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Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources icon

Binary Hack Tools, Tutorials & Resources

Various tools and resources to help you develop your legacy hacks can be found here.

Section Staff: Bloodless, Hiroshi Sotomura, 8-bit Zeta, Spacewalker, Dr. Seuss

Promoted

Featured Tool: Pokémon DS Map Studio

Thread created January 14th, 2020

155

Promoted

Featured: Ultimate ROM Base (using the CFRU)

Thread created June 9th, 2018

490

Promoted

Featured Tool: Hex Maniac Advance

Thread created December 20th, 2019

Promoted

[Video Tutorials] Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking

Thread created May 28th, 2016

128

Tool

Gen II GS - The One GS Evo/Move Editor

ericgall23, Dec 4: Wow! Thank you so much for making that tool! ;) You're a real genius! :) Recently, for my new upcoming G/S version game (which shall be finished in a year or so...) I decided to try updating Pokémon movesets with existing Gen1 or 2 moves that...

15 13,476

Started by Akwarelek

Tool

Nameless Tile Map Editor [NTME]

(5 pages)

JustLemmeDownloadPutos, Nov 28: pls die

124 106,499

Started by D-Trogh

Tool

ModExe - Emerald & Fire Red

(3 pages)

kmalove, Nov 27: Please can somebody add NPC nature changer for fire red?

64 9,568

Started by Li Yun

Tool

G3T for Android

(4 pages)

_Liam_, Nov 26: It keeps say access denied :( pls help

97 42,509

Started by Kurapika

Tool

Move Animation Creator

(2 pages)

ortz3, Nov 18: Yes, 1.3 was released a couple of weeks ago. In terms of Emerald compatibility, it is something that I have on my todo list. I'm a bit busy at the moment, but hopefully, in the near future I will be able to get working on it!

34 7,030

Started by ortz3

Tool

Pokemon TCG Card Editor

(2 pages)

bedheadbread, Nov 12: so we can edit cards but can we add cards and expand the collection available in the game or is that not plausible at this time?

32 12,031

Started by Junkyard Guard

Tool

StarterEdit, Gen1 Starting Pokemon and Rival Battle Editor

Dava, Nov 12: Now you are probably thinking, doesn't this already exist? Well yes, it kinda does Swampert tools has already made a program to do some of this. I also know that the disassembly's now exists too which makes the need for programs like this less and...

0 113

Started by Dava

Tool

HexManiacAdvance: A New Hex Editor for Gen 3 Hacking

(4 pages)

Luttje, Nov 2: Wow! Amazing project, this will relieve having to struggle with HxD all the time. Nice work!

96 31,761

Started by haven1433

Tool

G3T - Gen 3 Tools

(17 pages)

Kleeky, Nov 2: How to add new trainers?

424 262,415

Started by Kurapika

Tool

Tilemap Studio 4.0.1: a GB/GBC/GBA/NDS/SNES tilemap and Town Map editor

Rangi, Nov 1: Tilemap Studio 4.0.1 was just released! The main addition is that it can import and export .asm tilemaps: files with 'db' sequences of tile IDs. It also adds support for 1bpp and 2bpp .ncgr graphics files and .col palette files; confirms before...

14 20,003

Started by Rangi

Tool

[ALPHA] PokéWebKit, a browser-based toolkit for editing GBA/NDS ROM data

(2 pages)

mrbanjo, Oct 26: Thank you so much for making this open-source Jugales! It's a goldmine of information which is helping me create my C# asset ripper a lot faster. I did notice a small bug: On some maps the secondary tilesheet seems to be corrupted / not read...

44 4,388

Started by Jugales

Tool

Hopeless Trainer Editor

(6 pages)

kmalove, Oct 22: Please what mean Evs and AI ??? full ev and iv???

140 152,846

Started by esperance

Tool

Universal Pokemon Randomizer (randomizes gen1-5 games)

(6 pages)

EminanE, Oct 16: I don't know if you are still interested. But there is another version of this program that was continued by other people. https://github.com/Ajarmar/universal-pokemon-randomizer-zx/releases It has what you want and many new things added. It can...

130 181,198

Started by Dabomstew

Tool

ModExe - Ruby

I like birds, Oct 16: https://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=9727834&postcount=1251 as shown here, gen 5 uses a scaled exp formula, which makes high level pokemon receive less exp from low level ones and vice-versa, instead of the set amount of xp each mon gives...

