Category: Rom Hacking
The ROM hacking community is often a source of interesting news in the homebrew gaming scene, so we were intrigued to learn of an English translation patch recently made available for Magic Knight Rayearth, a JRPG released in 1994 for the Sega Game Gear. The game debuted in Japan (including a red, branded edition of the console), and with no English…
Back in 1992, Nintendo scored a major exclusive with Capcom’s seminal tournament fighter, making it one of the main reasons to buy the SNES over the Sega Mega Drive. Sega fans would eventually receive an official conversion in the form of Street Fighter II Championship Edition from Capcom a year later in ’93, but, despite the studio’s efforts, it didn’t quite…
Did you know that one of TheC64 Mini’s current limitations is that it assumes that the joystick is connected to port two? This means that while you can load up great titles like Bruce Lee, Ghostbusters and HERO on the Mini, there is no way to control the game play as they all expect the joystick to be in port…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new Rom Hacks and Translations. There is one particular hack that stands out for me today, which is called ‘Super Mario Land 2 DX’. I’m sure you guys have all owned a Game Boy at one point or another, heck I still own my original 1989 model, and it still works perfectly…
I believe the last thing that comes to mind when thinking of game cartridges is a program made for the Color Basic. That is in fact based all in prejudice and John Linville (CoCocrew podcast) came to help destroy the wrong assumption that that is impossible. John wrote an article on his blog, Retro Tinker, explaining how to prepare a…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new Rom Hacks, Translations. Rom Hacks Traverse USA – Race of Post-Apocalypse (Zippy Race)(NES) The LJN Defender (Wolverine)(NES) Zelda II – New Adventure of Link (Zelda II: The Adventure of Link)(NES) Brutal Zombies Ate My Neighbors (Zombies Ate My Neighbors)(SNES) Text cleanup for TMNT IV – Turtles in Time (Teenage Mutant Ninja…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new Rom Hacks, Translations and a “Castlevania 30th Anniversary” graphics patch! Rom Hacks The Legend of Zelda: Goddess of Wisdom (The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past)(SNES) Hyper Metroid LLE (Super Metroid)(SNES) Mega Man Wily’s Conquest 2 – Hyper Edition Turbo! (Mega Man II)(NES) Ms. Pac-Man Graphic’s (Ms. Pac-Man (Namco))(NES)…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Rom Hacks Adventure Island 3 – Googie Edition (Complete)(Adventure Island III)(NES) Megaman 5 Ridley X Hack 4 (Complete)(Mega Man V)(NES) Metafight EX – Backwards Compatibility Patch (Improvement)(Blaster Master: Enemy Below)(GB) Megaman X – Generation (dashfix) (Addendum)(Mega Man X)(SNES) Air Fortress 2 (Spoof)(Choujikuu Yousai: Macross)(NES) Trans Formers Z…
Romhacking.net have updated their website with some brand new hacks and translations patches. Rom Hacks Super Mario Arcade (Complete)(Super Mario World)(SNES) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Fixed Luck (Bug Fix)(Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)(NDS) Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow No Required Touch Screen (Improvement)(Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow)(NDS) Megaman X: No Forced Upgrades (Improvement)(Mega Man X)(SNES) PeCaMario (Spoof)(Super Mario Bros.)(NES) Weird Mario Bros (Graphics)…
Rufus over on Lemon 64 Forums has posted about his new upcoming C64 Giana Hack called Matteo’s Land. The Great Giana Sisters is a 1987 platform game developed by Time Warp Productions and published by Rainbow Arts. This German video game is known for its controversial production history, its similarities to the famous Nintendo platform game Super Mario Bros., and…
