What are your favorite romhacks?

[NekketsuFighter]

I generally prefer romhacks that restore censored or removed content like in Breath of Fire IV, and the ones that replace English dubs with the original Japanese voice acting in games like Valkyrie Profile: Leneth.

 

[Ikagura]

This is Incredible and Impressive at the same time.

I fear the day they'll hit that technical ceiling because of ROM size limit (which is why Sonic 3 Complete cannot have more stuff)...

The next step would be a PC decomp/recomp/native port to unleash the capabilities like Sonic 3 AIR.

I generally prefer romhacks that restore censored or removed content like in Breath of Fire IV, and the ones that replace English dubs with the original Japanese voice acting in games like Valkyrie Profile: Leneth.

Undubs are a blessing indeed.

As for removed/censored content I dunno, it's mostly aesthetic so YMMV. I prefer gameplay changes.

 

[Metro City]

Golden Axe Plus and 32x version

 

[Varyag]

I've been having a blast with Mario Kart romhacks lately so I'll mention these:
Mario Kart Double Dash Plus
Mario Kart CTGP DS
Mario Kart Wii Retro Rewind

Hell, I learned that MK Wii has a HUGE modding scene, as if it was a PC game by now. People add in all sorts of stuff to it. I've seen the Suzuka and Tsukuba real race tracks, adn chibified cars from Initial D be modded in.

 

[Ikagura]

I've been having a blast with Mario Kart romhacks lately so I'll mention these:
Mario Kart Double Dash Plus
Mario Kart CTGP DS
Mario Kart Wii Retro Rewind

Hell, I learned that MK Wii has a HUGE modding scene, as if it was a PC game by now. People add in all sorts of stuff to it. I've seen the Suzuka and Tsukuba real race tracks, adn chibified cars from Initial D be modded in.

I need to check them out. Especially DD+ and Wii RR.

 

[Anti-Law Savior]

Does Zelda LTTP randomizer count? It's a website that used the Japanese version of LTTP to create randomized games, and the set up allows you many different options, like having harder enemies, randomized bosses, randomized layouts and items.

You could even set it up so you couldn't beat the game unless you knew glitches you could exploit. Or not.

 

[KaiserMk7]

Brutal Mario feels like a low-hanging fruit, but I can't help but appreciate the additions.

 

[χKai]

Some of my favorite ROMhacks include

 NES:
8 Eyes - Simon Belmont
Castlevania- The Holy Relics
Castlevania 2 Retranslation & Map
Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash
Clash at Demonhead numbered Map
Crystalis Screen Shake Fix, leave Tower & Mesia mods
Double Dragon 2P hack
Double Dragon II - Final Boss Edition
Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari - Girl Version
Junkoid
Mario Adventure & Mario Adventure 3
Mega Man in the Mushroom Kingdom
Peach & Daisy - The Ultimate Quest
Roll-chan 1-6, 3 Improvement, & Tokyo Games
Royal Flush - Princess Sidestory
Snake's Revenge - Military Stencil Font
Super Mario Bros 3mix
The All-New Punch-Out
The Terminator (Journey to Silius restoration)
Tina's Adventure Island 1-4
United Mario Bros.

 SNES:
Actraiser 2 - Play Intro Stage
Alien 3 - Assembly Cut
Brutal Mario
Chrono Trigger +
Chrono Trigger - Crimson Echoes
Conker's High Rule Tail
Final Fantasy IV - Darkness Within, Unprecedented Crisis, Terra x Celes, T-Edition & Ultima
Final Fantasy V - Three Slots hack
Final Fantasy VI - T-Edition
Illusion of Gaia - Apocalypse Gaia
Legend of Zelda - Parallel Worlds, AST Dashing, BS-X Mascot patch, Zelda starring Zelda 2
Kaizo Mario World
Lufia Restoration Patch
Lufia 2 Decensored patch
Mega Man Bass
Mega Man X1-3 play as Zero patches
My QLDC Level (Super Mario World hack that takes place entirely on the map)
Rockman 7 - EP
Rockman X3 Tsuraranoma
Secret of Evermore button swap & 2-Player
Star Fox EX
Super Ghouls N' Ghosts - Maiden patch
Super Junkoid
Super Luigi RPG
Super Mario RPG - Legend of the Axem Rangers
Super Mario RPG Armageddon
Super Mario World 2P Co-op hack (not the 2P as enemies ones)
Terranigma NTSC patch
Toadette's Kaizo Tuesday
Yoshi's Island- No Crying patch

 GB:
Kirby color patches
Megaman color patches
Metroid II color patch
Super Mario Land 1&2 color patches

 GBA:
Castlevania - Dawn of Symphony
Final Fantasy 1&2 - Dawn of Souls Maeson's red ninja patch
Final Fantasy Tactics Advance Anarchy
Megaman Zero 1-4 Restoration patches

 N64:
Ocarina of Time: Demon's Quest, Sealed Palace, Sands of Time, Star Fox Survival
Majora's Mask: Masked Quest, Zelda Revival
OOT & MM Randomizer
Paper Toadette
Super Cream 64

 PS1:
Castlevania Rondo of the Night
Final Fantasy 7 - Survivor
Final Fantasy Tactics - The Lion War, The Lion War of the Lions, Celdia's Complete Patch
Megaman X5 Improvement patch
Megaman X6 Tweaks (custom patch)
Xenogears 2.0

DS:
Megaman ZX GBA slot patch
Zelda d-pad hacks

 Genesis:
Aladdin Final Cut
Mega Man The Sequel Wars
Shadowrun Improvement patch & Female MC
Sonic Megamix 3.0 & 3.5
Sonic 1-3 as Sally Acorn/Amy Rose/Bunnie Rabbot

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Forgot  PSP:
Final Fantasy Tactics - Emergence

 

[bigstinkie]

i do not know where else to post this in this sub-forum
are there any neat donkey kong country 1-3 romhacks anyone would recommend?

