"Like chewing glass:" Why Kowloon's Gate was Hilltop's hardest hacking challenge ever, and also worth it: "It is such a singular experience"
Also this issue: Saturn, 3DS and N64 emulator updates and a translation of a PS2 Simple 2000 Series curio.
Read Only Memo
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Welcome to ROM, an emulation digest: News, interviews and deep dives into the MiSTer, fan translation, and more.
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How a romhacker discovered 3 Saturn Bomberman prototypes hidden in demo discs for 28 years
Plus, the .hack//Link translator who wouldn't give up, a pile of Mega System 1 MiSTer cores, and a new CMS!
The 2023 send-off: Substack's Nazi problem and a quick guide to the Analogue Pocket's new display modes
Time to find a new home for Read Only Memo in 2024? Probably! Let's talk about why.
Goodboy, galaxy — and hello Jipang
How the Famicom’s ultimate “legendary shitty game” got translated after 36 years
Hilltop Works: Next translation after Boku no Natsuyasumi 2, an obscure PS2 RPG, is "The most exciting game I've ever worked on"
A summer vacation in November
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After 2 decades of tinkering, MAME finally cracks the Hyper Neo Geo 64
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Dinosaur Planet Recompiled is the perfect game to kick off a new era of N64 archaeology
The Before Crisis crisis: How hackers are rebuilding the lost Final Fantasy VII mobile game piece by tiny piece
