Thanks for the info I'm running smw on snes9x (best for my macbook pro) and the built-in patcher is a godsend lol. I'm glad to see that there are so many people dedicated to modding games such as smb, link to the past, and others.
There are sooooo many smw/smb hacks though that I dont know where to begin lol. I downloaded 15 or so that I thought showed the best promise cuz lets face it, nobody has time to play the 200+ hacks out there lol.
Brutal Mario, Dr. Mario World, and the Mario Adventure series have been good. I'm out of the old "frustrating" hack phase lol I'm looking now for amazingly redone graphics, powerups, and moderately challenging level design. I found Brutal Mario to be nearly flawless for that.
If you know of any crazy awesome ones let me know
Also on a side-note I've kinda looked around for an ocarina of time or majora's mask remake out there but its been a fruitless search so far. Any info would be appreciated. I love to enjoy the truly impressive and hard work of the hacking community and an awesome n64 zelda remake would be beyond badass hahaha