Category: respinners

  • Dragon Quest: Ablaze (SFC) – Respinner-Showcase Livestream This Saturday

    DQI Randomized? Game-Key Giveaways During Stream

    For the Aflame series of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube.

    NeoKakarot is a fanatic of JRPGs, anime, and DOTA with an especially soft spot for games by Nihon Falcom. You can follow Neo’s work via YouTube or Patreon.

    Writes Neo fresh off of clearing Dragon Quest I on stream (playlist here):

    Time to play the legendary JRPG that started it all!

    The first Dragon Quest game, this will be a playthrough stream of the SNES version of the game!

    However this time it’s randomized by my fellow friend, youtuber and Rom hacker ‪@cIymax‬​!

    This Rom hack is called Dragon Quest: Ablaze and I will be doing a blind speed run of it!

    The finale of the stream will be a giveaway of ‪@cIymax‬​’s version of this hack for the NES version of Dragon Quest I, the amount of copies given will be determined by how many likes this stream gets!

    Update

    The Speedrun.com submission is to be posted here after the stream, or see the video embed below.

    For the event leaderboard, click here.

    You can check the current event standings here.

    Dragon Quest: Ablaze (SFC) Any% in TBA

    Date: May 16, 2026

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  • The Big List of Video Game Respinners

    New Seed on Reset

    For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube or Twitter.

    A respinner, also called a respin hack, is a romhack that lets you easily respin game elements for a different gameplay experience.

    The term “respinner” in this context was coined by clymax in 2026 to better differentiate such mods from randomizers, the vast majority of which are external, web-based or app-based randomizers rather than integrated, internal, or self-randomizers.

    In addition, the term “repatcher” was also coined by clymax to refer to external randomizers.

    Resetting the romhack and trying a new seed is analogized to respinning a roulette wheel to get a new result.

    All known respinners are grouped by platform below. Not all are public mods; some are private mods.

    Note that some of the detail in the tables are still being finalized and so are subject to change.

    Know of any that should be added to this page? Comment below, or come hang out with us on Discord.

    Note that roguelikes are not covered on this page but can be covered on a separate page.

    For the Big List of Randomizers including both respinners and repatchers, click here.

    A. Nintendo Entertainment System / Famicom

    ReleasedGameRespinnerModderVideo
    2022Kid IcarusRandomizerRumbleminze
    2024The Battle of OlympusPandora’s BoxclymaxLink
    2024Final FantasyHeadwindclymax
    2024Final Fantasy IIUpwindclymax
    2024Final Fantasy IIICrosswindsclymaxLink
    2025WillowItem Randomizerclymax
    2025Ys: Ancient Ys VanishedLostclymax
    2025Ys II: Ancient Ys Vanished – The Final ChapterForgottenclymax
    2025Ys III: Wanderers from YsWanderlustclymaxLink
    2025Dragon WarriorAblazeclymax
    2025Dragon Warrior IVEmbersclymax
    2025Bionic CommandoItem Randomizerclymax
    2025Blaster MasterItem Randomizerclymax
    2025Demon’s CrestItem Randomizerclymax
    2025RomanciaAwakeningclymax
    2025Legacy of the WizardItem Randomizerclymax
    2025Lufia & the Fortress of DoomFortifiedclymax
    2025Lufia II: Rise of the SinistralsAriseclymax
    2025Mega ManRevamped: Vaporizedclymax
    2025Mega Man IIRevamped: Vaporizedclymax
    2025Mega Man IIIRevamped: Vaporizedclymax

    B. Super Nintendo / Super Famicom

    ReleasedGameRespinnerModderVideo
    2022Kid IcarusRandomizerRumbleminzeLink
    2024Final Fantasy IVDownwindclymax
    2024Final Fantasy VWhirlwindclymaxLink
    2024Final Fantasy VITailwindclymax
    2024Final Fantasy
    Mystic Quest    		Mystifiedclymax
    2025Ys III: Wanderers from YsWanderlustclymaxLink
    2025Ys IV: Mask of the SunUnmaskedclymaxLink
    2025Ys V: Lost Kefin,
    Kingdom of Sand    		Sands of Timeclymax
    2025Dragon QuestAblazeclymaxLink
    2025Dragon Quest IIBlazemoreclymax
    2025Dragon Quest IIIBlazemostclymax
    2025Dragon Quest VMoltenclymax
    2025Dragon Quest VIAflameclymax
    2025Super MetroidLiberationclymax
    2025Mega Man XVaporizedclymax
    2025Mega Man X2Vaporizedclymax
    2025Mega Man X3Vaporizedclymax
    2025Mega Man 7Vaporizedclymax
    2025Mega Man & BassVaporizedclymax
    2025Chrono TriggerTimelessclymax
    2025Secret of ManaTremorsclymax
    2025Tales of PhantasiaEternityclymax
    2025The 7th SagaRunicclymax
    2025Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy WarCrusadeclymax

