Best Rom Hacks?

Rion

@blackshadow

I would highly recommend Final Fantasy VI - Ted Woolsey Uncensored Edition

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hooperre

Anyone had success with the MSU-1 SNES upgrades on the Pi?

A Former User

@hooperre https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/13144/snes-msu-1-guide

spruce_m00se

I played "SFACTOR Sonia and Silver" last night, and it was hard, and fun. I actually enjoyed it enough to say I will play it again .

KN4THX

Most of the ones I've patched so far are listed above here already but I do have some I read about and want to check out :

Super Metroid Redesign
Mega Man In Mushroom Kingdom
Super Mario Star Road (N64)
Chrono Trigger: Flames Of Eternity
Oh No! More Zombies Ate My Neighbors
Legend Of Zelda Modern Classic Edition

thelostsoul

Old thread, but the topic never gets old. Here are some of my selection of homebrew and mods. Not all are good and will be probably deleted, but current list is following:

Mods and Hacks

Chorus of Mysteries / based on Castlevania 1(NES)
Mario Adventure / based on Mario 3 (NES)
Super Mario Unlimited / based on Mario 1 (NES)
Zelda Outlands / based on Zelda 1(NES)
Conkers High Rule Tail / based on Zelda 3 (SNES)
Hyper Metroid / based on Metroid 3 (SNES)
Parallel Worlds / based on Zelda 3 (SNES)
Radiation's Halloween / based on Earthbound (SNES) -- Note: This one is from famous Toby Fox, who created Undertale!
Super Zero Mission / based on Metroid 3 (SNES)

Homebrew

Alter Ego (NES) -- Note: My favorite homebrew game.
Blade Buster (NES)
Inversion (NES)
Life (NES)
SAF Hardware (SNES)
Super Boss Gaiden (SNES)

The only drawback is, I don't have any scrape data for those, no videos.

thelostsoul

While testing the games again for this list, I found out some are broken now. I don't know why. I thought its the emulator I changed a while back, but after changing it back, they still don't work. Any idea?

quicksilver

@thelostsoul It may be best to open a new help/support thread. Also will need more info on which games/emulator you are using specifically.

thelostsoul

@quicksilver Oh sorry, you are right. I will do this later.

thelostsoul

I am still searching for rom hacks and homebrew and found some truly awesome hacks! I can't believe it! In example a Super Mario World (1) hack, which lets you play Yoshi like in Yoshis Island, with awesome egg throwing mechanics and such! And the music and graphics are fantastic. Same for the Wario hack, with his dash attack. Here we go:

Mods and Hacks

100 Rooms of Enemies (Arcade) / based on Mario World (SNES)
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker / based on Mario World (SNES) -- Note: Check this out!
Super Mario Logic / based on Mario World (SNES) -- Note: Check this out!
Warios Adventure / based on Mario World (SNES) -- Note: Check this out!
Yoshi's Strange Quest / based on Mario World (SNES) -- Note: Check this out!
Cube / based on Zelda 3 (SNES)
Boss Blitz / based on DKC (SNES)
Super Mario Bros 3 Mix / based on Mario 3 (NES) -- Note: Starts boring and gets better.
Super Mario Ultimate / based on Mario 3 (NES)
Burst Chaser X Air Sliding / based on Mega Man 4 (NES)
Minus Infinity / based on Mega Man 4 (NES)
Rogue Dawn / based on Metroid (NES) -- Note: Check this out!
The Legend of Link / based on Zelda 1 (NES)

Edit: Added some more games.

lilbud

This is pretty cool:

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/3913/

quicksilver

I dont know if anyone has mentioned it but Goldfinger 64 (N64) is really cool. Its a little much for the pi though. It even has its on custom box art:

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Nathan1031982

I don't think this topic should ever die. ROM hacking is contently evolving, so there will always be new and interesting ROM hacks to try out and play.
That being said, here are some more hacks!
I haven't fully play them yet, but I suggest them based off what I have heard and I really liked what did play.
The S Factor Sonia and Silver / based on Sonic the Hedgehog (MD/Geneses)
Knuckles in Sonic The Hedgehog / based on Sonic the Hedgehog (MD/Genesis)
Super Mario Bros. 3 Mix / based on Super Mario Bros.3 (NES)
Dragoon X Omega - Gold Edition / based off Dragon Warrior (NES) - Could be considered home-brew that used Dragon Warrior as the starting point.

hooperre

I'm looking for a good Rom Hack for Super Mario World. I see there are a ton listed on romhacking.com. Does anyone have a recommendation?

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:

Master of Monsters for Genesis with the turn limit removed similar to the Masters of Monsters: Disciples of Gaia one.
Shining Force (any/all versions) with other music because it's sooooooo repetitive.
(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.