ROM Hacks - SNES
Link to the Past on SNES released in 1993 and to this day remains one of the greatest games ever made. Link to the Past Redux (v10.2.3) is one of the greatest SNES Rom hacks ever. In honor of the amazing work Shadowone333 and all the incredible rom hackers whose work is included in this Redux, here are All in ONE Patches that make it easy to have a definitive experience with ALTTP Redux. This is for people who want the best experience without having to patch the TLOZ ALTTP rom 7 or 8 times with different patches for each version. (Thanks to Shadowone333 for giving permission for release of this project and a big thanks to all the contributors to both the ALLTP DX and Redux)
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Homebrew - SNES
Dragon’s Lair has been ported to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.
Super Dragon’s Lair Arcade is a full-motion video (FMV) title for real NTSC SNES hardware using MSU-1 audio and video. It runs on SD2SNES / FXPAK Pro.
This project recreates the 1983 arcade laserdisc release on the SNES, preserving the original animation and gameplay timing while adapting it to the 16-bit hardware.
The ROM and source are open source and are available on GitHub. MSU Files can be built with Daphne LD Sources
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ROM Hacks - GEN
The objective is simple: reach the end. Just make sure you remember where you were a second ago, or else IT will catch you! This hack also comes with a few quality-of-life features to make the challenge more bearable, most notably infinite lives and replacing all shields and extra lives with invincibility. It also includes some general QoL improvements.
Backstory: A few days ago, the first Rayman game hit its 30th anniversary and was celebrated with a fancy rerelease. While that version had some controversy (most notably the original music being replaced), it made the creator very nostalgic. The original Rayman on PS1 was one of their childhood favorites, even though it was notoriously difficult. One of the gimmicks of the endgame is Dark Rayman, an evil clone that copies all of Rayman’s moves with a slight delay. This Sonic 1 hack tries to recreate that gimmick.
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ROM Hacks - GB
A New release of Pokemon PureRGB, a remastered version of Pokemon Red and Blue, is out! Just in time for the 30th Anniversary of these games!
A new version of the romhack Pokemon PureRGB has been released! This version comes with many new features and quite a few new areas!
Download the new version here: https://github.com/Vortyne/pureRGB/releases/latest
This is a purist’s enhancement of Pokemon Red/Blue/Green. The goal is to enhance the original games for excellent replayability without bringing in mechanics, moves, sprites, visuals, type matchups, or pokemon that were introduced in later games.
See https://github.com/Vortyne/pureRGB/blob/master/FEATURES.md for a full list of the romhack’s features!
Video with the new features included: https://youtu.be/zY1cg3GU-Dk
New Features:
NEW AREAS / EVENTS
- Learnsets are now unlockable in the game. You can unlock learnsets after obtaining the MOVEDEX by talking to trainers after you beat them, some trainers may give you info on their pokemon! You can also unlock learnsets by finding books that have details about a specific pokemon on bookshelves, and various other ways by exploring the world! Don’t worry, if you become an expert with a pokemon, you’ll automatically unlock the learnset once you’ve seen its whole learnset by levelling it up if you haven’t gotten it yet! Unlocking a learnset for one pokemon will unlock the learnset for its whole evolutionary family! Select a pokemon in the pokedex and select the MOVE option to view its learnset. You can turn off the learnset feature from the 5th page in the options menu if you don’t want them.
- In Cerulean City, you can now find the POKE BALL DESIGNER! The designer needs help with inspiration to design new poke balls! So grab her camera and take her some pictures of inspiring things in the world! Switch the pokeballs your pokemon are in at her tool bench! MAKE YOUR OWN CUSTOM POKEBALLS WITH CUSTOM AUDIOVISUAL EFFECTS! This is the most in depth poke-ball customization system there’s ever been in a pokemon game! (probably) Unlock 16 poof particles, 16 color palettes, 16 throw animations, 16 poof animations, and 16 sound effects you can all customize. Name your custom pokeballs whatever you want! BECOME A PRO POKE BALL DESIGNER! You can turn off this entire feature from the WORLD OPTIONS.
