Developer Rumbleminze recently released another NES to SNES conversion, this time for the game Life Force. This release includes five different MSU-1 audio soundtracks, as well as the original. There’s also 8 different color palettes to choose from, as well as the ability to set difficulty and give yourself up to 99 lives. You can download just the .sfc file, or the full zip with the MSU soundtrack below, as well as check out the source:
Main Page: https://github.com/rumbleminze/lifeforce-snes
Link #1: https://mega.nz/folder/4th1UYoa#ZIQqbn0UbCwGlovXxCOZrw/folder/48w0DArD
Link #2: https://archive.org/details/@rumbleminze_nes/lists/1/rumbleminze-nes-to-snes-ports
Like with Rumbleminze’s previous NES to SNES conversions, this is utilizing FastROM/HiROM to further speed up the data transfer. That, combined with the SNES’ higher sprite limit should reduce (or completely eliminate) sprite flicker and slowdown.
Rumbleminze uploaded a full playthrough, if you’d like to see this game in action and hear the MSU-1 audio – I embedded it below.
Also, you’d like more details as to why these NES -> SNES ports are such a big deal, I already covered this in a previous post and discussed it during Weekly Roundup #361 at the 12min mark: https://youtu.be/rviGb9gS_CA?t=721 While the previous post/podcast was talking about the developer Infidelity’s conversions, all of that still applies here: You basically get the same exact game, just without some of the NES’ limitations.
