| Here is a collection of all the best ROM hacking/translation texts. Please direct all PAGE questions to Taichou. anything else will be deleted. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6502 Microprocessor | ????? | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | Documentation of the 6502 Microprocessor used in such systems as the NES. This is why you get ignored when you ask people to teach you assembly. |
| A 65816 Primer | Brett Tabke | ?.?? | ??/??/97 | Information on the 65816 processor used in the SNES and other systems. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Name Tables Doc | Johnie Do | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | When tiles are used in two different places it can cause a problem. Name Tables allow you to fix that. |
| Final Fantasy IIj save editing | Nanaki | 0.5 | 03/30/99 | Final Fantasy IIj save editing |
| Final Fantasy IIj save editing | Sojan | 1.0 | 06/17/99 | Final Fantasy IIj save editing (again) |
| The ROM Hack Document | Demi | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | Horribly outdated but one of the first ROM hacking documents. This file still has a lot of good technical information that you won't find in other documents, so I recommend reading it anywayz. |
| Jair's ROM Hacking Tutorial | Jair | 1.0 | ??/??/?? | Great doc that covers most topics of translating and hacking. |
| Zdawg's NES ROM Hacking Document | Zack Lopez | 0.65 | ??/??/?? | Covers such topics as table creation, Japanese text dumping and script extraction/insertion w/ formats for beginners & dummies alike. |
| Czar Dragon's LZW Compression Doc | Czar Dragon | 1.0 | 04/04/99 | Shows examples and explains how LZW compression is used. |
| ROM Hacking and Nesticle | Lanny Cox | 1.0 | 01/24/00 | Easy explanation of NES hacking |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacking Your Way to Superstardom with the NESticle Emulator | AC2K | 1.2 | ??/??/?? | A good document for beginners on how to hack the graphics of NES games using Nesticle. |
| How To Edit 16x16 Tiles | David Timko | 1.2 | ??/??/?? | Slightly outdated but still good information on editing 16x16 tiles which are the graphics tiles commonly found in SNES games such as the Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest series among others. |
| How To Start Hacking Your Own ROMs | Kasady | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | Somewhat outdated but still contains useful information on hacking graphics in NES games with and without VROM. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Palette Hacking Doc | Toma | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | Short document on NES Palette hacking. Includes a helpful color chart which displays all 64 of the NES's available colors. |
| Palette Modifications of an NES file using a Hex Editor | AC2K | 1.8 | ??/??/?? | Good documentation on modifying NES palette files. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mad Hacker's Guide to Pointers | Mad Hacker | 1.1 | ??/??/?? | Excellent document on finding and hacking pointers. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relative Searcher 2.4 Tutorial | Jair | ?.?? | 10/13/98 | Good document on finding text and pointer tables using Relative Searcher 2.4. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hacking Save States | The Spook | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | Good document on hacking extra lives and RPG inventories for any game. Unfortunately, the graphics are missing, but the information is still useful. |
| FF1 STA Hacking Guide | Tekno T | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | FF1 STA Hacking guide, which changes character stats |
| Seiken Densetsu 3 SRM Hacking | Jair | 0.90 | 8/09/99 | A guide to hacking a SD3 SRM. It explains how to change stats, class, magic, and other stuff. |
| Title | Author | Version | Last Updated | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNES Hacking for dummies. | Taichou | 1.0 | ??/??/?? | Very basic document on changing un-compressed text in a snes rom. |
| Changing a NES Game's Text | AC2K | 2.0 | ??/??/?? | Good document on the basic techniques of text hacking. |
| How to Hack ROMs Without a Hex Editor | Toma | ?.?? | ??/??/?? | Interesting document on changing NES text without using a hex editor. Handy for when you're on a computer without one or for ppl who are scared of hex editors. |