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  • Ultima Derby Sign-Ups Open

    Brought to You by the FFVI: Worlds Collide Community

    The Final Fantasy VI: Worlds Collide community is hosting the latest iteration of the Ultima Derby event. Says event organizer Drinks Glue:

    The Ultima Derby officially returns October 17th & 18th and we’re currently accepting sign ups!

    There are two ways you can participate in the Ultima Derby Relay Race and help raise money for fantastic causes:

    1.) You can volunteer as a runner or restream team member (Or both!) using this form and signups will be filled out into race matchups & restream duties based on your availability with the Ultima Derby flags.

    2.) Interested in playing in the Ultima Derby but with different FF6WC flags? Or what about a different game? You can submit your own submissions (here) to participate in the Ultima Derby! Submissions should be 1v1 races with commentary.

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  • Crowdfunding Practice Hacks for Speedrunning

    Donkey Kong Country 1 and 3 (SNES)

    Blueimp, a speedrunner and a trusted member of the DKC speedrunning community, has supported the community by creating a practice hack for DKC 2 (which you can check out here). You can follow Blueimp via YouTube, SRC, or Ko-Fi.

    A crowdfunding campaign has just been launched for the DKC speedrunning community to reap the benefits of having practice hacks for popular speedgames DKC1 and DKC3.

    The campaign has a target of $1,000 and is already 43% of the way there as of this writing.

    If the target is met, Blueimp, recognized for developing the freely released practice hack for DKC2, will take on developing and releasing the new practice hacks.

    Just like the existing practice hack, the new practice hacks will feature quality-of-life (QoL) features for speedrunning, such as the following.

    • Level warping
    • Retry on death
    • Retry on pressing L/R while paused
    • On-screen info
    • Options screen; and
    • Recording/deleting your best level times.

    These features can be seen in the following demo, which was graciously provided by Blueimp to readers of FFV Central.

    To support the campaign, please check out the Ko-Fi page here.

    Disclaimer: these practice hacks are unofficial and are not affiliated with Nintendo or Rare.

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  • Ys IV: Unmasked Released

    You can follow clymax’s projects via FFVC or YouTube.
    For the Wanderlust family of mods, click here.

    The Ys IV: Unmasked mod has been released courtesy of clymax.

    This mod is unofficial and is unaffiliated with Nihon Falcom.

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

    A release build for Romhack Plaza is being considered, or you can get early access to the dev build on Game Jolt.

    Development Build: Features

    Chest items are now randomized.

    Currently, duplicates can still be rolled.

    Experience boosted to 16x.

    Gold boosted to 16x.

    All destinations of fast travel now unlocked at start. Wings also given at start.

    Passive MP regen added at a rate of 1 MP/sec. The MP increases aren’t shown on the screen yet.

    You now deal a minimum of one damage to enemies, including bosses.

    You now start with the Necklace of Radiance.

    Chest relooting added as a backup mechanic for Pure Chaos runs.

    You can now turn off random chest items by setting Sound to MONO.

    So, what do you think? Which platform do you think has the best version of Ys IV? Where do you think Ys IV ranks in the series? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • FFV Randomizers Compared

    For clymax’s projects, click here.

    This post compares “Final Fantasy V” randomizers that have been created by the modding community over the years.

    Note, this post does not cover roguelikes such as Ancient Cave.

    These randomizers are unofficial and unaffiliated with Square Enix.

    Comparison Chart

    The below info was compiled and is believed to be correct as of this writing. The data in the table is current as of August 2025. If there are any inaccuracies or potential clarifications, comment below or reach out to us via Discord.

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

    Grand CrossCareer DayWhirlwind
    Released201620192024
    Author(s)abyssonymcaerulius, cleartonicclymax
    Community size (Discord)~150~800~400
    Base translationRPGe optionalRPGeRPGe
    Base hack—Project DemiChallenge Pack
    Free as in beer✓✓Base version only, or Fiesta event
    PlaystyleRandomized vanillaScavenger huntBattle speedrun
    Self-randomizer✓
    QoL addedWebsite option to use Inu patches✓
    Open world✓⏯
    World warps✓⏯
    Cutscene skips✓⏯
    Vanilla bugfixes✓
    Engine overhaul✓
    Encounter control⏯NG+ any file
    Boost farm rates4x XPConfig
    1-62x @
    Job colorsWebsite option to randomizeJob colors and cosmetic hair
    Solo project✓✓
    Fiesta modeWebsite option⏯
    Vanilla mode⏯
    Config expansion✓
    RandomizeAbilities, commands, enemy stats, shops, equippable, job stats, chests, crystal jobsChests incl. jobs, abilities, and spells; enemies; website option to randomize steals and dropsJobs, chests incl. spells, enemies, shops, bonus drops incl. spells
    LeaderboardsSpeedrun.com
    AchievementsBase version only
    Sample VODLinkLinkLink

    This post may be expanded over time with more details. Want to discuss? Comment below, or come hang out with us at our Discord.

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