 Ssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Hello, this is part 6 of the Super Nintendo ROM hacks video series, where I look at some of the best Super Nintendo ROM hacks that you can find out there. In the video description, you'll find the tools you'll need to get these to work correctly, and it's pretty simple to do. Just take the normal game ROM and use a utility program to join it with a patch. And that modifies the game, so you can play what you see in this video here. Most of these come with a README file that guide you step-by-step to make sure that you can get the game to work properly. In past videos, I've talked about everything from Link to the Past Randomizer to hacks for games like Final Fantasy VI, like Return of the Dark Sorcerer and Brave New World, and there's even hacks for games like Gemfire and Goof Troop, just to name a couple, so let's take a look at some more ROM hacks. But first, I want to mention something a little different. One of the biggest changes I've seen happen over the past nine years, I've been doing this channel project thing, is how popular speedrunning has gotten, and because of that, now we're starting to see practice ROMs pop up for certain games, like Super Metroid, Turtles in Time, Super Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Castlevania IV, and even Final Fantasy IV has its own practice ROM, and they're designed to provide time-efficient ways to practice specific parts of these games. For example, in Turtles in Time, you can press L and R together to switch Turtles at any time during gameplay, and you can press Start and R together to skip ahead to the next level. There's also settings that allow bosses to respawn, so you can practice fighting them over and over without having to play the whole level over again. With the Super Metroid practice ROM, you can hold Start and then press Select, and you've got an entire menu of settings that you can mess with. You can adjust your stats and your items, as well as boss fights and events. I've got a few links in the description where you can find some of these, and I think they're very useful resources if you're interested in getting into speedrunning. Let's move on to more traditional ROM hacking stuff. Like Super Mario World, 100 Rooms of Enemies, made by Daiso Devon. And, uh, yeah, the name says it all right there. It's 100 different rooms with a bunch of enemies you have to defeat. There's two different game modes. One gives you five lives for an entire playthrough, and the other gives you one life. It's similar to how the Pit of 100 Trials thing works in Paper Mario. This one starts out very simple, but by the time you get to around Room 20 or 25, it starts to get pretty tough. Bear in mind, you also have to eliminate shells in addition to enemies, so that adds to the difficulty a little bit. There's also custom music in this one, which is a nice touch, and you'll recognize it in the background from stuff like Pokémon, Sonic 3, Castlevania, even stuff like gimmick. This is a fun one with a simple arcade-like approach that I really got into. Definitely check this one out. Sticking with Super Mario World hacks, this one is called A Plumber for All Seasons, made by Y, and it features 37 levels with 41 exits, all new graphics, new enemies and backgrounds, all new music, and the season theme here is really well done. There's lots of little touches here, like Charge and Chuck throwing snowballs instead of baseballs in the winter levels. There's some really creative and stylish levels here, like this dark underwater level with a background that looks like you're swimming through something from out of this world. This is a really well-made ROM hack. The level design has laid out so well that the balance between challenging and frustrating is nearly perfect. There's lots to explore here too, and you're gonna want to because some of the pixel art that's specifically made for this one is spectacular looking. I mean, just look at Bowser here. That just looks friggin' awesome. Not only is this a Top 3 Mario World hack for me, it might be a Top 3 ROM hack period. It's that good. You're definitely gonna wanna play this one. Let's get into some Super Mario Kart hacks. This one is called Epic Racers, made by Ok Impala, Stifu, and SMK Dan. And this is one of those hacks that may as well be a completely new game. There's 20 brand new tracks, 8 new drivers that all handle a bit differently from each other, 4 new battle arenas, there's new items, and even the controls are tweaked a bit, so the driving is a bit tighter and less drifty. This hack is 17 years in the making, going all the way back to 2003 before finally being finished in 2020 by a team of folks, and this one really has a certain polish to it that makes it play like an official release. You can also race as Loki or Jesus. Sure, okay. What I really like about this one is that the difficulty settings are done right. Easy is in fact easy, which allows you to get familiar with the tracks, and the hard mode is definitely hard. If you're a Mario Kart aficionado, you do well to check this one out. Another really good Mario Kart hack is Super Baldi Kart, made by