Free Enterprise vs Randovania

Free Enterprise is an open-world ROM hack and scavenger-hunt randomizer for Final Fantasy IV on the SNES. Players begin with the airship and can complete available quests in any order. The Pass opens a route in Toroia directly to Zeromus. The generator can also randomize key items, characters, treasures, shops and other elements.

Players can choose a preset in the online randomizer, generate a seed, then patch their own ROM for an emulator or flash cart. Playing requires the player's own Final Fantasy II US v1.1 ROM; the project does not provide that file. The project is open source and free, and the online randomizer lists version 4.6.0. Gameplay includes changed NPC dialogue with tips and a Baron Town training room that summarizes the changes. Developers can read in-game memory values to build trackers for items, locations and objectives. API seed generation requires a key and is currently restricted to developers making support software for community races.

Randovania is a free, open-source randomizer for supported games on Windows, macOS, and Linux. It rearranges weapons, keys, and other items among locations, and can also change area connections, travel requirements, starting equipment, and starting location. Its randomization aims to keep games completable without glitches or exploits. Multiworld can distribute items among several games and players, including a session played alone, and the project lists integrations for the Prime games, Cave Story, Metroid Dread, AM2R, and Samus Returns. Multiworld requires a Discord account. There are no hard limits on players or worlds, but sessions above 30 have seen little testing. When disconnected from its server, Randovania retains collected-item information and sends it after reconnection, including after a restart. It only supports unmodified game files; Prime and Prime 2 require uncompressed GameCube ISO files. The Metroid Prime page specifies a GameCube ISO and either a modded Wii or Dolphin Emulator. Larger Multiworld sessions can be discussed with the community on Discord.