THE TOP 30 NES ROMHACKS!

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Megaman Ultra
www.romhacking.net/hacks/132/
Kaizo Mario Bros 3
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2477/
My Little Pony: Dr. Discord's Conquest
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1731/
Mario in: Some Usual Day
www.romhacking.net/hacks/53/
Tank 1990 (255) v2.1
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2795/
30 Lives Code For Super C
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2606/
AVGN VS Dr. Wily
www.romhacking.net/hacks/851/
Rockman No Constancy
www.romhacking.net/hacks/321/
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Super Mario Ultimate
www.romhacking.net/hacks/3843/
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Captain Tsubasa 2 - Super Dream Team
www.romhacking.net/hacks/412/
Castlevania: Chorus of Mysteries
www.romhacking.net/hacks/263/
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SUPER MARIO BROS Special X1 for NES
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1011/
SMB Special for NES
www.romhacking.net/hacks/527/
Metroid mOTHER
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1988/
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Megaman in the Mushroom Kingdom
www.romhacking.net/hacks/110/
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Castlevania II English Re-translation (+Map)
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1032/
Super Mario All Stars NES
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2422/
Captain Tsubasa 2 - Hyper Edition
www.romhacking.net/hacks/472/
Rockman CX
www.romhacking.net/hacks/3231/
Zelda - The Legend of Link
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2136/
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Super Mario Unlimited
www.romhacking.net/hacks/875/
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Extra Mario Bros.
www.romhacking.net/hacks/369/
Zelda Challenge: Outlands
www.romhacking.net/hacks/10/
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Rockman 4: Minus Infinity
www.romhacking.net/hacks/910/
Metroid - Rogue Dawn
www.romhacking.net/hacks/3280/
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Mother: 25th Anniversary Edition
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2211/
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Final Fantasy VII Advent Children
www.romhacking.net/hacks/1657/
Mario Adventure
www.romhacking.net/hacks/70/
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Super Mario Bros. - Two Players Hack
www.romhacking.net/hacks/4180/
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Super Mario Bros. 3Mix
www.romhacking.net/hacks/2068/
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[@samuelsolomon7330]

My favorite rom hack is one that changes Super Mario Bros 2 USA into the Yellow Submarine. All of the music is Beatles songs on the nes soundchip.

[@CaptainJack1]

I've heard of that one! Have to try it.

[@mrpacman8461]

Please, tell me what is name of that mario beattles hack.

[@joshwalters3178]

@@mrpacman8461 it’s called The Beatles Adventures in Pepperland

[@igodreamer7096]

@@joshwalters3178Great remix of the classic Beatles songs and I loved the art direction.

[@zero-theaveragegamer1159]

My favorite hack is the one that turns quick man into cut man

[@ArkaneX]

Haha I noticed that too

[@jakeshyf7096]

Battle City is INSANELY popular in Russia and neighboring countries. It was THE game to have for your famiclone. People still play it to this day. It was like World Of Tanks of it's day. Hence, probably, the amount of downloads on the site.

[@denis42951]

Also, not so popular, but good romhack is Battle City 4 players hack, added some features from Tank 1990.

[@mongoose1billion]

7:08 that's quickman, not cutman :)

[@igodreamer7096]

Amazing video, brother. So many good and fun romhacks! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@sebastianmalmsteen]

Nice video, man! Keep up the romhack content!

[@punkymonsterart]

Hey I just wanted to say I love your channel, been using your vids to find some great rom hacks! Keep up the good work!

[@zander3100]

You can see how much Kaizo Mario 3 broke the Cap, because he didn't put the "Previously Featured in" image at the top left corner lol. Thanks for the video!

[@diegogalvan1810]

Honestly very impressed, I was very surprised to see how low your sub count was, you certainly deserve FAR more

[@schrimply5980]

Loving these videos I've been finding so many hacks I never would've, usually people always just cover joke mods or ones that have been covered to death Keep up the great vids!

