Willow fixed tuning

Original game : Willow

Platform : NES

Author : lidnariq

Release date : 20 April 2022

Category : Bug Fix

Patch version : 1.0

Modifications : S

Downloads : 535

ROM Information

European release-
File CRC32: b4811fc8
File SHA1: a1e1d475f48892338f288cddbbaa496e08ec6a4f
Japanese release-
File CRC32: 189462c2
File SHA1: f56dd202f39362cef0cd6949578134f041e7c0e7
North American release-
File CRC32: 7d8d5f51
File SHA1: 5022153b286e6bce7b330b97d3822450d8c82af5

Hack description

For whatever reason, whoever wrote the replayer for Willow didn't know that the NES's sound unit adds one to the period provided to the APU. So high notes are conspicuously flat. This is particularly painful in the high notes played by the triangle in the first town.

The included patches fix the Japanese, North American, and European releases to compensate for this +1 in the period.

Additionally, these notes played by the NES triangle channel are around the upper bound of what the APU can achieve while still generating in-tune notes.

Separate patches additionally are included to retune the NTSC release to A437, and the PAL release to A430, to maximize the number of in-tune notes at the top of the triangle's range.

Contributions

Contributor	Type of contribution	Description
lidnariq	Hacking

Reviews

Unexpected and ear-conforting...	Pethronos	2022-04-22	Version 1.0
Since my childhood I noticed that high F (specially) from the town track was funnily flat. I even remember doing musical jokes with my brother while humming that song. The only bad part of this hack is that the town track is not so funny anymore, but it's a welcome addition for those that love this game and have a 'somewhat sensitive' pitch. Thanks!

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