Translation Related Utilities

Name Download Version Last Updated OS Description
ff4h SRAM Hacker Download
v0.3b
06/17/99 DOS FF4h is used to alterate Final Fantasy 4 / Final Fantasy 2 us SRAM files. It's does not have graphical capacities, but it decodes and modifie the essential information contained in the battery backup file and corrects the checksums after modifications. In short, it's the prequel to FF3h.
Final Fantasy 3 US (R) Monsters Editor Download
v2.0
10/26/99 Win9x A monster editor for FF3US, currently does not support ff6.
GBSUM Download
v1.0
11/08/98 DOS GBSUM is a simple program which recalculates the checksum of any given GameBoy ROM image and writes it back to the ROM. This will make modified/hacked ROMs work on emulators that require the checksum value to be correct.
Graphics Extractor and Inserter Inserter

Extractor

v1.0
8/27/98
DOS
These really cool programs by Jair rip graphics tiles from an NES ROM and converts them into easy to edit Windows bitmaps. After that, you can use Graphics Inserter to put your modified tiles back into the ROM! Source included.
Hexecute Download (DOS)

Download (Win9X)

1.20

2.10

6/23/99

8/26/99

DOS

Win9X

Hexecute is a fully featured hex editor featuring script insertion and extraction, both with full DTE support. Hex and ascii editing modes are available along with a text input mode that will take full advantage of DTE and whatever table file it is using at the time.
Hexposure Download
0.44b
2/26/99 DOS Hexposure is a hex editor and was primarily developed to edit Nes roms. The editor is very flexible and is a sure must for anyone attempting a Nes hack. It was recently rewritten, and has lots of added features since its last release.
ISDA Download
v.1
04/28/98 DOS Intellegent Snes DisAssembler views Super Nintendo rom dumps in 65c816 assembly code to your screen. This disassembler is in its beta phase but still a valuable tool with many options.
MetEdit Download Beta
v0.80
06/21/99 Win95/98 *jaw drops* this is AMAZING. Its a visual metroid 1 hacking program, where its as easy to use by just moving things around on the screen!
Naga Sprite Editor Download
v.18
04/28/98 DOS Naga is a lightning fast sprite editor which was initially designed for editing Snes roms but will probably work with other roms. This editor supports 8x8 and 16x16 tiles as well as variable width compression editing.
Nexedit Download
v2.0
11/09/98 DOS Nexedit, quite simply, is a basic Hex editor with some special goodies and tools designed for hacking NES and SNES roms. It can edit the text and CHR (graphics) info of most NES roms. It also supports XLATE table files for text editing.
RomEdit Download
v1.20
8/7/97 DOS This utility is used to edit and change text in any kind of rom (or any kind of file for that matter) in existance. Best use has shown up in usage on NES and SNES rom images.
Search Relative 2 Download
v2.10
04/03/98 DOS This little util is great for finding the corresponding hex address of each character and placement of words in a rom. It was written by [J3D!] of Dejap translations. This can save alot of time especially if the rom does not have saved ram.
SMC-Ripper Download
v1.01
08/05/98 DOS This is a good sprite editor with a nice GUI. It supports 1, 2, 3, 4 and 8 bitplanes SNES tiles and NES tiles. It also has some palette tools.
Table Auto Generator Download
v1.0
07/18/99 Win95/98 An easy to use and make Table file creator.
TableMaker Relative Download
v1.0
09/24/99 Win95/98 TableMaker Relative like TranslationStation was coded in Visual Basic 6.0. It sports a super easy to use User Interface as well a way to make table files ultra fast for SNES/NES/TG16/ETC for romhacking/translation and *NO* it doesnt search relative, it places table values relativily! TableMaker Relative even supports single characters, dte, and kanji table file entry! Many features included like you can change where in the font table the table set in the table order begins by giving a hex address to jump to(ie. 42, 20, 00). You can also specify the starting address of where the table begins so relative entry can be placed correclty.
Table Manager Download
v1.0
9/17/99 Win95/98 Table Manager is an easy to use table creator. It supports two-byte characters, japanese characters, and tables from Hexposure and Thingy. It also has a great interface. A Portuguese version is availible at the web page.
TaBuLar Download
v1.0
11/6/99 Win95/98 TaBuLar is a file editor for windows. TaBuLar supports both Thingy and Hexposure file formats, and can open table files that have already been created, so it's easy to go back and make changes. This feature also makes for painless Thingy-to-Hexposure and Hexposure-to-Thingy conversions. It requires the VB5 runtime files, available here.
Tile Layer Download
v0.50b
10/16/98 DOS A very useful utility for editing NES/GB/SMS/VB/SNES tiles, written by Kent Hansen. Features include a tile editor (of course), a clipboard for cutting and pasting, multiple ROM loading, x/y tile flipping, gui + mouse support, and no c orrupt headers like with X-Late! If you're into NES ROM hacking, get this.
Thingy Download
v0.98
12/22/98
DOS
Developed by Necrosaro for rom hacking, supports DTE encoding, hex editing, and allows you to customize tables, as well as script dump. This utilitiy is progressing very well.
TranslationStation Download
v1.11
10/26/99
Win95/98
A VERY large VB app, which houses many of the features of Hex Workshop, Thingy, etc all in one
Unirom Download
v0.60
10/23/98
DOS
This is another Rom text editor developed by our very own staff member _Bnu. Currently it supports DTE(Dual Tile Encoding) which is a great asset to anyone trying to translate. Now it also features script dumping and a great file requester.
Xchar Download
v2.00
3/30/97 DOS Xchar by the creators of Xlate is a tile editor for rom images. Basically what that means is that with this, you can make your own sprites in effect completely changing an already created game. This has been know as 'Hacking' roms and if used correctly can come out very nice, and extremely fun.
Xlate Download
v3.0
04/03/98
DOS
Xlate3 is best described as a suite of graphic and text editing utilities. This Planet-X software developed by BigWierd offers much in the way of rom hacking and is a definate asset to all rom hacking projects. Hopefully this utility will continue to improve.
YY Mario Editor Download
v1.8
05/22/99 Win95/98 A visual SMB 1 Editor
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