
The main change to gameplay in this hack is the addition of Crappy from Super Mario Odyssey which grants players the ability to possess objects and enemies and use their unique abilities to their benefit. Some areas are so easy they’re boring, whereas others require some hyper-specific trick jumps and feats only an expert could pull off without trying 200 times.Super Mario World Odyssey plays nearly identically to the original game and maintains its charm while aiming for interesting and challenging maps in the vein of SMWs award winning level design. The reason it’s not higher in the ranking is simply that the quality of level design varies more than it should. Some of which you’ll have to find by exploring the overworld with a detective’s lens, as the creator made it a point to hide every secret very well. It features 130 stars to collect throughout many custom levels. It adds many levels and showcases a lot of what’s possible through these modifications. Super Mario 64: The Green StarsĪ pretty good option to try out ROM hacks and decide whether or not it’s for you is Kampel64’s SM64: The Green Stars.

I’ll do my part to fan the flames of ROM hacking and share what I think are the 10 best Super Mario 64 ROM hacks ever made. It’s especially impressive considering the weird and frankly antique way the game is coded, which is to be expected from a pioneer of the 64-bit era. I’ve recently gotten into hacks for Nintendo’s classic Super Mario 64 and I can’t help but admire the work put into them. And consider Super Mario 64, arguably one of the best platformers out of Nintendo’s library… it’s got a lot out there. Nintendo is known for being hard on ROM hacking communities, but they endure thanks to the love all of these creators.

It’s made by fans, for fans, and that’s just a beautiful thing.


I’ve always been impressed by the drive of people who create mods and ROM hacks for their favorite games.
