Big Rom Hacks & Homebrew Thread

meleu

Hey! Wazzup fellows!

I'm digging up this thread to talk a bout the homebrew Zooming Secretary, for NES.

Here's a gameplay:

You can get the ROM legally with no issues on the developer's page: https://shiru.untergrund.net/software.shtml

A cool thing about this game is that I've created RetroAchievements for it! Check it out:
http://retroachievements.org/Game/4650

Capeman

Nice! If we're on the subject of Homebrews for the next few minutes, i've been trying to get through Streemerz lately with little progress haha. Game is really hard!

Get it here:
https://www.fauxgame.com

A Former User

@capeman what in God’s name did I just watch? That was insane.

Hyruleslink

Here's a hack of the first NES Final Fantasy called Super Mario Fantasy Adventure. Replaces graphics, music, enemies, items, text to fit a Mario theme. Very impressive:
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1293/

PS. I made a custom NES cover for this game if anyone downloads this and is interested.

A Former User

Castlevania: The Holy Relics was released recently and is excellent.

Patch can be found here: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3759/

Capeman

OOOHH YEAH! We got a doozie here! Just released! The Mario Land 2 Gameboy Color DX hack! Full color added to SMW2 and the ability to play as Luigi with altered physics! This is an absolutely ambitious hack and one I've been following development of for a long time! Enjoy!
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3784/

mediamogul

@capeman

This was a good month for ROM hacks. Two translation hacks that are worth mentioning are 'Super Famicom Wars' and 'Battle Golfer Yui'. Released on Christmas Eve, 'Super Famicom Wars' marks the final entry of the Japanese-only "Nintendo Wars" series to be fully fan-translated into English. The series was first officially introduced outside of Japan as 'Advance Wars' for the GameBoy Advance, which has gone on to have several successful sequels of it's own.

'Battle Golfer Yui' is one that was just released two days ago and I'm dying to play it. Apparently it's an "Adventure/RPG/Golf game hybrid about an evil organization making cyborg "battle golfers" in order to take over the world." That description alone is worth the price of admission and I'm looking forward to putting some time into it this evening. The Japanese have always had a flare for unique and interesting RPG titles. Pretty much everyone knows how amazing 'Earthbound' is and the 'River King' series is another great example, being an RPG/Fishing game hybrid. Good stuff all around and some great games for the new year.

Capeman

@mediamogul A golf adventure rpg... SIGN ME UP!

lilbud

@capeman You're going to lose it when you hear about Golf Story on the Switch. It's like Earthbound met golf.

Addison

I played Zelda Festive Randomizer for a few hours today and thought it was absolutely delightful.

The main world is covered in snow and ice, all of the important upgrades and items are completely random and appear as a Christmas presents. So cute. ♥

It also has Christmas music along with the Peanuts theme song mixed in as well.

I made 50 different seeds of this game because I imagine myself always coming back to play it again.

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This link is all that you'll need:
http://vt.alttp.run

Just click on Play Festive Randomizer on the top of the screen.

Next to the green Generate Rom download button, there's a pull down option on how many seeds you would like.

Each seed also comes with a text file for hints in case you're completely stuck in the game.

hooperre

Has anyone gotten any of the WWF No Mercy Hacks to work on the Pi? I tried them super quick before work without success. I tried 2k17 and Legends. They may require PJ64, which would be a bummer.

Capeman

THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS.
OMG, THIS.
This is the greatest hack ever. It takes a great game and makes it infinitely better. I cannot believe how much more fun this classic is with this simple hack.

CASTLEVANIA: IMPROVED CONTROLS
Complete list of changes:

• Enables the player to control their x-velocity in mid-air while jumping (including while jump-attacking).
• When releasing the jump button, one immediately starts falling again; this allows the player to make smaller hops if desired.
• After being knocked back, the player regains control after a split second and can angle their fall.
When walking off an edge, the player retains control instead of dropping straight down.
• The player can jump off of stairs at any point in the climb (however, it is still impossible to land on stairs, so be careful jumping from long flights of stairs over pits)

THIS.

Capeman

Amoeba Jump for Atari 2600
Starting as a doodle jump clone, this homebrew is in active development and the current version is stable and playable. Definitely fun!

Atariage Discussion
http://atariage.com/forums/topic/280211-amoeba-jump/

thelostsoul

Nice, didn't know about this thread (or just forgot). Here is an alternative thread about same topic. There are a lot of advisable titles. Here links to my own set of recommendations from that thread:

thelostsoul

I found and added some interesting Homebrew stuff for the NES.

