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Many NES titles have always been one of the most hacked titles out of all other consoles out there, and in recent years, some of these titles have been seeing ports to other consoles.

Super Dodge Ball is a really fun and often overlooked title for the NES, which sees teams from different countries battling it out in a Dodge Ball tournament. It features really simple controls, but the gameplay is intuitive, fast paced, and the sprite animations and reactions are a delight to experience, more so if doing multiplayer.

Developer Rumbleminze has worked on bringing this great hidden gem from the console into the SNES, by porting the entirety of the code and inner working of it from 6502 assembly into 65816, which the SNES uses.

The port is now available on Romhacks.org, and Rumbleminze has also released the source code for the port over at his GitHub page.

Romhacks.org Release Page
Super Dodge Ball SNES source code on GitHub

 

[Xdqwerty]

the title of the game was a prediction that this was going to happen

 

[AndorfRequissa]

i loved this game as a kid. never bought it but rented it like 5x.

 

[Sonic Angel Knight]

And then I realized, there is a snes version of this game already. Except Japanese exclusive version... and this game never dies, there so many version of river city dodgeball.

 

[Xzi]

the title of the game was a prediction that this was going to happen

Nominative determinism. I rather enjoy saying that.

 

[videogamefanatic]

Huh, interesting timing since the Super Sushi Pinball was just found and uploaded by VGHF

 

[sKoMo]

Someone could explain why it's important to port a nes game into snes?
Thanks

 

[DS1]

Nice. I wish someone would hack zenin shugou so that it doesn't run like molasses.

 

[slaphappygamer]

The gba versions is also really nice. I’ve never had an SNES so I never played this one.

 

[RAHelllord]

Someone could explain why it's important to port a nes game into snes?
Thanks

Because then it works on the SNES.

 

[Sir Tortoise]

Obviously it's essential to port everything to the SNES so you don't need a NES emulator, saving critical disk space and preventing bloat.

 

[Axido]

Obviously it's essential to port everything to the SNES so you don't need a NES emulator, saving critical disk space and preventing bloat.

You never know where saving half a megabyte gets you.

But seriously, I can see how porting a game from NES to SNES can be beneficial. Less flickering and/or slowdowns as well as potentially better graphics overall if someone is willing to upgrade them. However, that argument could be applied to a multitude of target platforms.

 

[sKoMo]

Because then it works on the SNES.

Thanks for the reply.

But for what purpose? To play with original hardware or to have improved graphics/sound etcetera?

 

[mrcroket]

Thanks for the reply.

But for what purpose? To play with original hardware or to have improved graphics/sound etcetera?

Better performance (no slowdown) no sprite limits (no flickering).

 

[sKoMo]

Better performance (no slowdown) no sprite limits (no flickering).

Thanks!

 

[Taleweaver]

Is this an attempt to troll Nintendo's case&dessist department?
I mean, okay, it's not their IP. But next step is probably something like doctor mario or something less hidden of a gem.

 

[Flame]

the title of the game was a prediction that this was going to happen

Now it's "Super super dodge ball"

 

[MGun94]

Thanks for the reply.

But for what purpose? To play with original hardware or to have improved graphics/sound etcetera?

This game is notorious for flickering, I have this game on Nintendo Switch Online and even Nintendo's NES emulator didn't do anything to remove the flickering. An SNES port is more than welcome.

 

[PhyChris]

Someone could explain why it's important to port a nes game into snes?
Thanks

True RGB output for one

 

[PacBunnyXV07]

Obviously it's essential to port everything to the SNES so you don't need a NES emulator, saving critical disk space and preventing bloat.

That doesn't make sense. NES emulators and roms aren't big, they're not a Call of Duty game.