ECW: House Party Mixtape: SK Edition Original release - 12/30/2024 SK edition - 3/3/2024 1.1 Update - 3/9/2024 by G.M.Spectre and S.K. Stylez INTRO ----- So here it is, my total comversion of Wrestlemania 2000 N64 to "ECW Megamix". I finally added everything I put off from the 0.5 release. Thanks to S.K.Stylez for creating the WM2000 improvement hack that had a ton of quality of life changes for playing and editing, and a huge save when it came to editing the default names in the rom! Any graphics or codes I make are pretty much open for anyone to use if they want. WHY IS IT CALLED HOUSE PARTY MIXTAPE ------------------------------------ 1. Public Enemy represents the time I started watching ECW after taping it overnight on the MSG network. 2. The roster is a "mixtape" of the wrestlers in ECW from Eastern to the end in 2001. 3. To me, the music was a huge part of the identity of ECW. TO PATCH THE GAME ----------------- 1. Go to this C-Drive's website, which is pretty awesome for supplying everything needed except for the rom. Also check out the other awesome creations by Freem and Ragdas, they're pretty damn good! https://patcher.aki.guide/ 2. Patch with file with the xdelta program (which I conviently placed in the zip file) For this game, the no other files are is required! So you can play it on emulator or on real hardware! ORIGINAL CHANGES FROM WM2000 ---------------------------- - Complete roster conversion - All unlockable characters set - All entrance and background music converted - Raw ring changed to basic ECW ring - A majority of fonts and in game messages changed to the "Ad Lib" font (the one used for ECW Hype Central) - All entrance animations have the lights and effects removed - Many moves and taunts added SOME CHANGES ADDED BY USING THE SK IMPROVEMENT HACK --------------------------------------------------- - Added Super Finishers - Addressed CAW issue where Wrestlers with the "Novice" Submission Skill changing to "Expert" - Tag Teams no longer need specific Music and Video combinations to enter as a Tag Team - Added Computer Intelligence (a HUGE timesaver for me!) - Added the following Move Categories to the Moves menu - Countering Counters (Striking - Counter Attack) - Front Super Special Move (Grappling - Front Grapple) - Move Exchange (Grappling - Front Grapple) - Back Super Special Move (Grappling - Back Grapple) - Test Of Strength (Grappling) - Pin Save (Ground Grappling - Ground Attack) - Running Pin Save (Ground Grappling - Ground Attack) - Double Team Flying Attack (High Flying - From Turnbuckle 1) - Double Team Flying Attack To Outside (High Flying - From Turnbuckle 1) - Double Team Flying Attack From Apron To Ring Standing Opponent (High Flying - Flying Body Attack) - Added the following options to the Fighting Style menu - Irish Whip - Irish Whip Evasion - Added 2 new options to Fighting Style - Stance - Classic - Giant - Added 2 new options to Fighting Style - Counter/Reversals - Heavy Special - Light-Heavy Special CHANGES SINCE 0.5 RELEASE ------------------------- - Ported the conversion to SK Styles 1.1 Wrestlemania 2000 improvement hack - All ring ropes are black - Fixed default names (THANKS SK!) - Converted the opening/credit animations - Rewrote the "Extreme Road Tour"/"Road to Wrestlemania" mode cutscenes - Slightly tweaked movesets with the SK Styles 1.1 hack additions - Redid all heights and weights (I actually used a PWI Almanac for this) - Set in game tag teams - Set all managers and seconds to wrestlers - Give managers individual movesets - "WWF Branded" clothes in CAW taken out and replaced with more generic alternatives - Fixed Sandman music timing - Royal Rumble Clock altered - Masato Tanaka 4th Costume fixed - Converted the rest of the arenas (Yeah, I know they aren't perfect. I did what I could.) Raw - Hardcore TV Heat - ECW on TNN KOTR - Hardcore Heaven (Tournament) Summerslam - Heatwave Survivor Series - November to Remember Royal Rumble - House Party Wrestlemania - Hostile City Showdown - Changed entrance weapons 1 - WWF Mic replaced with Broom 2 - Guitar replaced with Singapore Cane (had to shuffle the models around to the Cane could be Sandman and Credible's specific weapon) 5 - Godfather Cane replaced with Baseball Bat 6 - Gangrel Goblet replaced with Chair 8 - Water Bottle replaced with Table 9 - Albert Suitcase replaced with Garbage Can 10- Singapore