@@CABROWN I've played a few fan games like this, but I was almost surprised not to see The Lecarde Chronicles 2 on this list, an absolutely fantastic Castlevania fan game. I've not played the first one so I can't vouch for it, but I strongly recommend checking it out.
Thank you for the shout out, it's greatly appreciated. We do our best to try to bring people the classic mega man experience we all know and love with some tweaks for things broken or under-powered. Being a maker style game which is continuously updating things always can happen and we do try to resolve them in a timely manner. There are plenty of Mega Man fan games out there also, so take some time to explore them and have fun with the blue bomber!
I'm pretty sure I remember playing English translations back in the day, though I could be misremembering. On the other hand, they've been out so long that I'd be surprised if they still had gone untranslated until now. I'm sure someone somewhere has done it. I completely agree, though. They're extremely faithful recreations that are worth checking out.
Discovered your channel yesterday, and OH MY GOD I'M IN LOVE. As a huge fan of obscure video games and fan games, this is like an obscure game fan's dream come true. Thank you for shining a light on lesser known projects so that those like me can find more hidden gems that strike our fancy!
another banger you could add to the list is Super Mario RPG: Armageddon. 10/10 unofficial game that adds a mountain of content to expand the game, rather than change it.
I mean, if i made a game and people made fangames from it, i would honestly hate it, if the creator is fine with it, it's fine, but i don't like the concept of you grabbing a creation you don't own and modifying without the creator's permission
@@lopeo2324 honestly, back in the early 2010s, there used to be so many megaman fans that made games because capcom wouldn't do it themselves. Yeah, there's probably something to not like out of this scenario, but megaman, at least, wasn't getting new content; the fans watched their favorite series die out and all the original creators leave Capcom. Some of those creators even tried to make a new megaman-like ip. So the fangames ended up being an excuse for the community to come together and keep this franchise alive
@@kurtisschwartz9870 I don't know, I know I'm probably wrong since most people think the opposite, but I don't like the concept of grabbing someone else's work and making it my own. Be it characters or storylines. It doesn't sit well with me. I mean, I'm not a creative person, so I doubt that is gonna be a problem for me, but still, I don't think I would be too happy
Great round up here. But you forgot Zelda 2 PC enhanced edition. It expands the world and adds lots of cool features. Also AM2R is a legendary Metroid fan game.
Thanks for the spot, as one of the guys working on the NG hack (Deadpool) I really appreciate when someone mentions our hack and a lot more if they like it, it took years, it wasn't easy, but we wanted to do something from fans to fans. We had a lot of troubles and limitations to make it work, and I'm sure we would be never 100% satisfied, but it makes me happy to ser people still enjoy the game. Nice list, I wasn't aware of a lot of those games.
As someone who has a real nes copy of NG and how slick the controls are , you couldn’t have picked a better marriage than deadpool and NG . Respect to you man
If you like Mega Man Maker, check out the Make a Good Mega Man Level games! They used a different engine (though the Megamix Engine is also freely available), and a number of entrants into the contests didn’t exactly succeed at making a good Mega Man level but those games have so much good content. Oh, although Episode Zero wasn’t a contest.
@@Josuh you should! it's very fun. the guy who made it also made a bunch of other fangames, like one where you play as toad ... but they're pretty janky because those were made much earlier. still fun tho.
@@1gnore_me. Yeah I downloaded it shortly after making that comment but didn't make it that far in, what's crazy to me is that it's made in Clickteam Studio so you know this is OLD old, still could though, like the mechanics
Final Fantasy Renaissance. Adds a bunch of new classes, some new content, new mechanics, some QOL updated, achievements.. absolutely worth looking for.
On the rom hack side, Final Fantasy Randomizer is an NES compatible way to play a more modern ff1. It's primarily a randomizer (duh) but it's hugely customizable, and you can fully turn off the randomization for just an updated vanilla experience.
Pleasantly surprised this video didn’t just cover the obvious examples like AM2R, Undertale Yellow, Sonic Roboblast 2, etc. I haven’t heard of most of these and definitely intend to try some out.
@@jude4581 I mean it's one if not the best mega man fan games if not fan games in general. Its basically if mega man was a fps game. It was also made in the same engine as sonic roboblast 2.
Imagine being a Gamer, then imagine being a Fan, then imagine being a Modder, then imagine being a Retro Modder, then imagine the Management of Modding a retro game, then imagine the Time and Efforts. Then imagine the Payment which is 0 ofc.
