Ironsword: Wizards and Warriors II Overhaul
Rani Baker's polish pass on Ironsword cleans up the graphics and music, fixes glitches and removes the cheapest enemy instakills.
What it is
This overhaul by Rani Baker reworks Ironsword: Wizards & Warriors II, the 1989 NES sequel developed by Zippo Games and published by Acclaim. It keeps the game's structure and touches up nearly everything around it.
What's changed
- Redrawn and recoloured title screen, cleaned-up items and inventory screens, and a font closer to the first game's
- Kuros now looks like he did at the end of Wizards & Warriors, with helmets adjusted to match; some skull graphics are replaced with the first game's giant skeleton boss
- A previously unused track now plays in the pub, plus small melodic touch-ups
- Up+Start at the title gives 255 continues with one controller, you can continue after the Fire stage and you keep your score
- Most of the cheap juggle and instakill moves of regular enemies are toned down, while the final bosses keep theirs
- Various graphical and sound glitches fixed
The patch page was last updated in October 2022.
Playing it
The IPS patch from the itch.io page (pay what you want) is applied to your own copy of the NES game.