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ROMhacking.net Moves to News Only, Database and File Archive Released to Internet Archive (www.romhacking.net)

submitted 3 months ago by nanoUFO@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is Nintendo’s fault somehow, isn’t it?

[–] KickMeElmo@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 months ago

Not likely, though there are plenty of reasons to hate them still.

[–] jay@mbin.zerojay.com 7 points 3 months ago

A true end of an era. So glad to see the file database get dropped on internet archive.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Copyright pressures increased dramatically with takedowns and legal burden. The site shifted from serving mostly contributing humans to bots and overzealous people abusing resources. They drowned everybody else out.

This is a very diplomatic way of blaming Nintendo and other companies without specifically naming them.