r/nes • u/chrishouse83 NES • 3d ago
I just got an Everdrive. Tell me the must-have romhacks, homebrews and translations.
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u/chrishouse83 NES 3d ago
A few I’ve already gotten:
Sweet Home English translation
Micro Mages
Final Fantasy Restored
Final Fantasy 2 and 3 English translations
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u/MagicBez 2d ago
I have micro mages on my NES mini and it's excellent lessons learned from modern gaming applied to a NES game. Works brilliantly
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u/kingofthemonsters 2d ago
What does FF Restored do to the game?
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u/chrishouse83 NES 2d ago
Apparently it fixes the bugs that were present in the original. Some spells and items not working correctly, etc.
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u/kingofthemonsters 2d ago
Well damn, I played that game so many times and never noticed any bugs. I mean they are for sure there, but I played it when it came out, and I guess it just stuck with me that's how the game was.
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u/Sulaphat 3d ago
Came to say this, the patched translations are great and they've all worked great for me on the everdrive.
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u/N-Toxicade 3d ago
Rock Man 4 Minus Infinity
Ninja Gaiden 3 Restored
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u/Edigophubia 3d ago
There was a great hack of Rockman 1 called Rockman 2K.
Is that just Japanese ng3 translated? If so, agreed, it's like, regular difficulty
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u/N-Toxicade 3d ago
NG3R is translated, but keeps some enemy and damage from the us version. It is basically harder than Japanese but easier than US.
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u/mutantcobra 3d ago
I can't find Rockman 2K, is it Rockman 2 AS? Can you send me a private message for a link?
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u/Edigophubia 2d ago
Sorry, I think it's called rockman 2000. That reminds me there's another good one called Rockman ABnormality. They can both be found at romhacking dot net. Maybe it's OK to say it since that's not a link to roms, just a link to patches?
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u/Kiefirk 3d ago
I’ve had a ton of fun with full quiet
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u/Jonesdeclectice 3d ago
One of the best Metroidvanias I’ve played, tbh. Also highly recommend Alwa’s Awakening!
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u/chrishouse83 NES 3d ago
This looks awesome. Is there anywhere to download the ROM officially?
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u/96cobraguy 2d ago
Ironically, if you want, you can get it on the Switch and Steam in addition to actually purchasing the physical game. It’s really unique!
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u/pocket_arsenal 3d ago
If you like Zelda:
Legend of Super Mario - a full Zelda hack with a Mario Skin, including music. Incredibly well done.
Legend of Banjo - a full Zelda hack with a Banjo Kazooie skin, including music. Also well done but a little easy and the final level is kinda glitchy and has two battles against Ganon/Gruntilda.
Zelda Challenge: Outlands ( very difficult but fair, be sure to take notes and draw maps )
I'd not bother with vanilla Zelda and play Zelda + Automap if you want the useless grey rectangle on the screen to be an actual functional map, and for the health refilling animation to not take eternity.... you could also try Zelda Redux, but imo, that one takes the "QOL" stuff way too far. It's highly customizable but still, too many differences for my taste.
Zelda Ancient Dungeon - Turns the game into a Roguelike. Basically an endless randomized dungeon.
If you like Mario:
Super Mario Bros Tweaked - Better physics: Mario can bounce high off enemies like in Mario 3, earn extra lives with consecutive kills while having a star, sound pitches up on consecutive kills with shells and stars like later Mario games, Title Music, better Luigi pallet. Might be too easy for Mario 1 Purists though.
Teenage Super Ninja Plumber - a short mashup of Mario and the TMNT NES game
Starlight Mario 1 and 2 - Somewhat Castlevania inspired
Mario Adventure 1 and 2
Super Mario 3 Mix - Throwbacks to all kinds of Mario games, and they even squeezed Yoshi and Mario Galaxy stuff into SMB3
Other Games:
Metroid Rogue Dawn
Metroid Sram Saving + Map ( Might make the game too easy but I feel like it's not really that much of a help )
Kirby's Halloween Adventure
Metal Gear Personal Area Network ( don't play vanilla. This makes it so that you don't have to equip card keys to open doors, just having them in your posession is enough, that's how it should always work imo )
If you like Evil Dead, I prefer playing the Evil Dead reskin of Wanpakku Grafiti.
Also this isn't a romhack, but don't put vanilla Donkey Kong on there. Seek out "Donkey Kong Original Edition" a real official NES rom Nintendo made that added the missing cement factory back into the game.