[@UltimateGamerCC]

yeah there is a bevy of great hacks out there, but of course people tend to play them and forget to talk about them, i personally keep all the Hacks that i like and i'm always checking back for more.

[@okimpala]

Interesting take to make a top 30 based on total downloads. Though it has some disadvantages in that you'll mostly get older Mario and Mega Man Rom hacks. The newer Rom hacks and Rom hacks from less popular games fall out this way. There are for example no Rom hacks of SMB2 or Zelda II present, while both games have several amazing Rom hacks. Still some great, classic, Rom hacks in this list! Looking forward to your next video! 🙂

[@15-Peter-20]

Excellent channel. Subbed. Thank you

[@svcross-do]

Amazing video! I have been binging your channel for the past week and I have loving it. Have you checked the homebrew on itch?

[@teknomax7883]

Yo, I'm from Argentina. Due to high piracy, bootlegs and knockoffs, both Battle City and Captain Tsubasa are EXTREMELY popular here in South America. (That and, y'know, football being our thing and we all watched the Captain Tsubasa anime. It was called "Super Campeones"). Does this put some clarity over why they're so downloaded?

[@thedrunkmonkshow]

After watching some of your Homebrew videos I had to thumbs up, comment and subscribe. I really like your style and you are genuinely funny! I'm not just saying that like I laughed out loud a few times lol. 🤣

[@ProjectGenesisMusic]

Castlevania: The Holy Relics is definitely another one of the best nes hacks.

[@kramerdesign9443]

How on earth does this channel less than 2k subs Insane

[@JoeBee9]

It'd be hysterical putting a tough guy in front of the My Little Pony themed hack and watch as the game's difficulty kicks his ass at first and he sadly realized that a little girl game was too tough for him. It plays very well by the way; almost done the initial stages; hoping for doc robot equivalents :D

[@bigdaddy51200]

How did you figure out the top 30 most downloaded at the site? I have always wanted to find the top rated ones there but haven't figured that out yet.

[@CaptainJack1]

I sorted by downloads, it's not a perfect method because it doesn't really get you 30 best games it gets you the 30 most popular games so it biases it towards old ones

[@okimpala]

It's a policy on RHDN that you can't filter by rating or amount of positive reviews. Last year I checked manually for the highest rated Rom hacks and shared this list on Reddit . Enjoy! 🙂

[@bigdaddy51200]

@@okimpala Thanks for information but that's a dumb rule , LOL. I found your list . Any update for 2022 ? BTW Zelda II - Amida's Curse is a master piece !!!

[@okimpala]

​@@bigdaddy51200 Thanks! Working on a 2022 update of the list, I will release that later this year!

[@JohnHenrySheridan]

Amazing vid thanks!

[@CaptainJack1]

Glad you liked it!

[@captainnintendo]

I think the Romhack that I am anticipating the most for the NES these days has to be that Mushroom Mayhem one from the creator of Mario's Adventure. When that one releases, I reckon' it'll be considered the new pinicle of NES romhacks. Something I am still waiting for that sounds simple but probably is anything but, would be for someone to make a romhack of SMB1 that would allow for left-scrolling. I've only seen a single hack that allows for this but not one that incorporates it into just the base game. Would also like to see one of SMB2 that would allow for smooth vertical scrolling rather than that segmented on the game has. And lastly a SMB3 hack that would turn the auto-scrollers into just regular levels that can be played at your own pace.

[@playinginthepodcastroom8365]

No mention of *Dragoon X Omega* (Dragon Warrior 1 hack)?