I remember playing one called Mega Man Revolution, it was a well developed game with original robot masters, a decent story, and a good soundtrack. The only gripe I had with it was having to play it half screen since you couldn’t exit back to the main menu if you had it set to full screen
I saw the hero from Legend of Princess and immediately clicked. I LOVE that game and played it when it was still new. The creator also made Noitu Love 1 & 2. Wonderful library of games and little demos. Love it!
The people who made the Deadpool hack, also made a Contra Deadpool hack, if you prefer Deadpool to be guns-blazing. It's called Deadpool Special Mission.
This is an incredible look at a few unofficial games. I hope you do a video about some other aspects of unofficial games, like randomizers, or "Character in game they're not supposed to be in" mods, which have gotten popular lately
Excellent video! Also another very cool thing about at least some of these games mentioned is that U can play these games on hardware like a modified Wii' U surely can Game on!
Fanmade games are really excellent. Gotta mention Mega Man Unlimited 1(and 2 is upcoming) and Mega Man: Rock & Roll as some of the very best ones that could do with some attention. You definitely can make some more videos on these games though. Gonna add a few more: -Mother 3 fan translation. The most ambitious fan translated game that makes it ridiculous why some company Nintendidn't do it themselves. -Darkwing Duck Advanced. Fixed a lot of the original's issues and added more fun things -Ancient Magic fan translation. A game ahead of its time, but regionlocked for ages. -TMNT Rescue Palooza. Let's just say there's a lot of playable characters once you rescue them -Seiken Densetsu 3 fan translation. There's a reason why Trials of Mana was made, this fan translation grew the fanbase.
Final Fantasy Renaissance built in unity, Zelda 2 remastered built-in game maker, Zelda Doom which is the first Zelda game put in Doom and Dragon Quest plus! Those alone are incredibly awesome
I knew about Simon's destiny for a long time and it's freakin' amazing to play and really widens your mind seeing everything throw Simon's eyes and extremely good!
Wow! Great list! I never knew these games existed. I hope Konami, Capcom, Nintendo, etc... would give these fan-made games a chance. Just for once they would make one of these games official and see how it will take off. It will definitely be history in the making for the gaming industry.
EARTHBOUND HALLOW'S END!! If you're an Earthbound fan who's played the game so many times you could beat it with your eyes closed, you HAVE to check out Hallow's End (especially if you also enjoy Mother 1). It can be a bit grindy but the party is a wonderfully balanced little group of three, and the dungeons and bosses will REALLY test your mettle if you think you're "good at EB" while still being totally fair if you make sure you're prepared and you remember to buff. And it's all wrapped up in a genuinely well put together little microwave meal of a story LOL I genuinely can't believe it was made for a game jam-- I wish it was possible to contact the creator, haha
To anyone who likes the Megaman Battle Network games, Shanghai EXE is a fully fledged new battle network game that takes its character and enemy designs from the Touhou series. It combines mechanics from all over the Battle Network games and pulls it off better than most of the official titles, I can't recommend it enough.
I get that the vibe of this video is retro games, but I just wanted to mention the absurd amount of great Touhou fan games there are. Games like Luna Night, Mystia's Izakaya, and Genso Wanderer really show how much a fanbase can do when the series creator gives them full autonomy.
Pokemon: Fool's Gold is really excellent, it's a reimagining of Pokemon Crystal with redesigned versions of every gen 1 and 2 Pokemon with new types, it's a really fresh way to play through games I'm so nostalgic for
@@shenglongisback4688 You know, I looked up "Ruff Ryder Anthem" to double check I had the right song, however, those two songs use very similar riffs. I agree that "X Gon' Give It To Ya" does sound a little closer to the game.
If I can recommend a game: "Knights of the Zodiac - The Return of the Phoenix" for the gbc it's a great fan game that re-tells the first arc of the anime series, in a 2d ninja Gaiden-y manner, bosses and all. Oh and great list! I didn't know there were fan remakes of metroid 1 and Castlevania, I'll have to check those in the night.
You should check out Cosmo Knight Zion, the same developer is working and has learned a lot since then, it's kind of an homage to Saint Seiya but it's an original IP.
Absolutely loving this list of fan-made games from retro series! The passion and creativity of these developers are truly inspiring. I'm planning to stream these gems soon and will try to connect with the creators for a chat. Keep up the amazing work in spotlighting these projects
Mother: Cognitive Dissonance is my favorite game in the Mother/Earthbound series and it's just a fan game made in RPGMaker. I can't get enough of it. If you're interested check out the 2.XX version, which hilariously enough is an unofficial fan made version of an unofficial fan game. It's inception 🤯
Fan games/rom hacks are simply my favorite branch of gaming niche. I especially love when I can throw a game on an everdrive and play on the original console. Def wasn't familiar with many of these good vid!
