Super Mario Bros. 3 Level Design Contest 2023 Compilation Released

SMW Central has released the Super Mario Bros. 3 Level Design Contest 2023 compilation, a patch for Super Mario All-Stars + Super Mario World on the SNES. It features 30 contest entries and extra bonus stages. The first four tiers are unlocked from the start, while Tier 5 requires four keys hidden in earlier tiers. […]

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Dragon Ball Z III Hack Makes Bosses Tougher and Adds Playable Vegeta & Trunks

A new ROM hack for Dragon Ball Z III: Ressen Jinzou Ningen on NES (Famicom), titled Killer Androids [HP+], has been released by injoon84. This gameplay-focused update increases the HP of several major bosses, including Freeza, Cooler (transformed), and Androids 19, 18, 17, and 16, making battles more challenging. Thanks to YouTuber zack86735, both Vegeta […]

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Chrono Trigger Retranslation v1.12 – A Smoother, More Faithful Script

A new version of the Chrono Trigger retranslation patch has been released, incorporating kWhazit’s updated script along with fixes for remaining issues from the older Kajar Laboratories patch. While the original retranslation aimed for literal accuracy, it often read awkwardly in English. Later addendum patches improved flow but blended multiple translations, losing some consistency. This […]

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Mario Kart 64 for Dreamcast – Now Available

A fan project has brought Mario Kart 64 to the Sega Dreamcast, using the official decompilation of the Nintendo 64 classic as its base. Built with the KallistiOS toolchain, this port runs natively on Dreamcast hardware and includes working VMU save support for both race records and time trial ghosts. The Dreamcast version retains the […]

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Mega Man V (Game Boy) – Harder Bosses ROM Hack Released

Developer hmsong has released version 1.1 of Mega Man V – Harder Bosses, a ROM hack aimed at making the Game Boy classic more challenging while keeping it fair. Unlike the first four Game Boy titles, which adapted stages from the NES games, Mega Man V was entirely original, introducing the Mega Arm weapon, new […]

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Mushishi: Amefuru Sato for the DS – Now Fully Playable in English

The 2008 Nintendo DS game Mushishi: Amefuru Sato (Mushishi: The Rainy Village) is now fully playable in English, thanks to a fan translation released by Phantom. Based on the Mushishi manga and anime series, the game follows a young apprentice living in a quiet rural village. Players spend their time fishing, gathering, helping villagers, and […]

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Super Mario Kart is the Latest SNES Title to Get Rumble⚡ Support

The SNES recently got a Rumble controller which works on original hardware as well as the MiSTer FPGA via SNAC/X). A new version of Doom is also due to release soon which is an improvement over the original version, and it also adds rumble support. Limited Run Games who are behind the release of the […]

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Time for Another Barrell Roll as Star Fox is Coming to the SEGA Dreamcast

Oh, Bow Wiggly Wow Wow!! Jnmartin, after bringing us Wipeout, Doom64, and Mario Kart 64 to the SEGA Dreamcast is now working on Star Fox DC port. No one could disagree that porting games from one console to another is like Pringles, “Once you pop, you can’t stop.” It is nice to see our favourite […]

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