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November 17th, 2009 at 03:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Well, that didn’t take long. On the very day that New Super Mario Bros. Wii was released in North America, hackers Virus and Vash released Tanooki, a program that allows users to design their own levels in place of the game’s existing locales. Coder Treeki also announced Reggie!, yet another level editor for New Super Mario Bros. Wii. Whichever wins, everybody wins.
Of course, these programs, while awesome, are pretty impractical for most of us, given that they run on a computer and thus work only with emulation. But, we must reiterate, these are awesome, and we appreciate the efforts of hobbyists everywhere who immediately make games better with their work. Check out example videos of both (with some NSFW language in annotations) after the break.
[Via Gemaga]
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Hackers create dueling New Super Mario Bros. Wii level editors originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: hack, level-editor, mod, new-super-mario-bros-wii, tanooki, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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October 26th, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Has your homebrew SNES masterpiece, Secret of Manilow, been trapped within your computer for a decade or so due to technological restraints? Time to dust off your old ROM file — the Quickdev16 SNES developer cartridge has all you need to get your brainchild up and running on Nintendo’s Super console. The cart includes an Atmel AVR ATmega644 with boot loader, a USB connection with which to upload a ROM, 16 megabits of SRAM, and an RS232 converter.
We’re assuming that if you possess the technical know-how to craft custom SNES games, then you probably know what all that stuff means. We’re also assuming that you’d be more inclined to pony up for the cart’s $120 price tag than we are. That’s just a tad too steep for an SNES cart — or rather, an SNES cart that isn’t a sealed, mint condition copy of Chrono Trigger.
[Via Engadget]
Quickdev16 cart opens up wonderful world of SNES homebrew originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: adapter, emulation, hack, homebrew, mod, quickdev16, rom, snes, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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October 19th, 2009 at 11:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Marriage proposals via video games aren’t exactly new, but they’re still clever — and usually cute. Last Thursday, Brad Smith proposed to his girlfriend of five years using a hacked version of Super Mario World, placing coins in world 1-1 to spell out, “Will you marry me?” Cute, right? But we have to question Brad’s filming of the occasion, because, if we didn’t know better, we’d think the couple was being watched by a serial killer hiding behind their couch. You can see what we mean after the break.
Seriously — tell us that, when the camera pulls back to catch Brad on his knee, ring in hand, you don’t want to yell out, “Look out! There’s someone else in the room!” Or maybe it’s just the close proximity to Halloween that’s got us all on edge. Still … Brad, if you’re reading this, please drop us a line to let us know you’re alright?
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Mario World marriage proposal is clever (but kinda creepy) originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: hack, mario, marriage, marriage-proposal, proposal, super-mario-bros, super-mario-world, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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October 15th, 2009 at 04:30am
Under Wii / Nintendo
Up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, B, A, Start. It’s a powerful string of commands capable of garnering its invoker thirty lives, a gaggle of power-ups or other potent in-game bonuses. However, a technomancer from ProtoDojo.com has figured out a way to give the Konami Code practical applications in real life — it can now be used to unlock one gigabyte of LOLCat JPEGs, German techno covers of Billy Ocean songs or, well, smut.
This little slice of realized magic is possible due to a 1GB flash drive embedded into a hollowed-out NES controller. Entering the Konami Code into the controller unlocks it, allowing you to browse its contents on your compy. To see how this technological feat was made possible, watch the video after the jump. After that, start pondering what this guy could put into a Power Glove. Perhaps — dare we say it — a two gigabyte flash drive?
[Via The Tanooki]
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NES controller flash drive is Konami Code-protected originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: flash-drive, hack, konami-code, memory, mod, nes, storage, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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September 18th, 2009 at 02:45pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Look, we all buy crappy games every now and then … it just happens. But instead of hiding those titles under a pile of dirty clothes or trading them in at GameStop for almost nothing, you can now convert them into thumb drives. That is, if they’re the right size and shape, like the Advance Wars 2 cartridge you see above (via Go Nintendo). We don’t know why someone would ruin that game to do this, so we suggest you target Fear Factor: Unleashed instead.
