Project64 versions 1.6 and 1.7 have been found to contain a vulnerability that allows for a malicious N64 rom file to execute arbitrary code on your computer outside of the emulator. For this reason, we strongly encourage all users to avoid using vulnerable versions of this emulator.
The recommended and officially supported emulator for Romhacking.com is Parallel Launcher.
Other safe emulators include Ares, Simple64, and version 3.0 or later of Project64.
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THE NEW COMPETITION HAS JUST STARTED.
For the first time ever, we have a sponsor.
PirateSoftware is providing generous funding for this competition, making the prize pool much larger than it has ever been. A huge shoutout to him and his community, thank you so much.
It has been six years since the last time we've done a competition for the slide theme. So long ago in fact, that decomp wasn't even available. We believe Slide is a perfect theme for all the potential newcomers looking to create a SM64 hack.
If you are a newcomer do not be discouraged by the competition aspect of this!! All participants who give an honest effort will be rewarded and their work will be showcased on stream as well! Everyone who participates will be a winner.
GUIDELINES [ SLIDE THEME ]
- Create a level (or multiple areas) that provide a start to finish experience related to the Slide theme. You may interpret this however you see fit.
- You should aim to have your submission be beatable in 10-15 minutes of gameplay if you want to guarantee that the voting audience can see all of it.
- Voting will happen with or without the full display of your hack, with exceptions made if the fault of showcasing length is due to the broadcaster.
- All submissions will be screened for approval and streamed live.
- Your entry MUST have been created for this competition for the sake of fairness.
- Your entry MUST comply with Twitch TOS.
- You may only enter once.
- Submit your completed hack here before the deadline.
THE DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS March 31st, 11:59 PM (Pacific Time Zone)
WE WILL NOT ALLOW LATE SUBMISSIONS NOR ALTERNATIVE SUBMISSIONS THIS TIME
WINNER SELECTION: PLEASE READ AS OUR RULES HAVE CHANGED
- We have adjusted the winning criteria and how the winners will be selected for this competition for the sake of fairness and to reduce random chance.
- PirateSoftware and SimpleFlips will decide the top ten winners based off of opinion / criticism / judgment / etc.
- All other placements outside of the top ten will still be decided by audience vote / popular demand.
All hacks will be streamed and voted on at twitch.tv/SimpleFlips shortly after the deadline.
- Exact dates will be announced later.
- PirateSoftware will also be in/out of the streams providing commentary whenever he has time at his own leisure.
The prize pool is a bit modular and will be finalized when the total number of entrants is determined. As of now, it looks something like this:
1st place: $1000
2nd place: $750
3rd place: $600
4th place: $500
5th place: $400
6th place: $350
7th place: $200
8th place: $200
9th place: $200
10th place: $200
All participants/entrants below this will receive the rest of the prize pool with distribution amounts depending on the total number of entrants.
- It is rare for an entrant to be disqualified and denied a participation prize, but it is possible.
- If you follow the guidelines and we believe "An effort was given to learn this hobby" then you will be eligible.
- The final product's quality does not determine eligibility.
HOW TO GET STARTED
- The RHDC Discord is a great place to ask questions for your project and get feedback.
- The SM64 ROM Hacking Guide is a great resource, especially for getting started.
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Hello everyone! The SM64 Romhack Speedrunning Community is currently holding the Winter SM64 Romhack Marathon 2024, a 4 day long marathon consisting of speedruns and showcases from the greatest runners in the community!
The marathon will be held on the SM64Romhacks Twitch Channel over the next 4 days. The marathon schedule can be found at this link: https://horaro.org/wsrm2024/schedule
If you're interested, be sure to check out the marathon LIVE at https://twitch.tv/sm64romhacks from January 2-5!
If you ended up missing the live marathon, all runs will be uploaded to our YouTube Channel shortly after the marathon! https://www.youtube.com/@sm64romhacks28
We hope to see you there!
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Results are out! This competition saw a record-shattering 82 hack submissions! Congratulations to everyone who placed in the top eight, and thank you very much to everyone who participated, either by voting during the streams, submitting hacks, or both!
Competition Page
Results Spreadsheet
Highlights Videos
Archived Streams
Expect prize money to be delivered around December. No results video has been made yet. (This does not signal an end to Highlights videos for this competition.)
Hello! The SM64 ROM Hacks Server is hosting the second annual SM64 Romhack Speedrunning League! The league is an event where players will be drafted for a team, and you will have 1.5 months to gain points for your team by achieving Personal Best times in a group of hacks! The hacks chosen for this league will be:
Mario's New Earth
SM64: The Green Stars
and Ztar Attack Rebooted!
This event will start with a draft on September 16, where a group of captains will choose what players they want on their team. After the draft, players will have until October 31 to get the best times they can in those three hacks!
Of course, all runners of all skill levels are welcome! The point system has been tweaked since last league, so players of lower skill levels can still get lots of points by doing more categories! If you've ever been interested in Romhack Speedrunning and wanted to try it out, this event is a great opportunity for everyone!
If you are officially joining the event and would like to be drafted to one of the teams, please fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/X4TgzdVws5Yb7Jci7
This event is being held in the SM64 ROM Hacks Discord Server, so be sure to join with this link https://discord.gg/BYrpMBG if you are interested in joining the event, and be sure to check out the #speedrun-league-announcements channel for more information!
