| Thunder Force 3 Hacking Guide | oostyx | A very big hacking document about Thunder Force 3, the best shmup of the Genesis.
Documentation includes data locations, subroutine locations, compression formats explanation, decompression tool + commented sources, objects’ asm code explanat…. | Game Specific | GEN | Thunder Force III | December 2 | Int | 02 Dec 2010 |
| The Way to Get GFX From Other Games Into Your SMW-Hack | FPI Productions | A guide on inserting graphics from other games into Super Mario World using the Lunar Magic editor. | Game Specific | SNES | Super Mario World | 1.0 | Beg | 03 Jan 2003 |
| The Theory of Relative Searching | InVerse | Einstein’s Theory of Relativity is considered to be one of the utmost works of modern genius. Relative searching,
while not quite as awe inspiring, seems to be almost as difficult to grasp for the fledgling ROM hacker. With this
article, I intend…. | Relative Searching | Multiple | N/A | 1.01 | Beg | 22 Aug 2009 |
| The ROM Hacker's Bible | SeRiAlKlR | A very old document on text replacement. | Text Hacking | Multiple | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 01 Jan 1997 |
| The ROM Hack Document | Demiforce | Horribly outdated but one of the first ROM hacking documents.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 anyway. | Text Hacking | NES | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 10 Oct 2010 |
| The Playstation Translation Doc | Cless | A useful document for veteran ROM hackers get their feet wet with hacking PlayStation games.
Includes methods to help get around the differences of hacking a PSX CD’s contents over a typical ROM, and includes some other basic info as well as tip…. | Text Hacking | PSX | N/A | 2.0 | Int | 05 Dec 2005 |
| The Palette Hacking Doc | The Spoony Bard | Toma explains how hacking NES palettes using the NESticle emulator couldn’t be any easier. | Palette Hacking | NES | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 14 May 2008 |
| The P'radikus Conflict | Color Dreams | This is the source code to the unlicensed NES game “The P’radikus Conflict” by Color Dreams, programmed by Jim Treadway and Mike Hunley. File timestamps and source code comments date the source files between April and July 1990.
The…. | Source Code | NES | The P'radikus Conflict | 2.0 | Int | 20 May 1990 |
| The Novice Translation Document | Crazy Child | A very sparse document roughly outlining the translation hacking process using the Pokémon Blue JAP ROM as an example. More useful as a supplemental document rather than a newcomer’s primary source of information. | Text Hacking | GB | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 01 Jan 2000 |
| The Newbie NES Text Hacking | Dark X | A very basic guide to text hacking. | Text Hacking | NES | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 31 Dec 2002 |
| The Newbie NES Palette Hacking Tutorial | Dark X | A document detailing how to hack palettes using the NESticle emulator and a hex editor. | Palette Hacking | NES | N/A | 1.0 | Beg | 27 Dec 2002 |
| The Minus World Explained | doppelganger | A technical explanation for why the Minus World exists. | Game Specific | NES | Super Mario Bros. | 1.0 | Int | 19 Mar 2007 |
| The MetalHead Translation FAQ | MetalHead Hacking Group | MetalHead’s attempt at a translation how-to.
http://metalproject.net/general/rom-hacking-old-doc/ | Miscellaneous | NES | N/A | 0.8 | Beg | 20 Mar 2000 |
| The Mad Hacker's Guide to Pointers (Appendix B) | Gil Galad | An unofficial appendix to the famous pointer document containing some additional information not found in the main document. | Pointer Hacking | NES | N/A | 1.0 | Int | 14 May 2008 |
| The Mad Hacker's Guide to Pointers | MadHacker | A great document detailing how to look for and use NES pointers. | Pointer Hacking | NES | N/A | 1.1 | Int | 01 Jan 1998 |
| The Legend of Zelda Disassembly | Aldo Nunez | Fully commented and labeled disassembly that can be assembled with ca65. | Assembly | NES | The Legend of Zelda | 1.3.0 | Adv | 19 Feb 2021 |
| The Legend of Zelda Debug File | gzip | This is a Mesen debug file that provides a ton of function and data labels that are useful for hacking and debugging The Legend of Zelda. It was originally generated from Aldo Nunez’s Disassembly. Addresses were then c…. | Game Specific | NES | The Legend of Zelda | 1.1 | Int | 21 Jul 2022 |
| The Legend of Zelda (NES) Music Hacking Document | ActionGamer | A music hacking document for The Legend of Zelda on the NES by ActionGamer. | Audio Hacking | NES | The Legend of Zelda | 1.0 | Beg | 18 Jun 2018 |
| The Huge Super Mario Bros. 3 Data for Super NES | insectduel | The BIGGEST document of Super Mario Bros. 3(SMAS) for the Super NES. | Game Specific | SNES | Super Mario All-Stars | 3.0 | Beg | 01 Jan 2005 |
| The Gameboy ROM Hacking Doc | Gideon Zhi | A few details on Gameboy pointers. | Pointer Hacking | GB | N/A | 1.00 | Int | 16 Jun 2009 |
