Merry Christmas (Eve) /v/https://rentry.org/Santanon2025Santa's back for at least another year to deliver on vidya goodness.>What is this?Every year, I round up links to a bunch of new and old romhacks, freeware, mods, and much more straight from their sources (so no need to worry about malware, needing an account, sifting through a billion sites or joining a discord) then manually compile them into an easily viewable document as my way of giving each year. In a sense you can think of it like reliving looking through Christmas catalogs except you can actually play everything you see in it, and it's usable year around. >Can I contribute?You can dump whatever you have, no major restrictions aside that it has to be vidya related and from the source or a reliable mirror. Helping out anons with recommendations for stuff inside and outside the document and spreading the christmas cheer are both highly encouraged even if you have no intentions of it being added. This year unlike other years, I will be available all day on both days, so I'll be able to manage the thread and document even well into the evening. This year I am especially looking for archives to old stuff, so if you have any, I implore you share with the thread.>What's Santa got in store this year?it was a little tougher finding things in a few categories, but this year's catalog is more Japanese oriented than usual partly due to so many translations releasing, and you'll see what I mean. But I also wanted to honor some old culture, so I focused on finding fixes for older PC games, archives to flash content, obscure Japanese games on Internet Archive and so much more. It felt very important for me this year for a good amount of reasons..Let's make this another good Christmas and spread some holiday cheer.
It takes a bit to look through everything and the morning hours are pretty slow so I'll use my first bump to mention since I am not limited by time this year, I'll be updating the list at a slightly more leisurely pace as far as my own findings go or for whatever releases today/tomorrow.Depending on thread traction however, I'll try to add anon submissions as soon as I see them.If the thread dies while I'm AFK and there's enough interest, I'll try again later in the day.In the meantime, I hope you enjoy what I have to offer.
>>729231916Merry Christmas rodinsantanon, it's good seeing you again. I hope you're having a wonderful holiday!I'll be sure to check out what's new this year, great work as always.
>>729233484Thanks. I'm having a pretty comfy morning so far.I was expecting the list to be small again this year but all sorts of stuff, particularly fan translations, kept releasing one after another lol. But I'm glad it happened.Still waiting on the Segagaga one though but I put a link to a forum post mentioning it's close to releasing.
Santa, i have something for the sack, how do i add the file but its a modified DS file of TWEWY someone posted a long time ago with additions, how would i go about getting this added this into the sack?I feel like it'd be better perserved than lost to time
>>729231916>so no need to worry about malwarei worry about every link i see on 4chan
>>729231916Hell yeah I was just thinking about perusing some ds roms
>>729231916Incredibly based OP, merry Christmas!
>>729231916Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night
>>729233845Are you referring to this? I don't know if the download link is still active but I hope this is it.https://gbatemp.net/threads/the-world-ends-with-you-content-patcher.100133/
>>729231916I don't want anything from dirty nigger Claus.
>>729234163It's okay, he's actually a demon or something
>>729231916I still remember seeing the first pasta around 2020 back when you said "did Cyberpunk disappoint you?"
Merry Christmas
>>729234052It's not, it's called Hi the world ends with you with a bunch of additions like critical mode, no multiplayer pins etc. IDK if this is already around somewhere but i'll post it here and hopefully that'll be good enough to sharehttps://wormhole.app/QWzdpB#M0R3r-xL9-XW0iqxdqgjRA
>>729234302I always like sneakng in tiny bits of humor like that now and again.If by some chance I do one of these next year I'll probably do the similar joke with GTA6 or something even if it gets delayed.>>729234546Merry Christmas anon!>>729234583One of these is the patch right? Might be worth catboxing it or maybe I'll make an exception and just add it anyway like I did with a couple SMW romhacks.
>>729231916Always a welcome sight around Christmas on /v/.
Nice seeing you again this year merry Christmas
>>729234583>>729234741I found the original mega for the Hi-Fi patch but the uploader deleted it fucking hell.https://arch.b4k.dev/_/search/text/BF6g9VbTUK36n0SaRejHuxo3G8jtW8MUU5OwyOS_VrQ>>729235661>>729236192Thanks and hell yeah Merry Christmas
Added a few more crossworlds mods for the fun of it and since I forgot to give the page one last sweep before this went live. Might go look for more stuff later on.
>>729231916Thanks OP, I was in the mood for some romhacks
>>729231916Any fun online multiplayer games I can play with other anons on this list?
