![]() Game Maker (You can use its image editor to create a GIF file or a sprite strip (depending on what version you use), plus it can replace one color with another color and resize the sprites if needed.) pal files that can be used with GraphicsGale, as well as batch resize and mirror images, try using this settings file for 75% size.) It can do things like reducing the number of colors.) GraphicsGale (I apologize that this isn't freeware, but it's what I primarily use when creating the sprite images that I'll insert into Pancakes. Tile Layer Pro (Also included in this zip is a TPL palette file you can use with SOR2&3, for editing other graphics.)Ī Hex Editor of your choice, such as XVI32 or Hex Workshopįighter Factory Classic (To edit color palettes and extract sprites from M.U.G.E.N characters)Īvi4BMP (You can convert GIF files into sprite sheets.) "Now content creators can easily share their custom ROMs with other Mega Drive & Genesis fans giving a new perspective on so many beloved retro titles."Īll mods and hacks can be found via the Sega Genesis & Mega Drive Classics Steam Workshop.Have you always wanted to play as a character you'd like to, in Streets of Rage 2 or 3? Well, look no further! gsaurus has created amazing utilities that let you customize the characters.įix Checksum (gsaurus' tools already fix the checksum automatically, but I'll include this anyways.) The Steam Workshop functionality is a platform to share the wealth of custom Mega Drive & Genesis ROMs out there and support the highly talented and engaged community of modders behind them. "We are not releasing any modding tools with this update. If you want help or tools to make a mod, don't look to Sega. ![]() ![]() Some 'mods' uploaded are simply wholly different games. Interestingly, Sega appear to be letting users police themselves for now, and so far haven't drawn a line between legitimate hacks and copyright infringement. "Ring the Ring is just the hack for you!" Then there's Adrock4's contribution, which is not only the weirdest but, at the time of writing, also the most downloaded of the lot: Streets of Rage 2 Except It Makes That Weird Tim Allen Noise When People Die. "Ever wanted to play as a ring instead of Sonic?" the creator asks in the hack's description. Then there's odd concoctions like TheRavenfreak's Ring the Ring which appears to swap Sonic for, yup, a ring. Both are relatively simple but distinctly cool tweaks. PatricK CruZ's Streets of Fighter series welcomes Street Fighter characters - such as Ryu, Vega and Chun Li - into the Streets of Rage world whereas SMO5's Ecco the Orca swaps the familiar dolphin protagonist out for an orca whale. The former camp boasts tinkerings such as TheBlad768's Sonic 3 & Knuckles Hard Bosses Edition 2 which ups the difficulty of standard end-level bosses, adds entirely new bosses, and introduces nifty features such as "ring insurance" - a bonus which lets players collect 10 rings from checkpoints prior to said end-of-zone boss encounters. Here are few that caught my eye.Īs you might expect, the multitude of hacks and mods range from the sublime to the ridiculous. No, what's exciting is the fact that Sega have added Steam Workshop support to their library of Mega Drive/Genesis games on the platform, allowing intuitive modders to upload and share loads of ROM hacks of the classics. For the most part it isn't all that interesting, even if playing classic games from yesteryear via a drab virtual bedroom against eerie acoustics is your bag. The Sega Mega Drive & Genesis Classics Hub has now arrived on Steam, followings its announcement.
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