The final installment of the IQ series, The Revenge of the Einstein, includes some of the most difficult block puzzles ever created in a Zelda game. The already existing puzzles from the IQ and Conker, which were considered to be of a better design, were used in this game and remodeled to be even more difficult, yet some rare puzzles are brand new.
A very short hack with very difficult riddles, which will test the limits of your intellect, while still being beatable if you invest enough time into solving. The hack also has some “breathing rooms”, in which you don’t need to think much to proceed.
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.
Plot: While Mario & Luigi were chasing after Bowser's minions, they find a way into the Subcon. While they're there, they hear that Wart's back.
Features
-Wall Jump
-SMB2 Health Bar
-Custom Music
-OW Coin Counter
-59 exits
The 9th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest Collab Hack of 2016 features 108 contest submissions, along with various staff, judge, and post-game levels. There are a total of 152 exits spread across 117 levels.
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker is a ROM hack/mod of Super Mario World which adapts the mechanics of the homonymous official game for the Wii U to a 2D platformer.
Cartuchito World is a Super Mario World rom hack based on a web show called Cartuchito.
The Canella Edition is a later edition of the rom hack that replaces the character Ronaldo with Canella (putting Ronaldo in place of the character, Guitarrinha) and follows the cast replacement that took place on the YouTube channel.
This hack started as a small collab lead to be mostly vanilla with modern ASM technologies, very inspired by the original VIPs. It later expanded to much larger proportions. Some levels still retain the original feel, while many others have embraced more chocolate aspects.
Features:
-Intricate dragon coin reward system
-Dragon coins save upon collection
-Hint movies for more cryptic secrets
-Overworld pause menu with level information
-Multiple checkpoints for longer levels
-Retry system for the harder levels
This mod was created out of a long-lived frustration at how linear[limiting] the game is. While it was not to the extreme Fusion took linearity[which to be fair was for story telling reasons], SM still has a fair amount. This mod aims to remove as much linearity as possible granting the player the freedom to go nearly anywhere from the moment they set foot on Zebes.
Mario embarks on phantasmagorical peregrination through multifarious realms, possessing symbolic elementum. To hopefully bring glorious cessation by defeating devilish lordific presences in they're looming chateau's.
This hack was made by Vamperumbra and has 48 exits
In the magical land of Attitude City, Daniel Avidan has stolen all the stars, making the night as dark as Ninja Brian's soul! You are Arin Hanson ('cause Kirby don't give a damn about Attitude City), and you must play through over 150 golf courses to stop Danny and save Attitude City!
Grump's Dream Course is a ROM hack of Kirby's Dream Course for the Super Nintendo, created by a large and dedicated group of fans for the let's play comedy channel Game Grumps. It features over 150 custom-made levels, as well as new or redesigned sprites, chiptune versions of songs from the bands of hosts Arin Hanson and Dan Avidan, and a rewritten opening cinematic.