ROM hacks such as hacks that increase the game's difficulty, rearrange all the stages to create an entirely new game, or replace the dialogue with perverted humor. In any case, to have these experiences you need to apply an IPS patch to a video game ROM. I've created a video tutorial with the directions posted on. Lunar IPS is intended as an easy to use, lightweight IPS patch utility for Windows to replace DOS program. It can both create and apply IPS patches. Roms are illegal to download and since thess hacks are built upon specific roms the creators can legally send their patch in an ips file. Then you can patch your copy of the rom with the ips file and play the game. Use the sidebar to find patching prgrams like lunar ips.
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What you need:1: You need the orginal rom. You can't play the IPS file in an emulator.
2: You need the IPS file.
3: You need an IPS patcher.
Using SNESTOOL.EXE:
1: Open snestool.
2: Select 'use ips'.
3: Select the IPS file.
4: Select the rom file you need to apply it to. Remember to make a backup of the original rom file!
5: Run the rom file you patched in your favorite emulator.
Using IPS PLUS:
1: Put ips.exe in a folder together with the rom and the IPS file. Remember to make a backup of the original rom file!
2: Go to the dos prompt and go to the directory you put everything in.
3: Type: IPS [ROM NAME] [IPS NAME]. Replace [ROM NAME] with the rom file name and [IPS NAME] with the IPS file name.
4: Run the rom file you patched in your favorite emulator.
Using ZSNES: (Only for SNES games!)
1: Rename the rom so its called the same as the IPS patch. (If your IPS is named 1.IPS, name the rom 1.SMC)
2: Put the rom and the IPS file in the same directory (or the save directory you use if you have one).
3: Load the rom in ZSNES.
4: The rom is not modified if you use this method. This method may not work with all games.