Skelux is a ROM hacker most known for creating the Super Mario Star Road and SM64 Multiplayer. He is also a YouTuber with many videos, usually about ROM hacks and modding several games of the Super Mario franchise.
Skelux has been creating ROM hacks for Super Mario 64 since at least 2010, and has gained recognition with the SM64 ROM hacking community with the success of his hacks. Skelux currently has his own Patreon for individuals who want to support his ongoing project, Star World, receive updates about his ongoing projects, and participate in his personal Discord server.
Hacks (Incomplete List)[]
| Name | Stars | Creation Date | Co-authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Super Mario Star Road: The Green Comet | 150 | 2021 | biobak |
| Green Star Revenge 2: To the Galaxy | 182 | 2019 | Cryogeon |
| Super Kaizo Star Road | 130 | 2019 | loohhoo |
| Super Smash Bros. 3D | 0 | 2017 | |
| 24 Red Coin Challenge | 3 | 2016 | |
| Butterfly 64 | 0 | 2012 | |
| SM64 Multiplayer | 120 | 2012 | |
| Super Mario Star Road | 130 | 2011 | |
| Star Legend 64 Beta | 7 | 2010 | |
| Mushroom Kingdom Stadium 64 | 6 | 2010 | |
| Mario DDR 64 | 0 | Unknown | |
| Super Luigi Star Road | 130 | Unknown | GeoshiTheRed |
Personal Life[]
During 2021, Skelux disclosed to his community that he was currently dealing with a form of brain cancer[1] and received surgical intervention for it soon after. Because of the risky nature of the operation, Skelux decided to share some of his more personal social media connections, such as his Reddit and Roblox accounts[2].
Despite his initial hesitation to do so, Skelux eventually opted to undergo radiotherapy to give himself the best possible chance of survival to do so[3][4], although he would later still be on the fence about this[5].
As part of remaining open with his following and documenting his journey, Skelux stated that he had received a formal diagnosis of "WHO grade II oligodendroglioma, with IDH mutation and 1p19q deletion"[4], and later even posted the scans taken of his brain before and after the surgery[5]. Amazingly, approximately one year after first posting about his cancer, Skelux had already returned to updating his Patreon[6].
Media Mentions[]
- In January of 2024, a page for Super Mario Star World was created on IGDB.
- In January of 2019, TechRaptor wrote an article covering Skelux's discovery of a "Minus World" in the NES's Legend of Zelda.
- In November of 2017, The Verge wrote an article about Skelux's revival of Nintendo's promotional Flash games, which likely would have been otherwise lost as a result of Adobe's incomprehensible decision to completely discontinue Flash Player.
- In that same month, engadget wrote an article covering the same topic.
- In October of 2012, pcgamer wrote a brief article covering Skelux's creation of a multiplayer mod for Super Mario 64.
- In October of 2012, a forum site called GBAtemp made a brief post to their "news and Featured Content" section announcing the release of Skelux's multiplayer mod for Super Mario 64.
- tvtropes has an extensive article covering Skelux's Super Mario Star Road.
Citations[]
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56yqzWOAr9_H5oCzEEJ2rg/community?lb=UgwX52b_WsdOTRILTkV4AaABCQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56yqzWOAr9_H5oCzEEJ2rg/community?lb=Ugzags0sUBHXExwKzkp4AaABCQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56yqzWOAr9_H5oCzEEJ2rg/community?lb=UgxZMNIV3AzIqS8z0rt4AaABCQ
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56yqzWOAr9_H5oCzEEJ2rg/community?lb=UgzAPUTb6HbOkkJoiu14AaABCQ
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56yqzWOAr9_H5oCzEEJ2rg/community?lb=UgxPY-O0pQB2D2iJzqd4AaABCQ
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC56yqzWOAr9_H5oCzEEJ2rg/community?lb=UgyKN5kdjE1kv118Jq14AaABCQ