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MSH TAG for Marvel Super Heroes — four players

Four humans in Marvel Super Heroes: P1 and P3 against P2 and P4, each hero on its own controller, with MSH TAG's tags, Counter Switch, push blocks, double teams (under Marvel vs. Capcom's meteor sky with your mvsc.zip), team supers and hyper tags. Plays in the MSH TAG RetroArch core: four pads on one computer, or online through Parsec or RetroArch netplay.

Latest v1.2 · Oct 1, 2026 · Preview

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MSH TAG for Marvel Super Heroes — four players v1.2 · Oct 1, 2026

The MSH TAG RetroArch download holds everything for four players except RetroArch and your ROM: the MSH TAG core, the four-player installer and the PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher. Put your clean ZIP next to the launcher and double-click it: it makes msh4p.zip, copies the core into RetroArch and starts the game with it. Coming from an earlier version, keep your clean ZIP next to the launcher: it sets the old msh4p.zip aside (msh4p_before_v1.2.zip) and makes the v1.2 one. The installer on its own writes msh4p.zip, the name the core loads: keep it. RetroArch's own FinalBurn Neo cores, MAME and Fightcade read two players only for this game. There are no Start or Coin buttons: HP+HK joins. Start-based taunt and gem cycling remain unavailable in four-player mode. See the tester checklist in the package.

Install RetroArch (retroarch.com, free).
Unzip msh-tag-v1.2-retroarch.zip and put your clean ZIP next to PLAY MSH TAG 4P.cmd (and your clean mvsc.zip, for the double team sky).
Double-click PLAY MSH TAG 4P.cmd. Then in RetroArch give ports 1-4 a pad each: Settings > Input > RetroPad Binds > Port N Controls > Device Index (ports 1 and 3 are a team).

Patch-only and hash-gated: complete member identities, every replacement site and native routine/table checks in the correct DATA or opcode view. All five real clean sets pass both installers (10 cases); Python and the exact installer PowerShell body on PowerShell 7/macOS write identical members, and 19/19 fixture tests pass including the optional sky. Every one of the 43 two-player / 45 four-player dependency guards refuses a modified input; eight negative controls produce no output. Originals remain unchanged. No game ROMs or retail keys are distributed. The final installed Euro msh4p.zip passes scripted logical-port selection, four tags with correct ownership, empty first-partner gem inventory, inventory continuity at the slot swap, double teams on both sides and eight TIME-bar checks in a local macOS MSH TAG core. These use ordinary pad inputs and read-only RAM. The Windows/Linux core binaries and source patch are unchanged from v1 and checked against its release hashes. Independent Windows/Fightcade installation, Windows PowerShell 5.1, cmd.exe/drag-and-drop, the Windows core on Windows, RetroArch UI and online play, four physical controllers and real hardware remain unverified. USA/Asia/Japan have installer coverage only. No new long-session soak is claimed. See TESTER_CHECKLIST.txt in every package.

Receipt: /downloads/msh-tag/v1.2/RELEASE.json

What changed in v1.2

v1.2 includes the shared automatic-entry guard rule and Hulk’s confirmed crouching HP followup fix. Independent partner-pad input remains available in four-player mode.
Make msh4p.zip again from your clean ZIP. The launcher checks its version, sets an older file aside as msh4p_before_v1.2.zip, and makes the v1.2 game. Everyone in an online test needs matching files.
The core is unchanged: the published v1 Windows DLL, Linux SO and source patch. Logical-port diagnostics pass; independent Windows, online and four-physical-controller testing are pending. See TESTER_CHECKLIST.txt.
Start-based taunt and Infinity Gem cycling remain unavailable in four-player mode.

msh-tag-v1.2-4p-preview.cmd · 219 KB · SHA-256 316a2daad3db3acc…

Download MSH TAG v1.2 four-player (preview)

Release details and change log

Parent: Clean Marvel Super Heroes ZIP of the 951024 revision with its key file: msh, mshu, msha, mshjr1 or the Phoenix mshud. Write-up: /blog/msh-two-on-two-tag-teams.

What changed in v1.2

v1.2 includes the shared automatic-entry guard rule and Hulk’s confirmed crouching HP followup fix. Independent partner-pad input remains available in four-player mode.
Make msh4p.zip again from your clean ZIP. The launcher checks its version, sets an older file aside as msh4p_before_v1.2.zip, and makes the v1.2 game. Everyone in an online test needs matching files.
The core is unchanged: the published v1 Windows DLL, Linux SO and source patch. Logical-port diagnostics pass; independent Windows, online and four-physical-controller testing are pending. See TESTER_CHECKLIST.txt.
Start-based taunt and Infinity Gem cycling remain unavailable in four-player mode.

