hacking ROMs

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 3:25 pm

hey, does anyone know how to hack MAME roms? i thought of a great idea today, muppet kombat. what language(s) do I need to know?

timmeh87 · Post by **timmeh87** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:08 pm

just replacing the sprites? probably no language if you can find a tool someone else made, or a simple guide.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:26 pm

timmeh87 wrote:just replacing the sprites? probably no language if you can find a tool someone else made, or a simple guide.

just sprites, changing words, taking out the language.

Post by **bicostp** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:32 pm

If you use a console version you can use a program like Tile Layer Pro to change the sprites. (I don't know but every arcade game is probably different.) Text can be changed using a hex editor. It's not easy.

It helps if you start off with NES or GBO games and work your way up.

Bibin · Post by **Bibin** » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:47 pm

TLP works with some mame roms, like The Simpsons (use the NES format)

Harshboy · Post by **Harshboy** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:55 am

Gameboy games are actually very easy to hack, try doing some of those first to gain experience with HEX Editors.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 8:28 am

would it be easier just to write my own fighter in c++?

Post by **bicostp** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:50 am

No, not by a long shot.

I learned from this guide:
http://www.nesplayer.com/database/info/ ... omdoc.html

It covers the basics and has a pretty handy color table for the NES pallete. Most of the tools it uses run in DOS but the same general ideas can be applied to Win32 programs.

Start off like everyone else: change stuff around in Super Mario Bros.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:51 am

bicostp wrote:No, not by a long shot.

I learned from this guide:
http://www.nesplayer.com/database/info/ ... omdoc.html

It covers the basics and has a pretty handy color table for the NES pallete. Most of the tools it uses run in DOS but the same general ideas can be applied to Win32 programs.

Start off like everyone else: change stuff around in Super Mario Bros.

Thanks!

thats what I figured I would do, make hamburglar bros or something like that

question: When I look at the ROM, everything appears in a blue tint (the tiles) the game is still the same, but will this matter? everything is a red tint in the guide

EDIT: nevermind.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:44 pm

I did some stuff on mario. I knew it would be way to hard, but I than moved on to the SNES version of Mk.

I had no clue what was going on lol. there was so many "tiles" in that game it wasnt funny.