The Battle Animation Editor allows users to select the backgrounds used in battle sequences against enemies in EarthBound. A very groovy little program. While at one point the program was 30 Mb, it has been shrunk to a mere 4 Mb!

Newly added is a modified version by Chris Davis, which is compatible with Windows 2000 and XP. Rejoice!

CC Basic is a unique program that allows users to script EB events using its own special programming language. It will compile them into standard EarthBound control code format.

Size - 492 Kb
Creator - Flynman
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The CGPED - or Compressed GraPhics EDitor - is an image compression/insertion program rather than an editor. You can create enemy battle sprites with your favorite art program and stick them into the game! Many people seem to have problems using this program, but once you know what you're doing, it's as easy as crashing Windows 98. Lower on this page, there is an archive of .bmp images you can download and use as battle sprites with this program.

Size - 17 Kb
Creator - Tomato
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This small program suite will allow you to compress your text into standard EarthBound format. Not all that dissimilar from the much-faster CTB-U program, this program provides the additional perk of modifying the compression table used by EarthBound to determine what each CT control code means text-wise.

Size - 48 Kb
Creator - TapamN
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This program is an enhancement of the original program, CT-Boing, by GuyInSummers. The program compresses and decompresses your EB text at unheard-of speeds. There are two major versions available: Though the newer version runs faster, it has a few bugs to work around. The older version is more reliable.

Size -
Creator - Flynman
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This groundbreaking DOS-based program decompresses compressed graphics data into SNES graphics format. It exports files as raw SNES data, so you will have to view it with a program like Tile Layer in order to export it to a standard image filetype. Mad props to cabbage for this l33tness!

Size - 6 Kb
Creator - cabbage
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This DOS-based program increases the size of the EarthBound ROM from 3 Mb to 4 Mb. This allows you to insert all sorts of things, from extra text to new battle sprites.

Size - 30 Kb
Creator - Tomato
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A few versions of the EarthBound ROM are floating around the 'Net. One of these versions seems to have been badly dumped: this program will fix the errors on the ROM so it can be used with hacking utilities properly. Try using this program FIRST if you have problems with the ROM!

Size - 30 Kb
Creator - Tomato
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The Save State Editor will edit savestates from the emulator ZSNES. It allows you to change all sorts of neat things, like character stats, names, toggle event flags, and even has a groovy visual item interface!

Size - 136 Kb
Creator - Mr. Accident
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This groovy little program allows you to edit all of the uncompressed sprites in EarthBound. With multiple tools, pallet hacking options, and a slew of other neat stuff, this is one of the must-haves of any hacker.

Size - 35 Kb
Creator - Mr. Accident
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This handy program allows you to hack what all of the stores in EarthBound sell. You can't edit the prices they're sold for, but only because that's a function of PK Hack. So don't whine about it, fool. :P

Size - 56 Kb
Creator - Zushiba (Frieza)
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One of the greatest works of all PK Hacking. This program allows you to edit the actual text within the EarthBound ROM, a system which is actually highly flexible and allows for the creation of cutscenes and special events with the unique control codes that EB uses. A note about versions - Version 3.7 includes some advanced options, including a control code interpreter. However, it loads more slowly than older versions - loading the Expanded Megabyte may even cause your computer to crash. You may also want to get Version 3.0.

Size - 58 Kb
Creator - Tomato
•Download Version 3.7
•Download Version 3.0

A quick-and-dirty editor for the placement of enemy groups on the map. It's not very user friendly right now... hopefully, it will soon be integrated with the Map Editor. There are two versions - normal and FAST. Choose the one that works on your computer.

Size - 7 Kb
Creator - Ness_42
•Download Normal Version
•Download FAST Version
•Download Source Code

A hexadecimal editor that edits the raw code of files. You'll need this for hacking a lot of stuff that doesn't have editors specifically coded for it.

Size - 9 Kb
Creator - Unknown
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Kraken II is a convenient editor that allows the user to hack the text in the game setup screens. It's a lot easier than editing it all in the ROM with a hex editor! It's nice and user friendly, as well.

