The list is still updated weekly with new titles, so if your favorite isn't listed yet, it may be soon.ĭifferent randomizer mods allow for different levels of randomization, but the idea of mixing up locations of items or discovered skills and abilities is rather standard. The "BIG List of Video Game Randomizers" website, started back in 2016, now lists hundreds of randomization mods for games from Metroid Prime, Golden Sun, and Earthbound to Faxanadu, Adventure Island, and Doom. What started as a small niche has now evolved into its own retrogaming genre. And you can go even further than that, changing the exit locations for various in-game doors or even scattering the boss keys for specific dungeons throughout the world (rather than in the dungeons themselves)! So The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Randomizer could change which items you find in which chests, alter the rewards from dungeon quests, and even replace Link's sprite for one of the numerous fan-created options (the Mega Man X sprite is a personal favorite). That calming intimacy makes games like these an easy nostalgic choice when you just want to take a load off.īut what if you want to add some spice back to that familiar experience? After playing a classic game to the point of memorization, how do you recapture the sense of adventure and discovery you experienced the first time you played it? A small but growing community in the retro emulation scene is aiming to answer those questions with a class of mods and hacks called "randomizers." Shuffle up and dealĪt their most basic level, randomizer mods shuffle the data in a game's ROM so that each run becomes a new and unpredictable experience. There's a sense of ease knowing what lies inside each treasure chest, which bush an enemy will spring from, or the secret tactic that vanquishes a foe with ease. Like a long-time partner or a favorite pair of socks, there's comfort to be found in revisiting a familiar game from your youth.
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