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  • Wanderlust Speedrun by clymax

    For the Wanderlust family of mods, click here. For clymax’s projects, click here.

    Wanderlust is the flagship hack of the eponymous family of mods of the Ys series. The hack is available on both SNES and Famicom.

    The Speedrun.com submission is here, or see the video embed below.

    Wanderlust (FC) Any% in 25:35

    Date: September 21, 2025

    Seed: clymax

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  • Ys III: Wanderlust (FC) – 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.

    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:

    I pass a whole week testing things and not shutting up to my friends about how I will drastically re-route the whole run…I finally have a moment to put this into action !
    Let’s get some WR today ! 🙂

    Update

    The Speedrun.com submission is here, or see the video embed below.

    For the event leaderboard, click here.

    You can check the current event standings here.

    Ys III: Wanderlust (FC) Any% Dupeless in 12:10

    Date: September 21, 2025

    For the full stream VOD, see below.

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  • Crusade Mod Released for Fire Emblem 4

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

    The Crusade mod of Fire Emblem 4 on Super Famicom is now in closed beta courtesy of clymax.

    This mod is unofficial and is unaffiliated with Intelligent Systems and Nintendo.

    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

    Gained experience boosted to 64x.

    Gained gold boosted to 64x, with a cap of ~32K.

    Weapons no longer lose durability.

    Items rewarded for visiting a village are now randomized. Duplicates can be rolled. Seeding not yet supported. Filter not yet added.

    So, what do you think? Which entry is your favorite in the Fire Emblem series? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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  • Coding Retro Achievements—LIVE with solidification*

    Super Shell Monster Story (SFC)

    *Contingent on Discord poll results.

    solidification is a prolific creator of fan-made achievements across different game genres and especially in the world of Final Fantasy mods. You can follow solidification’s set-making journey here.

    Writes solidification:

    Come watch me make an idiot of myself as I don’t stream and never have and it took me like an hour just to figure out how to set anything up and get it working in a way I was SORT of comfortable with.

    I’ll be playing a game I have never even seen before (except the 3 seconds to confirm that I had the right hash after patching it)!

    I’ll discuss how to find “very typical addresses needed for a minimal RPG set and exceptional RPG set” and break it down so much you’ll be bored to tears.

    Because my motto is: “If I can do it, you sure as hell can!”

    …And I’ll probably make a few mistakes on the way because that’s what it’s like opening a brand new game you’re unfamiliar with!

    You can catch the action on Twitch:

    https://www.twitch.tv/solidification_bigoof

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