

A challenging and revised Kanto, with an extended story, harder difficulty, all legendaries obtainable. 386 Pokemon, every hero, gym leader, and popular characters from the first three generations (including the anime) all making an appearance.

Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Indie / Action / Fantasy
Pokémon Unbound is a fan-made ROM hack of Pokémon FireRed that offers an enriched and modernized Pokémon experience. Set in the Borrius region—a land with a tumultuous history marked by a past war with the Kalos region—the game follows your journey to prevent the resurgence of a sealed dark force that once threatened the land.

Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Zelda: Sands of Time is a ROM hack of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (64). It features new worlds, power ups, enemies, story, quality of life improvements and more.

Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
A complete The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past hack. Everything is brand new. Dungeons, overworlds, etc. It even has new music! This hack does a fantastic job of letting you re-live the old classic while adding a new degree of difficulty that challenges even the elite!

Role-playing (RPG) / Action / Fantasy
Pokémon Jade is a bootleg/pirate game which is a mod of Keitai Denjuu Telefang Speed Version. Its counterpart is Pokémon Diamond (the bootleg, not the official game by Nintendo).

Role-playing (RPG) / Turn-based strategy (TBS) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Pokémon Prism is a super customized Pokémon Crystal mod that takes place in a previously unexplored region. It contains new mechanics unseen in its inspired franchise, while refining existing gameplay. Boasting an expansive landscape to adventure in filled with unique challenges, fresh areas to explore, and new ways to play, Pokémon Prism is an entirely new experience that gamers of all ages are sure to enjoy! Pokémon Prism was planned to be released on December 25, 2016. It was cancelled several days prior to release, on December 21, following a cease and desist by Nintendo in which all the developer's ROM hacks were pulled offline, but later leaked onto the Internet.

Role-playing (RPG) / Turn-based strategy (TBS) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
Pokemon Stranded departs from traditional Pokemon games in a number of ways. To begin with, there are no Gyms or traditional Pokemon Trainers, no badges, no Pokemon Centers or Marts, and so forth. In addition, the game’s main story will be relatively short and straightforward, but there will be thousands of side stories to follow along the way. The majority of game updates will focus on adding new side quests.

Role-playing (RPG) / Adventure / Action / Fantasy
A mod of Pokémon Crystal featuring a completely new Pokédex designed by drearyterminarch. There are new trainers to face, an amped-up level curve, features from newer games like the Fairy-type and physical-special split, and a number of QoL features to make the Johto region feel fresh and interesting to explore.

Role-playing (RPG) / Action / Fantasy
Book of Mario is a text-hack of the Paper Mario (Nintendo 64) created by Fatguy703 and his fans. The text within the game is produced by oscillating translations several times (with Google Translate) to change the dialogue, creating a very different plot from the original game. The game also has a new badge added, which was only obtained via hacking.