Tag: NES

  • Battle of the Titans: Dog Versus Alex T

    Classic Tetris World Championship (CTWC) 2026, Semifinals

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    The official playlist has just been completed and is available here.

    In a epic rematch of the CTWC 2024 Finals, the following players duke it out in a most anticipated match of this year’s tournament:

    • Dog, 2x CTWC Champion (2020, 2021)
    • Alex T, 2x CTWC Champion (2024, 2025)

    Will one of these players advance to the finals and ultimately be crowned the first three-time champion since Jonas Neubauer?

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  • Retro Tinkertoys Released

    New Retro Disassembly Tools for Ghidra

    chipx86 is a software dev and game enthusiast who should probably dev less and play more. He is also the co-creator of the web-based collaborative code review tool, Review Board. Aside from Twitch, where he does coding and other streams, you can follow his work via his website, blog, Twitter/X, Github, or Buy Me a Coffee.

    Says chipx86:

    This is a set of scripts I’ve developed initially to aid in my Faxanadu for NES disassembly work.

    His work on Faxanadu has resulted in source code is fully byte-for-byte recompilable, and relocatable within each bank.

    You can also find Retro Tinkertoys on our Tools page.

    Overview

    The release includes the following Python 2.7 scripts for Ghidra:

    Data Scripts To:

    • Add a reference to each value in a selection with a given bank and offset.
    • Perform a search/replace of text in any label names referenced in a selection.
    • Update the types of data values without losing comments or references.

    NES Scripts To:

    • Export annotated assembly files and a hyperlinked HTML disassembly for NES 6502 code.
    • Select a 16 byte NES PPU tile data and generate a visualization in a comment.

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  • Faxanadu Restoration (NES) – Mod Showcase Livestream

    Romhack of Faxanadu (NES)

    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.

    The romhack is courtesy of Ascended Mermaid, whose work you can follow on YouTube, Twitch, Twitter, or Github.

    Writes Xyno:

    I know, I know…the game was made by Hudson Soft but it says Falcom on the title screen ! :O

    Forget about Ys or Trails tonight…we gonna go back in time, when the only Falcom games that was released here was Ys on the Sega Master System and Dragon Slayer IV (named Legacy of the Wizard in US) !!

    Playing on the Rest[o]ration romhack patch in which you get the original Japanese sprites, better translation, recovered the name system that was removed from the US version and NO MORE PASSWORDS !!! (Thank GOD !)

    The hack publication can be found on RHDN here, or check out the Faxanadu Randomizer and Romhacking Discord here.

    Part two of the Let’s Play follows.

    Respinner TBA

    Check back here for an announcement of clymax’s respinner based on the successor Retranslation hack of Faxanadu Restoration.

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  • Mega Man: New Age Released

    Romhack of Mega Man V (NES)

    CousinCatnip does all types of streaming from tap dancing, speedruns, analysis and straight chillin’. You can follow CousinCatnip on Twitch or YouTube.

    Says hack author CousinCatnip after spending two years on the project:

    A brand new Mega Man adventure awaits!

    Taking place after Mega Man 8, our hero has to defeat a new threat called: New Age!

    Featuring:
    – New Levels
    – New Graphics
    – New Music
    – New Weapons(A NEW Buster!)
    – New Boss Fights
    – New Plot
    – New Age

    You can find the hack on RHP here or on RHDN here.

    A hacking tutorial is also available, showing use of both game-specific and universal editing tools.

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