Best Rom Hacks?

[thelostsoul]

@hooperre Look at my list above. There are some good ones. What type of hack are you searching? Hardcore levels? Cool looking graphics? Interesting level design or a complete rechange game?

In my list games with the note / based on Mario World

[hooperre]

@thelostsoul Whoops. Thanks. I would say interesting level design or cool graphics I suppose.

[lilbud]

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3945/

[Triquick]

@hooperre Super Mario World: Return To Dinosaur Land Series is pretty good. It basically a SMW Expansion with new levels that isn't ball busting hard like most SMW hacks. Actually has a learning curve with only once level that required save states for nearly perfect jumps.

[hooperre]

Thanks, @lilbud + @Triquick! Will be grabbing both of those.

Anyone know where I can make a bounty for someone developing Rom Hacks?

I'm looking for:

1. Master of Monsters for Genesis with the turn limit removed similar to the Masters of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia one.

2. Shining Force (any/all versions) with other music because it's sooooooo repetitive.

3. (Doesn't fit here, but...) RetroPie lr-Nestopia with power pad emulation which is in standalone Nestopia (I'm pretty sure) for the PC but not in RetroPie's version to my knowledge.

Thanks!

[mediamogul]

@hooperre

Master of Monsters for Genesis with the turn limit removed similar to the Masters of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia one.

If this can be accomplished via a game genie code, there's a software utility that can alter the ROM permanently. Alternately, of course you could just use the game genie code.

RetroPie lr-Nestopia with power pad emulation which is in standalone Nestopia (I'm pretty sure) for the PC but not in RetroPie's version to my knowledge.

I'd love this also. A proactive way to get this on the radar is to open an issue as a feature request over at the 0ldsk00l's nestopia github. If you don't want to for whatever reason, let me know and I'll open one. Once open, I believe a bounty can be set.

[hooperre]

@mediamogul said in Best Rom Hacks?:

@hooperre

Master of Monsters for Genesis with the turn limit removed similar to the Masters of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia one.

If this can be accomplished via a game genie code, there's a software utility that can alter the ROM permanently. Alternately, of course you could just use the game genie code.

I tried to lock in the game genie code via patch, but for whatever reason the game doesn't start if it's applied that way. I can revisit it and try again. I figured someone smarter than me could delay the change until the game started somehow.

RetroPie lr-Nestopia with power pad emulation which is in standalone Nestopia (I'm pretty sure) for the PC but not in RetroPie's version to my knowledge.

I'd love this also. A proactive way to get this on the radar is to open an issue as a feature request over at the 0ldsk00l's nestopia github. If you don't want to for whatever reason, let me know and I'll open one. Once open, I believe a bounty can be set.

I wouldn't mind opening one at all, but I'm only somewhat familiar with GitHub and stuff. In the interest of getting it solved, if it's no bother to you to do it, maybe that's the route to go. Just let me know! : )

[mediamogul]

@hooperre said in Best Rom Hacks?:

if it's no bother to you to do it, maybe that's the route to go.

Done and done. I thought it might be best to open the issue at the libretro fork. We'll see how it's received.

[SgtJimmyRustles]

Sonic 3 Complete,

Mario Land 2 DX.

[pjft]

I just read this:

http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2018/04/10/fan-updates-nes-castlevania-with-new-graphics-and-sound/

Looks impressive. Unsure if it'd run on any of our emulators, but it looks rather nice!

[thelostsoul]

@pjft said in Best Rom Hacks?:

I just reading this:

http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2018/04/10/fan-updates-nes-castlevania-with-new-graphics-and-sound/

Looks impressive. Unsure if it'd run on any of our emulators, but it looks rather nice!

It indeed looks impressive. But I can't find a link or the hack itself. In the article, I even can't find the title of the hack or even the maker of it. These are essential informations lacking. Did he even check if the game is at romhacking.net? I then headed over to romhacking.net and searched for Castlevania hacks in 2018 and found out the subtitle "Opposing Bloodlines" in screen matches a hackname. But that hack I found on romhacking.net doesn't have same graphics and is from 2008. So someone or the author itself grabbed the old hack and updated it. I then searched the web with Google and gave up. Btw, maybe not worth to search for it, because the article says Mesen emulator is needed.

[pjft]

@thelostsoul Thanks for checking. I also fixed the broken english from typing on my phone with the swipe keyboard. Shame on me.

It seems the source is this one:

http://www.romhacking.net/news/2021/

But indeed it seems to be a very Mesen-specific improvement. Sorry for that.

EDIT: It seems there's a Mesen RetroArch core.

https://forums.libretro.com/t/mesen-core/14124/111

[thelostsoul]

@pjft said in Best Rom Hacks?:

It seems the source is this one:

Thanks for finding it, I couldn't. And no need to sorry on your side, i was criticizing the article.
On my side, I am not really interested in trying it out, as it uses a different emulator than my favorite.

[martincrocenzi]

Has anyone played a Street Fighter II - Champion Edition hack (assuming that this version is a hacked one) in which whenever you attempt a special move like hadouken with Ryu / Ken or sonic boom with Guile, the screen filled with that movement? I remember playing with Ryu and once I do the shoryuken, it also fires like four or five hadoukens, crazy sh1t. And Blanka finished his ball attack with electricity. Was the Champion Edition since the sky in the Japan's scenario (Ryu) was dark at night. Did you ever play this version? Does someone know where can I get that? Thanks!

[mediamogul]

@hooperre

Looks like there's some interest in RetroArch Power Pad Support after all. I don't know if you've considered a way to actually connect the Power Pad itself to the Pi, but this article appears to be just the ticket. I own a Power Pad and don't want to cut into it, so I'll probably use a NES extension cord and turn it into an adapter.

[hooperre]

@mediamogul Awwwwwweeeeeeesommmmmmmmeeeeeee. Thanks! I have a USB dance pad and am hoping there are just ways to configure that to the buttons. That being said, I imagine Power Pads are not a hot commodity either.

[mediamogul]

@hooperre said in Best Rom Hacks?:

I have a USB dance pad and am hoping there are just ways to configure that to the buttons. That being said, I imagine Power Pads are not a hot commodity either.

Yeah, you can pick 'em up all day long for pretty cheap. A USB dance pad might work too though.

[mediamogul]

@mediamogul said in Best Rom Hacks?:

but this article appears to be just the ticket.

The images on the original page seem to be broken, so for the sake of posterity, here's a link from the Wayback Machine.

https://web.archive.org/web/20131111000457/https://www.gamasutra.com/blogs/ArchiePrakash/20130702/195484/CONNECTING_NES_POWER_PAD_TO_PC_FOR_ITS_25TH_ANNIVERSARY.php

[SuperPitendo]

SUPER GHOULS N GHOSTS (combined hack Edition)

I used 2 hacks on that and made a pretty different game...

First I used the RESTORATION hack. It uncensores the game AND make it harder (enemy appereance etc.) just like the japanese Version.
Than I used the SUPER ARTHUR hack. With that hack you can collect weapons and switch between them (with L & R), also you dont loose the whole armor if you get hit, just the last you´ve collected.

The combination of both let it feel like a MEDIEVAL CONTRA!!!

I really recommend to check this out!!!!

[pjft]

@superpitendo The latter one sounds like a fantastic hack on its own! I'll need to look into that.