Rokko Chan (the best megaman clone but not a nes hack) Extra Mario (Nes hack of Mario but metroid twist) Golvellius : La quete du second (Zelda 1 based on NES engine)
These are great. But, if I were the developers of some of these games, the developers could have taken the IDEAS of these games and just change the title, the characters, the music, the sprites and made it their own so that they won't be dodging Nintendo, etc. Using the IDEAS and creating something new is completely legal.
Gosh I must have played Zelda Parallel Worlds 10-15 years ago, and it was one of the few overhauling hacks I played. When I was really into emulation there were a lot of hacks I didn't see much in the way of whole games made in the engine of existing NES / SNES games. It's great to see people have continued hacking roms and have progressed so far with it!
I've played a few fan games like this, but I was almost surprised not to see The Lecarde Chronicles 2 on this list, an absolutely fantastic Castlevania fan game. I've not played the first one so I can't vouch for it, but I strongly recommend checking it out.
Turns out I'm part of that sub-sub-sub niche, so a higher proportion of these were familiar to me than your normal videos. Still, a few interesting things you brought to my attention to check out! I'm a bit surprised there was zero mention of Zelda Classic or any of the high-quality projects that have come out of it, though that's such a thing it could be a video all on its own. If you haven't heard of it, it's essentially a game design engine built on, well, initially Zelda 1, but now more like the entire 2D part of the series and then some. And there's a sizable community of people who have been making content for it for probably about a decade by now, some of which is incredibly good.
Zelda Classic is actually much older than that (I have a video of a game that can almost vote). And I support your statement: There are many extremely good games on there.
It's unfortunate that the best Fan Games tend to be based on games by Nintendo who are also the most strict when it comes to fan games. All the more of a reason to support these amazing devs. It also shows how great Nintendo games are for inspiring great devs.
Examples: the Super Mario World Hacks (re: Luigi’s Adventure OSE, The Second Reality Project 1 & 2 Reloaded, the New Super Mario World series by Pink Gold Peach formerly known as G. D. and BullyMario respectively, the A Super Mario Adventure trilogy, the Mario Must Die trilogy, Mario Gives Up which is another trilogy, Super Mario Omega, Super Mario 2+3: The Essence Star, Mario’s Mystery Meat because of course, A Plumber for All Seasons, the sequels to The 6th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest, the Classic Mario World trilogy, other hacks by Crash Bandicoot, and yes, he made Mario fan games, the hacks by Gamma V, Mario’s Journey Through Time and Space, Truc Bidule, The Big Boo’s Legion which would be good for the line “Oh damn it!” being a future meme, the Sicari series, The 7 Golden Statues, the Grand Poo World trilogy, Super Mario Horizons, Super Mario Universe, other hacks by Hendog20, Super Mario in Yoshi’s Revenge, Bowser Rampages Again, other custom Kaizo hacks and future hacks I’d love to create like Hold Left to Win, sequels to Luigi’s Adventure OSE: The Lost Levels besides Luigi’s Adventure 3 OSE, etc).
Great video with great suggestions! But I miss the mention of games like Streets of Rage Remake, Golden Axe Returns, TMNT: Rescue-Palooza or Power Bomberman. So, with the other mentions in the comments, you could make a second great video! 😁
You're treating romhacks as if they were illegal in this video, but they're not. They're traditionally distributed as patches you apply to the original rom, which you could, in principle, have gotten by dumping it from a game cartridge you own. What's distributed would then just be a set of edits to be made to that rom. This doesn't break copyright in any way because the modified rom is not being distributed.
Great to see this stuff. I think our gaming future is going to be more and more about returning to the past. I just finished watching a video about how car games have become less fun the more realistic they make them. I long so badly for a new numbered Burnout game!
Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash has been my favorite "unofficial game" . There are things in this Rom that makes you question the real limitations of the Nes
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit, Sonic Before the Sequel, Sonic After the Sequel, and Sonic and the Fallen Star are must-plays as far as unofficial Sonic games go
You are absolutely on point with the intro. These games are very niche and still awesome. Did you have to research these? or are these games something you're passionate of?
Legend of Princess and ZeldaClassic are great. ZClassic has _so many_ user-developed quests with their own plot, dungeons, sprites, etc. I always thought it was pretty awesome how people were creative enough to make Mega Man or Metroid "quests" that still kinda worked within the Zelda framework.
