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Levelengine's Let's Play Thread (updated 10/04/2015). Legacy hacks

Hello, I'm levelengine, and I have actually played SMW hacks in the past (lots of them), but only since May 2012 have I actually uploaded the playthroughs. And a few months after that, the rating scale came out.



This scale is my ultimate method of deciding how the hack has done in terms of pretty much everything. 60 or above means the hack is decent (a pass), 80 or above is a sign of excellence, and 100 is perfect. The minimum I give is a 30, unless the hack is especially shitty and I'm forced to do so. I recently started realizing that I've taken the good hacks for granted, and have learned to truly appreciate them and their authors, ever since I've seen how bad a hack can get. Anything highlighted in yellow got no rating.

Chronology:

2012
1. Rise to the Challenge - AxemJinx (link)
2. Luigi's Adventure OSE - Anikiti (link)
3. Torpedophile Tedward's Trippy Time -
levelengine

4. Hotel Mario 2 - A Better Game - levelengine (2009) (link)
5. Er - Tubmuffin
6. Mario Gives Up - Cyphermur9t (link)
7. Dracula Blocks Out the Sun - levelengine
8. The Haunt - Kc
9. Jigsaw's Test - Kc, Foursword4
10. MARIO - M A R I O
11. Mario's Masochistic Mission - cousinoer5 (link)
12. Mario: Dawn to Darkness - Yanama (link)
13. Notte Luminosa - Yanama (link)
14. COLORS - moltensnow
15. Mario XxX - radoRodgar
16. RttC Lost Levels (might actually finish some of these) - AxemJinx
17. A Christmas Walk - MATTAN
18. Choconilla Paradox - Underway

2013
19. Mario & Luigi: Starlight Island Adventure - Gamma V (link)
20. Massimo - Enk (link)
21. Hakurei Adventure Mission - Digi Kiyomi (link)
22. Syobon Action 3 - Drop_GoS
23. JDCGames Collaboration - JDC et al. (link)
24. Super Windows World - HyperGengar
25. Mario in the Illusion World - Unknown User
26. What the Heck 2 - KY2010/MooDeeEx (link)
27. Mario the super - MarioTheTime
28. Mario's Amazing Adventure - superwiidude (link)
29. The Sims 4 - TOMICA199 (Drop_GoS rereg)
30. Super Mario and the Shwinks (Demo) - Takomega1
31. Mario's Vanilla Journey V1.11 - akacesfan
32. Zeldara's Glitch City - Zeldara109 (link)
33. First Strike (Demo) - Protoman
34. Panic in the Mushroom Kingdom - ghettoyouth
35. Super mario bros Demo 1 - MS_HACKS
36. The Death Game - levelengine (2009)
37. Strange Mario World - Acmlm (?)
38. Super Mario and the Shwinks (full hack) - Takomega1
39. A Super Mario Thing - Talkhaus community (link)
40. Danmaku Mario World - Lunatic Team
41. Super Worlds 2.5: Euigi Strikes Back - Euigi/M0usr
42. Buck Beaver (Demo) - Takomega1
43. Luigi's Adventure 3 OSE - Anikiti (link)
44. Secondary COLORS - MolSno (last known as moltensnow)
45. Lunar Legends (Demo 2) - Purple Rex
46. Touhou Mario: Imperishable Night - Silver Scarlet
47. Sailor V - Ladida
48. Blue Flamingo (Demo) - THY
49. Eyeless: Director's Cut - KY2010/MooDeeEx
50. Sicari (C3 Demo) - Eevee
51. Kamek's Island (Demo) - Gamma V
52. Super Mario Brox. EX 1.05 - TOMICA3264 (Drop_GoS rereg)
53. Cosbyquest - Egadd
54. Dark Side of the Kingdom (C3 Sampler) - Egadd et al.
55. CCC - Ripperon-X
56. Choconilla Rise (C3 Demo) - Undy (last known as Underway)
57. Super Mario Sugar Rush - Pixels
58. Insert Coin - noon & Zildjian
59. 1 Island of Vanilla Feeing - Neidave
60. iggy in unova - TheZoroark007
61. Mario's Long Adventure - Schieber1234
62. BAM - Qwholl
63. Mario's Regular Adventure - Ripperon-X/Rykon-V73
64. Super Euigi World 2 - Euigi/M0usr
65. Yoshi's Strange Quest (V1.2) - yoshifanatic (link)
66. O Ninja Negro - darken (link)
67. Mario's Exodus To Death - Soul2Limbo
68. P-switch... - Daizo Dee Von
69. COLLAB - Neidave et al.
70. Super Mario Ultimatum/The Great Cave Trek - M A R I O
71. Chever's adventures to the island - Riocartoon (only uploaded to Dailymotion)
72. SMW and the Legend of the Yellow Switch Palace - jesus
73. Skye Goes To Town - ProCaine (link)
74. Two - Dipalon
75. Super Derulo World 4 - JulienZ57
76. Panic in the Mushroom Kingdom 2 - ghettoyouth
77. A Haunted Christmas - Team Haunted

