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The Master Thief mod of the Final Fantasy V: Remix (FF5R) (localized as Autumn Challenge) mod of Final Fantasy V on SFC has been released via commission and courtesy of clymax.
The Master Thief mod is also compatible with derivative mods, such as waterga’s IC mod (FF5r-IC) (localized as Heroine Trilogy).
It belongs to the new lineup of “Super Cheat” mods by clymax. They go beyond what cheat codes can typically give you. This lets you take full control of your gameplay.
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
Grind epic loot like never before! A single patch gives you max steal chance in the Remix mod and across all three rom chapters of the seminal IC mod.
The base mod, Remix, supports multiple steal attempts on the same enemy. The Super Cheat boosts steal chance to 100% even without Thief’s Glove equipped.
In the Super Cheat, the outcome of “doesn’t have anything!” no longer applies. You can now steal more copies of an item you’ve already stolen.
The Super Cheat lets you steal from the enemy’s item slots in a cycle, as shown in these screenshots from IC.
The item slots are stolen from in the following order: common steal, rare steal, rare drop, common drop. Note that in Remix and IC, common drops have a 100% chance to drop.
If the bestiary has no item assigned to that enemy item slot, you’ll steal an empty item (“”).
For what it’s worth, a different enemy form can have a different set of slots you can steal from.
So, what do you think? Where does FF5r-IC rank among Japanese mods of the SFC trilogy of the Final Fantasy series? How do you think it compares to FFV Remix? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.
She Called Them an Autocratic Regime. Retro Achievements Confirmed it by Deleting the Entire Devlog of an RA Legend.
If this is how Retro Achievements treats even one of its best longtime contributors—5,407 achievements created plus Legend Award from site founder Scott himself—what you can expect as a new player or junior developer? Exactly.
[Editor’s note: the following comments were posted before her devlog was deleted. The set in question is Arc the Lad 3 (PSX), available here.]
March 28, 2025
1. You are acting like an autocratic regime here.
Yeah, I logged in only to write a comment here. And I did that hearing about this thing randomly, not being asked to do it or anything like that. In the official topic I saw this set was actively updated, until 1 month ago, but it was worked on for more then 2 years. Knowing those series, how detailed they are inside, and how much work will require to make a good set, I’m not surprised it could take this long. Especially if someone is not a nolife, who can spend all their time being glued to this site. Undermining creativity, and lack of respect for the work of others will probably be always the biggest problem here. A problem, which caused some very valuable people to leave. And in the name of what? Numbers? Being higher than someone on some stupid list, that means nothing? And your rules here. You are acting like an autocratic regime here. Using rules as an offensive weapon against one of the most valued (and clearly undervalued) creators. Rules should only be a defensive weapon against abusers and individuals who are generally harmful to the community or content. I often was in awe of what Alena could do, she had exceptional ideas and extremely immersive creativity. Go ahead RA, make another big step into becoming a pile of gray goo. I will miss you less. The system of claims has a fatal flaw – it will always go against cooperation. Whole site should be all about it, cooperation within creative passion. But better have something to pump your own egos instead, right? Everyone is replaceable for you it seems.
2. Throwing … formal BS ….
[Moderator A:] Alena hadn’t logged in or communicated with anyone in more than two months. Sometimes people just lose interest and leave without saying a word. We can’t hold sets for them indefinitely.
She’s still welcome to be a developer if she wishes.
You think throwing a formal bs like this at me will fix this issue? Have you ever thought that for some people it’s harder to communicate, or that there is a serious reason why someone is not communicating for 2 months? RetroAchievements might not be the whole world for someone, and they can’t vanish suddenly because their life is falling apart for example.
Responding to her just with “she is welcome to be a developer if she wishes”, when she is clearly heartbroken with whole situation is only dismissive, and you know well that she won’t take it lightly, but you still hold this position. Especially when she worked on this for so long and for a reason. This is not a game that can be wrought within few evenings, especially when someone wants to cover it immenesly [sic].
3. You are acting like a corporation.
This was related to the game and work that now is both stolen and flushed down the drain. I was there when the rules about “what you are doing here belongs to everyone” were written. The fact that what you are uploading here doesn’t belong to you doesn’t mean it’s not used for personal business.
