From c744ff5a25bd515e2c22520857476176cf5a5cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ginnoir Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2026 22:54:39 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] docs(roms): add manual-acquisition list for gated Pokemon romhacks --- pokemon-romhacks-wanted.md | 81 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 81 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pokemon-romhacks-wanted.md diff --git a/pokemon-romhacks-wanted.md b/pokemon-romhacks-wanted.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8935d44 --- /dev/null +++ b/pokemon-romhacks-wanted.md @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ +# Pokémon ROM Hacks — Manual Acquisition List + +Worthwhile hacks that **could not be auto-patched** because their patches are +gated behind anti-bot hosts (hackdex.app), Discord servers, or Google Drive/MEGA +links that aren't directly fetchable. The auto-patched set (25 hacks) is already +in `roms//Hacks/` — see the bottom of this file. + +**Scope:** pre-3DS handhelds (gb/gbc/gba/nds) + pre-Wii consoles, per request. + +--- + +## How to hand one off to me + +Once you grab a patch (`.bps` / `.ips` / `.ups` / `.xdelta`), drop it anywhere on +valhalla (e.g. `/storage1/igir/romhacks/incoming/`) and tell me. Applying it is seconds: + +```bash +# BPS/UPS self-verify the base ROM; xdelta v1 verifies source MD5. +python3 /storage1/igir/romhacks/tools/apply.py "" +# xdelta v1 patches (magic %XDZ): docker run ... node:lts -> apt install xdelta +``` + +Or I add a line to `scripts/romhack-fetch.py`'s manifest and run `--place`. + +A patched ROM is the same end result either way — if you'd rather just download a +**pre-patched ROM**, that works too; I'll validate + rename it to match. + +--- + +## Wanted — handhelds + +Base-ROM ownership is noted; ✅ = you already own the base on valhalla. + +| Hack | Platform | Base ROM | Format | Where to get it | Notes | +|---|---|---|---|---|---| +| **Emerald Rogue** | GBA | Emerald ✅ | BPS | hackdex.app/hack/emerald-rogue · [Pokabbie GitHub](https://github.com/Pokabbie/pokeemerald-rogue) · official Discord | Top-tier roguelite. Choose **EX** (expansion) or **Vanilla** edition. | +| **Run & Bun** | GBA | FireRed 1.0 ✅ | BPS | Official Discord · hackdex | Acclaimed hard/competitive hack. Discord-gated. | +| **Adventure Red Chapter** | GBA | FireRed ✅ | IPS | PokeCommunity thread | Manga-based, complete, very popular. | +| **CrystalDust** | GBA | Ruby ✅ | UPS | itch.io (forever-team) · Discord | Gen-2 Johto remake, complete. | +| **Emerald Seaglass** | GBA | Emerald ✅ | BPS | hackdex · Discord | Modern QoL Emerald, near-complete. | +| **Sors** | GBA | FireRed ✅ | BPS | PokeCommunity · Discord | Story-driven, complete. | +| **Outlaw** | GBA | FireRed ✅ | IPS | PokeCommunity | Mature, short, complete. | +| **Flora Sky** | GBA | Emerald ✅ | IPS | PokeCommunity | Complete classic (no clean archive copy found). | +| **Sovereign of the Skies** | GBA | FireRed ✅ | IPS | PokeCommunity | Complete, custom region. | +| **Saiph 1 & 2** | GBA | FireRed ✅ | BPS | PokeCommunity · Discord | Complete pair. | +| **Vega** | GBA | **FireRed (JP) ❌** | IPS | romhacking archives | Needs a **Japanese** FireRed 1.0 base — you don't own one. | +| **Crystal Kaizo** | GBC | Crystal ✅ | IPS | Kaizo Discord · hackdex | Complete difficulty hack. | +| **Gold/Silver Kaizo** | GBC | Gold/Silver ✅ | IPS | Kaizo Discord | Complete difficulty hacks. | +| **Following Platinum** | NDS | Platinum ✅ | xdelta | PokeCommunity · Discord | Adds following Pokémon. (Combo "Following Renegade Platinum v2.0" is on archive if you want that instead.) | + +--- + +## Versions worth refreshing later + +These are **already placed**, but newer/better builds live behind gated hosts: + +- **Radical Red** — placed v4.1; latest is on the official Discord / hackdex. +- **Emerald Kaizo** — placed an archive IPS; the maintained "official" build is on Discord. +- **Glazed** — placed an unverified archive build; consider the **Blazed Glazed** or **Glazed Reborn** community fixes (Glazed's early builds are buggy). +- **Unbound** — already in your library (pre-existing); update via hackdex. + +## Deliberately excluded + +- **Clover** — polished but full of offensive/meme content (your "no shitpost" rule). + +## Console (pre-Wii) + +No well-regarded *finished* N64/GameCube Pokémon ROM hacks exist beyond the GameCube +Colosseum/XD enhancement hacks you **already have** (`Grand Colosseum`, `XD – XG`). +Nothing to acquire here. + +--- + +## Already auto-patched (reference) — in `roms//Hacks/` + +- **gb (1):** Brown +- **gbc (3):** Polished Crystal · Crystal Clear · Prism +- **gba (14):** Gaia · Radical Red · Inclement Emerald · Glazed · Light Platinum · Liquid Crystal · Theta Emerald EX · Snakewood · Mega Power · Resolute · Emerald Kaizo · Dark Rising · Dark Rising 2 · Dark Rising Order Destroyed +- **nds (7):** Renegade Platinum · Sacred Gold · Storm Silver · Blaze Black · Volt White · Blaze Black 2 Redux · Volt White 2 Redux + +Source artifacts retained under `/storage1/igir/romhacks/patches//`.