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Recommended Works of the Retro Gaming Mad Scientist

With a release count of 250 (and counting!), Billy Time! Games is committed to creating hacks of games from obscure to well-known and providing users with a new and refreshing gaming experience.

You can follow Billy Time! Games on YouTube, Twitter, RHP, or RHDN.

The self-professed mad scientist of retro gaming sits down with FFV Central to give an exclusive overview of the highlights of the scientist’s numerous hacking projects.

Subheadings, screenshots, and trailers added during the editorial process.

1. Ghostbusters – Special Edition

2023 – BillyTimes Games, Master Linkuei, Danillo Dais

• 4 new playable characters
• 26 new cheats
• Save function
• Two new difficulties
• Director’s cut mode
• Nerfed coffee cups

Why did I make this?

I am a huge ghostbusters fan and really want to do a hack which added new characters with awesome abilities. I also really wanted to test how big I could make a hack.

Also available: 2023 interview with SEGAbits [link].

2. Sega Channel Revival

2021 – BillyTime! Games

• Offline version of Sega Channel with all features included
• Playable on certain custom cores and hardware

Why did I make this?

I never got to enjoy Sega Channel during its lifetime, this hack was my attempt to have the service reborn so I and many others could see and enjoy what Sega Channel was.

3. Super Star Wars Redux Trilogy

2025 – BillyTime! Games

• Nerfed difficulty across all games
• Extra perks for easy mode
• Streamlined patches to cut out bad or annoying levels

Why did I make this?

I loved Super Star Wars even though it was hard, the others? Not so much. This was a project I wanted to do for years and I am glad to have done so.

4. Streets of Rage Plus

2024 – BillyTime! Games

• Six Button Support
• Alternate Colors in 1p
• Access bad ending in 1p
• Difficulty Randomizer
• Hi-Score SRAM saves

Why did I make this?

I LOVE Streets of Rage, over the years I kept making small hacks and I figured, why not just build a super hack and go all out. Probably my preferred way of playing SOR1 now.

5. Zombies ate My Roguelike

2022 – BillyTime! Games

• Randomized levels across five tiers
• Mania mode for endless fun
• High Score SRAM
• Score based reward system

Why did I make this?

I always enjoyed games like Binding of Isaac and I wanted a randomizer type game but without the extra software needed. It also built on the idea that Genesis can have ZAMN hacks too.

6. Ultimate X-Men

2021 – BillyTime! Games

• Rebalanced Mutant Powers, Especially Wolverine!
• SRAM Save Support
• Infinite X-Man Switching
• CPU Reset done automatically

Why did I make this?

I am a huge marvel fan and always wanted the older games to be awesome. This was one of my first forays along with Spider-Man/X-Men to revamp the entire Marvel library. Except Spider-Man Animated, that game is cooked.

FFV Central: Spectacular! Thank you for this overview.

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