ROM Modding Resources

General ROM Hacking Websites

• ROMhack.ing: ROMhack.ing is hub to classic video game mods, fan translations, utilities, and learning resources.
• RomHack Plaza: A Romhack community where you can share your creations with the world.
• Romhacking.net: ROMhacking.net is home to classic video game modifications, fan translations, console homebrew, utilities, and learning resources.
• Vimm's Lair: A site focused on retro gaming resources, including game guides, emulators, romhacks, and information about game preservation.
• RetroGameTalk: Community for retro gaming enthusiasts. Discover in-depth articles, reviews, and discussions about classic video games across all platforms.
  • RetroGameTalk's Forum
• NEO Source: Focused on development of FinalBurn Neo, an emulator for arcade/console games. Also categories to discuss MAME.
• MAME Dev: The Official Site of the MAME. MAME is a multi-purpose emulation framework. MAME's purpose is to preserve decades of software history.
• hbmame: The forum to discuss MameUI, NewUI and HBMAME.
  • MameUI: MAMEUI is an integrated front-end of MAME.
  • HBMAME: HBMAME (HomeBrew MAME) is a derivative of MAME 0.245, and contains various hacks and homebrews.
• Nexus Mods: A popular platform for modding, primarily for PC games, but also supports some console game hacks.
• Game Banana: Mods, Tutorials, Sprays, Works In Progress, Sound Mods and more for video games.
• Wii Homebrew: Wii, Wii U, DS, DSi, 3DS Modding Forum.
• EPForums: Long-running retro gaming community (originally EmuParadise Forums) focused on game preservation, emulation, general gaming, and console modding.
• MSX Resource Center Forums: Forums for the MSX computer community, covering development, hardware, software, emulation, graphics, and music.
• SMS Power: Community dedicated to Sega Master System, Game Gear, SG-1000, and related systems, with forums, hacks, translations, homebrew, and development resources.
• Dreamcast Talk: Community forum dedicated to the Sega Dreamcast, focused on news, homebrew, modding, online play, technical support, and preservation

General Patchers

• Mod64+: A tool designed for applying patches to many ROMs, enhancing compatibility and features like Redux.

Coop Hacks

• Thread listing most of the coop/multiplayer romhacks.
• Modloader64: A tool for enabling online multiplayer and mods in games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time/Majora's Mask, Mischief Makers Online.
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Super Metroid Online: Contains AngelScript that enables online/coop play for The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past and Super Metroid.
• [Sword of Mana Link Play and Couch Co-Op]: Game had a built-in but disabled Link Play option recently discovered by romhacker illinx. He made patches to enable it. He also created a Couch Co-Op version using his custom made gba2 spec.
  • Link Play Version
  • Couch Co-Up Version

Randomizers

• Super Metroid Randomizer.
• OOT Randomizer: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Randomizer.
• MM Randomizer: The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Randomizer.
• Lordmewtwo's FE10 randomizer.
• Secret of Mana Randomizer.
  • Github

Franchise/Game-specific Romhacking Sites

Banjo Kazooie

• Hackpack: A Banjo Kazooie Modding Discord Server

Castlevania

• Castlevania Modding Forum: Read here for Nintendo DS Castlevania hacks. Come here to chat about all things related to the Castlevania series.
  • CV Modding Discord Server: Active Discord Server with many Castlevania romhackers.

DOOM

• ZDoom: A source port for DOOM that allows modders to enhance the game with new features and mechanics, and an active community where fans share custom mods and engines.
• Doom World: One of the oldest unofficial news websites dedicated to the Doom games (DoomGate is slightly older). In addition to Doom related news, Doomworld also hosts the weekly /newstuff Chronicles reviews of new WADs uploaded to the idgames archive and a database of the archive with search, user comment, and mirror access capabilities.

