A pivotal online hub for ROM hacks goes news-only after two decades

/ ROMhacking.net has parked its collection on The Internet Archive.

By Wes Davis, a weekend editor who covers the latest in tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech journalist since 2020.

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ROMhacking.net, a longtime stalwart of the online classic gaming world mostly turned the lights off on Saturday. Nightcrawler, who created and runs ROMhacking, announced that the site, which has hosted community-made alterations for classic games, has stopped taking submissions and will only post news going forward.

ROM hacks like those the site hosted can be as minor as replacing the original Mario sprite with his Super Mario Bros.

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