Version 3.7 of Editroid is available. You can get it at Romhacking.net’s page for Editroid. Version 3.7 adds support for multiple ASM files to manage more complex ASM hacks.
Category Archives: Rom Hacking
Automap Without The Map
Posted by snarfblam on January 27, 2014
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I’ve been asked if there was a version of the Automap Plus patch without the automap. In other words, just the partial heart pieces in the HUD and faster life refilling with potions and fairies. Easy enough: just chop all of the map-related stuffs from the code, and voila. Download the IPS patch with source […]
Editroid 3.6
Posted by snarfblam on January 6, 2014
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A new version of Editroid has been released with some bug fixes (namely a bug that prevented certain screen-load code from running). Grab it from the RHDN Editroid page. Everything should work the same as Editroid 3.5, except fewer bugs.
Mountain Challenge by Trax
Posted by snarfblam on December 22, 2013
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From Trax, the author of the Contra hack Revenge of the Red Falcon, comes an early Christmas present: a nifty Contra hack titled Mountain Challenge. It’s short, but sweet. It’s a one-level hack where you race to the top of the mountain as fast as possible. The difficulty is dialed back a couple of notches compared to Revenge of the Red Falcon, but you’ll have plenty of chances to die running full speed ahead, trying to top your best time.
ROM Hasher 1.0
Posted by snarfblam on October 22, 2013
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ROM Hasher calculates hashes and looks ROMs up in a ROM database to help identify and verify ROM images. This tool is geared toward romhacking.net for the purpose of generating ROM hashes to include with hack/translation submissions and for verifying ROMs before applying patches.
ASM Hack: Elevator to Same Level
Posted by snarfblam on June 13, 2013
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Here is a nice, small hack that allows you to add an elevator to Metroid that, rather than bringing the player to a different level, brings the player to a different part of the same level. This hack is very unlikely to work with any other hack that involves ASM since it uses the memory […]
Editroid 3.5
Posted by snarfblam on June 11, 2013
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Time to release a new version of my Metroid editor. This version allows you to add ASM to each screen that will run when the screen loads. It includes a built-in assembler so you can do everything right in Editroid.
Editroid: Enemy Slots
Posted by snarfblam on December 8, 2012
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This is just a quick explanation of a quirk in enemy placement in Metroid. The game engine is capable of showing up to six enemies at a time. Each enemy is stored in an “enemy slot” in memory. The unusual thing about the enemy slots is is that rather than having the game load enemies […]
Metroid Hacking Resources
Posted by snarfblam on November 18, 2012
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This is my attempt to collect and catalog useful resources for Metroid hacking. If anyone wants to make an addition, feel free to tell me in the comments.
Zelda Hacking: Editing Caves
Posted by snarfblam on July 15, 2012
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Warp Caves In The Legend of Zelda, there are four “warp caves” that connect to each other, allowing the player to quickly traverse the overworld. If you try to move these warp caves with Zelda Tech, you’ll discover that either the player will still be warped to one of the original warp cave locations, or, […]