-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Rom Hacks that Improve the Experience (not level edits)
- Thread starter Rich!
- Start date
One of my favorite hacks was a fairly simple patch (really could be done as a AR/Gameshark code) to Donkey Kong Country Returns that did two things: allow the Classic Controller to be used, and moved rolling off of a waggle motion and onto the R button. Two things that drove me nuts about the game, completely removed and fixed. Increased my enjoyment of the game ten-fold.
I'd have to say Tecmo Super Bowl 2014. These guys have been updating this game every year for the last 7 years
http://tecmobowl.org/home/_/tecmo-news/tecmobowlorg-presents-tecmo-super-bowl-2014-r155
http://tecmobowl.org/home/_/tecmo-news/tecmobowlorg-presents-tecmo-super-bowl-2014-r155
Oh my god.I'd have to say Tecmo Super Bowl 2014. These guys have been updating this game every year for the last 7 years
http://tecmobowl.org/home/_/tecmo-news/tecmobowlorg-presents-tecmo-super-bowl-2014-r155
shaowebb
Member
This is one of my favs.
Thats not Sally Acorn.
This is Sally in Sonic
Ah. Much better. A character with a brain who isn't a place holder to make Sonic seem "cool".
Is that how the FF6 save anywhere hack was made? I was going to base it on the method used to make that one.
Edit
Please correct me if im am wrong, but the FF6 hack would have required the source, if what you are saying is true. I doubt the person involved in that hack had the source for FF6.
Uh no. If you want to hack something, you pinpoint the data using a tracer or a corrupter. How else do you think stuff like Lunar Magic was made?
SMW has been completely and utterly disassembled. Every single bit of data has been mapped out. No one ever had the source code for it - like all hacking, it's done via pure trial+error and careful searching.
If you want to hack FF6, load it up on SNES9x with Geiger's tracer, study what the game writes and reads to the console/emulator and use the information from those commands to help you. You'll need to discover how the compression format used by Square in the game works too, and you'll need to code ASM routines to get the new save format working.
Basically, if you know nothing about rom hacking, you are not going to be able to do it. Prepare to study for years.
The Tengen Ms Pacman on the Genesis is the best version I have found. It has special stages, a Pac Boost, crazy difficulty settings. It's great.
Uh no. If you want to hack something, you pinpoint the data using a tracer or a corrupter. How else do you think stuff like Lunar Magic was made?
SMW has been completely and utterly disassembled. Every single bit of data has been mapped out. No one ever had the source code for it - like all hacking, it's done via pure trial+error and careful searching.
If you want to hack FF6, load it up on SNES9x with Geiger's tracer, study what the game writes and reads to the console/emulator and use the information from those commands to help you. You'll need to discover how the compression format used by Square in the game works too, and you'll need to code ASM routines to get the new save format working.
Basically, if you know nothing about rom hacking, you are not going to be able to do it. Prepare to study for years.
Or i can possibly find a PAR code and use a hexeditor to change the rom..
Just like the guy did for the FF6 hack. All without years of study or developing a condescending attitude.
Or i can possibly find a PAR code and use a hexeditor to change the rom..
Just like the guy did for the FF6 hack. All without years of study or developing a condescending attitude.
Sorry, I'm just trying to help. I may have slightly misunderstood your request - not being a big FF6 fan, I assumed you meant adding in a save function that wasn't previously in the game.
If it's a simple case of flipping a switch (ie. it restricts the save anywhere in certain locations), then that's a simple thing to find, and I could even do it for you. If you want a bit of experience with it, try finding the PAR code yourself - simply convert it to hex afterwards and try changing the values.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Castlevania II: Redaction. Exactly the same game. No difficulty changes or new areas and visuals. Just speeds up the day/night transition text, speeds up text in general, fixes missing text & incomprehensible/misleading translations.
Most of my favorites have been posted, but I will mention MIJET's work: http://mijet.eludevisibility.org/
Besides their excellent translations, they made nice enhancement patches. The "no-shuriken" mode in the Shinobi III patch is my favorite part of their enhancements.
I find myself wishing there were some simple "always run" hacks (like in Control Freak for SM) for the Mario games and games where you double tap to run (Kirby series, Shinobi III). I feel that with those games I always want to be running and having walking be the default state is a slight nuisance.
A Knuckles Chaotix redesign hack that let you select characters normally, removed the rubber band gimmick and added more life to stages (they feel a bit empty and would need some redesigning to work without the rubber band) would be interesting too.
