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Let's get #retro! 🤩 ~ 120hoSPC #11 voting is now live!
What if they put Super Nintendo on the NES??? Now you can find out. Come get #retro and vote on which entry is the most 8-bit classic #retro chiptune with 120hoSPC #11 voting, live now!
(don't actually rank the songs based on how #retro they are)
Old-School Level Design Contest 2023 - RESULTS!
OLDC results are live, way sooner than we expected. Check them out by clicking the banner!Super Famicompo 5 Results
The results for Super Famicompo 5 are here! Check them out: https://smwc.me/1630164Latest Content
Ice Mountain
I made this song thinking about ice levels, it can be good in mountains and athletic levels.KSS samples.
Super Mario World (Pre-release) - Rocky Wrench
A Rocky Wrench seen on gigaleak.To be used with this sprite.
Includes a CFG file that uses palette 8.
No credit is required.
SMW The Princess Rescue 3 - The Turnabout
This hack is a direct sequel to two of my previous hacks SMW The Princess Rescue (released 2017) and SMW The Princess Rescue 2:Luigi's Journey(2019).
In those two hacks Mario and Luigi both went… (read more…)
Sir Kibble
An enemy from the Kirby series that will walk back and forth and occasionally toss the boomerang blade from his head.
There are several customisation options in the ASM file, so make sure to check… (read more…)
Captain Toad - Time for Adventure
It's Captain Toad from Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker saying "Time for Adventure" and nothing else.Switch Flags as Conditional Direct Map16 Flags
This simple UberASM library will set the Conditional Direct Map16 flags depending on the !-switches pressed. This allows you to place objects other than the vanilla !-blocks to be affected by… (read more…)
Bullet Bill Sound Effect on Extra Bit
This patch will enable placed Bullet Bills to play a sound effect, when spawned, if their extra bit is set in Lunar Magic (opposed to being silent as usual). Use as an alternative to No Silent… (read more…)ROM Hack Manager v2.1.1
Download, unzip, and patch ROM hacks all in one go!
You can search SMW and YI hacks on SMWCentral's catalogue directly from within the tool. The tool will download, unzip, and patch them… (read more…)
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Titlescreen Reset Block
A block that brings you back to the titlescreen when touched. It also plays SFX.
Yoshi Fireball Block Interaction v1.2
This patch gives Yoshi Fireballs the ability to interact with Layer 1 blocks.
Read the readme for further explanations.
v1.2
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Fixed a bug in the exlevel flag detection that would detect… (read more…)
Translucent Foreground in Vertical Levels
This allows you to simulate the effects of level modes 1E and 1F in vertical levels. There are three variants here: one for Layer 1, one for Layer 2, and one for both.
Super Mario: Blast Off! Demo 2.0 (Whomp Swamp Revision)
This is an updated demo for Super Mario: Blast Off! It is an updated version of Whomp Swamp, with better modeling, and glitch fixes. Included is a patch file for the demo.
Super Mario World 3 - A whole new world
A hack with 5 Worlds and 8 Levels in each world!It starts off easy, but gets harder near the end.
I don't really know what else to write here...
Pirate Goom
This is the Pirate Goom from Wario Land 1, a 32x16 sprite which stays on ledges and takes 2 hits to kill.
Tim Allen's Grunt
I don't think any of us needed this but it's the grunt Tim Allen makes in Home Improvement as a sample. I look forward to seeing it replace the Nintendo Presents jingle.Castlevania: Dracula X - Stage 6 (Clock Tower Rooftop)
A very detailed Clock Tower, ripped straight from Castlevania: Dracula X for the SNES. It was originally going to be used in a level of my hack called Cursed Clock Tower, but since I ran out of ideas… (read more…)