#20 - Mega Rex Adventure

Hack created by: superwiidude

superwiidude's original hack description:

(note to mods:please delete the first demo of this game)
with the evil king of the koopas desending upon the land of dinosaurs, its up to rex to stop him.

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Every now and then I will pick through smwcentral's "Hacks Waiting to be Moderated" section of the site, pull a hack (as long as it's not too long) out at semi-random, and play it for you guys blindly. Until I play, I will have no idea if the hack is good or bad. That's something we find out "together." Save states will be used; mainly because I feel that save stating will be more appealing to the eye than restarting the entire level 5-10 times. Each hack will generally be a single segment run of exploration, and will typically end when I either wish to take a break, when I beat it, or when an error in the hack prevents me from continuing. I will not accept hacks made by you. The only place I will get them from is smwcentral's "Hacks Waiting to be Moderated" section. If you want to see your hack up here, your best bet is to stick it there and hope it's the one I grab next! I will not pick a hack that looks like it could be Kaizoish, or one that's insanely long. A good rough estimation for hack length would be 15-20 exits at most. I hope you enjoy! In each description there will be my personal thoughts on said hack. In the review, I will try to be very fair, as well as provide constructive criticism if I think the hack I am playing isn't very appealing to me.

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Every now and then, you sift through the desolate lands of "Hacks Waiting to be Moderated" to be greeted with a nice surprise. This is that surprise. Packed full of fun level design, balanced challenge and (at times) rather tough secret exit locations, this hack will never disappoint you. The over world was simply astounding. Very few hacks have over worlds this gorgeous. There are some issues, though. In the Kirby based stage, some of the enemies seemed like you could step on them. (Bronto Burt, I want to say) However, you couldn't. It may also be me, but it seemed odd that you could kill a Gordo (Mr. Spike guy) with fire balls. Those very small issues aside, I strongly advise this hack to anyone. If you're looking for a genuinely good hack, play this one.

Overall score: 9/10

Notes: As promised in number 19, this one was considerably longer. And please take note the only reason why this hack received a 9/10 is because of my personal MAJOR detest for ANY form of automatic scrolling. That is my one string of biased reviewing. Deal with it.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• lda
• linksdarkarrows
• mega
• rex
• adventure
• superwiidude
• hacks
• waiting
• to
• be
• moderated
• smwcentral
• super
• mario
• world
• central
• luigi
• peach
• bowser
• yoshi
• koopa
• toad
• daisy

[vietlink]

-yawn- too long

[LinksDarkArrows]

Think of it as something you can keep coming back to for many days, or watch in a single go (I know, it shocks me too when I hear of people watching these in one go!) without the inconvenience of having to look for other parts of manipulate a play list.

[MaplestoryFan132]

very long vid and btw i couldn't watch 1hour of this thing cuz it will waste time so i just skipped some parts and this hack is pretty cool though

[killafr6]

Love the songs from the old marios and zelda games. :D

[SSBBBDD]

Amazing hack.

[purpleownz176]

long vid O.O

[DSUltimate]

Great hack (I'm assuming he got the Boom Boom and Whispy Woods sprites from Carol). It's definitely nice to see another hack with an interesting enemy as the protagonist (like the Bob-omb and Pokey starring ones out a few months or years back). Considering how underused Rex is, it's a good idea.

Graphics and music seem good, and as you said, the overworld is nice. Only thing you may have missed... a few graphics clashes in some of the levels, like mixing Mario World and YI graphics.

[N00byplayer333]

Forget that comment, It's from Link's awakening.

[N00byplayer333]

I know that song playing in the cave at around 7:30, But I can't figure out what game it is.