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Battle of Olympus: Explorer Edition

  • Explore new and exciting routing possibilities not possible in the original game.
  • Certain game mechanics have been adjusted to reinforce this new focus on exploration.

A. Distinctions

Recipient of Essential NES Romhacks of All Time honors (2024)

http://www.romhacking.net/news/3078/

B. Community Discord

Battle of Olympus Central - brought to you by the Item Rando community [non-expiring invite]

C. Hack Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4Fh21_hAgU

D. News Publication

https://www.romhacking.net/news/2879/

E. Patch Info

  1. Use only with the US version of the game with CRC32 of 6B53006A.
  2. Recommended patcher: Flips (Windows/Linux), UniPatcher (Android), MultiPatch (MacOS)
  3. Recommended emulator: Mesen2 (Windows/Linux/MacOS), RetroArch with Mesen core (Android)

F. Available Builds

v1.0 Release

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/7581/

Other authorized hosts: RHDI, RHDO

v1.03 Development

Recommended. Private build. Available via BoO Central Discord. Other authorized hosts: none.

Additions - backported from Item Randomizer dev build

  1. Carry 10x more olives
  2. Olive pickup rate reduced from 16x to 10x
  3. 4x drop rate instead of 4x pickup rate for salamander skins
  4. Early pink Argolis
  5. Inventory menu indicates Golden Apple
  6. Inventory menu indicates hack name and version
  7. Multiple endings based on the number of collected fragments

G. Features

  1. Olive drops increased to 16x.
  2. Salamander-skin drops increased to 4x.
  3. Blocked seaway from the second shore of Argolis has been opened.
  4. Entrance to Tartarus now available from the start of the game.

H. Speedrun.com Leaderboard

https://www.speedrun.com/The_Battle_of_Olympus_Item_Randomizer?h=100-any-set-seed-any&x=8243y9md-wlegrd2n.le2mn7zl

I. Derivative Hack

Item Randomizer

https://github.com/cIymax/the-battle-of-olympus-randomizer/wiki

J. Related Hacks

Infinite Olives

https://github.com/cIymax/the-battle-of-olympus-randomizer/wiki/3.-Infinite-Olives-sister-hack