Final Fantasy

• FFHacktics: The Final Fantasy Tactics Hacking Community.
  • FFHacktics Discord Server
• FF5 Central: Fan site dedicated to Final Fantasy V, offering the Job Fiesta Event, guides, hacks, translations, and detailed info about the game’s mechanics, story, etc.
• FF6 Hacking: Forum dedicated to Final Fantasy 6 modding and ROM hacking.

Fire Emblem

• Serenes Forest: A Fire Emblem fan site since 1st February 2005. This site was created to provide accurate and reliable information about the Fire Emblem series.
• Fire Emblem Universe.

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn (Fire Emblem 10)

• Gritnea Tower: A FE10 Modding Discord

Mario

• Super Mario World Central: SMW Central is a site dedicated to Super Mario World hacking. Our goal is to help the SMW hacking community by organizing what we know about this game's inner workings, as well as providing tools, free graphics, and hosting both demos and completed hacks.

Mega Man

• The Mega Man Network: A site dedicated to covering each of the Mega Man series.
• Mega Man Romhacking Discord Server.

Mega Man X

• Mega Man X Online: Deathmatch: A Mega Man X Multiplayer Fan Game.
  • Mega Man X Online: Deathmatch Github

Metroid

• Metroid Construction Forum: The ultimate resource for all things Metroid hacking related. Active with even a Hack of the Month contest.
• SMILE RF: Scyzer's website, with the most up-to-date SMILE RF, a powerful Super Metroid editor.
• MAGE: Download link for MAGE editor for Metroid Fusion and Metroid - Zero Mission.
• SMART: Download link for SMART, which is a program that can export and import rooms and all data associated with the rooms from a Super Metroid ROM.
  • SMART Discord Server

Phantasy Star

• Phantasy Star Cave: Long-running fan website dedicated to the Phantasy Star video game series, originally created by Sega. It serves as a fan resource hub with news, guides, and community content focused on Phantasy Star games.
  • Phantasy Star Cave Forum: Fan forum.

Pokémon

• Project Pokémon: The Pokémon community for trading, battling, save editing, ROM hacking, game research, events, and wonder card collection.
• PokéCommunity: This is a Pokemon forum for Pokemon fans all over the world. Discussions include games, trading card game, strategies, TV series, movies, role play, fan fiction, and trivia..

Sonic

• Sonic Retro: The largest ad-free collaborative online encyclopedia for all things Sonic the Hedgehog.
  • Sonic Retro Discord Server
• Sonic Hacking Contest: The Sonic Hacking Contest is a yearly event where the best Sonic mods and hacks are showcased for fans.

Star Fox

• Star Fox Exploratorium Discord Server: Discord Server dedicated to Star Fox Hacking.

Star Fox 64

• Star Fox 64 Decomp: This is a WIP matching decompilation of Starfox 64. The purpose of the project is to recreate a source code base for the game from scratch, using information found inside the game along with static and/or dynamic analysis.
  • Star Fox 64 Decomp Discord Server
• Star Fox 64 Recomp: A project that uses N64: Recompiled to statically recompile Starfox 64 into a native port with many new features, enhancements, and extensive mod support.

Telefang

• Telefang.net: Keitai Denjuu Telefang is a series of games where you make friends with sentient monsters called Denjuu. Riffing on Japan's unique Keitai culture
  • Telefang Forum: A Forum dedicated to Telefang; contains translation patches and other hacks.

The Legend of Zelda

• Zelda Dungeon: Legend of Zelda Walkthroughs, News, Guides, Videos, Music, Media, and More..
• Zeldix: Zelda and MSU-1 romhacking.
• Hylian Modding: Explore a collection of Zelda 64 mods, along with some powerful tools and simple tutorials for creating your own mods.
  • Hylian Modding Discord Server

Streets of Rage, OpenBOR

• Brawlers Avenue: The Ultimate Beat Em Up Community.
• Streets of Rage Remake: Discuss the awesome remake of the classic beat 'em up trilogy forum. Show off your own custom mods!
• ChronoCrash: Community for the OpenBOR engine and OpenBOR games