I can't believe you didn't mention super Mario 63. I found more enjoyment out of it than any of the official Mario games I've played (smw is a pretty close second tho)
If you’re into Fire Emblem, there’s a ton of great hacks out there that I think deserve more attention. The Last Promise is one of the more popular hacks, but my favorites currently are Fire Emblem: Souls of the Forest, or the recently completed Fire Emblem: Dream of Five!
Someone took my shout out to FF Renaissance, so I'll shout out a set of fan games similar to one in here -- the Make a Good Mega Man Level titles. (three main, an episode Zero, and a 24hr and 48hr stage set)
for me the only thing that kills me with "fan games" its the color like ether its way to much of 1 color or its bleeding out all over the place but other then that i love them and great vid boss. it was a banger thanks lol glad youtube finally stop sending me content i dont even care about lol subbed!
Part 2 please
It'll happen
Mario eclipse looks like a contender
@@CABROWN I've played a few fan games like this, but I was almost surprised not to see The Lecarde Chronicles 2 on this list, an absolutely fantastic Castlevania fan game. I've not played the first one so I can't vouch for it, but I strongly recommend checking it out.
@@CABROWNcould u mention some sonic fangames
see mario and the rainbow star
One could browse "unofficial games" for a lifetime and never run out of quality stuff. The fans are so passionate!
Yeah.
Literally AI comment
@@philipearakakiOr maybe you spend to much time on the internet and not enough outside. It’s a completely normal comment
Not really you'd see em all after like a month
The only thing one could run out of is patience, yes there’s passionate fans. But there’s also some who make some really, *really* bad games.
Thank you for the shout out, it's greatly appreciated. We do our best to try to bring people the classic mega man experience we all know and love with some tweaks for things broken or under-powered. Being a maker style game which is continuously updating things always can happen and we do try to resolve them in a timely manner. There are plenty of Mega Man fan games out there also, so take some time to explore them and have fun with the blue bomber!
1.9 coming soon? 😉❤
@@jimmichanga88 Yeah. Sometime in September most likely.
I don’t believe they have english versions, but the NES demakes of Mega Man 7 and 8 look to be nothing short of passion incarnate
I'm pretty sure I remember playing English translations back in the day, though I could be misremembering. On the other hand, they've been out so long that I'd be surprised if they still had gone untranslated until now. I'm sure someone somewhere has done it.
I completely agree, though. They're extremely faithful recreations that are worth checking out.
They can be frustrating with no built-in joystick support or save function.
@@timbo_homeslice it is much easier to hack and translate a ROM then a compiled PC executable.
Discovered your channel yesterday, and OH MY GOD I'M IN LOVE. As a huge fan of obscure video games and fan games, this is like an obscure game fan's dream come true. Thank you for shining a light on lesser known projects so that those like me can find more hidden gems that strike our fancy!
Thanks so much! There's way more on the way! 🚂
another banger you could add to the list is Super Mario RPG: Armageddon. 10/10 unofficial game that adds a mountain of content to expand the game, rather than change it.
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit! Haven't had as much fun with a Sonic game since... Mania or Knuckles...? Great stuff.
Mega Man: Rock N Roll is a must play, a true love letter to classic Mega Man.
^^^
Quite literally! When you beat the game, the message is just…
☺️
The soundtrack to that game goes way harder than it has any reason to, and I love it!
@@MattyStarX64 It was beautiful.
Rock and roll ? SO you either play with rock or roll ? AMAZING XD sadly im really bad at rockman games ... im so bad at them XD
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the people that make fan games are the real MVPs.
They actually care about the source material.
I mean, if i made a game and people made fangames from it, i would honestly hate it, if the creator is fine with it, it's fine, but i don't like the concept of you grabbing a creation you don't own and modifying without the creator's permission
@@lopeo2324Why? It's the ultimate compliment to the original developers work and doesn't make the original any less great.
@@lopeo2324 honestly, back in the early 2010s, there used to be so many megaman fans that made games because capcom wouldn't do it themselves. Yeah, there's probably something to not like out of this scenario, but megaman, at least, wasn't getting new content; the fans watched their favorite series die out and all the original creators leave Capcom. Some of those creators even tried to make a new megaman-like ip. So the fangames ended up being an excuse for the community to come together and keep this franchise alive
@@kurtisschwartz9870 I don't know, I know I'm probably wrong since most people think the opposite, but I don't like the concept of grabbing someone else's work and making it my own. Be it characters or storylines. It doesn't sit well with me.
I mean, I'm not a creative person, so I doubt that is gonna be a problem for me, but still, I don't think I would be too happy
Great round up here. But you forgot Zelda 2 PC enhanced edition. It expands the world and adds lots of cool features. Also AM2R is a legendary Metroid fan game.