Besides their excellent translations, they made nice enhancement patches. The "no-shuriken" mode in the Shinobi III patch is my favorite part of their enhancements.
I find myself wishing there were some simple "always run" hacks (like in Control Freak for SM) for the Mario games and games where you double tap to run (Kirby series, Shinobi III). I feel that with those games I always want to be running and having walking be the default state is a slight nuisance.
A Knuckles Chaotix redesign hack that let you select characters normally, removed the rubber band gimmick and added more life to stages (they feel a bit empty and would need some redesigning to work without the rubber band) would be interesting too.
Barrow Roll
Member
Seconded. Great patch.
Some of my favorites are Sonic Classic Heroes, customizeable versions of Sonic 1 and 2 that adds saves, shields, and all 3 characters, 2 players and lets any player switch characters on the fly.
For the Frogs The Bells Toll on Gameboy (English translation) has the same engine that would later be used in Link's Awakening. Fun game where you switch between a person and a frog.
Super Mario Land Color is also great.
Wow this is excellent, I had no idea this was made, one of my favorite games ever too. I have a GB/GBC flash cartridge, someone in the official thread for that hack said it messed up his Gameboy Color screen and now everything he plays is blurry. Did you have any issues when you ran the game?
For the Frogs The Bells Toll on Gameboy (English translation) has the same engine that would later be used in Link's Awakening. Fun game where you switch between a person and a frog.
Super Mario Land Color is also great.
Wow this is excellent, I had no idea this was made, one of my favorite games ever too. I have a GB/GBC flash cartridge, someone in the official thread for that hack said it messed up his Gameboy Color screen and now everything he plays is blurry. Did you have any issues when you ran the game?
No issues whatsoever. Played on a combination of GBC and my GBA SP AGS-101. As always, use hacks with caution. I flashed the copy onto an eeprom I had spare and soldered it into a real GBC cart. If you're using a flashcart, it may result in totally different results to myself as I was essentially using real hardware.
I personally cannot see how a game could affect a console permanently like that - I'm more inclined to believe that it was due to a flashcart/dodgy soldering job that fried it with an incorrect voltage.
NobleGundam
Banned
I'm surprised that there's absolutely no hack for Yu-gi-oh GBC/GBA to add new content.
Looked everywhere and there's nothing :/
Looked everywhere and there's nothing :/
I've just had a breeze through romhacking.net, zophar, acmlm's, board2 and justus for you.
Sorry man. No luck.
Will second place suffice?
IdreamofHIME
Member
Tagged for metroid lua, will check that out later. Looks fantastic.
Haeralis The BRave
Banned
Not exactly a rom hack, but Project M.
Conrad Link
Member
I really love this sorta stuff, being able to play BS Zelda completely was a dream come true. I dunno how the awesome people that do them do it but I'm happy they do!
Sonic Megamix too, so good.
Was always disappointed there weren't really any DuckTales NES hacks though (I don't think?). There's like DickTales and stuff but... yeah lol.
I dunno how the awesome people that do them do it but I'm happy they do!Sonic Megamix too, so good.
Was always disappointed there weren't really any DuckTales NES hacks though (I don't think?). There's like DickTales and stuff but... yeah lol.
it's far better than that
it's incredible. And so is this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XNTjVScm_8
There's another Metroid romhack out there that adds saving, a map, and the ability to combine the Ice and Wave beams together. Unlike Neill Corlett's admittedly awesome hack, this one does not rely on LUA files so you can use it on real hardware providing you have the means to flash your personally ripped ROM file.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1186/
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1186/
There's another Metroid romhack out there that adds saving, a map, and the ability to combine the Ice and Wave beams together. Unlike Neill Corlett's admittedly awesome hack, this one does not rely on LUA files so you can use it on real hardware providing you have the means to flash your personally ripped ROM file.
http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1186/
Now that is even more impressive. And here I am playing on an emulator like a mug.
Got a modified Wii? Get RetroArch, use NEStopia, and play it on a real TV.
heh
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=637928
I already use retroarch via my PC on my TV:
Nothing beats the real hardware though.
No one posted this gem yet?
Extra Mario Bros.
Turns SMB1 into an open world Metroid game complete with new powerups and upgrades as well as music from Super Metroid. Easily the best SMB1 romhack in my opinion.
Also that's a cool Pokemon hack. I do have a GB flashcart. Wonder if it would work on that. I'll have to try it out one day.
Extra Mario Bros.
Turns SMB1 into an open world Metroid game complete with new powerups and upgrades as well as music from Super Metroid. Easily the best SMB1 romhack in my opinion.
