 XLate | Planet X Software | A classic text editor with plenty of additional features for romhacking. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | DOS | 3.0pre | 24 Dec 1997 |
| chFile | rwonsik | This is a Polish language hex editor written in Delphi.
Options
- Changing pointers.
- Show the length of text when translating (This is useful in the Zelda: Oracle games).
- Many other options for translating gam….
| Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.0.1 | 27 Apr 2005 |
| UniROM | _Bnu | This is an older hex editor with support for DTE, MBE and a few other features. It was good in it’s time but not so useful now. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | DOS | 0.60 | 23 Oct 1998 |
| WindHex32 | Bongo` | This is an all in one utility written by Bongo’ of Stealth Translations (now Dynamic Designs). It’s becoming the preferred base ROM hacking tool as of late 2006 (updated as of 2018). It’s many features include table making & handl…. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Win | 2018.8.2 | 29 Jul 2007 |
| Hexposure | Djinn | Completely rewritten version of good old Hexposure. Now it’s compatible with Windows XP. This is an UNOFFICIAL version written by Djinn and not the original author.
Best Hex Editor for MS-DOS and now works in Windows XP.
New features: Two …. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Win | 3.666 | 30 Apr 2008 |
| Thingy32 Unofficial Locale Fix | Tauwasser | This is a fixed version of Thingy32 that changes the behavior of file reads. The original thingy32 version would crash if the computer’s locale supported more than 256 characters (Japanese, Chinese etc.). This behavior was changed and all other …. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Win | 0.1.0.10 | 15 Nov 2008 |
| Cygnus Hex Editor | Soft Circuits | The fastest and easiest hex editor is now available for free! SoftCircuits has made a version of its Cygnus Hex Editor available to the public as a free hex editor. There is no charge and no catch. Simply download the program and start using it today…. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.00 | 09 Oct 2005 |
| Nightmare 2 | Hextator | A revision of the original Nightmare, which is a program that parses text files into GUIs for editing files they are made for by textually describing locations of data in those files and how they should be edited.
Obviously, as a revision, this ap…. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Java | 20111218 | 18 Dec 2011 |
| DataWorkshop | Martin Pape | Summary
DataWorkshop is an editor to view and modify binary data. The editor provides different views which can be used to edit, analyze and export the binary data. A simple hex view can be used to simulate a standard hexeditor but more com…. | Hex Editors | Multiple | N/A | Java | 1.1 | 12 Jul 2004 |
| Hex Master | Fernando Aires Castello | This is a nice little Java program I’ve made, which you can use to dump and edit binary files (such as game ROM images). This version is available in PORTUGUESE language only. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Java | 1.0 | 01 Feb 2010 |
| HexTraImp | Urbano Pereira da Silva | The tool HexTraImp is a stand alone java command line tool, based on reading, writing and overwriting data in files in hexadecimal level.
The HexTraImp is a simple tool composed of only two options, import and export data hexadecimal.
Purposes of…. | Hex Editors | Multiple | N/A | Java | 1.0 | 20 Oct 2013 |
| Arabic Script Convertor | A7mad | A tool used to convert raw Arabic text to text using letters more compatible with hex editors, with an option to generate directly hex data to copy to your favorite hex editor.
It’s not really a full-fledged hex editor in the sense that it do…. | Hex Editors | N/A | N/A | Win | 3.0 | 10 Oct 2014 |
| Tiny Hexer | Markus Stephany | If you need a modern and table-compatible Hex Editor, this is a good option.
Create your own table: Options - Plugin Settings - Custom Character Translation Table
Load your table: View - Character translation - Custom translation | Hex Editors | Multiple | N/A | Win | 1.8.1.6 | 30 Jul 2012 |
| Hexecute (Crash Fix Version) | NightWolve | Hexecute seems to have been abandoned by its creator, Mike Walston, and is about 10 years old since this release. It used to work well enough for doing quick searches of Japanese text (when you wanna find an offset), but couldn’t open anything …. | Hex Editors | Multiple | N/A | Win | 3.10 | 16 May 2012 |
| wxMEdit | JiaYanwei | wxMEdit is a great cross-platform Text/Hex Editor written in C++ & wxWidgets.
wxMEdit is an improved version of MadEdit which has been discontinued.
wxMEdit can edit files in Text/Column/Hex modes, and supports many useful functions, e.g. Boo…. | Hex Editors | Multiple | N/A | Win | 3.1 | 13 Mar 2016 |
| Sonic One Music Editor | Fuzzbuzz | Sonic One Music Editor (SOME) is a utility by fuzzbuzz that can edit voices in clean Sonic 1 ROMS, as well as individual .bin songs.
SOME includes the ability to import voices from a Yamaha DX11 / DX21 / DX27 / DX27S / DX100 / TX81Z system exclusi…. | Hex Editors | GEN | Sonic the Hedgehog | Win | 1.0 | 04 Dec 2020 |
XLate
chFile
UniROM
WindHex32
Hexposure
Thingy32 Unofficial Locale Fix
Cygnus Hex Editor
Nightmare 2
DataWorkshop
Hex Master
HexTraImp
Arabic Script Convertor
Tiny Hexer
Hexecute (Crash Fix Version)
wxMEdit
Sonic One Music Editor