Rockman X3 (Genesis)

Rockman X3
Also known as: X3X3X3X3 (alternate label) Developer: Gamtec Platform: Unlicensed Genesis Released in AS: 1996? This game has unused graphics. This game has revisional differences. This game has anti-piracy features.

This page sucks. If you could make it suck less, that would be awesome. Specifically: Probably needs a cleanup.

The Mega Drive Rockman X3 is a bootleg port based on the Saturn version. Despite being glitchy and missing a number of things from the original game - including the armor upgrades (you already have them from the start), Zero, two levels, some bosses, and even the ending - it's pretty faithful, especially by bootleg standards.

Leftover Graphics

Present from 0DB600-0EF5FF are various graphics from Omega Race and Super Ping-Pong, a pair of homebrew games by Pure-Byte.

Crash Debugger

Rockman X3 features a debugger which prints error information if the game performs an illegal operation, such as trying to load a level that doesn't exist. A and C on Controller 1 cycle through different pages of memory, while Start closes the memory viewer (though doing so doesn't resume the game).

Anti-Piracy

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Someone in BootlegGames Discord triggered the "Decode Error" message while editing the game's music. It's possible that a checksum routine was implemented to prevent the ROM being modified.

When trying to run the raw dump on an emulator, a "Decode Error" message will appear on-screen. The error can be bypassed by using the Game Genie master code AABA-AGAE.

Version Differences

To do: Take a deep look at both versions.

There's an alternate version of the game that has slight differences, mainly the stage music.

Oddities

Selecting Dr. Doppler's stage brings you to a modified version of Volt Catfish's stage. It's unknown if Doppler's stage was intended to be included in this port.