Zelda 2 enhanced edition is the best Zelda 2 ever made, after playing it you can't return back to the original😄
Thanks for the spot, as one of the guys working on the NG hack (Deadpool) I really appreciate when someone mentions our hack and a lot more if they like it, it took years, it wasn't easy, but we wanted to do something from fans to fans.
We had a lot of troubles and limitations to make it work, and I'm sure we would be never 100% satisfied, but it makes me happy to ser people still enjoy the game.
Nice list, I wasn't aware of a lot of those games.
As someone who has a real nes copy of NG and how slick the controls are , you couldn’t have picked a better marriage than deadpool and NG . Respect to you man
Abobo's Big Adventure is my personal favorite. Lots of funny gags and references to many NES games and the gameplay evolves in unexpected ways.
Wow haven't thought of that in forever. Thanks for reminding me!
Sonic Robo Blast 2 and Dr Robotniks Ring Racers are peak fangames in my opinion. Also they have lots of funny mods.
If you like Mega Man Maker, check out the Make a Good Mega Man Level games! They used a different engine (though the Megamix Engine is also freely available), and a number of entrants into the contests didn’t exactly succeed at making a good Mega Man level but those games have so much good content. Oh, although Episode Zero wasn’t a contest.
if I may recommend a game, psycho waluigi is an extremely polished mario fangame where waluigi gains psychic abilities. very creative & fun.
I was just thinking about that game yesterday lmao, I only saw gameplay of it once but I'm still intrigued by it, need to play it
@@Josuh you should! it's very fun. the guy who made it also made a bunch of other fangames, like one where you play as toad ... but they're pretty janky because those were made much earlier. still fun tho.
@@1gnore_me. Yeah I downloaded it shortly after making that comment but didn't make it that far in, what's crazy to me is that it's made in Clickteam Studio so you know this is OLD old, still could though, like the mechanics
Final Fantasy Renaissance. Adds a bunch of new classes, some new content, new mechanics, some QOL updated, achievements.. absolutely worth looking for.
Was gonna mention this, so glad to see someone already did.
On the rom hack side, Final Fantasy Randomizer is an NES compatible way to play a more modern ff1. It's primarily a randomizer (duh) but it's hugely customizable, and you can fully turn off the randomization for just an updated vanilla experience.
Pleasantly surprised this video didn’t just cover the obvious examples like AM2R, Undertale Yellow, Sonic Roboblast 2, etc. I haven’t heard of most of these and definitely intend to try some out.
What about mega man 8 bit deathmatch?
@@D00M89-jq7ym What about it?
@@jude4581 I mean it's one if not the best mega man fan games if not fan games in general. Its basically if mega man was a fps game. It was also made in the same engine as sonic roboblast 2.
I need to take all of these for a spin. Thanks for putting me onto these, I wasn't aware of MOST of them!
Imagine being a Gamer, then imagine being a Fan, then imagine being a Modder, then imagine being a Retro Modder, then imagine the Management of Modding a retro game, then imagine the Time and Efforts. Then imagine the Payment which is 0 ofc.
That's real passion with no capital motive. Respect doesn't even feel like a strong enough word.
@@CABROWN exactly. I feel the pain because i am also a Modder myself HEHE (But not a Retro Modder though, that's more tough)
you had me at imagine being a gamer
@@CrumbHuntComplete gigidi gigidi alright!!
Imagine if u had a gf.
Deadpool having an 8bit dmx song is perfect
Super Junkoid and Metroid Rogue Dawn look really interesting. Thanks for the tips, La Broivn!
I remember playing one called Mega Man Revolution, it was a well developed game with original robot masters, a decent story, and a good soundtrack. The only gripe I had with it was having to play it half screen since you couldn’t exit back to the main menu if you had it set to full screen
SUPER JUNKOID MENTIONED RAHHHHH
I saw the hero from Legend of Princess and immediately clicked. I LOVE that game and played it when it was still new. The creator also made Noitu Love 1 & 2. Wonderful library of games and little demos. Love it!
The people who made the Deadpool hack, also made a Contra Deadpool hack, if you prefer Deadpool to be guns-blazing. It's called Deadpool Special Mission.
Another Metroid 2 remake is probably the absolute best one that has come out.
It's my favorite metroid, probably because of the randomizer
This is an incredible look at a few unofficial games. I hope you do a video about some other aspects of unofficial games, like randomizers, or "Character in game they're not supposed to be in" mods, which have gotten popular lately
Excellent video! Also another very cool thing about at least some of these games mentioned is that U can play these games on hardware like a modified Wii' U surely can
Game on!