NES (homebrew)

All tested and working and free to download. Some or even most are more like prototypes or demos and became full games later and was sold on their webpage. But these versions are free and mainly made for an open competition. On screenshots, they might be looking boring, until you start and play the game.

Edit: Some of those are really cool. I marked my personal favorites with bold text and an exclamation mark to highlight them. You definitely should try them out.

shavecat

@thelostsoul
didnt know about all this roms hacks ! too many !!!! oh god ....
God of war 1/2 nes
Super_Mario_World_Odyssey_v1_Beta - snes
deadpool -nes
Spy Vs Spy - The Island Caper- nes
ALF Escapes!- nes
Back to the Future (Enhanced)-nes
Freddy Vs Jason-nes

if the not writing already :)

thelostsoul

@shavecat Nice to see you here too. :-) And thank you for the "contribution". Just a small note on my previous posting here: Homebrew means completely new games programmed by someone from the community. This thread contains both, romhacks and homebrew.

I recently also added Super Mario World Odyssey. It is sad that the make stopped developing it. On a different thread a relatively new romhack of Super Mario Bros for the NES came out. It allows two player simultaneously playing the regular SMB. We discussed it here: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/19333/best-nes-rom-hacks/13. And btw, the first reply on top of the thread includes a small list of my favorite Romhacks.

Sorry about all the links. I prefer to link them where they are, instead of copying the same content over and over again. It is called the web for a reason. :D

shavecat

@thelostsoul
Lovely thanks a lot :))

thelostsoul

Here is some more stuff for you, in case you asked for.

SNES (3+1)

Mods and Romhacks

Other Castle based on Super Castlevania 4
This is one of those hacks which don't change a lot of the games mechanic or graphics. It is all about new level design, like a dlc. If you like the regular game how it is, but want new level challenges, then this is for you. There are two difficulty patches, one that is more like the games original difficulty and one that is much harder.
'the based on Super Mario World
I don't want spoiler anything, just categorize it (btw, still have to finish myself). This game/modification is not the usual level design stuff. The game is more a atmospheric story telling in style of creepypasta. Don't expect a normal game, I tried it out because of the high praise and the recent Halloween event.
Wario Land SNES based on Super Mario World
This is a full remake of Wario Land 1 from the Game Boy! Off course the Mario World engine have many differences, but the whole artistic style, music and level design is pretty close to something we could get officially. Btw, it is version 2 of the patch, which removed a lot of previously known bugs.

Honorable mention: I did not include Donkey Kong 3: Another Rise! into my collection, because level design is unbalanced and gets too hard later. Take a look, it is still amazing (I may change my mind in the future also).

NES (4+3)

Mods and Romhacks

Hell Crawlers based on Ms. Pac-Man
A creative hack of a Pac Man game. I never would imagine someone doing something like this. This is not just a reskin, its a different game. The whole art and music composition have some oppressive style to it, right from the hell. Gameplay mechanic is still collecting stuff, but there are some differences, which you should explore yourself.
Over the Moon based on Metroid 1
First I did not want to include another Metroid mod - but changed my mind. It came out this year and its a complete new game. The mechanics are still the same, but whole graphics and story are changed; you play as an alien space cow! The developer tried to do the same thing what made the original game great, but without the boring parts like grinding or a lot of backtrack.
Super Mario Balloon based on Balloon Fight
This is basically a re-skin without touching the gameplay. It is really good and I didn't know that I needed it. The whole graphics are changed to Mario universe, colors are so nice. And to me most importantly, the sound of enemies are changed, which i really dislike in the original game. Make the game just better.
Two Players Hack based on Super Mario Bros 1
This is the reason why I started to dig another time into the world of mods an romhacks. It came out recently last month and hit the modding scene like a bomb. Why? The mod itself is not doing sooo much, the whole game is the same, it just adds a second player to be played simultaneously. Because both player need to reach the end, it makes the game much more difficult and adds a new layer of depth to it. Definitely check this out!

Honorable mentions: These Super Mario Bros 1 mods came out very recently and are not included in my collection, but still want mention them. The levels itself are all the same. In Super Enemy Fire the enemies are shooting at you and you don't get any power ups. In Super Mario Edge is no scrolling and the player have to reach the edge of the current screen to proceed (I did not play this, hopefully my description is correct). And finally Super Mario: Neon Edition is a re-skin only, with changed graphics to match a neon-ish like art style.

Capeman

This is just about the coolest hack ever! Get ready to play Super Mario Bros the same way you play Mario Wii.... by inadvertently killing your co-op partner ever 30 seconds! This is just awesome and so much fun! It gets really hard on later levels! Google this on romhacking.net!