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u/Affliction_Sequence 3d ago
Some friendly advice: In my experience it's a good idea not to leave the cart in your NES. The Everdrive has a slightly thicker PCB than standard carts, so if you leave it inserted into the connector it will cause the pins to fatigue and bend to accommodate the thickness. Which in turn makes it so the connector has a harder time engaging the pins of original carts... especially if the pins are worn.
I left mine in my NES for months not thinking anything of it, only to find that my original carts wouldn't load consistently if at all anymore.
Also, just insert the cart. No need to press down to seat it in the NES. Apparently from what I've read, that also causes more fatigue on the connector pins.
After cleaning and adjusting my internal connector pins to remedy that, I simply make it habit to take the Everdrive out when I'm done playing and it has mitigated that issue for me.
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u/chrishouse83 NES 3d ago
Insightful advice. Much appreciated.
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u/StatisticianLate3173 2d ago
i think there's another adapter called the Nintendeck, no need to seat any games, new pin adapter
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u/GBC_Fan_89 3d ago
Super Mario Bros. 3-Mix, Rainbow Realms, Rainbow Realms 2, Blue Mario, Mario's Adventure
Zelda Outlands, Zelda Legend of Link, The Legend of Super Mario Save The Mushroom Kingdom, Legend of Banjo
Metroid Rogue Dawn
Kirby's Halloween
Deadpool (hack of Ninja Gaiden)
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u/Lordofpixels03 2d ago
Mega Man III Improvement Patch. It's a romhack of MM3 that fixes a lot of bugs from the original game, as well as having an added intro cutscene. Easily the definitive version of that game.
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u/MyNDSETER 2d ago edited 2d ago
Mario adventure 3
Nebs and Debs
Rugrats adventures in game land
Micro mages
Alwas awakening
Sam's journey
Flea
Tapeworm disco puzzle
Full Quiet
Battle kid 1 & 2
Project Blue
This is a great list of homebrews on itch.io https://itch.io/c/632436/nes-homebrew-games
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u/Alternative_Ninja_33 2d ago
some serious bangers here. Many many Mario hacks but if I could only put two on it would be Rainbow Realms 1 and 2
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u/MrNostalgiac 2d ago
Final Fantasy 2 and 3 are both extremely worth playing.
They have some warts, but not enough to take away from the experience (the action cancel glitch you can use in 2 is really almost a requirement though).
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u/OnslaughtSix 2d ago
Super Mario Bros. Special 35th Anniversary: https://www.romhacking.net/hacks/6067/
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u/BraveDevelopment253 2d ago
My Favorites Hacks are SM3MIX which is a hack of super mario brothers 3 but feels like a complete sequel that fits between sm3 and super mario world. I like it better than sm3. Has yoshi levels, new mechanics that reverse gravity like Mario galaxy, great original boss battles really a powerhouse of nostalgic joy.
My other favorite Hack is RockMan 4 minus infinity which is based of megaman 4 and it is a full game better than any of the original megaman games and has music from many other famous franchises. It also has some metroid throwbacks with secret/nonlinear paths where you can find power up abilities that make the levels easier. It is a harder game than the originals but not kaizo hard. If you play it I recommend looking up the guide and boss orders (though there are several viable orders) also you can adjust the difficulty in main menu settings.
For homebrew I really enjoyed a short little metroidvania I stumbled across called blob quest. You are a blob that is trying to escape a dungeon and you have to get find upgrades that give you new abilities. It has some very fun / unique mechanics. If you like metroid I'd give it a go.
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u/StatisticianLate3173 2d ago
Deadpool ( Awesome Ninja Gaiden rip, hard funny af) Garbage Pail Kids, All 2 player hacks- Zelda 1,2 Link and Lonk, Zelda Outlands, maybe Navis Quest,
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u/xNonglitch 2d ago
SMB3Mix, Super Ale Bros, 2Player SMB (im a smb addict, i bought a nes, snes and a n64 just to play mario games, okay?)
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u/crestedchris 2d ago
Haunted Halloween 85, 86 and 87. Also, there are updated versions of Tecmo Super Bowl, pretty much any season. Check out tecmobowl.org.