20 3,925

Started by Super Versekr Dark

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Pokemon Gen II editor

BreakSimLite, Oct 12: Lots of problems with it: - using it on Crystal gives the Overflow error - can’t save because it gives the Path/File Access error followed by the Type Mismatch error

2 11,457

Started by javcdark

Tool

Pokemon 3rd Gen Reasonable Randomizer

Pokebro1998, Oct 3: when I try to select fire red omega it doesn't notice it as a gba file.

23 56,094

Started by LAT10S

Tool

Pokemon DS Map Studio: Create Pokemon DS maps in 5 min [2.1 VERSION]

(7 pages)

MarbleMac, Sep 30: Hi! I'm probably extra late on this, but I do wanna report something I haven't been able to fix. The background image option seems to be somewhat bugged (at least from what I can tell), because for some reason the image is overlayed twice, one on...

155 79,707

Started by TrifindoRH

Tool

Pokémon Gen III Rom Hacking Suite

(41 pages)

Nomecriativo, Sep 23: Its possible to export sprites in this tools ?

1,008 451,769

Started by karatekid552

Tool

Tilemap Creator

(3 pages)

Fantaseed, Sep 19: Hi, does this also accept the Tilemaps made in Sphere editor(.rmp)?

64 29,716

Started by esperance

Tool

NDS Pokemon Color Palette Randomizer

(3 pages)

dairy420, Sep 14: so if i use a pokemon randomizer, and then use this program to recolor based on type. would it in fact recolor the randomized pokemon to the correct color palette? would it be better if i made custom colors in the palette or would that further...

66 88,044

Started by PierrotTheMad

Tool

Gen II GSC - The One GSC Trainer Editor

Kwai9863, Sep 7: Why I can't open the .exe file after I download it. Thx. (Idk if u still remember this tool after 8 years lol)

19 29,039

Started by Akwarelek

Tool

[Alpha] (MEH) Map Editor of Happiness

(15 pages)

Mason Shu, Aug 19: You can download it from hack rom tools And the psd for that is HackRomTools

370 150,150

Started by Shiny Quagsire

Tool

Darth TME

PiaCRT, Aug 17: Reupload provided by Bela:

13 6,964

Started by Darthatron

Tool

TSK's Shiny Chance Changing tool[v2.1 released: Graphical User Interface, Ruby support]

(3 pages)

_PSYCHO_, Aug 16: will support the HG/SS version?

58 93,952

Started by The Shadow Knight

Tool

OWM: OverWorld Manager

(11 pages)

Emotionless living thing, Aug 15: idk why but it crashes when ever it tries to actually open the rom, its able to analyze it but it closes whenever i try to open it. I'm using the latest version and with all the python stuff installed. it worked when i used the old version but it...

268 79,349

Started by Kimonas

Tool

DNS - Day, Night and Seasons

(11 pages)

tahayarkhan, Jul 11: Download link is not opening for me plz give me properlink

264 146,361

Started by prime-dialga

Tool

Cry Editor

(4 pages)

Momoro, Jul 10: How would I insert a new cry instead of replacing an existing cry? e.x. I expanded the dex to 776 Pokemon, and I want them to all have individual cries. I don't see how to do that with this program. What was the problem? I'm having a similar...

90 41,336

Started by esperance

Tool

Advanced Series (GBA toolbox)

(11 pages)

Deokishisu, Jun 30: I hate to encourage binary hacking because it's dead, but I have an old version of this tool from late 2009 that I'll attach to this post since it seems based on all the whining that the links have been dead for years.

272 306,536

Started by Wichu

Tool

GBA Intro Manager

(3 pages)

kalarie, May 23: @LiveWire-093 Check this tutorial to edit the intro sprites and you could use any hex editor to change the intro text. Apparently, Hex Maniac Advance is a very easy-to-use tool that can do that.

60 46,115

Started by Sierraffinity

Tool

Android ROM Hacking Tools

(2 pages)

APPro0744P, May 13: Thanks , it works well. I am a android gba rom hacker , I use exagear to rom hack , it is very difficult to run some applications like starter editor. Thanks for creating this app , it has decreased my lot of work

33 52,073

Started by Karatekid3000

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Text Hex Convert

(2 pages)

Ludology Laboratories, Apr 14: You should add a Generation tab in which if you change it to Gen II,it changes to that or to get Gen IV if you want to.

