Rom Hacks or homebrews worth checking out?

[Razzie.P]

In the Mega SG thread, I learned that this was a thing --

 

Altered Beast Arcade Voice+Alternate Style (Hack) Linkuei v1, Pyron v2.bin

 

 

I checked it out, was impressed, and it made me wonder if there are any other cool rom hacks out there that improve on the exisiting games. Not looking for the wild hacks that change things up entirely, but more of what that one does, where it keeps the gameplay intact, but makes a "better" version though improvements.

 

And on a related note, any homebrew roms that you'd consider "must play?" I know about Tanglewood and Pier Solar, but that's about it.

 

 

[Punisher5.0]

There is a Street Fighter 2 with fixed audio out there. It sounds really good

[derFunkenstein]

There is a Street Fighter 2 with fixed audio out there. It sounds really good

Another vote for that hack. I like to pair it with Pyron's arcade color restoration. There are Super SF2 versions of both the sound fix and the color enhancement. You can install both for either game at the same time.

 

There's also a hit-point restore for Contra Hard Corps. The Japanese version let you get hit 3 times before dying and losing your current weapon, and the hack puts it back.

 

Streets of Rage 3 in the west was also pretty gimped. I greatly prefer the translated Japanese Bare Knuckle 3 hack.

 

Ultimate Mortal Kombat Trilogy adds a ton of guys and sound back to Ultimate MK3. If you like the game, it's worth checking out. Doesn't work on an Everdrive other than Mega Everdrive X7. Works great on my jailbroken Mega Sg.

 

Sonic 3 Complete is a configurable Sonic 3 & Knuckles hack that lets you bring back Sonic 3 music replaced in S&K, rearrange the levels to their original intended order, and lots more.

 

Those are the ones I like the best. I'm sure there are others I've enjoyed, but I can't think of them right now.