Hello! The SM64 Romhack Speedrunning Community is currently holding a bi-yearly speedrunning marathon, known as the Summer SM64 Romhack Marathon 2023! This is a 4 day long marathon with tons of speedruns and showcases from some of the greatest runners in the community!
The marathon will be held on the SM64Romhacks Twitch Channel over the next 4 days. The marathon schedule can be found at this link: https://horaro.org/ssrm2023/schedule
If you're interested, be sure to check out the marathon LIVE at https://twitch.tv/sm64romhacks from August 3-6!
If you ended up missing the live marathon, all runs will be uploaded to our YouTube Channel shortly after the marathon! https://www.youtube.com/@sm64romhacks28
We hope to see you there!
SimpleFlips' next competition is starting! The theme is TROLL:
Create a hack that lives up to the definition of trolling. Bait the player into falling for your tricks, use mind games to stay one step ahead, and make everyone laugh at your ingenious shenanigans or facepalm at how obvious they should have been. However you prefer to troll is fine so long as it adheres to the rules:
- Your entry MUST have been created for this competition for the sake of fairness.
- Your hack should try to aim around a single stage / showcase. If your hack takes over half an hour - it may not be finished depending on the amount of entrants.
- Please avoid controversial topics. If your hack is not stream appropriate, you will be disqualified.
- You may only enter once.
- Your hack MUST be submitted NO LATER THAN AUGUST 11th. LATE ENTRANTS WILL BE IGNORED.
All hacks will be streamed and voted on at https://twitch.tv/simpleflips shortly after the deadline.
PRIZES:
1st place: $300
2nd place: $250
3rd place: $200
4th place: $150
5th place: $100
6th place: $100
7th place: $100
8th place: $100
Many runner ups will also receive $50 depending on how many people enter. Many other participants will receive $20 under the presumption that "genuine effort was given to your project."
Submit your hack here once it's complete: https://romhacking.com/submit
A new update has just been deployed, and you may now enhance your account security by enabling multi-factor authentication. A new Account Security page has also been added, which you can access by clicking on your avatar in the top-right (while signed in) and clicking Account Security. A Parallel Launcher update will be released shortly to allow it to continue to work on accounts with multi-factor authentication enabled.
A bug that was preventing jsml files from being uploaded as star layouts has also been identified and fixed. If you previously had issues trying to upload a .jsml layout for a hack, try again, and it should work now.
Finally, our privacy policy has been updated. The following line has been added to the Use of personal information section:
Your location may be inferred from your IP address for the purpose of showing your login location on the Account Security page.
This Friday, on March 17th, ROMHACKING.com will be hosting the next Mario Jams SM64 ROM hacking competition. This competition is not related to the competitions held in the past by RHDC or SimpleFlips, and is not organized by either. Mario Jams is instead a smaller ROM hacking community, organized by myself (
These competitions last only one week between the announcement of the theme and the deadline, encouraging smaller, more experimental hacks where you can test your limits and try new things. Even if you've never made a ROM hack before, you're very much welcome to join and submit something - it's much lower stakes, and much less of a commitment. There are no prizes because of this.
On Friday, March 17th at 5 PM Eastern Time, the theme for this competition was revealed at https://www.twitch.tv/mariojams, and submissions opened at the same time. Submissions will close at midnight the night of Saturday, March 25th.
SUBMIT HERE: MARIO JAMS 6 - FAÇADE COMPETITION
On the evening of Sunday, March 26th, all of the hacks that have been submitted will be played on the same channel, https://www.twitch.tv/mariojams. They will be played by
I hope to see you at the reveal stream! Be sure to join the Mario Jams Discord server to stay up to date on this competition, as well as to show off progress on your hacks.
You can watch the teaser trailer for this competition here.
Also, you can find the VOD for the theme reveal stream here.
Welcome to the new and improved RHDC website. This update was mostly focused on rewriting the website to clean up a lot of technical debt and make it much easier to develop for in the future. That being said, there are some new features:
• Hack authors can now specify their hack's level of console compatibility. I would encourage everyone who has made a console compatible hack go and update your hack versions now to set their console compatibility.
• There is now a second leaderboard specifically for Kaizo hacks
• You can now see the placements of hacks on the competitions page. If your hack placed in the top 5, you will see a badge on your hack page
• You can now change your username from your user profile page (limited to once every 6 months)
• You can now change your password from your user profile page
• Your play time is now visible on your user profile. You can also see your play time on individual hacks.
• The hack submission process has been entirely revamped and streamlined
• Email verification is no longer required to sign in; however, you will need to verify your email before you can comment on hacks or submit your own hacks.
This update also removed the forums. The forums were very rarely checked by staff and moderators, and it was redundant with the much more active Discord server. If you have any questions or suggestions, you can join the Discord linked in the side panel.
Our privacy policy has also been updated.
If you encounter any bugs with the new website, please report them in the #bug-reports channel of the Discord.
Also, the new website (not the server, just the frontend) is open source. If you are interested in the technology behind it, you can see it at https://gitlab.com/mpharoah/rhdc-client
The deadline for the Dream Themed Level Competition has been extended by ONE WEEK! The new deadline is September 10th and hacks will be streamed on the 11th.
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