Hacks & Homebrew 💻

When Wings of Death hit the Atari ST back in 1990, it quickly carved out a reputation as one of the system’s most intense and stylish vertical shooters. Developed by Eclipse Software and published by Thalion, the game threw players into the boots of Sagyr, a sorcerer cursed to transform into a series of winged creatures in order to battle his way through wave after wave of enemies. Across six lengthy and… Read more

Developer Jnmartin84 has pulled off another jaw-dropping feat: Star Fox 64 is now running on Sega’s Dreamcast. Best known in Europe as Lylat Wars, the 1997 Nintendo 64 classic is one of the defining rail shooters of its era, remembered for its cinematic action, tight controls, and unforgettable voice lines. Seeing it running on Sega’s final console is something few fans could have ever imagined, but thanks to the Dreamcast’s passionate homebrew… Read more

The dark halls of Dracula’s castle have opened once again but this time on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. Thanks to the hard work of developer Rumbleminze the original Castlevania has been fully ported to SNES hardware offering a native 16 bit experience that combines classic gameplay with modern enhancements. https://bsky.app/profile/rumbleminze.bsky.social/post/3lufxzd6dbs2a First released as Akumajō Dracula for the Famicom Disk System in September 1986 and later brought to the NES in 1987… Read more

In exciting news for retro gaming enthusiasts, the highly-anticipated SNES port of the classic NES game Punch-Out!! is now available for download. The port, created by the talented ROM hacker and porting expert Infidelity, promises to bring the beloved boxing game to the Super Nintendo with a host of quality-of-life improvements and enhanced audio. Infidelity has made a name for himself in the retro gaming community by porting several iconic NES titles… Read more

Run log for Ryans SOR project(s). ============================================================= November 11, 2022, 12:17:10 AM I started working on making a ROM hack called "Sesame Streets of Rage" over 6 months ago. Since then my focus shifted to being able to modify the SOR2 ROM as much as possible. I've conversed with Eskayelle on how he made the modifications that created his ROM hacks. He lead me to a thread where someone by the alias… Read more

Hello Retro Gaming fans, Ryan Mcquinn here! This is the initial release of our Streets of Rage 2 ROM Editor! Accompanying the Screen Replacer are Text Editors which allow editing and replacing the various text throughout the ROM. There's Also a Checksum fixer to eliminate the need for an external tool. In the next release I will have implemented a way to not only replace the music, but also convert Midi's! **For… Read more

I'm Matthias Nagler and have recently released a new game for the SNES. It's an unlicensed port of a 1986 Laserdisc arcade game, the first full-motion movie game and the biggest game on the Super Nintendo yet at 6320 Mbit. The game is called Super Road Blaster and uses a special enhancement device called the MSU-1 that enables CD quality audio and a vast amount of storage space on the SNES. After… Read more