Cane replaced with Mallet - In game weapon - Guitar replaced with Singapore Cane - Super Finishers Set Dreamer - Spicolli Driver Douglas - Pittsburgh Plunge Taz - Hard Way Tazplex (front)/Tazmission Plex (back) Awesome - Awesome Bomb (new move added) Tajiri - Strong Kicking Mikey 2000 - Poison Mist - Set in game tag teams PUBLIC ENEMY - Rocco Rock + Johnny Grunge GANGSTAS - New Jack + Mustafa ELIMINATORS - Perry Saturn + John Kronus PITBULLS - Pitbull 1 + Pitbull 2 DUDLEY BOYS - Bubba Ray Dudley + D-Von Dudley - Bubba Ray Dudley + Spike Dudley - Bubba Ray Dudley + ??? ???? ?????? - D-Von Dudley + ??? ???? ?????? - ??? ???? ?????? + ?????? ?????? IMPACT PLAYERS - Justin Credible + Lance Storm FBI - Little Guido + JT Smith - Little Guido + Tomy Mamaluke - Little Guido + ????? ???????? HOT COMMODITY - Chris Hamrick + Julio Dinero DA BALDIES - Tony Devito + Spanish Angel GANGSTANATORS - New Jack + John Kronus BWO - Stevie Richards + Blue Meanie - Stevie Richards + Super Nova - Blue Meanie + Super Nova - Tommy Dreamer + Raven - Sandman + 2 Cold Scorpio - Sabu + ????????? - Sabu + Rob Van Dam - Raven + Stevie Richards - D-Von Dudley + Axl Rotten - Mikey Whipwreck + Cactus Jack - ????? ????????? ???? + Yoshihiro Tajiri - Chris Candido + Lance Storm - Balls Mahoney + Axl Rotten - Balls Mahoney + Masato Tanaka - Balls Mahoney + Spike Dudley - Tommy Dreamer + ????? ???? CHANGES FOR 1.1 UPDATE ---------------------- - Fixed the game crashing at the title screen because of the extended names - Opening animation mostly fixed - Belt graphic for select screen and in match fixed - All characters have "Normal" or "Often" for their "Weapon Use" stat - Default CAW costumes slightly edited - Sandman default weapon set to cane - Bubba Ray, D-Von and Francine music fixed - King of the Ring graphics for tournaments taken out WHAT I WON'T DO --------------- - Create an overpriced 90 dollar cart with a sticker calling it ECW House Party Live with a picture of the 2002 TNA roster (Sorry? Sorry? I'M NOT SORRY!) Special no-prize to who gets that comment in the parenthisis. CREDITS FOR GRAPHICS AND OUTFIT PARTS ------------------------------------- AKIStation64 This guy helped my big time, supplying me with a lot of outfit parts from his old ECW project. These textures were very simple to convert and place in the game. - Ring Attire 4 - Jerry Lynn Tights 1 - Ring Attire 6 - Jerry Lynn Tights 2 - Ring Attire 10 - Franchise Tights - Ring Attire 14 - Steve Corino Tights - Ring Attire 42 - Super Crazy Tights - Ring Attire 44 - RVD Tiger Singlet - Ring Attire 45 - Steve Corino Singlet Bottom - Ring Attire 49 - RVD Yin-Yang Singlet - Ring Attire 61 - Lance Storm Tights - Tattoo 9 - Balls Mahoney - Upper Body 5 - Justin Credible "Got Blood?" Shirt - Upper Body 23 - Rhino Singlet Top - Upper Body 37 - Steve Corino Singlet Top - Upper Body 43 - Super Crazy Top - Upper Body 46 - Dudley Boyz Jersey - Face 1 - Sandman - Face 6 - Raven - Face 9 - Sabu - Face 10 - Taz - Face 13 - Balls Mahoney - Face 18 - Dean Malenko - Face 17 - New Jack - Face 19 - Eddy Guerrero - Face 21 - Perry Saturn - Face 24 - Super Crazy Taz1096 This guy also helped me learn some techniques to get clearer face pictures which helped a lot! - Upper Body 14 - Da Baldies Shirt - Face 36 base - Pitbull 1 - Face 44 base - Tony Mamaluke DX4Life I was a bit iffy about crediting him, because he was the same DX4Life guy from the WWE 2k modding scene who faked his own suicide in mid 2024. That really pissed me off for many reasons. I decided to credit him, since he did help out a lot with several graphics I was having trouble with before his disgusting stunt. - Ring Attire 23 - Sandman Skull Zubaz - Ring Attire 74 - Saturn font - Ring Attire 75 - Kronus font - Upper Body 6 - Justin Credible "I Hate This Town" Shirt - Upper Body 26 - Public Enemy "Explosion" Top - Upper Body 53 - Mikey Whipwreck Wizard Shirt - Face 12 bae - Mikey Whipwreck - Face 16 base - J.T.Smith - Face 30 base - ????? base - Face 42 base - Rocco Rock MOVES AND ANIMATIONS ADDED -------------------------- Standing - Buzzsaw Kick by Krayzie2K99 Block and Counterkick - RVD Counter Kick by Krayzie2K99 Front Grapples - Running Awesome Bomb by Krayzie2K99 - Kryptonite Krunch by SirAntonic - Bossman Sidewalk Slam from WM2K Counter Grapple - Bulldog Powerslam by Thunderbolt Jordyad - Raven DDT by Orson - Tazplex by KrayzieK99 - Super Cradle Piledriver by Krayzie2K99 and RetroRandy - Hiptoss to Submission from No Mercy - Nutcracker Suite/Fire Thunder from from No Mercy - Suplex Cutter by Cire Zero - Flair Flop from No Mercy - Bionic Elbow by Orson - Superkick from No Mercy - Double Underhook Backbreaker from No Mercy - Super Piledriver by Orson Back Grapple - Old School Expulsion by Cire Zero - Tazmission w/ Body Scissors by Krayzie2K99 - Tazmaniac-plex/Electric Chair Drop by Orson - Cobra Clutch by Retro Randy Corner Grapple - RVD Shoulder Skewer by Krayzie2K99 - Stomping w/o flipping off by Orson Running Ground Attack - Running Splash from No Mercy - Running Legdrop from No Mercy - Running Earthquake from No Mercy Flying Laying - Fistdrop by Orson - Soumersault Senton from No Mercy Entry Way Taunt - Arms Up from No Mercy - Rey Jr from No Mercy - Point from No Mercy - House Party by Cire Zero - Side to Side from No Mercy - R-V-D by Krayzie2K99 - Rocco Dance from No Mercy - Stevie Chop from No Mercy Walk Taunt - Power Walk from No Mercy In Ring Taunt - Sabu Point from No Mercy - House Party by Cire Zero - Hulkster 3 Flex from WM2K regular taunt - Arms Up from WM2K corner taunt - Pray from WM2K regular taunt - House Party Corner by Cire Zero - 4 Corner Fist Pump from WM2K corner taunt - 2 Cold Dance Combo from WM2K taunts - Rick Rude from WM2K regular taunt - R-V-D by Krayzie2K99 Taunt - House Party by Cire Zero - Dancin Stevie from No Mercy - R-V-D by Krayzie2K99 - Sabu Point from No Mercy - Rocco Dance from No MercyTaz - Arms Up from No Mercy - Raven Cross from Revenge Corner Taunt - House Party Corner by No Mercy ALSO ---- 8109ED5A FFFF if you want to unlock all the unlockables. I won't judge ya. OTHER THANKS TO ---------------- Most of all, Freem for his very hard work on VPW Studio, I consider myself very fortunate to have the opportunity to beta test this program, and appreciate all he has done. Also, go to Freem's VPW2 stuff and play VPW2 Freem edition (which I also used as a base for several movesets) at... https://vpw.ajworld.net/vpw2freem In addition to the WM2000 improvement hack and help with names, S.K.Styles made some great spreadsheets that I used to convert various moves and taunts from the other games with their properties intact. He's also modding the base game of WM2K to get rid of some bugs and make some QOL changed. The gang on the "AKI Wrestling Game Hacking" and "AKI Rom Hack Room" discords helped a lot with their patience with all my questions. Thanks to Retro Randy, MelonBread, KWG, Ragdas, Barskio, AKIFan, PablosCorner, DaveSavedTheDay, ChuckiePK, TylerBlack, DylanRulez69, NamiyoVT and anyone I forgot to mention here. Sir Antonic, Rag Das, Krayzie2k99 and Orson helped out big time with some of the imported moves. Sean O Connor, AmitDaybeen and Krangledangle have been showcasing my other projects, "Project Outsider" and "WCW Saturday Night". https://www.youtube.com/@Seanomaniacwrestlingreviews https://www.youtube.com/@AmitDabydeen https://www.twitch.tv/krangledangle C-Drive for hosting my other projects at https://aki.guide/ DJKM's old Firepro saves on FPR and FPWW gave me a good idea for character movesets. There were also various moveset and CAW info references from CAW movelists, DNewgrounds, Gazwefc The No Mercy Library - A great archive for codes and movelists. Most of the codes I use in this mod come from here. http://w11.zetaboards.com/No_Mercy_Library/index/ CAWPlace - A great archive for movelists and outfit ideas. http://cawplace.yuku.com/directory WildFB's archive - Creator of the Moveset Editor, the utility that made the hardest part of No Mercy Editing very simple. http://z3.invisionfree.com/WldFb_Archive_Forum/index.php OTHER INSPIRATIONS ------------------ Wrestling Bios - He does very detailed videos on the monday night war, and individual bios. How did I discover him? His bio for Glacier popped up when I was searching for it while researching for Project Outsider! The channel is great for learning missing details about wrestling with a little humor mixed in. https://www.youtube.com/@WrestlingBios SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MODDER! -------------------------- More of a tip jar than anything. I definitely won't be putting stuff behind a paywall. https://ko-fi.com/gmspectre .....now it's time to get WCW Saturday Night and WWF Wrestlemania X updated to that SK hack!