This is a list of NES/Famicom game hacks made (or assumed to be made) by Inventor, organised by original game name, from 0-B.
Index • 0-B • C-D • E-I • J-M • N-R • S • T-Z
10-Yard Fight[]
American Football[]
Contents unknown; likely just changes the title screen.
World Championship Football[]
Title screen.
Title screen hack. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
1942[]
Aether Tiger[]
Title screen.
Colors the player's fighter bright pink and changes some of the sprites. It also changes the background to look like the game is set at night or possibly space. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
Catch[]
Title screen.
Catch appears to replace the military planes with fish and snakes. Only known to exist in the post-2022 Timemax game set.
World War II[]
Title screen.
A basic title screen hack of the original game. Based on an older pirated release of the game that erroneously blanks out multiple characters in the font (including digits 0 and 1 in the score table); this glitchy behavior is retained in World War II.
2022[]
Title screen.
A basic title screen hack of the original game; presumably produced long after the original versions. Only known to exist in the post-2022 Timemax game set.
1943: The Battle of Midway[]
F-22 (Original)[]
- Main article: F-22
Title screen.
An original Shanghai Paradise release (or based on one), F-22 is a very advanced hack - to the point it is often confused for an entirely new game - which alters virtually all aspects of the original 1943.
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Title screen.
Navigator is a title screen hack of F-22 credited to Power Joy Ltd; the game is seen on some Power Joy plug & plays.
F-22 (Waixing)[]
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Title Screen (Waixing)
Waixing distributed a "cut-down" version of F-22 which only features 3 levels; whereas the original version contains 16 levels. A VT03 version was also produced by Waixing.
F-85[]
A title screen hack of the Waixing version of F-22.
F-35[]
Another title screen hack of the Waixing version of F-22. Only known to exist in the post-2022 Timemax game set.
Adventure Island (Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima)[]
Clonk[]
Title screen.
Based on another hack of Adventure Island called Sonic; the Sonic hack was most likely not made by Inventor.
Master Higgins/Sonic the Hedgehog is replaced with an edited sprite of Hosuke from Mitsume ga Tooru, and the music cues are swapped.
Adventure Island II (Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima II)[]
Super Boy World[]
Title screen.
Based on another hack of Adventure Island II called Super Bros. 9. Master Higgins/Luigi is replaced with the player character from Super Boy, a Super Mario Bros. hack. Some of the music is modified, while other tracks remain intact.
Cross-Pacific[]
Title screen.
A revision of Super Boy World with a new title screen. The ending is left intact.
Adventure Island III (Takahashi Meijin no Boukenjima III)[]
Super Boy: The Wind of Island[]
Title screen.
Based on the Japanese version; stars the player character from Frog Prince, a Super Mario Bros. hack. Tina remains intact and Master Higgins is intact in the ending. The palm trees are replaced with windmills, possibly referencing the one from Teletubbies. Some of the music is modified, while other tracks remain intact.
Antarctic Adventure[]
Slalom[]
Title screen.
Pentaro is replaced by a character that resembles an Ewok from Star Wars. Some scrolling and flashing effects are removed from the title screen; the level selection is changed to say Easy, Normal, and Hard. Music is muted in the first level, but is intact from level 2 onward.
Arkanoid[]
Scoring[]
Title screen.
Scoring is a hack of a cut-down mapper 0 conversion. It uses the font from Chack 'n Pop. Some versions are broken and start on level 0 where all the bricks are invisible, making the hack impossible to start properly. Items have no letters. The plot and story is intact; it also has modified music.
Pocket Brick[]
Title screen.
A complete hack of the game, replacing Doh with a dragon head and removing the story. The music is also modified. This game is only known to appear on a "Virtual Football" plug & play with 3 bonus games; unconventionally for an Inventor hack, it runs on the proprietary multicart mapper of the console ("mapper 256"). The game's title logo is blanked out and the two player option is removed on the actual title screen. The version on Virtual Football features a splash screen using assets from Shenzhen Niutai's Super Brick and Chip & Dale Rescue Rangers 2. As well as a "© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED" string seen in games published by the company. The title reads "Pocket Brick" in the CHR data (and when mapped to Arkanoid's tile code).
