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From Final Fantasy V To Mother 3, A Brief History Of ROM Hacking

Michael McWhertor July 13, 2010 12:00 PM

What to do when your Japanese role-playing games take months, years or forever to get an English translation? Rip the ROM and hack-translate it yourself. 1UP takes a look at the origins and current state of the brute-force, fan-made localisation.

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