Previous versions

Download MSH TAG v1.1 four-player (preview)
v1.1 · released Sep 29, 2026 · Previous. The MSH TAG RetroArch download holds everything for four players except RetroArch and your ROM: the MSH TAG core, the four-player installer and the PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher. Put your clean ZIP next to the launcher and double-click it: it makes msh4p.zip, copies the core into RetroArch and starts the game with it. Coming from v1, keep your clean ZIP next to the launcher: it sets the v1 msh4p.zip aside (msh4p_before_v1.1.zip) and makes the v1.1 one. The installer on its own writes msh4p.zip, the name the core loads: keep it. RetroArch's own FinalBurn Neo cores, MAME and Fightcade read two players only for this game. There are no Start or Coin buttons: HP+HK joins.
- v1.1: the two-player fixes, for four players too (they're in the shared game code). Make msh4p.zip again from your clean ZIP; the launcher does it for you and sets the v1 file aside.
- The launchers (Windows and Linux/macOS) check which version made the msh4p.zip they find, so an old one isn't played by mistake. Everyone online needs the v1.1 msh4p.zip.
- The core is unchanged: the same Windows DLL and Linux SO as v1.
msh-tag-v1.1-4p-preview.cmd · 212 KB
SHA-256 c1a0248b042f9fbff343a0792d54eaf2f6336a6ad82c70f22d3a38876d8eb707
Download MSH TAG v1 four-player (retail installer fix)
v1 · released Sep 27, 2026 · Previous. September 27 correction: the old installer wrongly rejected clean retail ROMs at $005E38 (life bar tiles). Download this version again and patch your clean original; the table reads and checks are corrected, with all ROM identity checks retained. The MSH TAG RetroArch download holds everything for four players except RetroArch and your ROM: the MSH TAG core, the four-player installer and the PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher. Put your clean ZIP next to the launcher and double-click it: it makes msh4p.zip, copies the core into RetroArch and starts the game with it. The installer on its own writes msh4p.zip, the name the core loads: keep it. RetroArch's own FinalBurn Neo cores, MAME and Fightcade read two players only for this game. There are no Start or Coin buttons: HP+HK joins.
- September 27 retail installer correction: fixes the false $005E38 life-bar-table refusal on supported clean 951024 sets and the associated runtime table reads; preserves all member and hook checks. Re-download and patch a clean original.
- First release. Four players: P1 and P2 pick both of their team's heroes, P3 plays P1's second pick and P4 plays P2's, wherever that hero is: tagging in, on point, or beside the point in a double team or a team super.
- One download for RetroArch: msh-tag-v1-retroarch.zip holds the MSH TAG core (Windows, Linux), the four-player installer and the PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher, which makes msh4p.zip from your clean ZIP, copies the core into RetroArch and starts the game with it.
- No coins and no Start button: HP+HK joins. Without Start there's no taunt and no Infinity Gem cycling.
- Current validation: all five real supported sets pass both installers; Euro and Phoenix builds pass bounded native boot/selection/tag/HUD checks in two- and four-player modes. Broader v1 feature footage predates this correction; Windows and online acceptance remain unverified.
msh-tag-v1-4p-preview.cmd · 205 KB
SHA-256 d68dbebd08d4881cbcffce82200a68df8e3c6e6687309a405f9ddc895392928f

Same latest version, other files

MSH TAG for RetroArch: the core (Windows, Linux), PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher, four-player installer, README and tester checklist
msh-tag-v1.2-retroarch.zip · 8.2 MB
SHA-256 7bc9af3c122cfbc53c71bdbc14cc2283d047d271a9c7e49b80a0d5666563484b
Patch package: README, tester checklist, patch spec, Python patcher
msh-tag-v1.2-4p-preview-patch.zip · 205 KB
SHA-256 a3e9386fb4731ee1f93c2553fc31a3d131b9db58100ca7930cb4031c53279c08

Files from previous versions

MSH TAG for RetroArch: the core (Windows, Linux), the PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher, the four-player installer, README
v1.1 · Sep 29, 2026
msh-tag-v1.1-retroarch.zip · 8.2 MB
SHA-256 74dca8f298b35d441347d693141684e02174c7af5d0339f8484fbdd15e06347b
Patch package: README, patch spec, Python patcher
v1.1 · Sep 29, 2026
msh-tag-v1.1-4p-preview-patch.zip · 196 KB
SHA-256 a295cd753279568904b331b61f45815d05895cb567a575b63e0a1676911db416
MSH TAG for RetroArch: the core (Windows, Linux), the PLAY MSH TAG 4P launcher, the four-player installer, README
v1 · Sep 27, 2026
msh-tag-v1-retroarch.zip · 8.2 MB
SHA-256 d8d9b4b97c7b12bb22437ccbdd641019bee908937f14ac469a48f1fed698685e
Patch package: README, patch spec, Python patcher
v1 · Sep 27, 2026
msh-tag-v1-4p-preview-patch.zip · 190 KB
SHA-256 766f37b4957084afe37630ad194a6a40f191942d8f166525941b7136174c7031