Serve Beam[]
Title screen.
Changes the sprites and title screen. Only known to exist in the post-2022 Timemax game set. Bizarrely, the “BEAM” part of the logo replaces the Taito logo.
Astro Robo Sasa[]
Astro Robo Toto[]
Title screen.
The player character is Milon from Milon's Secret Castle, and the cow is replaced with Conte. The game's music is modified.
Balloon Fight[]
Air Umbrella[]
Title screen.
In Air Umbrella, the player controls Meowkie from Mappy with his ears cut off. The enemy sprites are also changed. The music is unmodified.
Air Member[]
A basic title screen hack of Air Umbrella. Only known to exist in the post-2022 Timemax game set.
Zero Gravity[]
Title screen.
A variant of Air Umbrella with swapped music cues and a different title screen. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles. The "Zero" text on the title screen is in the Joe & Mac font.
Bubble Army[]
A basic title screen hack of the original game. Only known to exist in the post-2022 Timemax game set.
Bubble Bob[]
Title screen
A title screen hack of Air Umbrella; originally only appeared on the Pro Tech XL. Despite the name, the hack is unrelated to Bubble Bobble.
Fishwar[]
Title screen of the uncredited version of Fishwar.
Fishwar is an advanced hack, and is credited to Nature Color Game. The BBG and Nature Color versions of Fishwar remove the Balloon Trip mode from the original game, while the uncredited version keeps it. All versions of Fishwar completely overhaul the music, although the uncredited version features a different music track from the BBG and Nature Color versions.
Baseball[]
Base Ball[]
Title screen.
The players are replaced with Meowkies from Mappy. One version of this hack has the players intact. Some versions have modified music while others do not.
Batman: The Video Game[]
Hellfire[]
Title screen.
In Hellfire, Batman is replaced with Conte. The characters that appear in the intro are from Hogan's Alley. The rest of the cutscenes are unaltred, leaving Batman and The Joker intact; the ending and credits are also intact, along with the "Presented by Sunsoft" screen. Some of the music is corrupted while the rest of it remains intact. Humorously, the copyright is changed to “TM & ©2000 DC SPINSI INC. ©2000 FUN FOAT®”.
Shaktimaan[]
Title screen.
Shaktimaan is based on the Indian TV series of the same name, and is modified from Hellfire. Unlike in Hellfire, the music from the original Batman game remains fully intact in Shaktimaan.
Battle City[]
Most, if not all of these hacks are actually based on the Tank 1990 hack of Battle City.
Alienis[]
Title screen.
Alienis is a very advanced hack, being an original Shanghai Paradise release (or based on one) that features large, scrolling levels. Many additional variants of it were produced by Nice Code Software (and other affiliates), such as Pulveration and Bugs.
Future Tank[]
Title screen.
A more basic hack, stays on one static screen like the original game. Based on the Tank 1990 hack, with the levels slightly modified.
Future Copter[]
A variant of Future Tank; features modified music. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
Sea War 2000[]
Title screen.
A more advanced hack than Future Tank, although still single-screen like the original game. Levels are one vertical column larger than the original, resulting in the HUD on the lefthand side being moved to the top and bottom of the screen (which is largely cut off by the overscan area). One of few titles to explicitly credit Inventor.
Water Bug[]
Title screen
A title screen hack of Future Tank; originally only appeared on the Pro Tech XL.
City A 2000[]
Title screen.
Replaces the tanks with humans wielding guns and swords. The player's body is entirely peach-colored, resulting in the character appearing to be naked (presumably unintentionally). Credited to New Game Star.
