Boktai Solar Sensor Patches (Boktai 1)
Bokura no Taiyou · ボクらの太陽
Prof9's solar sensor patch lets you raise and lower the sunlight in the first Boktai with a button combination, so it can be played without the cartridge's light sensor.
What it does
The first Boktai measures real daylight through a sensor built into its cartridge. Without that sensor the Gun Del Sol cannot be recharged, several bosses cannot be finished and some puzzles stay locked. Prof9's patch replaces the sensor reading with a value you choose, which makes the game playable on emulators and flash carts. The same kit has patches for Boktai 2 and the Japanese Boktai 3; this entry covers the first game.
Boktai 1 changes
- Hold R and A, then press Left or Right on the D-pad to lower or raise the sunlight.
- Emptying the gauge really blocks all sunlight, a bug found in older patches.
- Rising Sun grenades, the Sunny Clogs and the weather items keep working.
- Supports the Japanese, North American (including the E3 demo build) and European releases, and leaves the save format and clock alone.
Some keyboards can't register three keys at once; a gamepad avoids that.
Playing it
If your copy was already patched by someone else, apply the kit's Clean patch first, then the Boktai 1 IPS patch for your region, to your own copy of the game, as the README explains. Made by Prof9.