Want to Download Every Super Mario World Hack Ever?
Tags: romhack, smw
Published: 2023-04-14 04:44:58

## `29, 530` Games . Who Needs Steam?

> _I had no idea but Grand Poo Bear, the grand Master of SMW, is 13 days into a subathon - where he is live in twitch 24/7. [Please go over and see for yourself](https://twitch.tv/grandpoobear) what kind of person who is at the top of this community really is. Good luck P!_

You might not think this is something you want - but it is. If you like retro games, emulation, whatever, doesn't matter. Just watch this video of a speedrunner called [GPB](https://twitch.tv/grandpoobear) playing a hack called **Super Dram World** at an event.

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Feel the energy of the crowd? Like you're there with them? It's not just because the players are entertaining - its because these hacks are intensely fun. You will suffer, yes. But you will triumph more than you can imagine if you persevere. 

## To Play a Hack

A legitimate copy of SMW must be owned. You use a simple tool called an <u>IPS Patcher</u> found at the same place the hacks are: [SMWCentral](https://smwcentral.net). Download one, unzip, and the patcher will apply the changes to the original game. Easy as pie, and plenty of tutorials exist to teach it. You also need an emulator. 

> Use [Mesen-S](https://mesen.ca)[^1]


[![SMWcentral](https://www.smwcentral.net/assets/images/logo.png)](https://smwcentral.net)


### "Kaizo"

If you're not familiar with the phrase, you soon will be. The phrase for difficult SMW hacks is a <abbr name="rearranged">Kaizo Game</abbr>". It means difficult to the western world, but rearranged to the native tongue of Japanese. 


### How Is This Possible?

Mostly through the help of a program called [Lunar Magic](). It's a level editor, map editor...

[![LunarMagic](https://dl.smwcentral.net/image/94090.png)](https://www.smwcentral.net/?p=section&a=details&id=32211) 
<figcaption>Yoshi's Island 1 Can Become a Lava Pit if you Want!</figcaption>


...and can make SMW into just about anything. Even Sonic the Hedghog.



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## The Download Database

A _beautiful site_  [SMWDB](https://smwdb) was made as a mirror that stored all hacks from Central, but it shut down (or went into maintenance mode) in late 2021, but luckily an intrepid soul gave us...

**[THIS](https://archive.org/details/super-mario-world-hacks)**

And as long as we have have `wget` installed on our systems - and we all can. (I won't be explaining that part.) All you need to do, is run the following script in the folder you'd like to download the files to.

```bash
wget -r -np -nH --cut-dirs=3 -R index.html https://archive.org/download/super-mario-world-hacks/
```

**THAT'S IT**!!!

...Now, wait a few ... days?

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## Because This Might Take A While
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> _Here's the sequel spritually to the above video._"

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>> _If you didn't watch the youtube video before, watch this part at least. The SMW community is a place of love, and passion, and we want you to join our anguish and suffering with a smile._

{% embed https://youtu.be/wLRkblznbdM?t=2182 %}

[^1]: _You'll thank me later._