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ROMhacking.net shuts down after 20 years; database has been moved to the Internet Archive
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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2024
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From what I see in the archive link I posted, it only contains patches, not playable games, neither original nor patched. You need a copy of the game already to make any use of it.
I'll take a look tomorrow. I'm UTC+2 (I just can't sleep right now ๐ ), so I'm not yet in the required state of mind to go and check all of that.
That's correct. The entire archive is only about 12GB; it couldn't possibly contain the full games.
You don't need to have the full game to be considered as piracy. Anything allowing to break a DRM could be considered as such.
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