    C. Game Boy Advance

    ReleasedGameRespinnerModderVideo
    2018Fire Emblem:
    The Sacred Stones    		Randomizercircleseverywhere
    2024Fire Emblem:
    The Sacred Stones    		Andaron Saga: RandomizerMangs & TeamLink
    2024Fire Emblem:
    The Binding Blade    		Self-RandomizerVeslyLink
    2024Fire Emblem:
    The Blazing Sword    		Self-RandomizerVesly
    2024Fire Emblem:
    The Sacred Stones    		Self-RandomizerVesly
    2024Fire Emblem:
    The Sacred Stones    		PokemblemVesly
    2024Advance Wars 2Self-RandomizerVesly
    TBDPokemon EmeraldParty RandomizerGoogleBen
    2025Pokemon EmeraldInexperiencedlykae

    D. PlayStation and Nintendo 64

    ReleasedGameRespinnerModderVideo
    2019Super Mario 64RandomizerArthurtillyLink
    2025Castlevania:
    Symphony of the Night    		Integrated RandomizerMott

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  • Randomizers Compared

    Dragon Quest Series

    For the Aflame family of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here.

    This post compares randomizers that coders have made for the Dragon Quest series over the years.

    Both respinners and repatchers are included in this comparison.

    Respinners refer to internal randomizers, also called integrated or self-randomizers.

    Repatchers refer to external randomizers such as web- and app-based randos.

    Comparison Chart

    Randomizers that are not respinners are repatchers.

    Note that “⏯” represents a feature that can be toggled in game.

    DQNameRepatcherRespinnerAuthor(s)
    IDragon Warrior Randomizer✓mcgrew
    IAblaze✓clymax
    I SFCAblaze✓clymax
    IIDragon Warrior II Randomizer✓gameboy9
    II SFCBlazemore✓clymax
    IIIDragon Warrior III Randomizer✓gameboy9
    III SFCBlazemost✓clymax
    IVDragon Warrior IV Rando Hacker✓gameboy9
    IVEmbers✓clymax
    VMolten✓clymax
    VIAflame✓clymax

    So, what do you think? Do you know of a randomizer that should be added to or removed from the list? Which listed randomizer is your favorite? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Dragon Quest: Ablaze Unveiled for Super Famicom

    For the Aflame family of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here. You can also follow him on YouTube.

    For the Dragon Quest II mod, click here.

    The Ablaze mod of Dragon Quest on SFC has been unveiled courtesy of clymax. The full title of the base game is Dragon Quest I&II. The mod is for use with RPGONE’s English fan translation v2.0 (DW ver).

    The mod is unofficial and unaffiliated with Square Enix.

    Like all of clymax’s rando mods, it’s a self-randomizer, so just simply reset the game to play a new randomization.

    For patching instructions, project status, or other assistance, please check us out on Discord. A teaser trailer is below.

    Release Build: Features

    A release build is now available on Romhack Plaza here.

    Chest items are randomized.

    Chests in the throne room are excluded from randomized contents. This is to avoid a softlock if you do not get a Magic Key or Wings of Wyvern.

    Development Build: Features

    The dev build is on the rotation of mods that can be obtained through our Whirlwind Fiesta annual summer event. For players who do not wish to join the event, do not wish to use Discord, or wish to support the hack author, early access is also available via Game Jolt.

    Opening dialogue skipped.

    Start with a Wing of the Wyvern. This ensures you can escape the throne room.

    Magic Key, Wing of the Wyvern, and Torch can be used infinitely.

    No more random encounters. Hold A to get random encounters.

    Earned experience and gold each boosted to 64x.

    Poison tiles and barrier tiles no longer bring your health below one.

    Rainbow bridge pre-built.

    Enemies randomized.

    Seeding now supported. The first five characters of your name form your seed.

    Ensures the King always gives you the option to save your progress.

    Support added for saving and loading the RNG state of the rando mod.

    Support added for auto seeding. Enter “auto” (without the quotes) to use this feature.

    Disables randomized enemies in Charlock Castle. This allows endgame farming.

    A demo clip of randomized enemies is below.

    So, what do you think? How do you think DQ I on SFC holds up today? Which DQ remains your favorite today? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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