Romhack
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A modified version of a video game, created by editing its ROM data.
"It's an important game, and if you're into the progression of romhacks, it's cool to see the kinds of things that [The Last Promise] did, and how it improved over time."
- 1 To modify a video game by editing its ROM data.
"When romhacking focuses exclusively on the linguistic aspects of the game, it can be referred to as “translation hacking” (O'Hagan 2009:94) in order to differentiate these earlier precursors from the widespread romhacking practices."
Example
More examples"It's an important game, and if you're into the progression of romhacks, it's cool to see the kinds of things that [The Last Promise] did, and how it improved over time."
Etymology
From ROM (“read-only memory”) + hack.
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