GameboyReviewer Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I've been trying to make a game for awhile and I wanted to do a hack but have no clue where to start, i've tried jedit but am having trouble I remember with my old pc it was easy but man its so hard with mac os x \, please you guys are my only hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthQuake Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Any hex editor will work and I'm certain there are hex editors for a Mac. Just google around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emehr Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 If it's a hex editor you want, try HexEdit. It's free and has been around for years. http://hexedit.sourceforge.net/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameboyReviewer Posted November 30, 2008 Author Share Posted November 30, 2008 I have no clue what to do lol I've been using hac-o-matic on my fiance's laptop trying to get a handle on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarthQuake Posted December 1, 2008 Share Posted December 1, 2008 (edited) Hack-o-Matic is just an elaborate hex editor. The basic idea is to open a ROM binary and look for patterns that resemble the graphics in-game. You need to make sure you're in viewing it in "bit mode", so you can see the bit patterns of the graphics. Hex-editing isn't too useful for anything else other than graphics though, unless you know the location of bytes that control other things. Usually a disassembly of the ROM aids in that, but you need a decent understanding of assembly and the 2600's internal workings. If you really want to do something substantial, find a game that already has a commented disassembly available, grab a copy of the DASM compiler, and start modifying code. That's what I did. Edited December 1, 2008 by EarthQuake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakasama Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 I got Hexedit and some patches to some arcade ROMs. The patches are suppose to fix bugs that result in kill screens or reset the machine. Since I didn't know what kind of programs patch ROM for Mac OS X. So I thought I could edit the hex values since I kind of read the memory locations. Okay, sounds like a good idea but ROMs get messed up. The Robotron fix at least playable but the game will reset at some point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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