Put your Fear Factor GBA cartridge to good use (turn it into a thumb drive!) originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Fri, 18 Sep 2009 13:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: flash-drive, gba, hack, hacks, mod, thumb-drive, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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August 3rd, 2009 at 08:30pm
Under Xbox 360
There’s good news and slightly-less-good news for the many fans of
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’s multiplayer. The good news comes from Infinity Ward community manager Robert “fourzerotwo” Bowling
via his twitter feed: the developer is onto the recently discovered multiplayer exploits that unscrupulous players are using to cheat their way to victory. The slightly-less-good news is that the fix is “in the works,” meaning there’s no definite ETA for it.
Still, we’d have to imagine Infinity Ward has been hard at work on the patch — we just hope it comes up with something very special for whoever discovered and used the exploit. We’ll keep you updated as we hear more, but hey, Robert, you know how to reach us …
Patch to fix Call of Duty 4 multiplayer exploit ‘in the works’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: activision, call-of-duty, call-of-duty-4, exploit, hack, infinity-ward, robert-bowling
By Mister-X
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July 1st, 2009 at 07:45pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Smashboards forum user goodoldganon wasn’t satisfied with all of the characters in Super Smash Bros. Brawl. His main contention with the game was that it lacked several key Melee characters. So, he did what any sensible member of society would do: He wrote a letter to Nintendo He hacked the crap out of the game.
As evidenced in the videos past the break, this isn’t merely a texture swap, as goodoldganon also incorporated Roy’s moves into the game. By delegating the hack to a certain color set of Marth’s (here it’s the red suit), he can pick Roy at will and seamlessly integrate him into the game. Sure, the bottom of the screen still says Marth, but, for all intents and purposes, this is the Roy you remember.
It’s impressive stuff, to say the least, so head past the break and check out the footage of a fighter’s return to the arena.
[Thanks, Slashy!]
Continue reading Hackers add Roy to Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Hackers add Roy to Super Smash Bros. Brawl originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: hack, hacks, marth, roy, smash-bros-brawl, super-smash-bros-brawl, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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June 30th, 2009 at 06:00pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
Super Smash Bros. Brawl is a pretty fun fighting game to play with friends, right?
WRONG. It’s actually an unbalanced mess. At least, that’s what a group of Smash Boards members seems to believe, seemingly with more conviction than we’ve ever had for pretty much anything. It’s important enough that they decided to patch the game’s code to change specific gameplay elements. “Balanced Brawl” has three goals, as stated by the coders: first, to remove “infinites” and “inescapable lockdowns” (simple, unblockable combos that add more than 50% damage), increase overall character balance, and increase stage viability.
You can see examples of the kind of minute tweaking done to the characters in the chart above, and you can read way, way more about each change in the Smash Boards thread. It’s a pretty impressive testament to just how much time has been spent thinking about Brawl.
Fans rewrite Brawl to balance characters originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: balanced-brawl, fighting, hack, smash-bros-brawl, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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June 21st, 2009 at 02:30pm
Under Wii / Nintendo
We all know that emulation download sites are disease-riddled virtual cathouses, designed to inject your unassuming computer with any number of viruses, spywares and trojan horses — that’s why we can’t help but be intrigued by this recently unveiled USB adapter for SNES game cartridges, which was lovingly crafted by modder matthias_h.
The adapter looks incredibly easy to use — plug in a game cart, then boot or copy the SMC file found therein. Just like that, you’re playing your favorite SNES titles — and without contracting incurable cases of e-syphilis from “russian porn sites.” Check out the video demo after the jump!
[Via Engadget]
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USB SNES cartridge adapter will keep your PC clean originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: emulation, hack, mod, nintendo, snes, super-nintendo, Wii / Nintendo
By Mister-X
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