Best Nes rom hacks?

RedBatman

Hi so I have been looking for some good roms for the Nes and I would like to know if there are any hidden gems or rom hacks that are very good.

Hyruleslink

@redbatman There are only a few hacks on the NES that I liked, but I do have suggestions on some homebrews and translations if you are interested:

Hacks:
Super Mario Fantasy Adventure
Tecmo Super Bowl 2015

Homebrews:
Alter Ego
Amazon's Running Diet
D-Pad Hero
Indivisible

Translations:
Adventure Island IV
Chaos World
Chronicle of the Radia War
Crisis Force
Demon Castle Special: I'm Kid Dracula
Destiny of an Emperor II
Esper Dream 2
Final Fantasy II
Final Fantasy III
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Glory of Hercules II
Holy Diver
Ice! Ice! Hockey Challenge
Konami Wai Wai World
Konami Wai Wai World 2
Moon Crystal
Sweet Home
The Three Eyed One

Addison

The Legend of Zelda Randomizer is the best one for me.

It's also becoming super popular on Twitch as of late. Usually around 1 to 3 thousand viewers at a time each day.

I currently have 50 different game seeds with the sword being available at the start of the game, and 50 others where I'll have to find it in the beginning.

This should keep me quite happy for a very long time. :)

https://sites.google.com/site/zeldarandomizer/

cylum

Here is quite a big list. These are the ones I keep in my collection. If anyone has any suggestions that aren't already on here, please let me know. Will check out the Zelda Randomizer shortly.

Alien 3 Plus
Angry Birds
Arkanoid Revised
Back to the Future: Enhanced Edition
Batman & Robin: Shadows of Gotham
Big Trouble in Little China
Boss, The
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Castlevania: Blood Moon
Castlevania: Chorus of Mysteries
Castlevania: Overflow Darkness
Castlevania: The Holy Relics
Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Redaction
Castlevania II: Simons' Quest Re-translation
Contra: Revenge of the Red Falcon
Crystalis: Rebalanced Edition
Darkwing Duck: New Levels
Deflower
Double Dragon: Arcade Edition
Double Dragon: Chuck Norris Edition
Dragoon X Omega: Gold Edition
Dragoon X Omega II
Extra Mario Bros.
Final Fantasy Negtive One
Final Fantasy Redux
Final Fantasy Ultra: Champion Edition
Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children
Final Fight 3 Deluxe
Freddy vs. Jason
Ghostbusters: Enhanced Edition
God of War II
God of War
Hyrule Warriors
Impact Wrestling
Jason vs. Freddy
Jeopardy! Battletoads Edition
Kaizo Mario Bros. 3
Legend of Zelda DX, The
Legend of Zelda, The: Awakening of Onox
Legend of Zelda, The: Outlands
Lode Runner Blue
Lode Runner Gray
Luigi Bros.
Mario Adventure
Mega Man in the Mushroom Kingdom
Mega Man Reloaded
Metroid: Dark Alliance
Metroid: Rogue Dawn
Metroid Deluxe
Metroid Incursion
Metroid mOTHER
Metroid Origin: Enhanced Edition
Mother: 25th Anniversary Edition
M-Tee's Box-Art Bomberman
NCAA Baseball
NCAA Football 2016
NCAA Football
New Ghostbusters II Plus
Ninja Gaiden: Evil Edition
Ninja Gaiden III: The Ancient Ship of Doom Restored
Pac-Man III
Pac-Man Remix
Pac-Man Xtreme
Perfect Dark
Quest of Lala, The
Rockman 2: Deus Ex Machina
Rockman 2: Gray Zone
Rockman 4: Minus Infinity
Rockman 4: Sparking to Hero
Rockman 5: Double Jumper
Rockman no Constancy
Roll-chan 2
Roll-chan 3
Roll-chan 4
Roll-chan 5
Roll-chan 6
Roll-chan no Constancy
Roll-chan
R-Type
Sky Kid: Enhanced Edition
Sonic the Hedgehog
Spider-Man 2
Super Luigi Bros. 3
Super Mario Bros.: Chaos Control
Super Mario Bros. 3: A New Journey
Super Mario Bros. 3Mix
Super Mario Fantasy Adventure
Super Mario Unlimited
Super Mario World
Super Pitfall: 30th Anniversary Edition
Super Turrican Plus
Superman II
Tecmo Super Bowl 2013
Tecmo Super Bowl 2014
Tecmo Super Bowl 2015
Tecmo Super Bowl 2016
Tecmo Super Bowl 2017
Tecmo Super Bowl 2018
Ultima III: A New Exodus
Ultimate Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle, The
WWE Wrestling
Zelda: The Legend of Link
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Beginner's Edition
Zelda II: The Adventure of Link - Master Quest

Eldrethor

@cylum Out of the several in this list, I think Metroid: Rogue Dawn and Castlevania: The Holy Relics stand out as having such professional levels of quality to their soundtracks, level designs, and graphical work that they feel like entirely new games.

SuperFromND

IMO one of the best hacks out there is Rockman 4 Minus Infinity. It's hard as hell, even by Megaman standards (I had to save-state literally every 5 seconds just to get through it), but look past the difficulty and you'll get one of the best hacks I can think of.