Dirtbag, and again, this one plays like a new game entirely. There's 20 new tracks, 8 new drivers, a bunch of new items, but what makes this one really stand out are all the different themes for each track. Check out this one where you're driving on the moon, and even the music matches. Yup, that's right. That's the DuckTales Moon theme redone in the Super Mario Kart sound font. There's also a Tetris theme track, a Pac-Man theme, and lots of weird little Easter eggs to discover as well. And as you can clearly see, this one is compatible with the HD-169 functionality that you can use in the BSNES emulator. Bear in mind, though, this one is pretty dang tough, but it's a lot of fun to play, especially with the second player. Even games like Clayfighter Tournament Edition are getting ROM hacks. This one is called Ultra Clayfighter, made by a group of people led by Zool. No, not that Zool. At least I don't think. This hack does a nice job updating the fighting system to make it a little more player-friendly, for instance, launching and juggling are a little bit easier to pull off. There's reduced input lag, and there's restored sounds from the characters and the announcer that went unused in the original game. There's also some new special moves, new character color palettes, recolored backgrounds, and there's even some new endings if you play this one all the way through in single-player campaign mode. The Clayfighter games haven't held up all that well over time, but they're still a fun novelty, and this patch goes a long way to making this game a bit more player-friendly. Next, here's a great hack for Final Fantasy IV called Final Fantasy IV Ultima, made in a group effort led by 8-bit fan. Normally, a hack like this would fall under the category of improvement patch, but this one is so incredibly thorough that it pretty much makes this gameplay like a new experience entirely. The main story is still in place, but there's new maps, new areas to explore, over 50 new weapons, over 60 new spells and summons, over 30 new bosses, lots of new graphics and animations. You can sprint on the world map by holding the Y button. There's just tons of stuff here that makes this version of this game much more palatable. You know this one is good if you look at the user reviews on romhacking.net and there's nothing but glowing praise from like three dozen people. Without a doubt, if you want to revisit the Super Nintendo Edition of Final Fantasy IV, you gotta do it with this patch. Of course, I gotta mention at least one Super Metroid hack since there's so many good ones out there. This one is called Ancient Chozo, made by Albert V, and this one serves as an expansion of the original game with the map layout being mostly the same, but there's new routes to discover and new game sequence breaks. This hack strikes a nice balance between the different approaches folks usually take to Super Metroid. You can speed your way through to the end as fast as possible, or you can explore anywhere and everywhere, and this game does a nice job rewarding both approaches. In addition to that, there's all sorts of new graphics and pixel art that help this hack stand out a bit aesthetically. I know there's about a gazillion Super Metroid hacks and many of them are really good, but this one stands alongside stuff like Super Metroid redesign, Hyper Metroid, and Super Zero mission. It's a good time. I love me a good boss gauntlet, and here's a good one for Donkey Kong Country called Boss Blitz, made by Matt Trizzle. And, yep, you just, you know, fight every boss in a row. Pretty simple. This one's got some nice polish to it, though, with a timer in the upper left and the ability to keep track of your best times, including a leaderboard, which is pretty handy. This is one of those hacks that feels like an honest-to-goodness expansion or unlockable game mode that would have come with, like, a special edition of the game or something, and it reminds me of the arena in Kirby Superstar in that way. This is a very simple hack, but hey, sometimes simple is all you need. Finally, here's a couple of really impressive ROM hacks that are made from Super Mario World, although you would not know it based on the footage here. It's a series of games called Sakari. The first game is Sakari Remastered, and the second game is Sakari 2 The Brink of Time, both made by Yukavi. Both games are a complete and total overhaul of Super Mario World, and they are some of the most impressive works I've seen in any ROM hack anywhere. There's an original story with original characters, with both games featuring two playable characters who both play differently. There's original music, enemy patterns, power-ups, bosses. It's really friggin' good. I especially like the second game, which features six worlds and two additional secret worlds that you unlock, making for 46 exits and seven unique boss fights. This is one of those ROM hacks that's as close as you can get to playing a brand new original Super Nintendo game these days, and I highly recommend checking both of these out. Alright, that's all for now, and I want to thank you for watching, and I hope you have a great rest of your day.