Ultimate Chakan - Hack of Chakan: The Forever Man - Sega Genesis
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2021
- Hack Release Date - 14 May 2021
Download: www.romhacking.net/hacks/5928/
Ultimate Chakan is a gameplay overhaul of Chakan The Forever Man. This patch aims to tone down the game’s difficulty and length while adding a few new mechanics. 
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This game deserves a remaster with many of it's technical issues fixed, half the difficulty in this game came from poor hit detection, awkward attacking and jumps,trial and error style gameplay, and no instruction around how alchemy works. Fix these things and the game will be alot more playable.
Hard as hell but still awesome I love this game because of it's dark atmosphere
I love this game even in its original format
My full thoughts on the hack (overall it's definitely more fun than the original)
Pros:
Larger enemies and Bosses' invincibility frames have been reduced by half (reduced to 30 from 60) and your swords' base damage have been increased to 2 - gives the game a better difficulty curve overall
Several changes to potions (start the game with one of each potion, Red and Clear potions grant full health upon pick up (this is a bit much in some levels), Green potions grant Super Jump upon pickup, Blue Potions grant Lightning Swords upon pick up
Chakan's spinning swords double jump remains active until you touch the ground
Mixed:
Can't double jump after reaching the peak of a jump and you start falling. I noticed it's also possible to perform a jump from mid-air after rolling off of a platform but it's very hard to time consistently, maybe one of these could be tweaked to make certain platforming flow better? There's an Air level with a huge fall if you miss a jump for a potion for example
Most enemies aren't stunned or knocked back - they flash for a bit but can still attack you. Maybe some more bosses could be tweaked to do this?
Much longer invincibility time after taking a hit - from about 2 to about 5 seconds. I found this a bit too generous honestly, but more is better
Much more time has been granted to clear each level - Perhaps too much, time was never an issue at all so the spell becomes pointless
Chakan has lower gravity when falling (can still release the jump button for a fast fall) - doesn't seem to change much or is it only in v1.2? I used v1.1
Fire and Earth Swords base damage has been increased to 8 - This felt a bit too strong overall
Cons:
The game ends after clearing the terrestrial plane (Elemental Plane still available through portal skip) - I don't get why the hacker did this one. Using the portal spell only works if you don't beat the last sub level of each area in the first half, so you then have to skip 4 levels of the game anyway. I want to play the whole thing :)
The Fire area boss dies too quickly here and so does the "purple pharaoh" boss in the Air area. The main Air area boss dies too quickly when using the hammer, and the final boss dies too quickly to the fire/earth swords
Control issues I had (these are part of the original game but it would be great if some could be fixed):
Can't look up/down - various leaps of faith into death pits even early on. Could this be added or the level design changed a bit? It's the worst thing about the game to me. Perhaps one of the invincibility spells could save you from a pit once instead, not sure what's the easiest to implement.
Not enough horizontal speed - Rolling is fun but kind of unwieldy and doesn't help with some of the platforming parts where you bounce back down from the ceiling (which is there even if there is no roof at times)
Can't double jump while carrying one of the alternate weapons unless it's the grappling hook - I don't know why they designed it like that, it makes the alternate weapons not that useful besides for some bosses
A bit too hard to gain momentum while using the grappling hook - If possible it should let you use the d-pad while hanging to build it up too. The hit detection could also be somewhat more forgiving when trying to latch onto hooks considering you can fall to your death
Some trial & error stuff could be tweaked: Cheap surprise attacks here and there, usually from smaller enemies such as the bats (I would just remove most of them from the grappling hook segment in the Fire area). In the "Fire 3" level you break a floor only to find... a death pit.
No boss music - It would be cool if one of the more intense tracks could be used as a boss theme, or something fitting from another game using the GEMS sound driver? Kid Chameleon or The Ooze maybe, they have a similar vibe. Just a thought
Bugs:
-I had to move backwards after hitting the breakable walls/floors until I was 1-2 screens away for them to disappear. Used Lunar IPS to patch
Fells like an old dark souls
As a kid Chakan was a hard game for me but I still enjoy and love it and it’s great to see this hack 👍
Some of the sound effects remind me of X-Men another great Sega Genesis game!!
Maybe it uses the same sound driver.
@@VitorKormannthe infamous gems sound driver…some games used it well, like vectorman and kid chameleon, others used it poorly like Sonic Spinball
Thank you for playing! I'm happy with how this one came out.
