I don’t have a favorite, but one that I find amazing is Super Mario 64 Romhack: Mario Builder 64 (which got hit by DMCA from allegedly Nintendo). Mario Builder 64 is a level editor realized fully in Super Mario 64 itself, which should run on real hardware I think. It is intuitive to use and the community created ton of custom levels. I think a custom software is needed to handle the community stuff, but the Romhack itself is playable on an emulator if you want test building your own levels.
The download page for the patch file (remember its not a Rom, its just a patch) got hit by a DMCA. Usually Nintendo does not do that with Romhacks. Sure the patch files itself are not Rom files, but they might contain data that is copyrighted. That’s why Nintendo might be annoyed by this.
Get your patch file copies (.bps format) and archive it if you care.
Note this is copied from a post I made on an older account. I am not stealing others posts… just saying it now.
Another one that stood out as one of my favorites is already mentioned by another users comment, the Super Metroid and A Link to the Past Crossover Randomizer. It literally binds both separate games by portals and items have influence on the other game.
Or what about the recreation of the BS F-Zero tracks. As the game itself was lost to time, because it was a streaming (yes we got streaming in 90s…) it was impossible to dump the cart. But there exist video footage of these tracks. They used some tech to automatically analyze video to basically create a perfect match. Article by Destructoid, Documentation video by Did You Know Gaming, and download link of the newest patch file v1.1.
There are so many interesting Romhacks out there, its one of my favorite things about videogames in general.
I don’t have a favorite, but one that I find amazing is Super Mario 64 Romhack: Mario Builder 64 (which got hit by DMCA from allegedly Nintendo). Mario Builder 64 is a level editor realized fully in Super Mario 64 itself, which should run on real hardware I think. It is intuitive to use and the community created ton of custom levels. I think a custom software is needed to handle the community stuff, but the Romhack itself is playable on an emulator if you want test building your own levels.
The download page for the patch file (remember its not a Rom, its just a patch) got hit by a DMCA. Usually Nintendo does not do that with Romhacks. Sure the patch files itself are not Rom files, but they might contain data that is copyrighted. That’s why Nintendo might be annoyed by this.
Get your patch file copies (.bps format) and archive it if you care.
Note this is copied from a post I made on an older account. I am not stealing others posts… just saying it now.
Another one that stood out as one of my favorites is already mentioned by another users comment, the Super Metroid and A Link to the Past Crossover Randomizer. It literally binds both separate games by portals and items have influence on the other game.
Or what about the recreation of the BS F-Zero tracks. As the game itself was lost to time, because it was a streaming (yes we got streaming in 90s…) it was impossible to dump the cart. But there exist video footage of these tracks. They used some tech to automatically analyze video to basically create a perfect match. Article by Destructoid, Documentation video by Did You Know Gaming, and download link of the newest patch file v1.1.
There are so many interesting Romhacks out there, its one of my favorite things about videogames in general.