Size - 18 Kb
Creator - GuyInSummers
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Check this out. It's a text editor that lets you change the crazy mind-reading marquee of the Lumine Hole sanctuary. Quite convenient for those of you with allergic reactions to hex editing. Have at it!

Size - 8 Kb
Creator - JeffMan
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This program allows you to change the experience point requirements for each characters' level-ups. It's pretty neato. ...umm, what was I saying?

Size - 10 Kb
Creator - Frieza
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What happens when you combine the utter deliciousness of cabbage with the explosive tendencies of Mr. Accident? You get this, possibly the coolest EB hacking program ever to hit the scene. Not only does it load allow editing of the map, doors, and sprite placement, it has a Text Pointer Table editor, and it loads the map graphics and pallets directly from the ROM! Keep an eye on this one folks, 'cuz it's only getting better from here. ^_^

Size - 53 Kb (Tilesets - 2.45 Mb)
Creator - Mr. Accident
•Download Map Editor v4.0 (Self-extracting executable)
•Download Stinky, Outdated, Useless Tilesets

This indispensable tool allows editing of the graphical elements of EarthBound maps - everything from the basic graphical resources (minitiles) to map tiles (arrangements) and palettes. It is even possible to edit the collision maps associated with tiles using this editor. A must-have for anyone who wants to do a serious hack.

Size - 19 Kb
Creator - Cabbage
•Download Tile Editor version 4.0

The seminal work of PK Hackery and our community's namesake, PK Hack is a multiuse program which edits enemies, items, and a great deal of miscellaneous data. A staple of PK Hackers since the very beginning, this program is something no hacker should be without. If you don't have it, we'll laugh and point at you. Here we go! Meh he he he he he he he he!

Due to incompatibility issues, PK Hack 0.2 crashes upon loading the enemies window under Windows XP. PK Hack beta 0.3 has been developed to combat this error. XP, 2000, and ME users should download this version.

Size - 344 Kb
Creators - Tomato and Spaanoft
•Download Version 0.2
•Download Beta Version 0.3
•Download Version 0.1

This program allows the user to extract the hex code from an area of the game. This isn't really useful if you're not experimenting or documenting the data within the ROM... but if you are, it can be a lifesaver.

Size - 7 Kb
Creator - Ness_42
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A well-known utility with a vast variety of abilities, PK Hackers use SNESTool most often for its IPS patching capabilities. You should too.

Size - 14 Kb
Creator - Unknown
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This .zip file contains a large pile of random, fun stuff. Specifically, that means:

•Hexadecimal correlation tables for use with hex editors
•A hex editor, Thingy
•DOS32 and DOS4GW files for running DOS programs
•EarthBound Pallets for Tile Layer Pro
•SNESTool
•.cht file for ZSNES, activating the Walk-Through-Walls code
•ROFISH's Debug Menu Translation Patch
•Tomato's Mr. Saturn - Olde English Font Conversion Patch

Tangy is yet another convenient program - this one allows you to hack the 'Don't Care' preset names built into the ROM. It's a must-have for any starting hacker who doesn't feel comfortable using a hex editor. Also included is Compressed Text Boing, the precursor to CT Boing - Ultra.

A multi-use graphics editor that edits games for several console systems. This is often useful to hackers because it contains functions that the EB Sprite Editor does not.

This little program converts normal text into EB hex code. It also has a function to convert SNES addresses to their hex forms, and the other way around.

This program edits the TPT (Text Pointer Table). The TPT controls all of the people and things you can talk to, as well as the present boxes you can find things in.

This program edits the EB text pallets. Basically, what that means is that you can make your own flavors now -- chocolate, cheese, metallic, whatever you want!

SNES9X's CPU is written in assembly, and its graphics and SPC-700 engines are well optimized. SNES9X supports graphics modes 0-7, 2 joysticks, transparencies, Super FX support, and has realtime save/loading. This is now one of the best SNES emulators around, and it stands only second to ZSNES in terms of compatibility.