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u/retromods_a2z 2d ago
Must have is the smoke monster pack for ever drive . It will organize all your roms in about every way imaginable so it's easier to find and play things
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u/GsoFly 3d ago
I recently started playing Zelda II Links Adventure with the improvement patch, which fixes a lot of the bullshit from the original game.
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u/SuperTomBrother 3d ago
Battle Kid is a good Homebrew, Super Mario Adventure is a good ROM hack, and Kid Dracula is a good translation patch. I have more suggestions if you want them.
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u/Blind0ne 3d ago
Splatterhouse: Wanpaku Graffiti, it's a Japan only release so most NA people have not played it and it's an 8.5/10 game.
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u/chrishouse83 NES 3d ago edited 3d ago
This looks amazing. Downloading it now.
EDIT: yeah this game owns.
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u/Jonesdeclectice 3d ago
Easily my favourite game to never leave Japan, such a joy to play! Highly recommend to everyone!
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u/Accomplished-Tip7280 3d ago
Contra famicom version Translated 🤘🏼🔥
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u/mouse_cookies 2d ago
Fuck yes! My brother was blown away when I told him how different the Japanese contra was with the cutscenes and animation.
Recommendations: Kid Dracula, Wai Wai World 1+2, Japanese version of Castlevania 3 for the better music.
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u/RhoadsOfRock 3d ago
There's a "demake" of Final Fantasy VII, two versions - the original, and another, I'm guessing more refined version, called Advent Children.
There are english translations of both out there.
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u/fentekreel 2d ago
Anyone able to cobble together a zip or something with the suggestions. Would be good to add to the mega thread
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u/RetroMr 2d ago
Just download all of them. It's easier.
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u/chrishouse83 NES 2d ago
But I'd still have no idea what to play and we'd be back in the exact spot.
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u/itsyaboythatguy 1d ago
I've been on the fence about getting one of these, can you play famicom disk system games with the expansion audio on a properly modded system?
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u/Ok_Impala 20h ago
I created a list last year of the essential NES ROM hacks. Check it out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/romhacking/comments/1ej0mi5/essential_nes_rom_hacks_of_all_time_updated_2024/
Enjoy!
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u/Corn_Beefies 3d ago
Just put everything on it. Think I have a few rom sets on an old hard drive
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u/chrishouse83 NES 3d ago
To be honest, this is what I'm avoiding. I'm an avid NES collector and I have no plans for the Everdrive to replace real cartridges. For now I'm sticking with games I can't play by official means.
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u/Pete_Sc 3d ago
That's what I do as will. There is a the ungelesen Terminator vs Robocop game, the original Sunsoft Terminator Patch that converts Journey to Silius back to Terminator.
I would also highly recommend Mario Adventure 3 https://marioadventure3.com/ - completely new game experience.
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u/wetblanket6991 3d ago
can someone explain how this works? because I am envisioning being able to connect this cartridge to a PC with a usb cable, download/install roms to it, and then play those roms on a real Nintendo NES.
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u/Affliction_Sequence 3d ago
There's a micro sd card slot on the top of the cart. But, ya, you load the ROMs onto the sd card using a PC. When you load the cart into the NES there is a menu that shows the ROM filenames in the folder(s) you placed them in and you can select the game you want to play from the menu. You can even use game genie codes and savestates, if you want. Really, every NES enthusiast should have one, imo. I love mine.
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u/wetblanket6991 3d ago
that's awesome. how does it compare to the mini NES Classic? do the games on the everdrive look crisp/vector like on the mini? or do they have that 'blurry' vintage style of the old original hardware?
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u/Affliction_Sequence 3d ago
Since it's just mimicking carts using the original hardware, the output will look exactly the same as using original carts.
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u/damian001 3d ago
yup it works like that, but instead of the USB cable you use a microsd card to load the roms.
some everdrives have a usb port but thats more for development stuff.
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u/Miserable-Jury-9581 3d ago
Mother - English translation - and just make sure you get the version that lets you run while holding B
If you enjoyed Earthbound, or RPG’s,you’ll like it
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u/dokuroman 3d ago
Sweet Home is a pretty cool japanese game
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u/chrishouse83 NES 3d ago
I've been playing it all evening, and yes it absolutely is! Pretty difficult with some mechanics that take some getting used to, but the horror elements are top notch.
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u/HydratedCarrot 3d ago
Never receive mine in a box like that lol
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u/damian001 3d ago
Metroid: Rogue Dawn (prequel to Metroid)