Beopat | Januschan | Can create executable patch files which take the complication out of patching files for people playing your hack. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.0 | 25 Jan 2001 |
ChaoSaX RXL | Saxman | This utility deals with RXL (ROM eXtension Library) patches which contain more functionality than IPS patches. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 0.16 | 04 Jul 2002 |
IPS | WaveMaster / SCePTiC | This is the defacto standard in IPS patchers. It was the best of its generation in the mid 90’s and it’s so good that people are still by and large using it today. | Patching | N/A | N/A | DOS | 1.2 | 06 Aug 1993 |
IPS EXE | Jay | A handy little utility which will convert IPS files into executables. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.5 | 28 Apr 1998 |
IPS Maker | Dax | An old IPS patch maker. | Patching | N/A | N/A | DOS | 4.04 | 03 Apr 1993 |
IPS Patcher | Chris Wright | This is a basic IPS patcher for Macintosh. | Patching | Multiple | N/A | Mac OS | 1.0.5 | None |
IPS Wiz | Secteur 51 | This is another IPS patching/creation utility. It’s in French and seems to be based on UIPS. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 2.0 | None |
IPS XP | Tenchi | A very capable IPS patcher with a nice GUI. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.11 | None |
IPSelect | Pelrun | Can apply sections of an IPS patch to a file without applying the entire file. Useful if you need to test various parts of a patch to find bugs. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.0 | 27 Jun 2000 |
IPSMac | Michael Kitch | This is an IPS patching utility for (Classic) Macintosh users. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Mac OS | 2.1 | 31 Oct 2008 |
IPSWin | Z.e.r.o | ***THIS PROGRAM IS FAULTY***
Due to bugs, header assumptions, and no support for RLE, it ***WILL NOT PATCH CORRECTLY*** in some cases!
As a community service, this download has been removed. [url=http://www.romhacking.net/utiliti…. | Patching | Multiple | N/A | Win | 2.0 | 09 Jul 2000 |
SegaTool | The M.C.A. | A tool for Sega ROMs. Handles things such as region changing, ips patch creation and patching, and other functions useful to copier owners and hackers. | Patching | Multiple | N/A | DOS | 1.02 | 09 Aug 1995 |
SNESTool | The M.C.A. | A tool for SNES ROMs. Handles things such as IPS patch creation and patching, PAL/NTSC hacks, and other functions useful to copier owners and hackers. | Patching | SNES | N/A | DOS | 1.2 | 12 Feb 1996 |
Ucon | Chicken / chp | A ROM conversion, IPS patching, and general information gathering utility for SNES and Genesis roms. | Patching | Multiple | N/A | DOS | 1.41 | 01 Oct 1994 |
UIPS | William Kyngesburye | This is a Mac OS X port of Neill Corlett’s UIPS.
It is a PPC Cocoa application, but it runs under Rosetta. | Patching | Multiple | N/A | Mac OS X | 1.0 | None |
IPSP | Mike Chambers | This IPS patching utility allows optional saving to a NEW file instead of just overwriting your original ROM. Written in Qbasic with source code included. | Patching | N/A | N/A | DOS | 1.0a | 23 Nov 2005 |
Lunar IPS | FuSoYa’s Niche | Lunar IPS is intended as an easy to use, lightweight IPS patch utility for Windows to replace DOS program. It can both create and apply IPS patches. | Patching | Multiple | N/A | Win | 1.02 | 03 Jun 2010 |
PatcheRL | Sephiroth87 | This tool will let you patch your .nds ROM file with a .pds patch file. | Patching | NDS | N/A | Win | 0.1 | 05 Apr 2006 |
FEP | kuma | Tool for applying FireFlower format patches. FireFlower is a textual patch format often used for graphic or color hacks. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.00 | 16 Mar 2000 |
FPM | kuma | Tool for creating FireFlower format patches. FireFlower is a textual patch format often used for graphic or color hacks. | Patching | N/A | N/A | Win | 1.00 | 16 Mar 2000 |