Category: spotlight

  • Pandora Meta-Collection of Individual Mods

    Non-Family Mods, Grouped by Genre

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    Self-randomizing or other mods compatible with various franchises on early Nintendo consoles.

    This collection of individiual mods is unofficial and unaffiliated with the respective developers/publishers.

    The Pandora Meta-Collection is named after the Pandora Collection, which is in turn named after the flagship hack Battle of Olympus: Pandora’s Box.

    Click on each thumbnail to see the corresponding mod.

    For a list view of all mods, click here.

    Families

    Families of three or more mods are not listed on this page; click here for those mods.

    1. Individual Adventure

    Pandora Collection.

    2. Individual ARPG

    Uprooted Collection.

    3. Individual Turn-Based RPG

    Mystified Collection.

    4. Individual Tactical RPG

    Crusade Collection.

    5. Individual Arcade Conversion

    Vaporized Collection. Leveling mods for non-RPGs. Not rando mods.

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  • Whirlwind Meta-Family of Mods

    Families of Three or More Mods

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    Families of self-randomizing or other mods compatible with various franchises on early Nintendo consoles.

    These families of mods are unofficial and unaffiliated with the respective developers/publishers.

    The meta-family is named after the Whirlwind family of mods, which is in turn named after the Whirlwind mod of Final Fantasy V.

    Click on each thumbnail to see the corresponding mod.

    For a list view of all mods, click here.

    Individual by Genre

    Individual mods are not listed on this page; click here for those mods.

    1. Dragon Quest Mainline

    Aflame Family.

    2. Final Fantasy Mainline

    Whirlwind Family.

    3. Ys Mainline

    Wanderlust Family.

    4. Mega Man Universe

    Vaporized family of leveling mods.

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  • Whirlwind Family of Families—Recap

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    Individual by Genre

    Individual mods are not listed on this page; click here for those mods.

    Family

    Families of self-randomizing mods compatible with various franchises on early Nintendo consoles.

    These families of mods are unofficial and unaffiliated with the respective developers/publishers.

    Click on each thumbnail to see the corresponding family of mods.

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  • Ban of Popular Brazilian YouTuber Buraco, Top-1500 Ranked Player on Retro Achievements

    Clovergate Prologue, Part Four

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    This incident highlights the same lack of transparency that Moderator BahamutVoid would soon raise in leaving his farewell letter not long after Administrator televandalist’s own resignation letter dropped.

    Global Points Ranking Leaderboard

    Publicly Protesting Against a Known Exploit Seven Months Earlier Presumably Led to Recent Ban from Global Leaderboards with No Communication or Explanation Despite Player Inquiry

    You can follow Buraco on YouTube or RA; for the player rankings, click here.

    September 21, 2025

    The ban took the form of what is referred to as an “Untracked” player status on Retro Achievements.

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    It is recommended to start at the 20m 20s mark of the video.

    YouTuber Noise de Gole: Is Retro Achievements punishing whistleblowers?

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    YouTuber Luis Link: Only RetroAchievements content creators will be BANNED?

    Follow Luis Link on: RA | Twitch | Kick | IG | Twitter

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