Lennus Revival

Original game : Paladin's Quest

Platform : SNES

Author : Gagarin

Release date : 13 February 2024

Category : Improvement

Patch version : 1.1

Modifications : G, T

Downloads : 303

ROM Information

Database match: Paladin's Quest (USA)
Database: No-Intro: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210222-050638)
File/ROM SHA-1: F0F7F946DA12866D064F67B8D639ABD3A212A1B4
File/ROM CRC32: 37FE8126

Hack description

A complete graphical improvement of Paladin's Quest! Most palettes have been changed to give it a better presentation. A lot of sprites have also been modified to match their original art. Here's a sumary of the modifications:

v1.0

* The weird yellow grass is now green, looking more pleasing.
* Background battle palettes also match the changes: less yellow, more green.
* All cave palettes have been changed accordingly to their battle palettes: they now look darker and more realistic.
* All palettes from the playable characters have been changed! They now match their portraits and/or original art.
* The portraits' palettes of Chezni and Fiery have been changed to match their sprites.
* Most sprites have been edited to match their original ideas.
* An original sprite for Destry and his lubott-likes have been created, since his old sprite looked nothing like him.
* Spirits abbreviations are now gone! They are now simple and intuitive icons. Spirits window's palette have also been modified.
* The messed sprites of the enemies ZMaster and Specter are now fixed. Also, the enemies Beholder, Deatheye and Flamer now have green skin, giving them more emphasis.
* The Raigan timeship is now properly colored, matching its original art. The Underground Tunnel vehicles have also been recolored.
* Many other small graphical improvements: the mountains look better (the grass pixels have been cleaned), Saskuots trees are fixed (they were missing an important outline), Raigan statues from Jurayn are fixed (they shared opposite palettes), and so on!

v1.1
* Added an alternate patch that keeps the yellow textures but changes everything else. Ideal for those that prefer the old aesthetic.
* Textual improvements: Fixed typos and a repeated text. Fixed spells names and descriptions: for example, Dft S and Dft A did opposite effects due to mistranslation. This issue was fixed. The names of MGdown and MGWall were exchanged to give more clarity (MGdown decreases magical attacks while MGWall deflects them).
* Mouth has been properly renamed Rich.
* Gender symbols were added in the place of the "Mal" and "Fem" abbreviations.
* Graphical changes: Small sprite edits. T-Rex is now green to differ from RedJaws. The boss Garana is blue to differ from Butcher. Ms.EX outline is now black, like most enemies.
* The palettes of Dragon Mountain (map) and Zaygos's Temple (Battle) have been improved.

* To-do: The portraits of Gorf/Smash and J.Rasav/G.Rasav are cleary exchanged, but are compressed. If someone can fix it out, it would be a great improvement.

Now you have no excuse to not play this gem!

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
Gagarin	Graphics

Reviews

Impressive graphical hack, but...	s20	2024-02-04	Version 1.0
It's a solid mod that a lot of work has been put into, and for that I commend it. The only problem is that it makes the world of Lennus look less alien and strange, and I can't help but feel like it loses its charm this way. That said, the icons, some of the cave changes, and a lot of the sprite edits for Chenzi, the NPCs, and the monsters in battle are excellent. If I could get a hack with those changes, but not the landscape changes, I'd be set. Basically, it's a good and well made mod, but it's not for me.

Leaving Lennus a bit mundane and boring!	SylarDean	2024-02-02	Version 1.0
Still a great game even after all these years, incluging the second game. Whilst I can appreciate the effort and love the person(s) behind this patch has and the time it takes to create such changes and work, I am going to be honest here, this graphical patch destroys ANY charm these Lennus games have, it's own unique graphics and unusual pastel colored world, THIS is what made this game stand out for me and for fans of the series. This patch takes all those gorgeous colors away and makes it look very mundane and boring, it's NOT a great addition to Paladin's Quest (Lennus), stick to the original. Sorry guys!

Necessary GFX changes	Nintenja	2024-01-30	Version 1.0
This is a great way to play a great game. The colorization is a big improvement to an issue that turned many away from playing this gem. You can also combine this with the easy type patch if you just want to experience the story and artwork more. Great job! Haven't encountered any glitches or issues with anything. Highly recommended.

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