hornc / celeste-climber

Celeste themed ROM hack for the NES game Ice Climber (1984)

Celeste / Ice Climber NES ROM Hack

A Celeste themed ROM hack for the NES game Ice Climber (1984).

Mainly sprite and palette modifications.

Features

• Celeste title screen (in the Ice Climber font)
• 1 Player / 2 Player → Madeline / Badeline
• Lives indicator → Crystal hearts
• Bird (Nitpicker) colour change (red → blue)
• Ice hammer cursor → Crystal heart on main menu
• Madeline sprites and palette
• Badeline palette, separate bird and P2 palettes
• Bonus level clouds changed to palette 2 (orange/white)

ROM Information

Database match: Ice Climber (USA, Europe, Korea)
Database: No-Intro: Nintendo Entertainment System (v. 20210216-231042)
File SHA-1: 09D97003BF9D676F24A75CF3E1DCED28CDA3BE59
File CRC32: 70044A74
ROM SHA-1: 22D57AC6066529D199FCD299159D94820042C7D0
ROM CRC32: FB98D46E

File MD5: D35F9979F206897DF94FB5425E23FC85
ROM MD5: C9C94DF2EBB19BD6D717B2CFBF977574

Known Issues / TODO

• Only first level fruit is strawberries
• Character bonus success animation not converted

v2.0 targets

• Rework Madeline sprites?
• Convert polar bear character into Granny...

Credits

• Ubvoiu: pixel art, play-testing, insight.
• hornc: hex hacking, palettes, sprites.

Software used:

• Nestile NES graphics editor.
• GHex hex editor.
• Lipx IPS patch creator.

Tested and debugged using Mednafen multi-system emulator.

Thanks and credit to Maddy Thorson and Maddy Makes Games for Celeste and Madeline characters!

Ice Climber copyright 1984 Nintendo.