This is the fastest SNES emulator in existence. It features all SNES screen modes as well as add/sub transparencies in 16-bit graphics mode (VESA2 support is required), mosaic effects, Super FX emulation (StarFox, etc.), DSP1 emulation (Mario Kart, etc.), C4 emulation (Mega Man X2/3), real time saving, and a really great GUI which lets you configure the emulator to your heart's content. It has interpolated sound, and supports the SNES mouse, as well as having a slew of other opstions including movie recording and modem-to-modem netplay!

This double pack of patches (also included in the Random Stuff file in the programs) contains two things:

1) A patch converting the Mr. Saturn font into an Olde English script and
2) ROFISH's translation of the Debug Menu, a hidden access point for all sorts of commmand functions used by the programmers during alpha testing stages.

Size - 3 Kb
Creator - Tomato, ROFISH
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In the words of its creator: 'This hack is basically the same thing as regular EarthBound, but different. Let me explain. Here's a list of what I changed: Item names, item effects, enemy actions, what enemies drop, battle commands, status effects, phone number names, weapon/armor names, PSI names, i even made all new enemies and items! And, you can now teleport to Dusty Dunes! Also, some stores may be selling some new and interesting goods...'

Size - 19 Kb
Creator - EB_Master
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Dead Ness isn't technically a hack, though it came from one. I was looking for a way to add Buzz Buzz to your party after a boss battle. Unfortunately, the boss creamed me. An interesting side effect of this was that the text continued parsing after I died, adding Buzz Buzz to my party, and allowing me to live on. Ness is able to walk around as normal, in ghost form. Battles cause the game over screen to appear, but you can interact with everyone. Go ahead and haunt your friends!

Size - 89 Kb
Creator - Blue Antoid
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This hack, the first of its kind, matches you up gladiator-style against a slew of EarthBoundy opponents. An enjoyable new twist on our old favorite. It's definitely worth a look!

Size - 6 Kb
Creator - ROFISH
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This simple hack shows off our newfound ability to hack the position and affects of doors. Pay no attention to the unusual side effects like floating heads and realtors blocking your path.

Size - 0.225 Kb
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Taking a page from Chrono Trigger, this patch allows you - upon finishing the game - to start from the beginning with all of your items, stats, and PSI intact! There are a few buggy event-related things, but overall it's an interesting way to play the game!

NEW! EarthBound: New Game Plus Plus

michael_cayer, the master of event flags, has used his powers to make a new enhanced version of the EB: NG+ hack in which all events are reset. In the course of that, you will lose your PSI Teleport powers... or, rather, you will lose the destination abilites, but not the power itself. Enjoy!

Size - 3 Kb
Creator - Tomato
•Download Original
•Download EB:NG++

In short, Falc's experimentations with the EarthBound ROM. They contain a great deal of Starmen.Net in-jokes.

Size - 40 Kb
Creator - Falcon24
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GuyInSummers' first major hacking project. It contains the same sort of odd, quirky humor many good PK Hacks are known for. Sadly, the beginning cutscenes are plagued with errors... :/

Size - 62 Kb
Creator - GuyInSummers
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JonBound is the most thorough hack of EarthBound to date. It has become a standard against which all hacks are judged - which isn't necessarily a good thing ^_^; Here's a few words about JB from the readme:

The biggest dilemmas most 18-year-old guys have to deal with are late term papers, tedious jobs, and trying to get a girlfriend. So you can imagine you would be shocked if you learned you had to save Earth from alien invaders, bipedal desert salmon, and the combined evil of the entire human species before you've even moved away from home! Such was the case with Jon Otis, a typical nerdy guy. JonBound thrusts him into an world where everything is familiar, yet full of strange and menacing weirdness. It's a good thing that he has three tough friends on his side. Will the four of them succeed and save us all? Only time will tell... maybe.

Size - 156 Kb
Creator - Blue Antoid
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This collection is mostly made of preview patches that show off the new features of programs like the EB Sprite Editor and such. (Well, they were new when the patches were made, stoopid. :P)

Size - 11 Kb
Creator - Tomato And Spaanoft
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A cute little cybernetic ant-tank. These little menaces first made their appearance in the original incarnation of Mother 3: Hero's Genesis.