Also that's a cool Pokemon hack. I do have a GB flashcart. Wonder if it would work on that. I'll have to try it out one day.
Thanks for the information, will give this a shot later.
hikarutilmitt
Member
Castlevania II: Redaction. Exactly the same game. No difficulty changes or new areas and visuals. Just speeds up the day/night transition text, speeds up text in general, fixes missing text & incomprehensible/misleading translations.
This, this, so much this. The game is still pretty terrible, but this makes it a billion times more bearable.
Absolutely this.
Keeps one of the all-time greatest 2D platformers intact while smoothing out some of the rough edges and letting you play it exactly how you want to.
PigSpeakers
Member
For Secret of Evermore, I think there's a 2-player hack and a balance patch.
That's by FuSoYa, creator of Lunar Magic.
http://fusoya.eludevisibility.org/
His VWF and re-translation patch for Secret of Mana is also pretty decent, but I can understand why some don't like it:
Pimpbaa
Member
Neither of those abominations belong in Sonic. Sally Acorn, lol.
Someone did a similar color hack for Metroid 2 that can run on real Gameboy Color hardware.
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?23468-Metroid-2-Full-Colour-Romhack
http://www.sega-16.com/forum/showthread.php?23468-Metroid-2-Full-Colour-Romhack
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Pokemon Sacred Gold & Storm Silver. Its a hack of Heartgold/Soulsilver with a harder difficulty level, the ability to catch all pokemon available in one game, and a bunch of other neat features like new custom events, GB Sounds from the beginning, and Dreamworld abilities.
http://gbatemp.net/threads/pokémon-sacred-gold-storm-silver.327567/
What I like best about it is that SG/SS has a much more satisfying level curve than the original. The basic Johto games are pretty much unplayable to me now.
http://gbatemp.net/threads/pokémon-sacred-gold-storm-silver.327567/
What I like best about it is that SG/SS has a much more satisfying level curve than the original. The basic Johto games are pretty much unplayable to me now.
Hesemonni
Banned
Shadow Hog
Member
Third, technically.Will second place suffice?
That said, to his credit, he's the first to link the damn thing.
Pegosaurus
Banned
Can you play these on an emulator or do you need a flash cart or something? If so, where can I get those?
Found a hack for HD textures for Super Smash Bros 64.
Used it on my old HTC Raider. Made it lag like hell with anything more than one computer, and didn't work with all of them, but still made the game much less of an eyesore on a 1280x800 4.6" screen.
I gotta reinstall N64oid on my phone and see if it plays the game any better.
Used it on my old HTC Raider. Made it lag like hell with anything more than one computer, and didn't work with all of them, but still made the game much less of an eyesore on a 1280x800 4.6" screen.
I gotta reinstall N64oid on my phone and see if it plays the game any better.
Glass Brain
Member
My favorite is Pussy City Pimps (modified River City Ransom). It alters the game's ludodiegetic fibre, and as a result the game becomes something More.
What the hell guys, I thought I'd let someone else mention this one but no one has yet!
I posted what in my opinion is the best SMB1 hack before. Well here's the best SMB3 hack.
Mario Adventure
Lots of improvements to the gameplay like some new mechanics, new powerups, a slot for saving an item a la SMW and tons of crazy levels.
It didn't for a long time, but now it works on real hardware with the PowerPak flashcart if you apply an extra patch, and by loading an empty .sav file with the rom. It's very hard though. Brutally so sometimes. So if playing on PowerPak be sure to get the savestate mappers so you can have savestates.
Edit: ah never mind I'm confused. I thought this thread was about hacks that are more than simple level edits in general, but I see now that it's actually about hacks that simply improve the standard game... So disregard both of my posts I guess, but the hacks are definitely worth checking out anyway!
I posted what in my opinion is the best SMB1 hack before. Well here's the best SMB3 hack.
Mario Adventure
Lots of improvements to the gameplay like some new mechanics, new powerups, a slot for saving an item a la SMW and tons of crazy levels.
It didn't for a long time, but now it works on real hardware with the PowerPak flashcart if you apply an extra patch, and by loading an empty .sav file with the rom. It's very hard though. Brutally so sometimes. So if playing on PowerPak be sure to get the savestate mappers so you can have savestates.
Edit: ah never mind I'm confused. I thought this thread was about hacks that are more than simple level edits in general, but I see now that it's actually about hacks that simply improve the standard game... So disregard both of my posts I guess, but the hacks are definitely worth checking out anyway!
Similar threads
- Poll