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F3 2026 - Free Fangame Fair (Announcements & Trailers) - ROM hacks, Translations, And Standalone Games.
(www.youtube.com)
ROM hacks, translations, and fan games special event hosted by Kaze.
0:51 - Shadow the Plumber Chapter 1 (Super Mario 64, TBD)
2:06 - Loony Tunes 64 (sm64coopdx, 2026)
3:29 - Rogue Chaos 2.0 (Super Mario 64, Out Now)
5:20 - UFO 50 Nonograms (UFO 50, Out Now)
6:26 - Paper Story Deluxe (Tabletop role-playing game, Out Now)
7:55 - Zelda II: The Adventure of Mario (Zelda II, Out Now)
9:03 - Pokémon Timeless Diamond & Spaceless Pearl (Pokémon Diamond and Pearl, Out Now)
10:37 - Donkey Kong Land Remake (Unity, Out Now)
11:46 - SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom Deluxe (SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, Summer 2026)
13:20 - Super Monkey Ball Redux (Super Monkey Ball, Spring 2027 and Demo Available)
14:33 - Spongebob Squarepants Speedy Sprint Trials (SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom, September 19th 2026)
15:38 - Mario Air Ride (sm64coopdx, TBD)
18:37 - Pokemon: The Hodgepodge Platoon 2.0 (Pokemon Emerald, Out Now)
19:46 - EarthBound Brave New Eagleland (EarthBound, October 2026)
21:08 - Embers of Mana (Final Fantasy Adventure, Out Now)
22:28 - Undertale, DELTARUNE (LeapFroge LeapsterGS, TBD)
22:35 - Super Mario Odyssey 64 (Super Mario Odyssey, TBD and Demo #2 Coming Soon)
24:51 - Super Mario 64 Galactic Adventure (Super Mario 64, December 2026)
26:26 - Quasi-Spatial Creation Nexus 1.1 (Super Mario 64, Out Now)
27:57 - Super Mario Galactic Wonder (Super Mario Bros. Wonder, 2027)
29:22 - Super Mario Odyssey Update #2 - A Galaxy Story (Super Mario Odyssey, 2027)
30:45 - The Legend of Zelda: The Glass of Fate Chapter 1 (Godot, February 2027)
32:25 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Online (The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, August 18 2026)
32:28 - The Legend of Zelda: Moonrise Regalia 1.0.6 (The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages, Out Now)
34:31 - BetterVR for Breath of the Wild (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Cemu, Out Now)
36:02 - VR for Mario Kart Teaser (Coming Soon)
36:46 - Lucky Star: Ryouou Gakuen Outousai English Patch (Lucky Star: Ryouou Gakuen Outousai, Winter 2026 and Episode 1-4 Patch Available Now)
38:16 - Sunless Sea: Rewritten 0.16 (Sunless Sea, 0.16 Out Now and 1.0 2026)
39:05 - Pikifen 1.2 (Pikmin Fangame Engine, 1.0 Out Now and 1.2 August 2026)
40:08 - Wuhu Kingdom (Super Mario Odyssey, Out Now)
41:41 - Super Mario Bros. Wonder: Bowser's Test V2 (Super Mario Bros. Wonder, 2026)
42:55 - Super Mario Bros. Misfit Pack (2027)
44:32 - Wario's Conquest + Super Mario Land 2 Reclaimed (New Demo SAGE 2026 and Full Release 2027)
44:24 - Paper Mario: Star Nova (Paper Mario, Out Now)
48:38 - Banjo-Kazooie 4 Quest for Kurkoins (Banjo-Kazooie, 2026)
I've only really been tangentially aware of these for the past few years -- I think I may have been recommended one of the first when it was Nintendo Fangames Direct in like 2020 -- but these showcases fill me with so much joy. Someone else put together a sort-of response video to showcase a few more outside of the heavy Nintendo focus, but either way I am loving that mods, ROM hacks, and fan games are starting to see more love these days.
You'd probably enjoy Retro Revisted's channel then, it's a monthly version of F3 kinda, more* of a euro focus:
https://www.youtube.com/@RetroRevisited
Admittedly I don't usually watch, I just go to the video description for all the links they've assembled 😅.
That actually sounds fantastic for me right now. I made a resolution this year not to buy any more games^†^ when I have so many unplayed games in my library plus all the retro/hacks/fangames/etcetera that I've been playing. I'll admit most of the time I fall back to Pokémon ROM hacks on my retromajigger, but I'd love getting to see more varied and interesting projects to try out. So many of these are just pure passion projects, too, which warms my heart a little. Thanks for the link.
^†^ Which I did fail, but rather than completely give up I moved the goalpost to be kinder to myself and actually work towards accomplishing something: this year I've only spent ~$5 on games for myself, $10 if I count the copy I gifted to a friend (Dome Keeper, btw, while it was on sale, very fun roguelike would recommend)
https://retrogametalk.com/repo/romhacks/
https://retrogametalk.com/repo/translations/
Enjoy infinite content (or ignore and do your backlog first lol) if you wish. RGT is very active for the niche community this all is, so you get a decent amount of comments and ratings to help filter the good/personally interesting stuff out more efficiently. But you need an account to see it since these are all pre-patched releases ready to go, so here's a partial screencap of the front page of Fan Translations right now:
Hacks: https://quokk.au/static/media/posts/ej/Md/ejMdsnmStUgcWW1.png
I did something similar as you starting two years ago, and I managed to clear out everything I was willing to play from my combined libraries that had built up. Was about 225 games, whittled it down to 105 and I made peace with the fact I'm not even interested in giving the remainder a shot. All that really remains is crap from the very first Steam sale where I got entire Pub/Dev libraries for 90+% off, so I don't feel guilty since I didn't seek any of those games left out. My loose rule was play any game I installed for at least 1 hour. I ended up finding 23 games worth finishing, which given the context I think was pretty good overall.