Fanmade games are really excellent. Gotta mention Mega Man Unlimited 1(and 2 is upcoming) and Mega Man: Rock & Roll as some of the very best ones that could do with some attention. You definitely can make some more videos on these games though. Gonna add a few more:
-Mother 3 fan translation. The most ambitious fan translated game that makes it ridiculous why some company Nintendidn't do it themselves.
-Darkwing Duck Advanced. Fixed a lot of the original's issues and added more fun things
-Ancient Magic fan translation. A game ahead of its time, but regionlocked for ages.
-TMNT Rescue Palooza. Let's just say there's a lot of playable characters once you rescue them
-Seiken Densetsu 3 fan translation. There's a reason why Trials of Mana was made, this fan translation grew the fanbase.
Final Fantasy Renaissance built in unity, Zelda 2 remastered built-in game maker, Zelda Doom which is the first Zelda game put in Doom and Dragon Quest plus! Those alone are incredibly awesome
If you ever make a Part 2 I can't help but recommend Mega Man The Sequel Wars! Still in development but - madly promising.
There's also a TON of amazing Pokemon fan games, like Pokemon Radical Red, Pokemon Gaia, and Pokemon Unbound
I knew about Simon's destiny for a long time and it's freakin' amazing to play and really widens your mind seeing everything throw Simon's eyes and extremely good!
Wow! Great list! I never knew these games existed. I hope Konami, Capcom, Nintendo, etc... would give these fan-made games a chance. Just for once they would make one of these games official and see how it will take off. It will definitely be history in the making for the gaming industry.
I love how the unofficial Deadpool game also has the equally unofficial 8-bit DMX song "X gon give it to ya"
One that wasnt mentioned but could very much be one of the best fan games is a game called Psycho Waluigi (its a good twist on a mario platformer)
EARTHBOUND HALLOW'S END!! If you're an Earthbound fan who's played the game so many times you could beat it with your eyes closed, you HAVE to check out Hallow's End (especially if you also enjoy Mother 1). It can be a bit grindy but the party is a wonderfully balanced little group of three, and the dungeons and bosses will REALLY test your mettle if you think you're "good at EB" while still being totally fair if you make sure you're prepared and you remember to buff. And it's all wrapped up in a genuinely well put together little microwave meal of a story LOL
I genuinely can't believe it was made for a game jam-- I wish it was possible to contact the creator, haha
surprised that you didn't mention Power Bomberman, Super Mario Maker WE, Megaman Unlimited, Psycho Waluigi and Metal Slug SB Fanthology
To anyone who likes the Megaman Battle Network games, Shanghai EXE is a fully fledged new battle network game that takes its character and enemy designs from the Touhou series. It combines mechanics from all over the Battle Network games and pulls it off better than most of the official titles, I can't recommend it enough.
If you like Earthbound, "Mother Encore" is a must play. Also, great video!
I get that the vibe of this video is retro games, but I just wanted to mention the absurd amount of great Touhou fan games there are. Games like Luna Night, Mystia's Izakaya, and Genso Wanderer really show how much a fanbase can do when the series creator gives them full autonomy.
It's a bummer that Junkoid isn't an official game. I'd love to play that on my Switch
Pokemon: Fool's Gold is really excellent, it's a reimagining of Pokemon Crystal with redesigned versions of every gen 1 and 2 Pokemon with new types, it's a really fresh way to play through games I'm so nostalgic for
Slightly off topic, but I found it amusing to hear that Deadpool game using an 8 bit rendition of DMX - Ruff Ryder Anthem as its music.
Right artist wrong Song
The song is X gonna give to yah.
@@shenglongisback4688 You know, I looked up "Ruff Ryder Anthem" to double check I had the right song, however, those two songs use very similar riffs. I agree that "X Gon' Give It To Ya" does sound a little closer to the game.
10:06 did that Frankenstein monster just shoot a missle out its elbow??
Yeah, it does that in _Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin_ too.
He also has a machine gun attack lol
that deadpool music.... x gon give it to ya on a nes sound... i like it
4:18 peak game sighted
edit: 5:18 probably my favorite rom hack right here
The 8 bit, X gonna give it to ya during the Deadpool is dope as hell
Oh man this genre is very deep. Mario Kart Remix and C&C Mental Omega aren’t quite this retro but are absolute gems
Great video, next time you use GZDoom go into the video settings and turn off texture filtering though. Blurry bad, extra crispy pixels good!
the mario world rom hack "a plumber for all seasons" was probably the best 2D mario game ever made before mario wonder came out.
