Tip: Be cautious putting Sprite 9B (Amazing Flying Hammer Brother) above lava. After being "killed", it will still throw hammers until it sinks or goes off-screen.
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Welcome to SMW Central!
Welcome! SMW Central aims to be the Super Mario World hacking site, hosting everything you will ever need in order to create your own hack. We have sections with tons of content including graphics, music, sprites and more - ready to use in your own projects! We also host a big selection of completed hacks, so if you need some inspiration or simply just came here to find something to play, you will surely be satisfied, as well. Over the years, we have built up quite a large community, so if you need help with anything or feel the need to chat with other Super Mario World enthusiasts, be sure to check out our forums where you can join hundreds of friendly users in the discussion of a big variety of topics. Enjoy your stay!
Help getting started
The Getting Started section of our F.A.Q. contains general information about SMW hacking, ROMs and emulation. In order to play a hack from our hacks section, you will need to know how to use BPS patches. If you ever want to create your own hack, be sure to read all the F.A.Q. sections. They contain lots of helpful information! You should also check out our tutorials section where you will find tutorials to help you with many different aspects of SMW hacking.
Lunar Magic
The latest version of Lunar Magic is 3.31, released on September 24th, 2021. You can download it here.
Latest News: Video games, music, guessing, and contests!
Do you like video games? Do you like music? Do you like guessing? Do you like contests? Intersect those four things and you get a VGM guessing contest, happening now. Check it out here.
Latest News: We're not joking! It's time for a 72 hour QLDC!
This announcement may have questionable timing but don't doubt. It's our first 72 hour Questionable Level Design Contest, it's like a 24hoSMW but 3 times as long!
If you would like to participate, check out the contest thread here: Rules & Submissions
Latest News: 24+24+24+24+24 Hour SPC #9 has begun! (3/29 EDIT: Results are in!)
It's time for our musically-inclined users to March (month) over to our newest musically-inclined contest! This time, the theme is Sixth-Generation Consoles! Get ready to port songs from your favorite Atari Flashback and Tapwave Zodiac games! Well, maybe not those systems
Details on the contest can be found here. Remember, you have until Wednesday, March 23rd, 5:00 PM GMT to submit your entries to me!
EDIT: Too lazy to make another news post! Check out voting here! Voting ends Monday, March 28th, 10:00 PM GMT, so don't wait too long!
EDIT2: And for max efficiency, I'm editing this post one more time to say...results are here!!! Check this post for more info!
Latest News: at the beginning of time... there was an Overworld Design Contest 2022
Are you one of those hackers who just loves map making? Designing a silly little overworld for Mario to peruse around? Then this contest is all for you, baby! The Overworld Design Contest 2022 has begun!
After over 3 years since the contest began, The VLDC11 Compilation is finally finished! Thanks to the massive effort from AnEvilGhost and Stivi, you can now play all the great levels from VLDC11 in a single patch, plus enjoy a lovely overworld to boot! View the full release thread HERE.
You can download the full compilation HERE. It should be accepted to the hack section shortly, so long as there isn't any cut-off.
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