>>729238038I tried to find a couple but there's archipelago which is a cross-game megarandomizer, Power Bomberman (which gets /v/ threads periodically), Tony Hawk ReTHAWed if you can find a copy of the original game and TF2 Gold RushUnreal Tournament 2004 is supposed to be getting an open source thing but it might not be for another month.There might be a few more but if not I can always find some or an anon might swing on by with some games.
>>729236312>>729234741https://mega.nz/folder/EthSXLrS#VOtZvXfMKx70ed4c8qrl7AHave cleaned the text up with the official stuff added and put the rom fo Hi-fi The world ends with you in a mega folder. No dolphin porn i swear
>>729238930Get that zombie pin the fuck away from me.
>>729238930Alright I decided to add it in the end lol.Thank you for the submission.
Bump for Santa and the gift of free games.
For almost 10+ years I have held onto what I call the Full Experience of Pokemon Gen 5.I have the roms of BW and BW2 as well as programs to allow for the insertion of the event exclusive Pokemons and also a way to virtually emulate Memory Link of a savefile of W1 to W2.How could I share this with people? I'm pretty sure some of the old websites where I got this stuff from are already very much dead. and it would pain me to see it gone forever once I am also gone
>>729231916>link to past deliveries>they still workThanks Santa anon, have a great Christmas.
>>729240359If there's absolutely no choice, catbox works usually as a last resort.>>729240547No problem, I chose rentry to prevent possible 404'ing plus it's infinitely easier to work with. Though links may become outdated or dead overtime, but the actual deliveries are still there.
>>729240683Basado, see you again next year
>>729231916For the Pokemon category:https://www.hackdex.app/hack/super-mariomon
>>729240932Aside from Alpharad sucking himself off and the truly awful pits, this was a fun game
>>729240991I wasn't even aware he was in charge until I was reminded of it again the other day. Must have missed it the first time.
>>729240932>>729241206Added. And yeah I noticed the website itself talks about Alpharad a lot and has his own version alongside the others. This looks really well done though.
>>729231916Aw shit I was waiting for this!Thanks for another year anon! I still have your past stuff saved and am glad to see your still delivering!
>>729231916Thanks anon, looks good. I already saw a few things I'll check out later.
>>729231916Blessed be santanon
Added a couple more romhacks (one SMW one, an F-Zero one and a reskin of Ms. Pac Man on NES but with Carbuncle). I'll probably be making lunch sometime soon so I'll be away from the PC for a bit.>>729242982>>729243662>>729244082Thanks to all three. I needed something to do but I probably was going to make it anyway, and it's keeping me in the habit of beginning my day with working on something so I'm glad I was able to.
Bumping before I go AFK for a bit for real now to buy myself and any other anons time.If anything new gets posted, I'll add them as soon as I get back if they're submissions and I'll also maybe look for a few more things myself.
Done eating and I'll save the thread from page 10 again, but I don't think I'll bump like this for much longer.If it dies I'll try again in the evening where historically it's usually more active or come back for Christmas Day tomorrow.
>>729231916Blessed Santanon
>>729231916Thanks a bunch again, looking forward to checking it out in detail later. I'm glad YoYoGames is archived, I spent a lot of time there almost 20 years ago.Also the Xdelta Sonic Riders TE, they were making that a chore to get a hold of before.A mod for DMC3, Devil May Cry 3 Crimson released this year. It gives Dante and Vergil a few new attacks, more camera control, and you can play the whole game in co-op. Along with the usual style switching/full Dante load out.It's all really customizable too so if you don't like something you can turn it off. Including the new UI all over the screenshots. Play co-op in vanilla if you'd like.
>>729231916>Nanosaur PC port listedexcellent, I think I submitted that a few years ago
>>729250972Yeah I'm glad that it's archived too. A small phase I had in my youth was messing with game maker and seeing the games posted on that site. I'm hoping to find more stuff like it before the holiday season ends.That DMC3 mod sounds pretty good, kinda like having the Switch version but further fleshed out. I'll look into having that added to the list soon.>>729251004Could very well have. I had it saved when starting this year's document so I threw it in. Or I looked in previous years. My short term memory is always fucked but all I know is I saw it so in it went
>>729231916
Santa!!! You're so fucking based my dude
Added DMC3 Crimson after >>729250972 suggested it.Might take a nap so I have more energy for the evening hours. Hopefully the thread can sustain itself until then, but again I'll make a new one if I have to either later or tomorrow.>>729252562Thank you.