2014
78. Just Another SMW Hack - TenPoundHammer
79. The Hand of Chaos - Forsequad
80. Super Amazing World - uyuyuy99
81. Blind Devil's Trip Back in Time - Q-bee (last known as Blind Devil)
82. Super Fuck World - Absent Ministrator
83. SMW Returns - KT
84. ...'you'... - mario and luigi
85. Untitled - opinionateddrone & opinionatedtrekkie
86. Super Mario World Nyaa :3 - Mao & Nao
87. SMW: The Thousand Year Pipe (Demo) - S.N.N.
88. Mercenaries - DTG
89. SMW Forgotten Purpose (Demo 1) - Rykon-V73
90. Super Mario And The Secret Island (Demo) - rumpg46691
91. kirby mission:save world - Daniel 115
92. Mario Endgame - cheat-master30 (link)
93. The Unworld Recharged - dottedgirl (link)
94. Super Derulo World 3 - JulienZ57 (link)
95. Hyper VII (demo) - Hata Mari
96. Journey to the Mushroom Kingdom 1 - HackerOfTheLegend (link)
97. A Hack Thing 2 - MercuryPenny
98. Mario's Christmas Quest - cheat-master30
99. Mario's Keytastrophe (Demo 4) - S.N.N. (link)
100. SSW - ?
101. Link's Adventure (Demo 2) - General Ike
102. The Crater - S.C.O.R.P.I.O.N. & antimatterhunter
103. Help-me.rar - ?
104. K-16 - Story of Steel (Demo) - Eevee
105. Super Mario Axiom (Demo) - juniorsword448
106. Abusion - Sokobansolver
107. FTW Mario (Demo) - JacktheSpades
108. SMW Forgotten Purpose (Demo 2) - Rykon-V73
109. Electra (Demo) - WeegeeBen
110. SMW: The Huge Adventure (Demo 2) - bandicoot
111. 100 Rooms of Enemies V1.0.0 - Daizo Dee Von
112. The 7th Annual VLDC / Collaboration - SMW Central
113. Hammer Brother Demo 3 - blackout77
114. SMW pipe kingdom (Demo 1) - smwfan98
115. Peach Adventures - AnOtakuGamer
116. Temple of Doom - Crash Kandicoot
117. M.A.R.I.O (Mario's Actions Rising in Oblivion) - Doughcat
118. the 7 koopalings return - mario and luigi
119. Hunter's Revenge Recharged - antimatterhunter
120. LEARN SWEDISH - akumie
121. Super Mario World: In the Galaxy - I don't fucking care
122. Call of Cthulhu - Yashum
123. Rise to the Challenge (Again) - AxemJinx
124. Super Mario World Dule - Dule
125. POOR THWOMP ADVENTURE - PatPatPat & Lui37
126. Mario and the Land of Illusions - Falconpunch
127. A Goomba's Walk - Luks
128. Oogtar's Quest (Demo) - nick 139
129. Classic Mario World 3: The Legend of the Shiny Stars (C3 BETA) - bandicoot
130. SMWHacking.de Collab - WhiteYoshiEgg et al.
131. New Super Mario World (Demo) - Gregor

