Mega Man World 3 DX
A full-color Game Boy Color remaster of the Game Boy Mega Man III, with slowdown removed and gameplay fixes.
What it is
Mega Man World 3 DX turns the 1992 Game Boy Mega Man III into a real Game Boy Color game. Kensu William redid the graphics in color and Marc Max handled the code. It first came out in July 2024; version 1.2b followed in December 2024.
What's new
- Every screen in full color
- The slowdown of the original is gone
- A pause screen styled after the NES games
- Fixes to hitboxes and animations
- Runs on real Game Boy Color hardware as well as in emulators
Playing it
The project page has an in-browser patcher: you give it your own dump of the US Mega Man III cartridge and it applies the remaster, or you can grab the patch file there and apply it yourself. Credits: Kensu William (graphics) and Marc Max (coding).