Mega Man X SA-1 Plus
Rockman X · ロックマンX
Combines Bosn's slowdown-removing SA-1 patch with air dash, wall-jump and Hadouken fixes and new options, so the first Mega Man X plays more like its sequels.
What it is
SA-1 Plus by llethas merges three patches that used to clash: Bosn's SA-1 conversion (which moves the work onto the faster SA-1 coprocessor, based on Vitor Vilela's SA-1 Root project, and removes slowdown), an air dash and wall-jump patch, and a Hadouken patch. It then adds its own improvements.
What changes
- no more slowdown
- an Extra Options menu: double-tap dash, dash from the start, air dash with the Leg Armor and Sub-Tanks that stop draining at full health
- holding Dash makes wall jumps go further, as in Mega Man X2
- the Hadouken capsule shows up on your first run and can hurt the final boss
- passwords, controls and options are saved to SRAM; dash is on L by default
- faster dialog boxes, Start skips boss intros, and an Exit button on the password screen
- a softlock from the original SA-1 patch is fixed
Playing it
Apply it to your own USA 1.0 copy of the game following the repository's notes; it can be combined with the separate relocalization patch. It needs an accurate emulator such as Snes9x or bsnes, or real hardware with SA-1 support.