2015
132. Hakurei Adventure Mission 2 - Digi Kiyomi (?)
133. Super Mario OMG - ThatBird447
134. Mario Y - Soul2Limbo
135. Super OMNOMNOM World - Alcaro
136. Final Destination - S.N.N., Foursword4, Supertails
137. Hunter's Revenge 2 Recharged - antimatterhunter
138. Super Sarah Land - WeegeeBen
139. Habibi: The Game - WeegeeBen
140. Mario Takes a Shit - Face
141. Super Wakana Land (Demo 1) - Wakana
142. Ham Sandwich (demo) - AnybodyAgrees
143. What-A-Blast! (demo) - Ruberjig
144. Mario Discovers A New Power-up - S.R.H.
145. Evil Conquest - Luks & Darkdlp02
146. Plumber Luigi (3 worlds of demo) - Mayonnai
147. Quest 2 B Da Best - S.N.N.
148. Hack 3 - Golden Yoshi
149. Mario Hard On (demo) - Giant Shy Guy
150. 100 Rooms of Enemies V2.0.0 - Daizo Dee Von
151. The 8th Annual VLDC / Collaboration - SMW Central
152. Tower Tyrant (Demo) - Mtb4000, Kosmicd12
153. the artifacts of marvelous birds - exit1337
154. Mario in a Strange Adventure - Fan-cristian-Yuyuko-
155. Combo Breaker (1st demo) - Sokobansolver
156. Practice Makes Purrfect - sunwarrior25
157. Super Mario Emulator (PTB) - noname
158. Another Generic SMW Hack (Unfinished) - MarioFan22
159. Smw2 The Unknown Threats F.I.X.E.D - Dman
160. Le avventure di Mario 1 - Wakana
161. A Metal Hack - Eric Maia
162. Mario: Collapsing Worlds - Blue_Raven
163. Mega Mario World - whoever you are, GOOD LUCK
164. Mario X World SER - Anikiti
165. Big Boo's Revenge - Tobias94
166. Bits and Pieces (Nightmare Edition) - levelengine

2016
167. Luigi's Adventure OSE (Co-Op featuring Flames and Hunter) - Anikiti
168. NSMW: The 12 Magic Orbs (Demo) - GameplaysDetonados/G.D.
169. Rhino's Rampage (Demo) - Luks
170. 'the (Coronation Day) - Underway, Torchkas, Medic
171. HeLp pooor mario!!! - Minimay
172. Nin world (Demo) - nathanrayman1998
173. Ninji Jump (Demo) - 1UPdudes
174. LX5 Level Sampler - LX5
175. Super Wakana Land (Demo 2) - Wakana
176. Daizo Dee Von's Journey: The Three Way War (demo) - Daizo Dee Von
177. Lespna1 and TLMB - Lespna1 and TLMB
178. Sicari Remastered (Demo) - Eevee

179. Super Mario World: Megaman 29th Anniversary Edition (demo) - Roberto zampari
180. JUMP - Talkhaus (led by worldpeace/aterraformer)
181. Return of Shadower - darken
182. SMW3: The Koopas Strike Back - RZIBARA
183. New Mario's Adventure (demo) - yoshi9429
184. Yoshi's Strange Quest (V.1.3 Betas 4.2 - 4.5) - yoshifanatic
185. 2048, Leagues Under the Sea - walterbenji
186. Heck - msi810
187. Mushroom Kingdom: Under Glitched Skies - Blind Devil
188. Super Zelda Bros. - Face
189. The Legend of Spooky Nini - ThalesMangaka
190. I HATE YOU - Slimebeast, Ersanio
191. Evil Conquest 2 Demo - Luks & darkdlp02
192. Allycia Legends: The Evil Darmilette - Guilherme F Santos
193. New Super Mario Land Returns (demo) - Super Stiviboy
194. Super Mario World: Megaman 29th Anniversary Edition (FULL) - Roberto zampari
195. Bolivia '96 - ?
196. The Power of Reality - NTI Productions
197. SMW Hack - Lennyohh and Friends Search for the Sacred Brownie - MetalBenderJem
198. Mob Mario - ?
199. Hunter and Scorpion's Bet: Hunter's Path - amhunter
200. The 1st Annual VLDC / Collaboration - SMW Central
201. The Legendary Bros. Demo 2 - Super Stiviboy
202. O Ninja Negro (2016) - darken
203. Luigi of Shadow/Himajin Mario - Nightmare VIP
204. Transylvania Tale: Realm of Noctem Aeternus - Vamperumbra
205. New Super Mario World 1: The 12 Magic Orbs - G. D.