Fun fact: The elemental realm can still be accessed with the portal cheat at the main hub for anybody looking for more of a challenge. ;)
Hey, thanks for working on this game, if you look at 4:01 you'll see problems with Chaken making a simple jump, that frustrated me as a kid and makes me not want to replay it again. Is that something you could improve at all?
This is easily 20 years plus since I've seen this game
I can't believe Ultimate Chakan, released in 2021, is already 20 years old. Time really does fly.
@@gurriato you know this is a rerelease right...
Exelente video ,juego muy viejo pero muy bueno.
Exelente gameplay
Chakan una joya más de Sega genesis.
Me suscribo y perdón no hablo inglés pero los videojuegos no son para una sola nación son para todo el mundo.
Gracias amigo, Bien venido!
¿Qué va a ser bueno el Chakan? El Chakan es una puta mierda. Precisamente este vídeo no es el Chakan original, sino una versión modificada que intenta arreglarlo un poco.
@@gurriato Bueno cualquiera tiene gustos culposos
This game was ahead of its time, and arguably if not the first then among the first games that was made specifically for adults who enjoy a very difficult gameplay experience.
Chakanvania
that music!....SO Genesis!
Level at 12:23, I can see he was struggling a little bit because of the hack( jump high). He couldn't get into those small spots because he was jumping too high
So the spell select menu was cut out and it gives you automatic powerups. Otherwise what's so different about this version of the game?
I still have a soft spot for this game, spent a lot of time with it back in the day, still have it. Tried playing on the Genesis mini recently, man, what a pain. The jumping mechanics and timing to get the double jump was frustrating beyond words. The slight latency compared to OG hardware on CRT?
I didn't test your hack yet Billy. I was trying to play the original these days. The gameplay, the control feels too heavy, maybe slow, I wish the player control was like Revenge of Shinobi. Does this hack fixes it?
Link del fanart??
They also should’ve increased his walk speed
Alguien sabe
¿Cómo se parchea la rom en un emulador de Android????
11:33 awwww.
I can't enter the site in the description..Any ideas?
It was down. But its normal now. I think you can enter the site now.
@@hackgameslongplaychannel Thank you, It was indeed down and then it was ok, but thanks for ur care.
Essa hack e ótima eu gostava do original mas essa e incrível
Dang, I bet Chakan will jump even higher with the potion.
11:33 12:28 And dead 13:06 Oh, they take less damage!
Maybe you should change the level layout to adapt Chakan's new jump mechanics. The Air level is harder!
So, Chakan can't attack in all directions, can't jump-attack and can't wait until an enemy touch his blade.
17:43 Oh, you don't need to mix up potion, it does on its own.
Ai Boa Valeu
Wasn't that difficult to begin with in the original game. Making him jump higher isn't really a hack, but more of a game cheat really..
Everyone's entitled to their own opinion but I gotta disagree with yours. Unless you're someone grew up with nothing for entertainment but your Genesis and a copy of Chakan: The Forever Man, it's likely this game will whoop your fucking ass. Even with the manual... even with a guide from the net, this game's difficulty is brutal. It's vague and mysterious (on purpose, I'd wager) even with the manual and a guide, the game changes the rules on you from level to level, leaves you almost COMPLETELY IN THE DARK about vital game mechanics like alchemy and doesn't tell you what makes what as far as combining potions goes and alchemy is probably 100% crucial to beating this game. One thing I do agree with though, is that this game's difficulty is more artificial than it is skill or reflex based. Memorization and knowing what the fuck you're supposed to do and where to go is half the battle. So yeah, after a few run-throughs, it's not that hard on second thought but still, if you were some poor little shit who first had this game only as a weekend rental, you didn't stand a chance. As you might be able to tell, I was that poor little shit lmfao
Long story short, the game's fucking brutal to a newcomer, difficult still, even for a skilled gamer, but still very fun in my eyes and once you've got the hang of all the shit the game doesn't outright tell you, it's not nearly as soul crushing.
Last thing... yeah, jumping higher was never the solution to this game's difficulty. I could see it helping somewhat, but I never really had trouble with any of the high jumps. It's all the crazy, fucked-up shit that's waiting for you once you've made the jump that's the problem. :P
A tuff game, but cant say a bad word about it. Disney buys it, game over...
but the gameplay...the level....the character sprite is literally TOO big for the level design. XD u actually get stuck! XD this game as far as Im concerned is unplayable after only seeing 4 min and 20 seconds of it.
This game still make me shit in my pant, so gross, My childhood was raped
Looks clunky as fuck.
That's why only people with Stockholm's syndrome like Chakan.
It always looked like that