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Gaming Slang
ROM hacking
· noun · gaming
Cracking open a game's ROM to rewrite how it plays or looks.
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Definitions
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Modifying a game's ROM data to change gameplay, graphics, text or anything else baked into the cartridge image. This is how you get custom Mario worlds, translation patches and full-blown fan remakes.
“The fan translation is a ROM hack, they rewrote every text box and repointed the script in the ROM.”
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Done as a verb for the act of building those mods. Heavy ROM hacking means hex editors, custom tools and a lot of patience.
“He's been ROM hacking that SNES game for two years and the new levels look official.”
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ROM hacking In A Sentence
The fan translation is a ROM hack, they rewrote every text box and repointed the script in the ROM.
He's been ROM hacking that SNES game for two years and the new levels look official.
Origin & Usage
Emulation/homebrew scene; editing the raw ROM data of a game to change levels, graphics, text or mechanics.
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