Are there any hacks of hacks yet?  It might be funny in a postmodern tongue-in-cheek way to make a "penis hack" of a well acclaimed ROM hack, or for the sake of irony, do an overhaul of an overhaul hack.  I think the-romhacking-scene has developed to the point where it can take the joke. 

It hasn't.

So don't try it unless you want 1990's-like drama to come back.

More productive things?? Aw you guys are no fun!   
Actually the whole thing seemed funnier earlier today.  You kinda had to be there. 

Well, That super mario land colorized on the database is a hack of a hack. It started out as a level re-arrangement hack by some guy named frank. Then someone came along and changed the graphics and colorized it.

A random guy finishing another guy's dead translation is technically hacking someone else's hack too :[

I don't have a problem with it, as long as the author gives permission, or the guy doing the new work isn't an ass and claims the work as his.  A good example would be the DahrkDaiz's Red Coin Quest--if someone were to hack that and not even mention who's work it was as a base (despite being rather simple to see), then I'd have a problem, personally.  Same for something even as small as the animated tile/water hack for Final Fantasy I.

Well I guess my translation of FF7nes would be a HoaH if FF7nes is an overhaul of FF3j (I'm not sure either way).  SMB2 can be considered an overhaul hack by itself, and there are a few genuinely good SMB2 hacks.  There is even a patch that turns it back into an approximation of DDP.  Some patches are compatible because they mod different areas of memory, so you could superimpose them onto the same ROM.  You can combine a text patch with a graphics patch and a music patch, but it's rare to find a combination that makes sense. 

The "penis hack" thing was just an example, by the way (although a "penis hack" *IS* the sincerest form of flattery).  I'm thinking more along the lines of a hack of DXO where Shurek becomes Zebes, the Meta Knight becomes Samus, and the Techno-Goddess becomes Mother Brain.  There wouldn't be a point to this unless it exploits or gives a nod to some of the atmosphere or changes from the original hack.  A simpler example would be Ice Mario, a hack someone made where he replaces your bouncing fireballs with a horizontally gliding ice crystal.  This would be a good starting point for a MegaMan themed hack.  Of course a measure of citation would be included.  We romhackers are very very polite good people. 

Umm I mean I sincerely plan on hacking your FF7NES translation hack. That game seriously needs a graphic overhaul. So I guess this means you're cool with that haha.

Dr.,
Hey whatever brings attention to my work will be fine by me.  My ego needs stroking.  I hope to release another partial patch this weekend.  Maybe we can instigate an FF7 revival that will compel Square to finally do a solid remake. 
There are a lot of things hackers can do to it.  It doesn't have the guy who are sick.  It uses the Aeris date scene; Someone can make a Tifa or Barret date patch.  It doesn't have Yuffie or Vincent.  Someone clever could probably fix that.  At the very least they can be inserted as NPCs, or add an enemy called "Materia Thief" that looks like Yuffie.  Most enemy sprites look FF7 unrelated.  Is it possible to fix it so that it uses normal mappers instead of the esoteric Nanjing 163? 

Macbee,
Now I'm curious about SMB MCB and its seminal graphics.  You don't have to ask to use my work, just show my name or something.  It would have to come before your name, and have bigger letters too. 

Actually, as long as you stay away from the text graphics you wouldn't even NEED my permission.  Sooo...?  GET TO WORK, PEOPLE!