The matter where the discussion is, when it is about serious stuff like this especially, is secondary. A lot of times people at the power do a move like you just did, only to express how dismissive and “neutral” they are in front of actual oppression.
You will act cold, because that is your role. And what do you get for that role? Who you are when you look at the mirror after doing things like that? You are not even paid for this job.
Because you might know nothing… What was the real reason for all of this? Acting with mere roles here is harmful for the whole idea of this site, but I guess it’s how things are going in here right now.
You are acting like a corporation, a really typical one, which abuses their workers in the name of statistics, credits and (I guess sometimes if not often, fake) reputation.
Years ago this site was about fun and challenge, friendship and respect. Now it really turned into an autocratic country. I hope your numbers and statistics are really giving you satisfaction right now.
Maybe in future, when you will disconnect from this Matrix, you will see this is all really empty, faker than medals on the uniform of many officers in history. If not stained with actual blood.
@[Claim-Sniping Developer] Never talked with you, but I remember you from the past and those memories were warm. Bummer it needed to turn out like this. Maybe you will remember this when you wake up from this coma. If you will.
That’s all folks.
[Editor’s note: the Arc the Lad 3 topic was then deleted and replaced with a new thread.]
RA Has Become a Corrupt Shithole on the Upper Side of Things … and … Have Gotten Infested with Powerhungry Individuals
Hey everyone, thanks for checking in over all these days 🙂
To everyone that I’ve interacted with and worked with: Thanks for building something constructive and productive with me over the past years.
This account is getting deleted in 3 days and I won’t be around on an alt. RA has become a corrupt shithole on the upper side of things, QA, DevComp and even Events Team have gotten infested with powerhungry individuals. The latest rescore proposal topic is another prime example of how without any notice, rescores proposals for active devs are now done behind chambers, while our documentation clearly states that any developer can sponsor a rescore for any dev, regardless of activity.
Be careful of the people that have nothing to lose, or in this case, have nothing in their lives but fake internet points. RA has great potential as a hobby, not a lifestyle. Unfortunately the people that treat it as the latter ruin it for the first group if they step past just being a player.
If you pay clear attention, you will find exactly which individuals prey their way into the minds of new users by trying to control PR, Reddit, Newsposts, etc and trying to make themselves look like the modern messiah.
Go outside. Breathe air. And don’t trust anyone that tries to portray RA as more than a coming together of nerds that like retro games and just want to connect over that. RA is not a business. Don’t trust anyone that’s trying to convince you otherwise. Don’t confuse professionalism and quality improvement with power-hungry control-lusted basement dwellers.
(Nepiki and WCopeland are amazing dudes and not part of the personas mentioned above, despite being in the spotlight a lot. I’m sure you’ll find out who to trust if you look deep enough) Have a great life, and don’t forget to go out and touch grass. I’m logging out of this account permanently after this message, so if it’s gone you can assume censorship 🙂
[Editor’s note: subheading added.]
Top-500 Ranked player Wimpyfox: voiceofautumn was Right
Mirrored at the sole discretion of clymax for sake of transparency on Retro Achievements, which was one of the aims of Moderator BahamutVoid in leaving his farewell letter not long after Administrator televandalist’s own resignation letter dropped.If you have any concerns with this mirror, please reach out to clymax directly.
Global Points Ranking Leaderboard
October 18, 2025
Never Give Them an Inch or They Will Take a Mile
I am a simple man. I go to work I play video games. I love the idea of collecting achievements. I love the thrill of collecting. As someone on the Autism Spectrum it just appeals to me. I would love to make RA a permanent place where I can call home.
And because of that willingness to make it a home I am willing to take a stand and fight for it. If that means potentially getting untracked then I am willing to bear that cost. Bullies I have found do not go away because you simply talk to them. No you have to fight them to get respect.
Never give them an inch or they will take a mile. So I ask you who is reading this. Will you take a stand and make your voice heard? Or will you sit idly by and watch as yet another community is torn apart? The choice is yours.
