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The game modification site ROMhacking.net, home to nearly 20 years worth of ROM hacks and community projects, has decided to close its doors as of August 1st, 2024. This sudden change comes after an increase in bot activity, content takedowns, and hostility with those involved with the site's operations and ownership.

The website's database, including all ROM hacks and other content uploaded to the site, has been preserved on archive.org. In addition, the site will remain up in a read-only state.

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[Xdqwerty]

Atleast all the files and hacks were archived so they dont get lost to time

 

[The Catboy]

I am glad everything will still remain up. Sad to see it go, ngl

 

[Robert Newbie]

Whoa, this hit me like a brick. I want to thank the webmaster(s) and all the people that have contributed to the website.

I'm thankful that the hacks are backed up, but where will authors upload their work now?

 

[Xdqwerty]

Whoa, this hit me like a brick. I want to thank the webmaster(s) and all the people that have contributed to the website.

I'm thankful that the hacks are backed up, but where will authors upload their work now?

Atleast theres romhacks.org

 

[Robert Newbie]

Atleast theres romhacks.org

I didn't even know about this website. Thank you.

 

[Xdqwerty]

I didn't even know about this website. Thank you.

There was an article about it on this site btw

 

[SeventhSon7]

spike go get the good hacks off archive.org

 

[SylverReZ]

That's very unfortunate to see it go. I've used this site a lot over the years for learning how to create ROM hacks, as well as try out what's trending.

I wish the staff well on their future career.

 

[Chary]

Heartbreaking. Kudos to their staff for creating such a wonderful collection of romhacks that have made retro gaming so much better than it already is. And for releasing it all to an archive.

 

[CMDreamer]

I'm a constant visitor there, and lately had seen near to zero activity and updates on new content.

Sad to see it went into idle mode.

 

[whitesword7]

I'm a constant visitor there, and lately had seen near to zero activity and updates on new content.

Sad to see it went into idle mode.

most people nowadays just moved on reddit and discord, kinda sad

discord is especially awful because you can’t search the content from google, so you have join a bunch of useless group just to get one file

 

[MON5TERMATT]

The archive is 11GB. Honestly thought it would be more.

 

[SeventhSon7]

most people nowadays just moved on reddit and discord, kinda sad

discord is especially awful because you can’t search the content from google, so you have join a bunch of useless group just to get one file

a double edged sword

 

[Kioku]

Big ouch. This one stings. Glad there’s at least an archive.

 

[hybori]

internet archive is a ticking time bomb. glad romhacks is still around at least

 

[Robert Newbie]

The archive is 11GB. Honestly thought it would be more.

That sounds about right. I would imagine it's mostly IPS files for pre-5th gen consoles and handhelds. Some of the larger ones couldn't be hosted, so authors put links on the info pages.

 

[SylverReZ]

internet archive is a ticking time bomb.

I'm surprised how the Internet Archive is still around while being pressured with take downs.

The archive is 11GB. Honestly thought it would be more.

Same here, I was expecting it to be terabytes.

 

[Deleted member 486901]

Funny, I was just looking at the site a few days ago too. Its closure will make things difficult for aspiring romhackers I imagine.

 

[ftjiso]

most of their games are like gba nes snes games that don't have big file size so it's no surprise that it's only 11gb