Alyssa's Unlikely Trap is a darker, alternate-timeline retake on the original SMW. You can expect it to vaguely retain the original SMW locations and gameplay, but... corrupted, in many ways. (Just who is this mysterious Alyssa the Boo? Tee hee hee...) While there is a bit more storyline than your average Mario game, this is still primarily a level design hack.
Sonic the Hedgehog (also know as Sonic 4) is an unlicensed game for the SNES by Peruvian scene organization Twin Eagles Group. It is, actually, a hack of Speedy Gonzales: Los Gatos Bandidos. Notable features include Sonic's new ability to kick, and missions to free Mario from cages (upon which the latter exclaims his name).
Platform / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
This is a complete hack of Super Mario World. Don't expect any new graphics here; this game is all about the level design. All the levels and worlds are new, and some of the worlds have themes not present in the original game, such as a water world and an ice world.
Rockman 5: Double Jumper is a hack that features a new skill for Rockman, the Double Jumper (press the jump button on mid-air to perform it, like Forte and Zero). The hack also features: - new level designs - new boss move patterns - new weapons behavior
Super Mario Star Road is a rom hack of Super Mario 64 and can be considered a sequel to that very game. It contains over 120 stars, more than 30 new areas, nearly 50 new tunes, and many other new features.
For the past seven years, SMW Central has held a vanilla level design contest every spring. “Vanilla level design” refers to using only Lunar Magic to create your level - that is, no custom blocks, no custom sprites, and no custom code of any sort. They eventually began allowing people to use custom music, but this is not factored into their score. Once they finished designing their level, they would submit an IPS file, it would get judged + ranked, and that would be the end of it. This year, however, S.N.N. decided to assign resources (secondary exits, Map16 slots, etc) to users with the intention of putting all of their levels into a ROM and essentially creating a full hack out of it. The hack features 82 submitted entries and 4 switch palaces, which makes a grand total of 86 levels for you to beat. All of the levels are open from the start - you can play them in any order you’d like. To help you keep track of your progress, the game autosaves on the world map and beating a level will give you an “M” in the top right corner of the overworld. As a disclaimer, the levels are organized on the overworld by theme, and not by ranking. This means that the quality of the levels might fluctuate dramatically from one to the next (e.g. having a 70th place entry directly before a 12th place entry). The bottom 8 and top 8 each have their own world, however, so it’s easy to distinguish them from the rest.
The citizens of Mobius just can't seem to catch a break. Dr. Robotnik (AKA Eggman) is yet again up to his no good tricks. Factories and pollution are spreading like wildfire as he's once again trying to take over the world. Fortunately, the Sonic Heroes are never at rest, and once again wage their battle to defeat Eggman's evil forces. However, the heroes have landed in double jeopardy. Eggman's madman descendant, Eggman Nega, has escaped from the Ifrit's dimension, and is wreaking his usual havoc in an effort to destroy the world. He's even captured Eggman's top three lieutenants, the ruthless Team Metallix, and reprogrammed them to do his even more evil bidding. Unlike previous instances of Nega's destruction, Eggman is not fazed. He figures that once he's in control of the world, he can take care of Eggman Nega as he pleases. Unfortunately for Eggman, Sonic the Hedgehog isn't having that. Before he can decide who to dispatch where, he receives a call through the communicator Tails gave him. The message: someone's already on the case. Not just someone, but someones! Apparently, Sonic's very own sister, Sonia the Hedgehog has already caught wind of Nega's evil and is out to stop him. Sonic is a bit eased, knowing full well of his sister's strength and agility. She also lets him know that she has found and teamed up with a mysterious young hedgehog who can move things with his mind. Sonic instantly recognizes that Sonia is with his newest ally: Silver the Hedgehog. Silver has once again traveled through time to ensure that the future is free of Nega's tampering (though he really ought to just stay here in the present, you know). Knowing that the two hedgehogs are more than capable of handling the situation, Sonic leaves it to them, and resumes dealing with Eggman. Eggman Nega is well aware that Sonic is busy with his dimwitted ancestor. However, he'd do best not to overlook a certain factor. The S Factor, Sonia and Silver! It's up to you to lead the unlikely tag team of the physically powerful Sonia, and the psychokinetic Silver on their quest to right the wrongs of the evil Eggman Nega!
Mario's New Earth is a ROM hack/mod of Super Mario 64 created by PixelSM64, with 125 Stars.
Sunshine Secret Book 64 is a ROM hack released on December 2, 2019 by Dan-GPTV. The hack has 40 Shine Sprites to collect, and they are spread across 5 main levels and 3 secret levels. This hack has multiple custom objects in it.