- In Vermilion City, Celadon City, and Saffron City, you can find “catch-up clubs”! These clubs allow you to train lower level pokemon up to a level cap with triple EXP! If you want to switch up your team during a playthrough, this is a good option to do it quickly! Stop grinding wild pokemon! Pokemon past the level cap won’t receive any EXP in these clubs, and the trainers here won’t make you any money! It’s just for training low level pokemon up! You can turn off these areas via the WORLD OPTIONS menu in the player’s PC.
- In Fuchsia City, there is a new OAK’S AIDE in the SAFARI ZONE meeting room! Talk to her and if you have caught at least 50 pokemon, she’ll upgrade your town map to display wild pokemon data! No need for a wiki, just open your town map and select the place to check what pokemon appear there!
- On Route 12, you can battle a new GAMBLER who loves METRONOME! Embrace the chaos and let him tutor your pokemon the move METRONOME whenever you want!
- Pokemon Center nurses will now recognize you as the CHAMP once you are! They will make amusing comments and treat you as a famous pokemon trainer!
- The Gramps across the water in Celadon City will now tutor your pokemon various moves that used to be TMs instead of giving the meditate TM. Including: SELFDESTRUCT, EXPLOSION, TRI ATTACK, DREAM EATER, PAY DAY, REST, TELEPORT, SOFTBOILED
- There is a new house in SAFFRON CITY that contains the FIGHTING BROS. The FIGHTING BROS want you to get revenge for their FIGHTING DOJO being roughed up by SABRINA! They want you to go beat SABRINA at SAFFRON GYM! Once you do, one of them will tutor you additional moves that used to be TMs: MEGA PUNCH, MEGA KICK, WHIRLWIND, SKULL BASH, SWIFT, EGG BOMB, RAGE, SCREECH. The other one will do you the honour of teaching your ALAKAZAM exactly ONE elemental punch move, and he’ll only do it once because it ain’t easy!
- The Copycat will now repeatedly tutor your pokemon MIMIC after giving her a poke-doll instead of giving you the substitute TM.
- Mr Psychic will now give the Psychic TM again, but he wants you to beat the fighting dojo first!
QUALITY OF LIFE
- In the Front Sprite Options menus, you can now view which sprite you’ve selected for a given pokemon by pressing A or SELECT.
- You can switch between metric and imperial units used in the pokedex from the 5th options page.
- You can set the game to skip the intro animation when booting up the game from the 5th options page.
- You can view STAT EXP in the stats screen of pokemon by pressing SELECT. You can toggle back and forth between stats and STAT EXP.
- You can swap pokemon around in the part menu with SELECT now. It’s a lot faster to do it this way.
- The ITEM menu and PC ITEM menu will now show your remaining bag space left. 15/30, 5/60, etc.
- MAX REPEL now entirely disables wild battles while it’s active (usually you can still encounter pokemon higher than your first pokemon’s level). Makes it better in a way than SUPER REPEL while super repel overall still has a better cost to steps ratio.
- Navigating list menus was improved by improving text printing code. It’s snappier now, and some lists now allow wrapping from top to bottom and holding to scroll faster when they didn’t before. Pokedex and Movedex scrolling speed and rendering speed has vastly improved and it’s a lot smoother.
- Play time hours can now go above 255. They can go up to 10000+ hours now!
- You can turn off Signature Moves now by turning off the “MOVEMYSTIC” option in the world options.
- In elevator floor menus, the current floor is now displayed.
- Improved the speed and responsiveness of the main menu (CONTINUE, NEW GAME, OPTIONS menu after the title screen)
- Removed needlessly long delay when swapping items in list menus with SELECT
- Yes/No menus put the cursor on NO when you press B if it’s not already there for clarity
VISUALS
- You can turn on a new custom title screen for Pokemon PureRGB from the 5th Options page. By default the games use the original title screen.
- Box Art / Label Art is Now Available
- When throwing out a pokemon’s poke ball in battle, the visual effect will be based on which poke ball you caught it in. You can now see GREAT BALLs and ULTRA BALLs, etc. after you catch the pokemon!
- You can also see what ball you caught a pokemon with in the status menu of the pokemon.
- 16 customizable poke balls can be unlocked that have customizable names and animations via the cerulean poke ball designer. They can’t be used to catch pokemon, but you can switch your already caught pokemon into these cool custom poke balls for awesome visual effects!
