/vr/ - Retro Games

Want to try the best romhacks?
>/vr/ Romhack Recommendations
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/50m95vbbuyf25/vr's_ROM_Hack_Recommendations
https://mega.nz/#F!JcsF0T5a!K3ECQlMzhDoDXJfyOxzR9w
>Pre-patched Improvements
https://mega.nz/#F!jpMxlQyZ!oCwbRyPFaMcZl3gOF5mvSg

Romhacking websites?
>RHDN: general romhacking library
https://www.romhacking.net/hacks
>Zophar's Domain
https://www.zophar.net/

Due to RHDN's moderation recent actions, they've been losing/Voldemort-ing many big names, including their top two contributors.
You'd do well to diversify your sources to get up to date with the scene.
Twitter is good for following prolific translators.
>@ElCaminoOscuro @Zynk_Oxhyde @MrRichard999
>@RetroTranslator @DDSTranslation @REBehindtheMask
Some romhackers will be active through personal websites (dynamic-designs) or Discord servers... or Tumblr.

>Super Mario World (also SM64)
https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&s=smwhacks
>Metroid
http://www.metroidconstruction.com/hacks.php
>Sonic
http://info.sonicretro.org/Sonic_hacks
https://sonichacking.org/

Want to make romhacks?
>Hex Editor
Can help edit text, analyze data (pointers, data structures, compression, sound...)
>Relative Search Tool
Figure out text encoded in non-standard formats (.TBL files)
>Tile Editor
Interprets the ROM as editable graphical data.
>Disassembler / Assembler / CPU ASM docs / Console hardware docs
Interprets the ROM as programming data (how the game behaves) either while it works (part of debugger emulator) or outside of it (static disassemblers like IDA Pro, etc). Assemblers convert your replacement code back to the ROM.
>Script Dumpers / Insertors
Help edit massive text data quickly and adapt their starting positions (pointers), essential for translation projects. You can write your own or reuse existing scripts (Atlus/Cartographer/Kruptar7). A similar concept exists for data structures (QuickBMS)