Any good recent hacks? I haven't kept up with them since RHDN shut down and Spike's site got merged into the other one.
I shall bump
>>729256327RHDN and CD Romance came back.
I have collections of meticulously chosen interesting DS titles (around 350+ now) and PS1 titles (400 titles for now, all converted into .chd to safe space).Not sure how to upload it all though.
>>729231916Do you have Super Metroid: X-Fusion?https://metroidconstruction.com/hack.php?id=837
How is this on page 10? WE NEED A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE BUMP
>>729258770torrent
>>729258664Didn't notice CDR came back, thought he was afraid of DMCAs.
>>729258991yup it's in the Metroid Section. Thank you though.
>>729231916Merry Christmas Santanon, good to see you again :)
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Mario Kart Super Circuit 60 FPS patchhttps://romhack.ing/database/content/entry/xlruT_gHReWVM1HtQL3Lmg/
>>729263234Kept seeing that around but I guess it's time it got added.Thank you for the submission
>>729231916bayonetta 2 >1 >>> 3
>>729231916OP, you should add Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers. Very fun freeware racing game.https://www.kartkrew.org/index.html
>>729231916This shit is so lame it's just reposting links from Reddit hench the Black Santa people who play games know this shit already
Cheers anon
>>729263927grinch ass post
>>729263820Sorry for the late respone, went to make food.It was in last year's but I will add it again anyway. Thank you for the submission.
>>729263709nah, first one is still king(queen?)
>>729231916Santanon! Always love contributing the Mario romhacks I find each year. I looked through the other rentry pages and didn't find this one (probably because I didn't want to go through the trouble of finding a direct link) but here's my one submission for now.https://drive.google.com/file/d/1xtWunDOa0JY0uNeYkHPGzFE9Hz856Zjv/viewIt's a hack for Mario Kart Wii called Mario Kart Wii Deluxe. Adds a bunch of new and returning tracks, along with some modified items and online support for emulators. The version I linked is a Riivolution patch, which can be ran through Dolphin or the Riivolution channel by using the original game/iso file (and it includes custom music as a bonus!)Merry Christmas, as always.
Still here, but my activity level may vary.>>7292663352 was fun when I last played it but gonna have to agree that Bayo 1's atmosphere is still unmatched when I replayed earlier this month.>>729266390thank you for the submission. Merry Christmas.
>>729266335bayo 1 end game is kinda sloggish and too many insta death QTE's in the early chaptersunlocks are miserable too
>>729231916good shit
>>729266708I think that's the only thing I really hate about it. I forget if 2 has an equivalent to Father Rodin or not and if it's less grindy.
>>729267124pretty sure every bayo game has a rodin fight no clue about 3, but i know for 2 its also collecting 10mil halos then buying the platinum ticket
>>729267390oh shit, yeah it's been a while since I played so I forgot a lot of shit. The main thing I remember about 2 other than the obvious was that it felt much easier than the first and the time bullshit at the end after beating AesirAnd yeah idk about 3 either. I ended up skipping the game.
>>729267760yeah 1 is for sure harder. it is strange, it feels like they made all the returning angel enemies easier but when they introduced some of the demons, some of them are just on another level of what it asks from the player.
>>729266708i found the ithavol building quite nice as a "final" regular stage since it's a fight after another, even if you need to backtrack for the secret verses, and requiem works nicely as a quick, surpise final stage, which neither 2 and 3's have managed to reach the same kind of hype; sure 2 has reaching the clocktower in the past, but between that and aesir's fight it feels that there is something missing. 3's finale is pretty lackluster not gonna lie, though; singularity's fight itself is its only saving grace, but again, reaching him makes it feel that it lacks something, and i always criticized how they dropped the ball with the whole multiverse thing; at that point in the plot there weren't any alternative universes but singularity should've shat out more enviroments during the fight.the qtes and unlocks weren't that much of a problem for me, thanks that it was the same button everytime, and i replayed the stages tons of times with the gaze of despair equiped to get better ranks.
i need bayonetta 2's jeanne to sit on my face and milk my fucking cock holy shit
>>729267390>>729267760you also have to buy the platinum ticket in 3 for a steep price, but you need to do it once, then the ticket is at the level select screen. rodin is as cheap as a he was in the other two games, but if you get your ass handed by him too many times, his unlocks will appear in the shop.
