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The best ROM hack website is shutting down after nearly 20 years

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ROMhacking.net is a resource for video game fan translations and fixes for classic games.

The site is a rich resource for post-release hacks and patches for software, particularly for games that never received localizations outside of their native language.

Site administrator: "The site achieved almost everything it set out to do, and far exceeded it" The site’s database, including all files and images, has been transferred to the Internet Archive .

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English

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short-lived

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