- See memorable POKEMON TCG game boy art while taking pictures with the Poke Ball Designer’s CAMERA! Recreate the awesome moments caught in these pieces of art with the power of her CAMERA!
- When encountering MEW, there is a new cool animation before the battle starts.
- You lower the amount of flashing during battle/encounter animations by setting that option on the 5th options page.
STATIC SNAG is now SIPHON SNAG and has a different animation
- Spaceworld Back Sprites improved: Aerodactyl, Scyther, Winter Dragonair
- OG Back sprites added: Winter Dragonair, Volcanic Magmar
- During the winter dragonair event, there will now be an animation when Dragonair powers up
- Secret Lab flower pot keyhole is SLIGHTLY more obvious now
TRAINER AI CHANGES
- Adjustments to avoid using moves that don’t work with the below changes to SMOKESCREEN, SAND ATTACK, and SCREECH
MOVE CHANGES
- SCREECH has an added “screeches echoing” effect, when screeches are echoing during battle, pokemon cannot be put to sleep, and any sleeping pokemon will wake up. It also now never misses. This move is automatically used by a pokemon that has it if an opponent attempts to put them to sleep! Say NO to sleep spam if you want!
- SMOKESCREEN doesn’t affect fire type pokemon. Have some counterplay options to pokemon spamming SMOKESCREEN.
- SAND ATTACK doesn’t affect ground type or flying type pokemon. Have some counterplay options to a pokemon spamming SAND ATTACK.
- HEAT RUSH now has an added 40% chance of raising the SPECIAL stat if the user is a FIRE-type pokemon.
- FILTHY SLAM’s power now goes up to 130 if the target is poisoned.
- STATIC SNAG was reworked into the move SIPHON SNAG. This move is still a 75 power ELECTRIC move, but it has a new effect in which it will heal any status on the user by siphoning energy from the opponent. If the user doesn’t have a status, it’ll heal one of your party member’s statuses! Get rid of statuses by using this move strategically!
- ACID now will always either lower the opponent’s DEFENSE or ATTACK by one stage. Makes it a bit more useful especially when used by - ARBOK who has ACID as a signature move.
- LEECH SEED now will do different damage-per-turn depending on the opponent’s resistance to GRASS type. If they resist: 1/16th per turn. If normal effectiveness: 1/8th per turn. If weak to GRASS: 3/16th per turn.
- SKULL BASH now has 100% accuracy if used by a ROCK-type pokemon.
- Arcanine now gets 100% accuracy with FIRE BLAST
- Dewgong now gets 100% accuracy with BLIZZARD
- Golduck’s PSYBEAM increases to 105 power (based on the DARK GOLDUCK pokemon card art)
- TOXIC has 100% accuracy when used by poison-type pokemon.
- Movesets were tweaked to balance with the above changes.
- BLIZZARD is back to 90% accuracy like in Original Red and Blue instead of 85%
- Draining moves now miss on substituted pokemon as originally intended in the code.
AUDIO CHANGES
- FINALLY!!! If you turn on OG+ music mode, the SAFARI ZONE will have a song longer than 10 seconds! Now it’s an entirely new song composed based on the original one’s melody, and it’s 2 minutes long!
- The “early version of route 3″ beta music will now play during in-game trades if you turn on OG+ music mode
- Many new sound effects were added that were used for custom pokeball sound effects
- There is a sound effect now when bill enters the teleporter
- There is a sound effect now when you use PP Up to raise the PP of a move
- Lovely Kiss’s sound effect was improved
MINOR TWEAKS
- Some trainers in GYMs will say different things after you beat the gym leader if what they said no longer made any sense. (3 in Vermilion Gym, 1 in Celadon Gym, 1 in Fuchsia Gym)
- You can now catch additional omanyte/kabuto by fishing at the lowest level of cerulean cave.
- Change Box menu now allows holding the directional buttons to scroll faster, and wrapping from top to bottom.
- Sabrina now gives the Meditate TM instead of the Psychic TM.
- The hiding girl in Silph Co now gives the Substitute TM instead of the Barrage TM.