32 18,101

Started by Kakarot1212

Tool

Bibarel : Make Fire Red Titlescreen Animated

kalarie, Apr 4: @billiballo Are you sure you gave your sprite the right palette in the tilemap? Since it looks like you didn't.

12 3,301

Started by PeppaPigHS

Tool

Simple program to make any sprite match the palette of a tileset

billythesquid, Mar 28: I was getting tired of recolouring sprites to match a tileset by myself, so this simple program sets the colours of a sprite to the colours of a tileset image (as long as the tileset has 16 colours or less) by changing the colours to the closest RGB...

0 1,332

Started by billythesquid

Tool

How to get DPE expanded evolution table into HexManiacAdvance for quick easy edits.

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Mar 23: Recently remembered I made this, and quick update this is still relevant, but haven in the HMA discord let me know there may be some points I missed. The convo can be found here, when I have time, and understand it better I'll try to update this...

1 2,498

Started by Meister_anon~Master_o f_None

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TL's Quick Enhancer (~Making rom hacking faster and easier)

(9 pages)

The Conqueror, Mar 21: I will look. IDK what you mean if like you mean more programs to help Firered or programs or something to help decompile stuff but thanks for the help. I just psyducking love FR to an almost unhealthy degree lel!

203 77,722

Started by Froosty

Tool

JackHack96's Tool Factory

(9 pages)

Orange-Boi7, Feb 10: Whenever I try to open a ROM, this error occurs. java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 1126016 at nitro.BLZ.decompressBuffer(BLZ.java:35) at gui.MainWindow.loadNarcs(MainWindow.java:484) at gui.MainWindow.access$3(MainWindow.java:380)...

220 129,270

Started by JackHack96

Tool

Python IPS Patcher

cblackprime, Feb 4: Still works on Ubuntu 20.10 Steps for the lazy: Change the first line like it says in the original post #!/usr/bin/python2 Also make sure you have apt install python2 apt install python2.7-tk

11 7,399

Started by esperance

Tool

Intro Text Editor

(2 pages)

Naglu, Jan 26: may i ask for help? i used the LSA editor i opened it, opened the Rom, wrote the text being careful that is stayed in the lines and pressed save ROM now my ROM is corrupted if i try to play it it's white, if i try to open it with any tools...

27 14,310

Started by LocksmithArmy

Tool

[v1.2] FastScriptEditor (MUCH more efficient way to create XSE scripts)!

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 25: If this program is a compiler that can make scripting into simpler to use/understand lines of text, why do I still need to paste into xse, why not just compile it directly to an offset straight from fse? If it worked that way I'd think it...

8 4,036

Started by ps4star

Tool

Beater Suite Of Tools [For Gen V]

LucasThePlatinumMaster, Jan 16: Thank you!

2 1,882

Started by LucasThePlatinumMaster

Tool

Type Effectiveness Editor

(3 pages)

Meister_anon~Master_o f_None, Jan 8: Hi Esperance, I'm using the 3.0 version and I was attempting to add a new type, not replacing the "???" typing, I did it set my strengths & weaknesses, then saved and took note of the new pointer locations. And I decided to try hex maniac advance...

67 36,977

Started by esperance

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YAPE (Yet Another Pokemon Editor)

(21 pages)

Sicio Powa, Jan 5: I used YAPE on a Fire Red Rom for a while, but then after I tried opening the same Rom I get the message "Error Reading Learned Moves". Can anyone help me fix it?

505 355,980

Started by silver314

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ddrox13's Regional Pokedex Type Balance Tool (and examples!)

Snowka85, Dec 27: I get an error when I add Talonflame to my regional dex entry list ("Invalid: Input cannot contain 'Talonflame'"), and I think custom species break the type percentage page. I haven't changed anything about the type percentage page so I'm not sure...

8 6,363

Started by ddrox13

Tool

[PMD2] SkyTemple ROM Editor (Maps, Scripts, Debugger, ...)

Xero3C, Dec 27: Wow amazing work!!! I might get into making a small Mystery Dungeon ROM-Hack at some point and make some cutscenes with this tool.

