But the general thinking is that the hacks themselves are fine UPDATE: Goon lawyers are all up in my PMs yelling at me that no, because they're derivative works, these technically are copyright infringement if unauthorized. It falls in a delightfully gray area where arguments can be made one way or the other. Unlike IPS and BPS patches, roms technically are
These files are then attached to the original rom using a program, thus modifying the original game.
#SHINING FORCE 2 ROM HACK PATCH#
Theoretically this means all content in the patch is the work of the rom hackers and thus, no intellectual property is violated. Most rom hacks/translations are released as patches (typically in the. I grew up on the NES and SNES, so these opening posts will be a bit biased in that regard, but discussion from all classic gaming systems are welcome in this thread! Most rom hacks are for older games, particularly from the 8 and 16-bit eras, but there are definitely more modern translations and hacks that have been worked on. Some of the most popular hacks are fan-made translations of games that were never localized (or perhaps poorly localized previously). These changes can be for any number of reasons, from fixing bugs that exist in the original game to altering graphics, music, dialogue, and anything in between.
/Update%2012/11-shining_challenge_028.png "shining force 2 rom hack")
These are occasionally brought up in the retro gaming megathread and elsewhere, but I felt that they deserved their own spotlight, as that thread tends to focus more on the hardware side of things.īasically, rom hacking is modifying a video game (usually a ROM image, hence its name) in some way to make it different from its original, official release. Hello and welcome to the rom hacking/translation megathread, a place where we can talk about our favorite fan-hacked video games.
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