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Rom hacks
Jeff:
I normally just use my computer for hacks. But it's also handy to have an emulation machine like a homebrew enabled wii, or an ouya.
Also, I forgot that Kid Chameleon hacks are a thing now. I haven't tried enough to recommend any specific one.
http://kidchameleon.wikia.com/wiki/Projects
And lastly, SMWcentral. Probably the biggest rom hacking site. It's for hacks of Super Mario World, and a lot of progress has been made in altering that game.
One I can recommend is Super Mario Star Road. It's Super Mario 64 with new levels. The same guy also made a two-player hack of the original game.
Ozzy_98:
Zelda Outlands (Nes), Zelda parallel worlds remodel (Snes), and the BS Zelda hacks that make it playable are all great.
Not sure if I should mention Lunar Magic, a SMW editor. Or the fact that so many other games (Castlevania, Zelda, Metroid) all have editors. Some are tough to use due to rom\system limitations.
sLpFhaWK:
no you guys are on the right track, hacks for roms that are good is something i'd wanna play but i'd like to play them on the original hardware. so i have the sd2snes so hacks just for emu's i'd like to stay away from.
Ozzy_98:
Not many hacks use tricks supported only by emulators, it would be (bad) demos. If you make a demo that won't work on real hardware, it's generally considered a failed demo. Sort of like tool-assisted speed runs, if they cant be played back on real hardware, then they're not really legit speed runs.
KalessinDB:
Yeah, only one I'm aware of that doesn't play on flashcarts are the SM64 hacks unfortunately. In theory it might be a failure of the Everdrive, but I don't know.