[@nikolaikalashnikov4253]

8:23 ...ugh... I have the hack for *_Mega Man IV - Minus Infinity (v1.00)_* because on my old setup, I ran those unknown executables (patcher programs) inside a virtual environment... ...but I'm going to have to break out the VM again if I want to update to version 1.01 :(

[@PeteJaquay]

i remember aroun 1999 there were so many hacks and mods flooding the internet. Pimp mario, Carnage brother (super mario games but with carnage from spider-man) and so many more. Allot of them were very offensive in some way or another. I can't find most of them anymore, or any evidence some even existed. it was a very crazy time, i even made some myself with the built in tileeditor of nesticle.

[@aer0449]

Wohooo nice gems cpt. Jack 😂

[@Deunan_Knute]

7:07 that's Quick man my dude

[@alanfike]

KISS Golf should've gotten at least an honorable mention.

[@raicyceprine8953]

Finally, rom hacks that isn't about pokemon.

[@diegofranco5847]

Mario bros x1.3 isnt HERE?

[@Gatorade69]

Just noticed you uploaded a bunch of shorts ? Seems like KZbin hasn't been showing them to me for some reason. Ehh, shorts are weird anyways, KZbin will push a bunch of them from creators I don't know or care about yet doesn't show me shorts from creators I am subscribed to.

[@CaptainJack1]

I purposely don't notify subscribers because all they are are cut up old content, I basically use shorts as a way to bring in new people.

[@Gatorade69]

@@CaptainJack1 Make sense.

[@VanessaReice]

Quickman ding dong!

[@Mayzer7]

Super Mario Bros 3 Chaos Control is a good rom hack too

[@Gloryboyquan]

what's its about?

[@mrpacman8461]

Ugetab was a great hacker, i saw his name on the captain tsubasa 2 dream team hack. He help me with game genie codes for put 2 minutes into sonic 3, plus sonic 3 and knuckles. The poor guy, passed away years ago during his sleep. It was terrible sad. Rest in peace friend. 😣😭😭😭😭

[@DanJackson1977]

Informal poll: Do any other 80s kids... like people that played the original (pre super) Mario Bros. in the arcade... and had an NES in it's first 3 or 4 years in the US... is it also like nails on a goddamn blackboard when someone under 30 says "Mario Broes", as if there isn't a period denoting an abbreviation? 🤷‍♂

[@bejczyreal]

Mario 7 is the best

[@fatfurie]

@2:34 ...wat?

[@ihysc4370]

1:30 WHY THE F*CK NINTENDO WAS MAKING NES GAMES GRAPHICS MUCH WORSE THAN THE FANS?? THE FAN'S PIPE SPRITE IS A WAY BETTER THAN IN ORIGINAL!!

[@ShinoSarna]

Isn't the whole "bronies are pedophiles" joke a tad old?

[@Wykesidefruitmachine]

Unlike their victims.

[@bmla88]

I’m pretty sure i downloaded a virus from zelda outlands

[@volvoguy804]

Yep, same thing happened to me.

[@Gloryboyquan]

​@volvoguy804 really what happened

[@ABOhiccups]

2:56 Hey Captain Jack! I saw my own ROM Hack "AVGN VS Dr. Wily" made it in your video. I made a sequel as a ROM Hack of A Link to the Past called AVGN VS Ganon. This ROM Hack is worst then AVGN VS Dr. Wily! The level designs are the same from vanilla ROM. Except the wall cracks inside caves and dungeons for bombs to explode are invisible and you only die in 1 hit (Heart Containers, Heart Pieces, and Upgrade Tonic Armors won't help and it's completely useless). The performance in this ROM Hack is the one that stole the show. Most of the dialog was changed as Adult Comedy Humor and AVGN Jokes too. I recommend add MSU1 PCM Pack to this ROM Hack. Most of the music was changed to match with AVGN Theme like Zelda Farting Theme (from CD-i Part 3 video) in Hyrule Overworld, and Hyland Theme in Dungeons and Caves. I hope you will cover this ROM Hack in your "Best SNES Romhacks (Volume 3)" video or "Kaizo Romhacks" video. AVGN VS Ganon www.zeldix.net/t2081-avgn-vs-ganon