3 3,367

Started by Parakoopa

Tool

[Release] AdvanceMap 1.95 Open Beta

(16 pages)

Momoro, Dec 16: Pretty sure it has to be in .gba format, at least to my knowledge- it's only ever worked for me in that format.

398 325,692

Started by LU-HO

Tool

Learnable TM Editor Pro uploaded again.

Mason Shu, Nov 2020: Thx! Off topic: Do you have a link to AEP or d&d editor? AEP: https://www.mediafire.com/file/bzn8apyfvl1xd9c/Attack_Editor_Pro_by_Darthatron.rar/file

2 3,038

Started by Chain

Tool

Roamer Editor

Mason Shu, Nov 2020: Hello I modded my rom, so instead of Raikou, Jirachi would appear instead. I also changed them to level 65, I pressed File>Save and loaded a new rom that was blank. The values didn't update, and when I reopened the app, and opened the modded rom,...

4 5,246

Started by Z-Max

Tool

Room Balancer + Trainer Level Booster

Fansity, Oct 2020: Thank you for letting me know. I hadn't paid attention before. Thanks, buddy. I'll pay more attention next time.

3 1,742

Started by Fansity

Tool

UniPatcher

(2 pages)

Otto Baynes, Oct 2020: Thanks. I am glad that my application is useful to someone.

29 7,422

Started by Otto Baynes

Tool

Fly Editor for Platinum [VERSION 1.5 RELEASED!]

Acent, Oct 2020: I updated link just in case. Now ver 1.5.1. It added trainer editor (same sdsme) and fix some bugs. It seems I am not honest with myself,but I can't ignore bugs:)

2 1,675

Started by Acent

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Featured Tool: Pokémon DS Map Studio

Featured: Ultimate ROM Base (using the CFRU)

Featured Tool: Hex Maniac Advance

[Video Tutorials] Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking

Gen II GS - The One GS Evo/Move Editor

Nameless Tile Map Editor [NTME]

ModExe - Emerald & Fire Red

G3T for Android

Move Animation Creator

Pokemon TCG Card Editor

StarterEdit, Gen1 Starting Pokemon and Rival Battle Editor

HexManiacAdvance: A New Hex Editor for Gen 3 Hacking

G3T - Gen 3 Tools

Tilemap Studio 4.0.1: a GB/GBC/GBA/NDS/SNES tilemap and Town Map editor

[ALPHA] PokéWebKit, a browser-based toolkit for editing GBA/NDS ROM data

Hopeless Trainer Editor

Universal Pokemon Randomizer (randomizes gen1-5 games)

ModExe - Ruby

Pokemon Gen II editor

Pokemon 3rd Gen Reasonable Randomizer

Pokemon DS Map Studio: Create Pokemon DS maps in 5 min [2.1 VERSION]

Pokémon Gen III Rom Hacking Suite

Tilemap Creator

NDS Pokemon Color Palette Randomizer

Gen II GSC - The One GSC Trainer Editor

[Alpha] (MEH) Map Editor of Happiness

Darth TME

TSK's Shiny Chance Changing tool[v2.1 released: Graphical User Interface, Ruby support]

OWM: OverWorld Manager

DNS - Day, Night and Seasons

Cry Editor

Advanced Series (GBA toolbox)

GBA Intro Manager

Android ROM Hacking Tools

Text Hex Convert

Bibarel : Make Fire Red Titlescreen Animated

Simple program to make any sprite match the palette of a tileset

How to get DPE expanded evolution table into HexManiacAdvance for quick easy edits.

TL's Quick Enhancer (~Making rom hacking faster and easier)

JackHack96's Tool Factory

Python IPS Patcher

Intro Text Editor

[v1.2] FastScriptEditor (MUCH more efficient way to create XSE scripts)!

Beater Suite Of Tools [For Gen V]

Type Effectiveness Editor

YAPE (Yet Another Pokemon Editor)

ddrox13's Regional Pokedex Type Balance Tool (and examples!)

[PMD2] SkyTemple ROM Editor (Maps, Scripts, Debugger, ...)

[Release] AdvanceMap 1.95 Open Beta

Learnable TM Editor Pro uploaded again.

Roamer Editor

Room Balancer + Trainer Level Booster

UniPatcher

Fly Editor for Platinum [VERSION 1.5 RELEASED!]