AM2R – Unofficial 1.1.2 Patch

Following on from my first unofficial bugfix patch for AM2R, which fixed the Gravity Suit leg graphical glitch, I’ve responded to Reddit AM2R players who pointed out another bug in AM2R official v1.1: apparently, if you kill the Tester boss too quickly (before it finishes its initial “spin” move), the sound will glitch and repeat endlessly.

Thanks to Reddit posters John_Unfil and WTFever_, I’ve hopefully fixed this and have published the update in the patch below. I have NOT tested this, however, so not only should you use at your own risk (make a backup of your game first) but please post a comment if this actually fixes the problem or not!

Note: you only need one of the patches below, depending on if you’ve already applied my previous v1.1.1 patch or are patching the unmodified official v1.1 version.

Instructions on how to patch your game are included in the zips.

Download Links:

AM2R v1.1 (official) to v1.1.2 Patch

AM2R v1.1.1 to v1.1.2 Patch

Left 2 Die (full game)

Left 2 Die is a freeware action shooter from Teardown, the indie developers behind Alien Assault. It was released in 2012 in what was to have been the lead-up to Alien Assault 2, a sequel that has yet to be produced.

Left 2 Die uses the same top-down perspective of Alien Assault, but swaps its turn-based tactical gameplay for fast-paced action, using joint keyboard and mouse control.

Notably, although Left 2 Die is set in the same universe as Alien Assault and features the same enemies and characters, on release a Doom “mod” was also released by Teardown on their forums that allowed players to re-theme the entire game to recreate the iconic first episode of Doom (“Knee-Deep in the Dead”) in Left 2 Die’s engine.

Fans expanded on this official mod to add the “missing” enemies and weapons from other Doom episodes, such as Barons of Hell, Lost Souls, the Cyberdemon, etc. While these won’t appear in the Doom Episode 1 levels as included, these extra monsters and weapons are fully functional for those who wish to create new levels based on Doom.

In 2016, Teardown’s website was shut down, with the company citing lack of funding to pay for hosting as their reason. When the site was lost, so too was the primary source of Alien Assault and Left 2 Die mods. Indeed, unlike Alien Assault, Left 2 Die now has no official download mirror, as far as I know. Even more sadly, the names of those who created the expanded Doom mod linked to here were lost with the demise of Teardown’s forums; if the creators ever reads this, please let me know who you are so I can credit you appropriately.

Unlike like most other mods on this site, the ones linked to from this post are not my own. Instead, I am preserving them here for posterity, and in the hopes that someday I will figure out how to make new levels for Left 2 Die myself!

As far as I know, no other mods were made for Left 2 Die; if anyone knows of any, leave a comment so I can archive them for others to enjoy.

To install the game, simply download all three zip files linked below and unzip them in order to the same folder. Note that the third file is the unofficial fan-made Doom content which can be used to fully replace the “Doom” folder inside your Left 2 Die mod directory; it contains the original files used by the Doom1Episode1 mod as well as extra content too. You can change mods (i.e. between “Alien Assault” and “Doom Episode 1” from the main menu.

Download Links:
Download Left2Die v1.02 (full game)
Download the Doom Mod v1.01 (Official, Episode 1)
Download the Doom Mod Enhancement (Unofficial)

Note: the first link above is unofficial, but is the only working, valid download site for this game that I could find. Please use that one first. The mirror link below is my own personal archived copy that shares bandwidth with my other mods, so only use it if the other link is down.

Alternate Download Links:
Download the full game

AM2R – Unofficial v1.1.1 Patch

AM2R is an amazing fangame based on the 1991 Metroid II for the Nintendo Gameboy. It was fully completed but shortly after its release in late 2016, the developer received a C&D from Nintendo. Despite this, the game has been widely regarded by fans and gamers as one of the best Metroid games ever made, unofficial or official.

Due to the legal stance of Nintendo, the original dev (DoctorM64) is unable to provide updates for the game, even to fix the few remaining glitches and bugs. However, dedicated fans have worked hard to disassemble the code (removing copyrighted content in the process) so that others may continue to update, patch, mod and add to the game.

In this spirit, with the help of comments from players on the AM2R Reddit forum, I have used this source code to create a small “hotfix” patch that fixes a minor graphical bug with the game, known among players as the “gravity suit leg glitch”. This bug caused a visually ugly issue when jumping while wearing the Gravity Suit, and is the result of a missing sprite in v1.1 (the final release) of the game.

I’ve dubbed this version v1.1.1, as a lot more talented modders than me are currently working on more elaborate unofficial v1.2 versions, but in the meantime I wanted to get this small but irritating glitch “fixed” and the patch out there for others to enjoy.

Note that due to the legal issues mentioned above, I will NOT post the game itself here, nor any copyrighted files relating to it. My patch requires that you have the official v1.1 AM2R, which I am not allowed to distribute (please don’t ask for it here).

Instructions on how to patch your copy of the game are included in the zipped archive, and are very simple, though you will need a BPS-compatible patcher program as well. A very easy to use one (and the one I used to make the patch) is Floating IPS, which can be found at Romhacking.net.

If you know of any other bugs in AM2R v1.1 that need urgent fixing, and have some idea of how to fix them, please feel free to let me know in a comment. While I don’t have the skills or time to hunt through the code myself, I am happy to fix and provide a patch for anything others can point me towards and share it for others to use.

Download Links:

AM2R v1.1 (official) to v1.1.1 Patch