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  • How Is Dragon Quest VIII For A Non Dragon Quest Fan?

    Dragon Quest VIII Review by NeoKakarot

    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 after livestreaming a complete playthrough of DQVIII on YouTube (playlist here):

    Hi all, I recently played through Dragon Quest VIII and this video is my thoughts and review for the game!

    With gameplay footage and highlights from when I streamed it!

    The video review with a brand-new thumbnail is below, so check it out!

    So, what do you think? Agree with Neo’s assessment of DQVIII? Comment below, or hit us up on Discord.

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  • Ys III: Wanderlust (SNES) – Mod Showcase Livestream

    Rando Scheme: Chest Pool, No Dupes

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

    Xynosaur is a fan of retrogaming who is also a creator in demo/chip music. You can follow Xyno’s work via YouTube, Bandcamp, or Soundcloud.

    Writes Xyno:

    Time to see what’s the differences between the NES rando and the SNES one !

    Another WR under my belt ?! HELL YEAH BRODER !

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  • FFX-2 English Translation Released by Gledson999 of Retro Jogos

    Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission (PS2)

    You can follow Gledson999’s work on YouTube or the web.

    News Announcement: https://www.romhacking.net/news/3287/

    Project Thread: https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=40628.0

    The following announcement was made by romhacker Gledson999 of Retro Jogos [Brazilian for “Retro Games”].

    After many years, Final Fantasy X-2 International + Last Mission has received a fully English version for PS2.

    This game features many exclusive features, such as new dresspheres, a new garment grid, new monsters, a new secret game mode called Last Mission, an extra menu that allows you to capture monsters, train them, learn their stories, and use them in battles (fully playable), an exclusive tournament with powerful monsters, and new missions.

    This project was created by Gledson999 using tools he developed himself, but it also included image tools by Gdkchan and kernel text tools by Nameless.

    kr_ps2 also contributed, making several important fixes for the game’s smooth operation. He was also responsible for discovering and correcting the hardware lock-up issue and the RAM limitation in the game.

    Other coverage from around the web:

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  • New Discord Roles

    Hacker Role Split

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

    The Hacker Discord role has been split into ten more specific roles as described below.

    They are ordered from most technical to least technical on a relative level, generally speaking.

    For the kind of work of roles two and three, we have an academy pilot available to players.

    Your body of work is primarily characterized as having been done via...

    1. Solo Hacker – making solo works using any of the next three types of hacking. Example: Cubear. Unlike the others, this is an additional role.
    2. Binary Editor – binary editing. Example: clymax.
    3. Assembly Hacker – assembly hacking using an assembler; may use disasms. Example: Cubear.
    4. C Hacker – C hacking based on decomps, or toolmaking using C or another HLL. Example: Vesly. Toolmakers get an additional Toolmaker role.
    5. Data Hacker – hacking ROM data without changing or adding ROM instructions. Example: xJ4cks.
    6. Scripter – writing emulator scripts to create enhancements such as custom achievements, 16:9 aspect ratio, Mesen HD graphics packs, Mesen NES Enhanced Audio, Lua indicators, etc. Example: solidification.
    7. Cheat Coder – writing cheat codes to alter behavior of games. Example: solidification.
    8. Project Lead – conceptualizes a hack design, recruits team members, directs them to make exclusive patches for the hack, and combines and tests the exclusive patches. Example: Lightning Hunter.
    9. Compilation Producer – curates and tests custom combinations of publicly available loose patches. Example: Nintenja.
    10. Modmaker – game-specific editing tools made by others. Example: YeOldeLoremonger.

    Subject Matter

    1. Maps. Example: YeOldeLoremonger.
    2. Sprites. Example: Cubear.
    3. Audio. Example: Cubear.
    4. Text. Example: xJ4cks.
    5. Mechanics. Example: clymax.
    6. Bugfixes. Example: clymax.
    7. Integration. Example: clymax.
    8. UI. Example: Vesly.
    9. Compression. Example: Vesly.

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