This ROM hack, created by Kaze Emanuar, is widely regarded as one of the most technically impressive and well-designed hacks available. It features 12 new power-ups, a plethora of custom assets, and ...

Stephen is an avid Nintendo, Indie, and retro gamer of 30 years who dabbles in Xbox, mainly in the form of binge sessions of Overwatch. He's a history buff, an aspiring writer of short fiction, and a ...

Anyone who is familiar with speedrunning will have almost certainly have encountered videos based on Super Mario World for the SNES. Rather than being the original game, however, ‘hacked’ versions ...

At E3 2015 the world got its first real taste of how hilarious it can be to watch players struggle through tricky, brutally hard, and downright mean custom-made Mario levels. All of us will get a ...

Seeing ROM hacks for Mario games, or indeed any Nintendo classic is hardly unusual. For those unaware of the term, this is essentially where existing assets from a game are taken and ‘jumbled up’ to ...

It was about time (Mario Time) that Super Mario Land for the original Game Boy was revisited. The game served as the entry point into the world of portable gaming for millions, and it was an early ...

Writer with a particular interest in the obscure. Super Mario World on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System is iconic of the platform, but players who grew up on 16:9 aspect ratios may find older ...

Nintendo DS ROM hacks offer a fresh and exciting way to experience classic games, often with new features, storylines, and gameplay mechanics. Here are the 10 best Nintendo DS ROM hacks that stand out ...

Beating a Mario game is one thing — countless number of people have cleared an entry in Nintendo’s flagship franchise. Surviving a player-created Mario hack, though? Good luck surviving the literal ...

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There's no split screen, but modder Skelux has managed to hack the camera so that it pushes and pulls accordingly to fit two Marios. Online play is made possible by Kaillera, the emulator plug-in. We ...