2017
206. 9th Annual Vanilla Level Design Contest - SMW Central
207. Super Mario World 2 - Pixel-Gon Gamer
208. Mario's Egg Hunt Peril (demo) - TytusArcanine
209. Very Long Dark Corridor X - Hobz
210. P.A.U.L. - danwaleby
211. Mario World Super (demo) - allowiscous
212. The Curse of Pozo the Edgelord DX - anonimato
213. SMW: Tubular Edition - Eevee
214. This Hack Was Made In 2 Hours - ft029
215. #collab's COLLAB (demo) - Noivern, Erik557, Prizm, LHB

216. Mario Versus The Police - nnj
217.
Originally posted by levelengine
16. RttC Lost Levels (might actually finish some of these) - AxemJinx

Oh, you mean the unreleased levels. I thought maybe there was a more difficult sequel that I never knew about.
Legacy custom music
A site with a non-useless dislike button
SMW hacking channel

Okay, after having read the discussion about how people just dumped their vids in the Public Relations forum and never returned, except for feedback, I decided to keep this topic updated with new instalments to my SMW hack LP series.

Also, I now take romhack requests.

There are only a few guidelines though.

- Submit IPS patches (maybe BPS patches). No roms, .exe or .rar files
- Put some effort into whatever you've sent me as a request
- I'll most likely take patches uploaded to Dropbox, SMWC File Bins, or SMWC itself.

EDIT: If the hack isn't yours, as long as you don't try to pass it off as your own, you can still request it. The above guidelines still have to be followed.

Follow these and I'll likely accept your request.

After having added a link to the newest LP of the series (which is a request from MooDeeEx), I'll update the first post and the title of this thread to make it relevant to today.

Let's Play What the Heck 2 Episode #1

I'm hoping that people will watch my future LPs (I've been struggling for quite some time now, I've uploaded 242 videos and only have 35 subs) AND send reasonable requests (might as well open up something new to people in return for more notoriety, hopefully I don't have to revoke it).
I just thought that I had to make another post in this thread showcasing my newest Let's Play.

This recently submitted hack called Mario the super had a very vague description, 4 levels and a single screenshot of an ordinary level, but what I really got to see was beyond the average type of bad. It's now the second worst romhack I've ever played, and when I saw the other attached file that came with it, I knew exactly what it was supposed to be.
Another update.

I recently sent a PM to fellow let's player aterraformer (some of you may know him, since he's been very successful lately) and told him my idea about a friendly competitive LP of Luigi's Adventure 3 OSE by Anikiti (we're both fans of the series).

Originally posted by levelengine
I had a great idea.
Since you haven't already played Luigi's Adventure 3 OSE by Anikiti on your channel and neither have I, I thought that we should not only play it at the same time, but see who can make it to the end and beat the game first. I know that we're both fans of the series and it would be something that never crossed anyone else's mind.
If you're interested in the race to the finish let's play of Luigi's Adventure 3 OSE, let me know and we'll set up some rules to prevent someone who doesn't go to school, work, or sleep from having an advantage.
Thanks in advance for the reply.


Then, in a few hours, I got a reply.

Originally posted by aterraformer
Sounds good to me. Honestly though, as much I want to play that hack (I have played a little into world 2 in the extreme past) I do want to playthrough Luigi's Adventure 2 beforehand since I have a weird thing about doing series in order. In the past I did the first episode and the second episode twice if I remember correctly but I was using a different recording software and the framerate was God awful. Didn't help that the version I had crashed in the middle of a level.

