformNES
LicenseN/A
Patching InformationNo Special Requirements
GenreRole Playing > Action RPG
ModsS
Game DateJul 18 1989
Patch Version1.0
Release DateApr 20 2022
ReadmeNo
Last ModifiedApr 20 2022
Game Description:
Willow is an action role playing game for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
Hack Description:
For whatever reason, whoever wrote the replayer for Willow didn't know that the NES's sound unit adds one to the period provided to the APU. So high notes are conspicuously flat. This is particularly painful in the high notes played by the triangle in the first town.

The included patches fix the Japanese, North American, and European releases to compensate for this +1 in the period.

Additionally, these notes played by the NES triangle channel are around the upper bound of what the APU can achieve while still generating in-tune notes.

Separate patches additionally are included to retune the NTSC release to A437, and the PAL release to A430, to maximize the number of in-tune notes at the top of the triangle's range.
ROM / ISO Information:
European release-
File CRC32: b4811fc8
File SHA1: a1e1d475f48892338f288cddbbaa496e08ec6a4f
Japanese release-
File CRC32: 189462c2
File SHA1: f56dd202f39362cef0cd6949578134f041e7c0e7
North American release-
File CRC32: 7d8d5f51
File SHA1: 5022153b286e6bce7b330b97d3822450d8c82af5
Files:
  • Patch File
Screenshots:
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