Awesome, I am aware of the "fan game" scene, but didn't know most of the games yet. Will definitely check some out
If I can recommend a game: "Knights of the Zodiac - The Return of the Phoenix" for the gbc it's a great fan game that re-tells the first arc of the anime series, in a 2d ninja Gaiden-y manner, bosses and all.
Oh and great list! I didn't know there were fan remakes of metroid 1 and Castlevania, I'll have to check those in the night.
You should check out Cosmo Knight Zion, the same developer is working and has learned a lot since then, it's kind of an homage to Saint Seiya but it's an original IP.
Have you heard of our Lord and Saviour, Megaman 8bit Deathmatch?
Absolutely loving this list of fan-made games from retro series! The passion and creativity of these developers are truly inspiring. I'm planning to stream these gems soon and will try to connect with the creators for a chat. Keep up the amazing work in spotlighting these projects
Hopefully, Megaman X Corrupted will be on a list like this one day....when it gets finished.
Just give it two more weeks.
Súper Mario Bros. Crossover deserves a mention. Even though it’s a Flash game, I still consider it the greatest Nintendo fan game of all time.
Mother: Cognitive Dissonance is my favorite game in the Mother/Earthbound series and it's just a fan game made in RPGMaker. I can't get enough of it. If you're interested check out the 2.XX version, which hilariously enough is an unofficial fan made version of an unofficial fan game. It's inception 🤯
Awesome. Gonna check these out. Really enjoyed Shy Guy Surfing, Abobo's Big Adventure,Super Mario Bros Crossover,Street Fighter vs. Mega Man as well.
One of my favorite games of all times is actually a fan game: Super Smash Flash 2
That Deadpool game with the 8bit X gon give it to ya was hilarious.
Fan games/rom hacks are simply my favorite branch of gaming niche. I especially love when I can throw a game on an everdrive and play on the original console. Def wasn't familiar with many of these good vid!
Deadpool developer here, thanks for showing our project to the others, this year it became a trilogy, you should check out the others 2 mods as well.
Rokko Chan (the best megaman clone but not a nes hack)
Extra Mario (Nes hack of Mario but metroid twist)
Golvellius : La quete du second (Zelda 1 based on NES engine)
I'm an unofficial retro videogame dork.
I'm relatively new to the Undertale fandom but Undertale Yellow was the most beautiful fangame I've ever played.
Really loving the Castlevania revamp myself.
I LOVE Metroid planets, race it every Friday. Fun times, love making rooms and seeing everything made.
X Gon Give It To Ya in Ninja Gaiden?!?!? Wild
These are great. But, if I were the developers of some of these games, the developers could have taken the IDEAS of these games and just change the title, the characters, the music, the sprites and made it their own so that they won't be dodging Nintendo, etc. Using the IDEAS and creating something new is completely legal.
Good job, you rip off artist. You must be real proud of yourself
Castlevania: Holy Relics is one of the best
Gosh I must have played Zelda Parallel Worlds 10-15 years ago, and it was one of the few overhauling hacks I played. When I was really into emulation there were a lot of hacks I didn't see much in the way of whole games made in the engine of existing NES / SNES games. It's great to see people have continued hacking roms and have progressed so far with it!
I've played a few fan games like this, but I was almost surprised not to see The Lecarde Chronicles 2 on this list, an absolutely fantastic Castlevania fan game. I've not played the first one so I can't vouch for it, but I strongly recommend checking it out.
Turns out I'm part of that sub-sub-sub niche, so a higher proportion of these were familiar to me than your normal videos. Still, a few interesting things you brought to my attention to check out!
I'm a bit surprised there was zero mention of Zelda Classic or any of the high-quality projects that have come out of it, though that's such a thing it could be a video all on its own. If you haven't heard of it, it's essentially a game design engine built on, well, initially Zelda 1, but now more like the entire 2D part of the series and then some. And there's a sizable community of people who have been making content for it for probably about a decade by now, some of which is incredibly good.
Zelda Classic is actually much older than that (I have a video of a game that can almost vote).
And I support your statement: There are many extremely good games on there.
Megaman 3d2 and Megaman battle network Zero Crisis by foxclaw are some of my favorites
i already knew about Simon's destiny but i forgot that's what it was called, thanks for reminding me!
It's unfortunate that the best Fan Games tend to be based on games by Nintendo who are also the most strict when it comes to fan games.
All the more of a reason to support these amazing devs. It also shows how great Nintendo games are for inspiring great devs.