Also, I'm not entirely sure of the differences between the OSE and newest Japanese version but if it's anything like the difference between the versions of Luigi's Adventure, I would want to do OSE first haha.

I guess my upload rate is a hint that my life beyond sleep, is kind of lacking haha. Not to mention I've seen a video on an early secret in the hack that's pretty crazy for early game. I don't remember it much though.

This is pretty good timing too. I'm almost done with The After Years and I have no idea what I'm doing with Rokko Chan. Let me know what you think.


Then, I confirmed my current status with him to make sure we could nail the timing perfectly.

Originally posted by levelengine
I agree with you on the good timing, and maybe on the appreciation of doing series in sequential order. The whole race may not start for quite some time (we'll want to get people to know that it's happening). I still have Mario's Amazing Adventure to complete, but it's been going by VERY fast. Only 6 episodes in and I have 43 of the 100 exits. Let me know when you're ready, so we can establish ground rules to make the race work.


I'm still awaiting a second response, and people to find this goddamn post. I hope future events do get interesting and that I do get another chance at Let's Plays.
Updates.

I decided to listen to aterraformer's reply and just wait for him to finish Luigi's Adventure 2 before I ask again. Turns out that it's taking longer to start this competition than I thought.

Meanwhile, I ended up doing a let's play of Zeldara's Glitch City and I even attempted to play Super Mario World (the real one made by Nintendo themselves) with my feet.

Here's what I got for now, but I'll be taking my revenge later.

Also, I've been receiving requests, mostly to play levels from the 2013 Vanilla Level Design Contest. Doing so is no problem, and let me know if you want your entry to be played.
Sorry for the bump, but my thread wants this. After all, I'm still constantly uploading SMW hack LPs.

Now I've come to a very important decision, the biggest one yet.
I just went inside the Palace of Hentai in Panic in the Mushroom Kingdom during Episode 6. At this point, I'm rendering two versions of this one video (an uncensored version and a censored version). Due to the NSFW (18+) material, uploading it to my channel uncensored may get me more views and subs since people get drawn towards porn easily, but I also want to keep my current past time going, and the uncensored Palace of Hentai could easily ruin it like that.

Should I run the risk of going at it uncensored or not?

Side note: I'm still waiting for aterraformer to play Luigi's Adventure 2, I didn't change that.
If you truly believe posting the uncensored version is a good idea, would suggest that you use the censored video as Episode 6, but link to the uncensored version in the description of the video. Also make the uncensored version "unlisted" so someone isn't going to just stumble across it.
Originally posted by TRS
If you truly believe posting the uncensored version is a good idea, would suggest that you use the censored video as Episode 6, but link to the uncensored version in the description of the video. Also make the uncensored version "unlisted" so someone isn't going to just stumble across it.


That could work, though the uncensored version of the video would still technically be up. Maybe the audience can decide if they want an uncensored version or not.
Another update, for those who follow and for those who don't.

I'm currently playing A Super Mario Thing (6 episodes currently uploaded, there might be 8 by next morning). I've read reviews which often criticized its difficulty and difficulty curve. Every once in a while, I might stop to read comments that I find on other ASMT let's plays to help explain and discover what just happened.

But also, I figured that I could give ASMT a rest due to its difficulty and the fact that the Make A Good Level Contest on the Talkhaus has just ended. I would try to hopefully play all of these entries and give honest opinions on how they were (no percentages from the rating scale though).

I've checked how many hacks I've played and if you count that level made by eWax (my friend who played RuneScape a while back), it would be an even 40. Now that I've played this many romhacks, the real interesting idea would be to make a list of the top 5 worst romhacks of the 40 I've played. Of course, there would be explanations, despite the fact I already gave them as I played these hacks. So, if you want to see some epic failures of SMW hacking, please stay tuned, and maybe even feel free to suggest how people will find that top 5 worst hacks video.

EDIT: Scratch the stuff in red. Some of the info might now be irrelevant.
Now that the Talkhaus MAGL2 contest entries have been played and reviewed, and there are barely any hacks being submitted to this site since the whole hack remoderation process has begun, I've continued playing A Super Mario Thing.

