After listening to so much of the GPW2 soundtrack, and the success of the corresponding MSU Pack I made, I had a craving for more…
A quick search for other Kaizo hacks with great soundtracks pulled up Invictus. Developed by one of the great Kaizo Mario runners juzcook, this rom hack claims to be “… a chocolate kaizo hack with a touch of vanilla charm that will challenge even the most experienced players. It aims to be fun, whilst remaining difficult albeit fair.”
I’m nowhere near good enough to validate that statement, but I can say by watching others that it fits the bill of a top notch rom hack: it has really tough levels that challenge runners but are fun to play, it maintains a good pace, it has a variety of platforming/jumping/etc challenges, and it has a bangin’ soundtrack.
There are few soundtracks that stand up to GPW2’s, but after plenty of listening to Invictus I can definitely say it comes close. This one has become another super fun one to play with for me, and I hope it does the same for you.
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One more item that needs to be taken care of – I need to call out the SMW Central community once more. All of them once again deserve a ton of credit for making and contributing to such a great game.
Similar to my post in the GPW2 MSU pack, here’s a link to the library of music created by their community, and I have called out each of the contributors below.
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Download Pack – Invictus.rar (517.3 MB)
Track Listing
- Opening Theme: Funky Forest – RednGreen
- Light World Overworld: Megaman 9 – Jewel Man – Lui37
- Rain State (Standard): Crusader: No Remorse – Rebel Base – Sinc-X
- Bunny State: Waterworld – Map – Sinc-X
- Lost Woods: Il Maniero Spettrale (Forest) – RednGreen
- Prologue: Love Escalator – Green – Sinc-X
- Kakariko: Wily Stage 2 – We’re The Robots – Lui37
- Mirror Transition: VLDC 8 – Factory – Dr. Tapeworm
- Dark World Overworld: Castlevania Adventure – Battle of the Holy – Wakana
- Pedestal Pull: Cold – RednGreen
- File Select Screen: Funky Forest – RednGreen
- Guards Summoned: Super Mario 64 – Bowser’s Domain – Wakana
- Dark Death Mountain: New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Volcano – Izuna
- Minigame: Shoot Your Load – Main Menu – tcdw
- Skull Woods Overworld: VLDC7 – Cave – Lui37
- Castle: Touhou – Septette for the Dead Queen – Wakana
- Cave 1: Undertale – Ruins – Sinc-X
- Boss Victory: VLDC 7 – Desert – RednGreen
- Sanctuary: Undertale – Ruins – Sinc-X
- Boss Fight: Yoshi’s Island (Custom) – Bowser’s Last Stand – LadiesMan217
- Shop and Fortune Teller: Who wants to be a millionaire? – Theme 1 – Wakana
- Cave 2: Loonie – Contemplated – Sinc-X
- Zelda Rescue: Rudra no Hihou – Creatures from the Silent Sea – DantheVP
- Crystal Cutscene: Rudra no Hihou – Creatures from the Silent Sea – DantheVP
- Fairy Fountain: Final Fantasy V – Fate in Haze – tcdw
- Top of Castle Tower: Map – Factory – Amphobius
- Ganon Reveals Himself: New Super Mario Bros. Wii – Volcano – Izuna
- Drop Into Ganon: VLDC 8 – Factory – Dr. Tapeworm
- Ganon Fight: Undertale – Megalovania – Lui37
- Triforce Room: Cold – RednGreen
- Ending Sequence: Super Mario 3D World – World Bowser – Pinci
- Ending Credits: Rudra no Hihou – Underwater City – Sinister Pixel
- Eastern Palace: Diregefall 2.0 – S.N.N.
- Desert Palace: VLDC 7 – Desert – RednGreen
- Aga Tower: Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective – The last desperate struggle – aCrowned
- Swamp Palace: Coral Labyrinth – RednGreen
- Palace of Darkness: Stellar – MaxodeX
- Misery Mire: Hydrothermal Hollow – Lui37
- Skull Woods: Radix – Fire and Ice – Sinc-X
- Ice Palace: VVVVVV – Pressure Cooker – DantheVP
- Tower of Hera: Pyrotechnical Perennial X – Crispy
- Thieves Town: Jazz Jackrabbit – Medivo – WorldPeace
- Turtle Rock: Jazz Jackrabbit 2 – Water – Wyatt
- Ganon’s Tower Downstairs: Castlevania II: Belmont’s Revenge – Praying Hands – Wavee
- Ganon’s Tower Upstairs: Castlevania Legends – Highest Castle Floor – Masterlink
- Dark World 2 (Post 7 Crystals): Castlevania Legends – Highest Castle Floor – Masterlink
Links to each composer’s profile:
- aCrowned
- Amphobius
- DanTheVP
- Dr. Tapeworm
- Izuna
- LadiesMan217
- Lui37
- MasterLink
- MaxodeX
- Pinci
- RednGreen
- S.N.N.
- Sinc-X
- Sinister Pixel
- tcdw
- Wakana
- Wavee
- WorldPeace
- Wyatt
- And the game author… juzcook