>Cerulean Crescent made it in Fucking based OP, that's my favorite Fire Emblem romhack of all time and I've played quite a few of them. Honestly it even surpasses most mainline games to me.
>>729268201Definitely the prettiest in the franchise. I remember my eyes lighting up a little when watching the direct live when they revealed her.>>729268217Oh, sounds about right.>>729268245Thanks. I always know how big of a deal Fire Emblem is in the romhacking scene so I always make sure to have at least a few FE things.
>>729231916>>729233801Really based and chad effort anon.Very cool, may you never quit.
>>729231916If this is the last edition, then thank you for all your work across the years OP. I found tons of cool stuff with these.Merry Christmas, and happy new year!
what a fucking queen, i still cant get over her beauty
>>729231916Thanks black Santa.
>>729269328Thank you so much. I can't really say it'll be my "last" last just that I have no idea if I can guarantee consistently doing it yearly anymore.But the direction things are going with the internet is pretty concerning, so if there were one to end it on, I would be glad it was this one just for that final section.>>729269438Look at her go!
>>729231916Romhacking.net exists again, and the new admins (at least claim to) want to do away with all the bullshit people complained about with the old one? Damn, that's great news. Never would have known if not for this thread.
there's a repack of the pc port of megaman legends, it was released a couple of months ago, haven't tested it myself but the thing was posted in rockman cornerhttps://gofile.io/d/crgMiC
>>729270912I learned about it earlier this year when someone posted a Zelda romhack (forget which one).They re-opened the upload system super fucking quietly. I have no idea how shortlived the read only mode implementation was.>>729270969Speaking of Rockman Corner, is there any way to read their translation of Rockman San anymore? Mangadex nuked it and I think their link on their site was broken. Can't read the original anymore either on Young Ace UP.I know there's an official translation now though but the volumes have absurd gaps between releases IIRC. It was an interesting interpretation of the series' post-story and also Roll was insanely fucking cute.
>>729270912cdromance also came back, presumably after booting all the drama-causing trannies. It's truly a Christmas miracle.
>>729231916I've got the translated .cue files for Sakura Taisen and Sakura Taisen II, as well as the translation for Princess Crown. How can I contribute?
>>729238930>>729234583>>729236312a couple of days ago i found that some people ported the solo version of the game (the one for phones)it's on reddithttps://www.reddit.com/r/TWEWY/comments/1n58gtx/twewy_solo_remix_is_on_pc/
>>729272192make a back up because reddit is infamous for having dead links after some time has passed
>>729271278I don't know if it's the specific translation you're looking for, but madokami has it.
>>729272178I think I have the repo for Princess Crown on the list unless it's the wrong one. Also have the one for Sakura Taisen II there.They're kind of easy to miss because the translation section is so fuckhuge this year.But I feel even just raising awareness about it is good enough personally.>>729272331I don't have a preference so I'll check it out. Might also check later on if weebcentral has one of them although I doubt it
I hate to break this to you Santanon, but the Cartoon Network flash game archive was taken down. Does anyone else happen to have a mirror to it? :(
>>729272716Ah shit, thank you for reporting that to me.They should still be on Flashpoint at least in the meantime.
>>729272783No problem, thank you for your service. I look forward to your efforts every year <3
>>729272716oh wow I remember those. crazy someone actually acrhived those
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Night is still young. I'll be here for a little while longer I likely won't be bumping myself much for tonight but I'll still reply to other anons and take submissions. Other anons are also welcome to bump.It won't be for a few hours but if the thread is still up by the time I go to bed, I'll let everyone know and be fully back tomorrow for Christmas Day and update the list with any new submissions.Hope you're enjoying your Christmas so far!
>>729272286true, pcgamewiki also says that this was suposedly done by a discorg group and then later it was shared in reddit, so we don't know if it was leaked, but i can't trust discord groups to keep stuff afloat, it could get shitcanned in the future because of drama or by square themselves (doubt it since they barely care about this game)
>>729275642I'll still never forgive Special K for making their Nier fix exclusive to their Discord. I heard it even got nuked at some point in a fit.It's one of the many good reasons I'm so vehemently against having to join a Discord for shit.
What's the easiest way to patch your games and best place to get roms? I'm completely new to this?
>>729276509Typically they're drag and drop with the patcher programs but there are:Online patchers, RHDN even has one. For xdelta there are patchers as wellFor SM64 they even have an auto patcher on RHDC if you use their emulator (ParaLLEl)
Bumping based santagod