Examples: the Super Mario World Hacks (re: Luigi’s Adventure OSE, The Second Reality Project 1 & 2 Reloaded, the New Super Mario World series by Pink Gold Peach formerly known as G. D. and BullyMario respectively, the A Super Mario Adventure trilogy, the Mario Must Die trilogy, Mario Gives Up which is another trilogy, Super Mario Omega, Super Mario 2+3: The Essence Star, Mario’s Mystery Meat because of course, A Plumber for All Seasons, the sequels to The 6th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest, the Classic Mario World trilogy, other hacks by Crash Bandicoot, and yes, he made Mario fan games, the hacks by Gamma V, Mario’s Journey Through Time and Space, Truc Bidule, The Big Boo’s Legion which would be good for the line “Oh damn it!” being a future meme, the Sicari series, The 7 Golden Statues, the Grand Poo World trilogy, Super Mario Horizons, Super Mario Universe, other hacks by Hendog20, Super Mario in Yoshi’s Revenge, Bowser Rampages Again, other custom Kaizo hacks and future hacks I’d love to create like Hold Left to Win, sequels to Luigi’s Adventure OSE: The Lost Levels besides Luigi’s Adventure 3 OSE, etc).
Great video with great suggestions! But I miss the mention of games like Streets of Rage Remake, Golden Axe Returns, TMNT: Rescue-Palooza or Power Bomberman.
So, with the other mentions in the comments, you could make a second great video! 😁
Starting to think so 🤔
You're treating romhacks as if they were illegal in this video, but they're not. They're traditionally distributed as patches you apply to the original rom, which you could, in principle, have gotten by dumping it from a game cartridge you own. What's distributed would then just be a set of edits to be made to that rom. This doesn't break copyright in any way because the modified rom is not being distributed.
Great to see this stuff. I think our gaming future is going to be more and more about returning to the past. I just finished watching a video about how car games have become less fun the more realistic they make them. I long so badly for a new numbered Burnout game!
Never knew about metroid planets, will have to check that out! 😮
Celeste Mario's Zap & Dash has been my favorite "unofficial game" . There are things in this Rom that makes you question the real limitations of the Nes
Sonic Triple Trouble 16-Bit, Sonic Before the Sequel, Sonic After the Sequel, and Sonic and the Fallen Star are must-plays as far as unofficial Sonic games go
I've definitely got to make a follow up, the comments are tearing me apart for neglecting Sonic lol.
Don't forget Sonic Robo Blast 2!
You are absolutely on point with the intro. These games are very niche and still awesome. Did you have to research these? or are these games something you're passionate of?
Revamped was so good, it's a great remake done in GameMaker much like Link is Adventurous
I might just have to look into some of those Metroid and "Metroid" games.
Legend of Princess and ZeldaClassic are great. ZClassic has _so many_ user-developed quests with their own plot, dungeons, sprites, etc.
I always thought it was pretty awesome how people were creative enough to make Mega Man or Metroid "quests" that still kinda worked within the Zelda framework.
Okay, I was expecting Zelda and Mario games, not a damn Deadpool on Ninja Gaiden bones, will surely check that out!
I've had Legend of Princess for years, it's a good recommendation. I need to remember to look into Castlevania ReVamped at some point, too.
Super Mario Star Road by Skellux is the most famous of all rom hacks, surprised it didn't hit this list
I can't believe you didn't mention super Mario 63. I found more enjoyment out of it than any of the official Mario games I've played (smw is a pretty close second tho)
If you’re into Fire Emblem, there’s a ton of great hacks out there that I think deserve more attention. The Last Promise is one of the more popular hacks, but my favorites currently are Fire Emblem: Souls of the Forest, or the recently completed Fire Emblem: Dream of Five!
I had fun with the Castlevania lecarde chronicles series.
I love smbx episodes.
Insane channel bro, new sub
Someone took my shout out to FF Renaissance, so I'll shout out a set of fan games similar to one in here -- the Make a Good Mega Man Level titles. (three main, an episode Zero, and a 24hr and 48hr stage set)
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for me the only thing that kills me with "fan games" its the color like ether its way to much of 1 color or its bleeding out all over the place but other then that i love them and great vid boss. it was a banger thanks lol glad youtube finally stop sending me content i dont even care about lol subbed!
I haven't watched the video yet, but going just by the title, AM2R is the first thing that comes to my mind.
0:48 Well, I guess I am a multilevel dork 😅
Mega Man Unlimited was the best. Such creative ideas on enemies, bosses, stage gimmicks...Maybe a tad bit too hard but still so dang good.