 

[χKai]

i do not know where else to post this in this sub-forum
are there any neat donkey kong country 1-3 romhacks anyone would recommend?

Donkey Kong Country 2 - Unveiled.
Unless you'd rather something easier?

 

[bigstinkie]

i have looked up unveiled and it looks very fun
i will download it tomorrow
difficulty in 2d platformers is one of the reasons the super donkey boy trilogy are my favourite platformer games

 

[χKai]

i have looked up unveiled and it looks very fun
i will download it tomorrow
difficulty in 2d platformers is one of the reasons the super donkey boy trilogy are my favourite platformer games

Donkey Kong Country Kremling's Revenge, DKC Mania, and DKC3 Tag Team Trouble may prove too easy for you, then.

 

[bigstinkie]

how neat
strange i remember a few years ago looking for well made donkey romhacks, and i could not really find any
maybe i was not looking hard enough
the concept of kremlings revenge as a remixing of the original game's levels is very cool
say do you think these rom hacks would work on original hardware? it would be super swag if i could play them on my old television

 

[χKai]

how neat
strange i remember a few years ago looking for well made donkey romhacks, and i could not really find any
maybe i was not looking hard enough
the concept of kremlings revenge as a remixing of the original game's levels is very cool
say do you think these rom hacks would work on original hardware? it would be super swag if i could play them on my old television

I don't know!

 

[MasterEn]

how neat
strange i remember a few years ago looking for well made donkey romhacks, and i could not really find any
maybe i was not looking hard enough
the concept of kremlings revenge as a remixing of the original game's levels is very cool
say do you think these rom hacks would work on original hardware? it would be super swag if i could play them on my old television

usually, some hacks will list if they work on original hardware on the page where it was originally hosted. some hacks do work on the original console, some are completely incompatible. i have one hack that would instantly crash a gamecube if you attempted to play it on there. it requires far more power than the purple lunch box could ever produce.

 

[bigstinkie]

thanks two the too of you for the information
i will play the hacked donkey games with a giddy and elated heart

 

[χKai]

usually, some hacks will list if they work on original hardware on the page where it was originally hosted. some hacks do work on the original console, some are completely incompatible. i have one hack that would instantly crash a gamecube if you attempted to play it on there. it requires far more power than the purple lunch box could ever produce.

Honestly I would chalk it up to a compatibility issue. Do not underestimate the power of the Gamecube.

 

[bigstinkie]

i will let you know how it goes a little later. it seems like they are all compatible with original hardware

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captain we has liftoff

 

[MasterEn]

Honestly I would chalk it up to a compatibility issue. Do not underestimate the power of the Gamecube.

no, the readme file straight up said that it could never work on the original hardware. it loads too much stuff at once.

 

[χKai]

no, the readme file straight up said that it could never work on the original hardware. it loads too much stuff at once.

Oh, I see.. Well, if that's the case they just have to make a way for it to load everything. It could probably be done, but a PC as far more reliable for that kind of issue.

 

[MasterEn]

Oh, I see.. Well, if that's the case they just have to make a way for it to load everything. It could probably be done, but a PC as far more reliable for that kind of issue.

here's a wiki page about it. it lists some of the options that need to be adjusted to get it to run properly.

Colossal Caverns

Colossal Cavern is a Pikmin 2 ROM hack that puts all vanilla objects in one massive cave. It first appeared in a showcase that featured the increased memory option that later versions of Dolphin 5.0 offer, and was released a few months later. Colossal Caverns is recognized as its own game...

pikmin251.fandom.com

you might know more about the workings of dolphin better than me, so you might know what exactly it is doing. i just went with what the readme said.

 

[χKai]

here's a wiki page about it. it lists some of the options that need to be adjusted to get it to run properly.

Colossal Caverns

Colossal Cavern is a Pikmin 2 ROM hack that puts all vanilla objects in one massive cave. It first appeared in a showcase that featured the increased memory option that later versions of Dolphin 5.0 offer, and was released a few months later. Colossal Caverns is recognized as its own game...

pikmin251.fandom.com

you might know more about the workings of dolphin better than me, so you might know what exactly it is doing. i just went with what the readme said.

Ooh, no probably not if it puts  all the vanilla objects into a single area.. It could work but yeah that's a lot more than a normal hack would do.

 

[MasterEn]

Ooh, no probably not if it puts  all the vanilla objects into a single area.. It could work but yeah that's a lot more than a normal hack would do.

yep. all 201 treasures, at least 1 of all 81 enemies and bosses [there can be duplicates], at least one of every possible room type used for dungeon layouts and i think it includes the random plants that you see in levels which are not counted as part of the level, but their own separate objects. this made it very hard for a randomizer to be made because the perplexing pool has a ton of objects loaded in all at once and sometimes the randomizer prototype would crash instantly if it loaded up that level.

 

[KaiserMk7]

https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6188/
This is an interesting Zelda 1 "total conversion".

 

[Deleted member 560402]

I generally prefer romhacks that restore censored or removed content like in Breath of Fire IV, and the ones that replace English dubs with the original Japanese voice acting in games like Valkyrie Profile: Leneth.

Kingdom Hearts has those. Same for all the Working Designs stuff.