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallets -
Creator - Blue Antoid
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An EB rendition of Matt Groening's sarcastic, alcoholic robot, Bender (from the cartoon 'Futurama').

Size - 3 (64 x 32)
Pallet - 9
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Hey, check it out! It's me! I do, like, stuff.

Size - 3 (64 x 32)
Pallet - 1
Creator - Blue Antoid
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The forum avatar of Starmen.Net regular Everdraed. It's a baby, in a tuxedo, holding a bouquet of flowers, with the head of Bub from Bubble Bobble. Ph33r.

Size - 3 (64 x 32)
Pallet - 9
Creator - Blue Antoid
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The forum avatar of Starmen.Net regular Saotome_Ranma. It's Bob Dole's head and arm, sticking out of a washing machine. I belive Dolewasher was the one responsible for the Cuban Missile Crisis, but I can't be sure.

Size -
Pallets -
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Er... eek?

Size - 6 (128 x 128)
Pallet - 15
Creator - Zero_Diamond
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The weakest, most cannon-fodder enemy in all of DooM. Now you can turn him into cannon fodder in EarthBound!

Size - 4 (64 x 64)
Pallet - 7
Creator - Blue Antoid
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This enemy first made its appearance in Mother 3: Hero's Genesis. It's a pretty generic floating spherical robot.

Size - 3 (64 x 32)
Pallet - None Specific
Creator - Blue Antoid
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The scourge of Mother 3: Hero's Genesis, the Giygan soldier is the organic counterpart of the Starman. His powers are unmatched among the beings of the galaxy. Also, he wears a slick outfit with gigantic boots. Does it get any cooler than this?

Size - 4 (64 x 64)
Pallets - 3, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 15, 21, 31
Creator - Blue Antoid
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This robotic monstrosity is one of the first lines of defense around the base of the Irken invader ZIM. They've got laser turrets in their eyes, and they can transform into horrific spider-robot things. It truly brings a new evil to the word that is 'Gnome.'

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallet - 1
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Another Invader ZIM import, this is a soldier of the Irken Empire. He's equipped with a large electrically-charged weapony thing and very large shoulder pads.

Size - 4 (64 x 64)
Pallet - 12
Creator - Blue Antoid
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It's everybody's favorite enemy-swallowing, nightmare-foiling, pink puffball hero from space. This sprite is taken directly from Kirby's Super Star.

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallet - 11
Creator - Blue Antoid
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The same ghost that plagues you with possession. Aren't these graphics creative?

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallet - 3
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Size - 4 (64 x 64)
Pallet - 1
Creator - Blue Antoid
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The horrendous result of mixing an Unassuming Local Guy with 20 Jerry Springer guests. It's not pretty.

Size - 3 (64 x 32)
Pallet - 5
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Fear the power that is Saget Man. The forum avatar of Zushiba/Frieza, Saget Man combines the unholy power of TV celebrity Bob Saget and the unfettered superstrength of the ultra-manly Lemon Man, mascot of C.C. Lemon soda, manufactured by Suntory Company of Japan.

Size - 5 (64 x 128)
Pallet - 7
Creator - Blue Antoid
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A Standard-issue Information Retrieval unit, commonly used by invaders from the Irken empire. This robot slave is invaluable in calculating weaknesses that can lead to conquering the enemy planet. It's also a thermos!

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallet - 3
Creator - Blue Antoid
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A fairly common sight in forests, caves, and other dark, damp places. They are mobile fungi that actually exist in the real world! However, these ones are a bit more hostile tham most...

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallet - 7
Creator - Blue Antoid
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ZIM, a deranged litle alien with no concept of how hopelessly failure-prone he is. He is pictured here with his insane robot slave, Gir. This is the last ZIM crossover pic, okay? Don't hurt me please.

Size - 6 (128 x 128)
Pallet - 1
Creator - Blue Antoid
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Though the major zombie menace has been ended in Threed, they still occasionaly try to break free from their resting places. This is a fun enemy to set with an invisible out-of-battle sprite: You're walking along, minding your own business, when *BAM!* A zombie hand bursts forth from the ground!

Size - 1 (32 x 32)
Pallet - 14
Creator - Blue Antoid
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