- In the volcano, the intervals between lava flows on floor 3 were increased slightly (about 3 frames) to make it a bit easier.
- The prospector in the volcano can now explain things again if you didn’t read the first time he explained how to navigate the volcano.
- The Gym Guide now calls you over in pewter gym after you beat brock when you’re walking out. You don’t have to go over and talk to him, it’s just to make people more easily find APEX CHIPs.
- Added a trainer tips sign on route 18 telling the player about pressing SELECT to see stat EXP.
- The warden will say different things to you after you’ve gotten the SURF HM instead of telling you to go get it.
- In game trade owners now have OT names instead of all being called TRAINER.
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ROM Hacks - GB
The Mana Tree has withered…
Mana has vanished from the world, and monsters now roam the land. A young girl, searching for her missing family, crosses paths with destiny. Will the Mana Tree blossom once again? Or will darkness claim the world forever?
Embers of Mana is a brand-new Mana adventure for the Game Boy. Embark on a grand journey filled with mystical locales, gripping story scenes, foreboding dungeons, and a sweeping soundtrack. All in the palm of your hand!
In 1991, Squaresoft released Seiken Densetsu, the first game in the Mana series, known as Final Fantasy Adventure in the U.S. and Mystic Quest in Europe. Now, in 2026, Ok Impala! presents a faithful homage: a complete ROM hack built using the original game’s engine.
Crafted over four years, Embers of Mana captures the spirit of 1991, when small, passionate teams created timeless handheld adventures. It delivers a fresh experience that feels authentic to the era—simple, immersive, and full of wonder.
Ok Impala! is the creator of Zelda II - Amida’s Curse and Super Mario Kart - Epic Racers. Embers of Mana marks his third major ROM hack, and a loving tribute to the golden age of Game Boy gaming.
Features:
- A brand-new story
- A completely original soundtrack
- An entirely new world and dungeons
- Custom graphics
- Thoughtful gameplay tweaks
- Super Game Boy compatibility
- And so much more—it’s essentially a brand-new Mana game!
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ROM Hacks - GEN
Mega Man: The Wily Wars - Mega Hack 3.0 is here!
This has most of the features that have been released over the years and works on any version of the game!
There was a typo when the fixer upper patch was transported over to 2.0 that caused freezing in a few instances. The special gift is retranslated Wily Tower text brought to you by CoolCatBomberMan. It is a separate patch, so use at your leisure….
special thanx to Zeikar for his help in troubleshooting and to MottZilla, Ar8temis008, ElwinBran, JackelZXA, Josephine Lithius, Woodfrog, darthvaderx, BillyTime! Games, Stifu, Plombo, Gruesome_Garie and CoolCatBomberMan for your contributions in improving a much loved game by the community!!
Keep those lemons flying!
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Translations - SNES
Secret of Mana: Reborn V2.5 is now available for download!
For the first time, fans can explore two previously unreleased areas that were cut before the game’s initial release. This is your chance to go where no Secret of Mana player has gone in over 30 years!
The first addition is the original path between the Water Palace and Neko’s. This area was showcased extensively in prerelease images and magazine screenshots, but was completely excised from the final game. The SAP Team painstakingly reconstructed this area using those original materials, even returning the world map to its prerelease state to accommodate the newly reimplemented content. Next up is the original concept for the Moogle Village. This was cut very late in development as it was featured in Famitsu around the game’s release. The exterior of the village has been precisely recreated, and the interior of the huts has been crafted from scratch, drawing inspiration from other parts of the game.
Additionally, a handful of script improvements have been implemented to enhance the overall experience.
From the beginning, Secret of Mana: Reborn has aimed to adjust the game as close to its intended concept as possible. The Super Famicom/SNES release suffered from hardware challenges, translation issues, an unclear script, and time constraints. A new script was made for this project based on the first complete translation of the original Japanese. A small amount of additions and revisions were made, inspired by authentic external materials, most of which were never translated into English. This allows players to finally learn what was missing from the SNES translation, as well as learn more about the scenario than could be found in the game itself. Whether you’re discovering the Reborn project for the first time or have been following its progress since the beginning, this release is a great opportunity to hop in!
Happy playing!