Reading fanfiction and playing various SMBX episodes may be done more often in the foreseeable future, who knows?
I think there needs to be a forum section dedicated solely to SMW hack LPing, rather than everyone starting their own and being the only ones posting in them. Also, I subscribed! :D
Originally posted by JBru51
I think there needs to be a forum section dedicated solely to SMW hack LPing, rather than everyone starting their own and being the only ones posting in them. Also, I subscribed!


Yeah, two forum mods and still not much happens here.

Let's playing is getting about as redundant as it's ever been, but I got another sort of request just now, but also want to do something much more important, provided I find the resources to do so.
Yea, I just got back into LPing SMW hacks myself, but with captions rather than live commentary. While it could make my videos more entertaining, I feel like people would just watch to hear me rant and rave and not focus on the point of the video: showcasing the level design. Besides, I'm probably a little late to the LP party anyway. LOL
Update yet again.

I might end up starting a new video series called "levelengine versus", where I find myself in some crazy and mixed up situations and document some of the interesting moments that may come. Hopefully it doesn't become mean-spirited.

i've already had a silly battle with an insurmountable language barrier. the people on the other end aren't bad people. they're just misunderstood.
October update.

Geez, I have a lot of things to do. There still the let's plays of YSQ and O Ninja Negro. There's also Halloween coming (yes, there'll be another special episode and other things just for that).

I'm planning to make something special and epic for 100 subscribers, but I have to get it done by October 15th, so I need your help. If you can get my channel to have at least 100 subscribers before the 15th, I might try to find some other reward on top of the epic 100 subscriber special.
Please watch this.

It seems YouTube is still forcing changes on us. From what I heard, people who have switched to Google plus already have received even more prompts to use their real name, which as I said before, compromises privacy and leaves you open to possible real-life dangers, which I absolutely refused to oblige to since it was even a thought to cross my mind.

Once again, I'm bringing this up:
Originally posted by YouTube Terms of Service
There is zero tolerance of predatory behaviour, stalking, threats, harassment, invading privacy or the revealing of other members' personal information. Anyone caught doing these things may be permanently banned from YouTube.


At this point, what should I do in terms of video making? Stop entirely? Or continue elsewhere?
Here's my suggestion, use Google Plus to your advantage. What I mean by that is to rename yourself to Level Engine instead of your name. I used Google Plus to change my name (which is a reason why my name has spaces). The bad thing about this, is if you already made a Google+ account, and it has your real name, removing the account will punish you by marking ALL OF YOUR VIDEOS PRIVATE. If you have more then 100 videos... wish you luck with your patience. #ab{:S}
Want progress on 100 Rooms of Enemies: The Nightmare Edition? Go here to see.

(rip my other userbars momentarily)

I didn't think I'd find something else for the "levelengine versus" series (aside from SMW hacks, that's the main point of everything else), but I did. Last time, it was the language barrier. This time on the cutting table, it's internet advertisements. If you know what Touhou is, you'll quickly spot what the hell is up.

League of Angels Ad + My Comments

I did a bunch of research before making the video. Surprised no one else spotted the Touhous first.
Originally posted by levelengine on April 29, 2013
I've checked how many hacks I've played and if you count that level made by eWax (my friend who played RuneScape a while back), it would be an even 40. Now that I've played this many romhacks, the real interesting idea would be to make a list of the top 5 worst romhacks of the 40 I've played. Of course, there would be explanations, despite the fact I already gave them as I played these hacks. So, if you want to see some epic failures of SMW hacking, please stay tuned, and maybe even feel free to suggest how people will find that top 5 worst hacks video.


Originally posted by levelengine on September 4, 2013
EDIT: Scratch the stuff in red. Some of the info might now be irrelevant.


Despite possible controversies and possible hate towards me, I've rebooted the worst SMW hacks list, but since I've played a good 100 hacks now, I've turned it into a top 10 worst hacks list, rather than top 5. All I am spoiling right now is that the top 3 entries will really surprise you.

I'll be welcoming feedback before and after you've seen the video, but the list is 100% established right now, and most scripts have been written, read, and a bunch of accompanying screenshots/videos have already been taken.