This hack is only known to appear on an unbranded GameStar 15-in-1 plug & play distributed by The Shopping Channel. As with most games on this console, it is considerably more primitive in terms of hacking than other Inventor titles.
Binary Land[]
Mars Man[]
Title screen.
Replaces Gurin and Malon with two spacemen; features slightly corrupted music. A revision seen on Advance Bright Limited consoles renames the characters to Joe and Phil; this version further corrupts the music and switches its cues.
Bird Week[]
Bird Brain[]
Title screen.
The background is stolen from Bucky O'Hare. The background music is replaced with the title screen music. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
Blaster Master (Chou Wakusei Senki: Metafight)[]
Fairy 2001[]
Title screen.
The story is now changed to be in rather bad English. Sophia 3 is replaced with a turtle (referred to as a "Testudinate Hobgoblin" in the intro) and Jason's face is visible in platformer segments. Some of the music is modified, while other tracks remain intact. Logo is bizarrely based off the James Bond 007 Logo. One of the enemies is taken from Panic Restaurant, and another one is a modified sprite of Nick from Snow Bros.
Bomberman[]
All hacks are based on the Japanese version, as evident by the ending screen text.
Golgotha[]
Title screen.
In Golgotha, Bomberman is replaced with the player character from Lode Runner (who in the original version of Bomberman only appears in the ending). Bizarrely, the game takes place in a graveyard, with the player blowing up tombstones. A VT01 version of Golgotha features slightly different graphics than the standard VT02 version. The music is modified in all versions, but is still based off of that of the original game.
TNT[]
Title screen.
TNT features the player character from Frog Prince, a Super Mario Bros. hack. The in-game music is the same as in Golgotha, while the title screen music is further corrupted.
Aztec Maze[]
Title screen
A title screen hack of Golgotha; originally only appeared on the Pro Tech XL.
Bubble Bobble Part 2 (Bubble Bobble 2)[]
Dotey Cat[]
Title screen.
Based on a common pirated release of the Japanese version that skips the intro cutscene, and gives the first player 20 lives instead of 3. Bub and Bob are replaced with Doraemon; one of the bosses is replaced with a Pac-Man look-alike, and most of the other graphics are taken from Super Mario Bros, Snow Bros, Dr. Mario, Tom & Jerry, and Donkey Kong 3. Dotey Cat is most commonly included in Family Pocket systems, as well as in consoles that use the Timemax set. Music is intact.
Brush Roller (Hwang Shinwei)[]
Monster Dash[]
Title screen.
Monster Dash features the characters from Clu Clu Land. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
Flee From Home[]
Title screen.
Flee From Home appears in the Timemax set, though it is known to have already appeared on the "My Life As Arcade Game" system prior to this (under the menu name "Free From Home").
Bucky O'Hare[]
Space Soldier[]
Title screen.
Based on the Japanese version. The game features one-hit deaths; this is a result of the Konami anti-piracy code being set off, which occurs if the copyrights on the title screen are removed. The game's dialogue is poorly changed to English in a rather humorous way, but is left untranslated from the Cell stage onwards. The game's music is modified.
Willy DuWitt is replaced with a Mario look-alike, possibly modified from his appearance in Super Bros. 10: Kung Fu Mari.
Bump 'n' Jump (Buggy Popper)[]
Leaping Drive[]
Title screen.
Leaping Drive changes the title screen and makes the enemy cars smaller, the latter of which ends up making them appear to vibrate more extensively than in the original game.
Bumpity Bop[]
Title screen.
Bumpity Bop starts on level 3 and has modified music with the main instrument changed. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
BurgerTime[]
Burger Build[]
Title screen.
Game starts on level 2. The music cues in this hack are switched, but otherwise remain the same as in the original. The graphics remain unchanged as well. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.
B-Wings[]
Ultimate Choice[]
Title screen.
Weapons are renamed to fighter plane names; The music is modified. Originally appeared only on Advance Bright Limited consoles.