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| Main - General Chat - What was the point of shutting down RHDN only to make a clone of it (1) |
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Newcomer Level: 3 Posts: 1/3 EXP: 48 Next: 80 Since: 08-16-24 Last post: 74 days Last view: 74 days |
Should have just kept the original site up and running or at just say you were moving to a new server/host for future hacks. Waste of time, attention and internet space. |
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 Red Koopa Level: 15 Posts: 47/124 EXP: 13301 Next: 3083 Since: 08-12-24 Last post: 18 days Last view: 16 days |
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Newcomer Level: 1 Posts: 1/1 EXP: 9 Next: 2 Since: 08-17-24 Last post: 87 days Last view: 87 days |
jamesamong007, old site is being destroyed by the old admin Nightcrawler. |
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 Shyguy Level: 12 Posts: 14/90 EXP: 7780 Next: 141 Since: 08-21-24 Last post: 4 days Last view: 22 hours |
This is the better RHDN. ____________________ 8-bit is enough. |
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 Goomba Level: 6 Posts: 7/20 EXP: 824 Next: 83 Since: 08-19-24 Last post: 10 days Last view: 10 days |
Due to complications (don't remember the details), RHDN is being discontinued. Thankfully, its database has been archived/put up for use, so various sites are scrambling to become the successor. This site is one of those, and imho the nicest looking of the contenders. ____________________ Developer of the Universal Pokémon Randomizer FVX, dabbling Dragon Quest VI hacker |
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Newcomer Level: 1 Posts: 1/1 EXP: 9 Next: 2 Since: 08-14-24 From: Cali Last post: 75 days Last view: 21 days |
I do hope there's just one successor when all's said and done, it'd be a pain to have to check for and update or submit hacks on multiple predominant romhacking sites that host them instead of just one like it was with RHDN. Last I checked the RHDN Discord staff was going to attempt to make a new site also, but neoromhacking already seems a fair bit ahead of it... If both sites decide to not concede though I suppose we will have more than one! |
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Shyguy Level: 12 Posts: 41/90 EXP: 7780 Next: 141 Since: 08-21-24 Last post: 4 days Last view: 22 hours |
Posted by Gi Nattak Well there is a rom hack site just for Super Mario World hacks. It's got a handful of Yoshi's Island rom hacks on it but it's like 98% Super Mario World stuff. There's some fun hacks there that aren't on this site. It's been around a long time too. My personal favorite one is "Mario is Missing Done Right". ____________________ 8-bit is enough. |
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Shyguy Level: 12 Posts: 22/83 EXP: 7091 Next: 830 Since: 08-16-24 From: MY MOM! Last post: 1 day Last view: 1 day |
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Goomba Level: 6 Posts: 17/20 EXP: 824 Next: 83 Since: 08-19-24 Last post: 10 days Last view: 10 days |
Having a general site for "hacks" also helps with all those games that don't have a thriving ROM hacking community, all those myriad translations of RPGs with no place to go on the anglophone internet because before said translation only a handful people have ever heard of the game.
Now do I hope we only end up with one generalist site, because having to search through a number of them to find a ROM is a pain, but we can't expect the one true successor to be apparent quite yet. As much as I hope it will be NeoRHDN rather than RHDI - some whitespace is welcome on a website, but being able to see only two (2) games listed on the search screen at once, on desktop (!), is not. ____________________ Developer of the Universal Pokémon Randomizer FVX, dabbling Dragon Quest VI hacker |
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 Paragoomba Level: 11 Posts: 11/74 EXP: 4885 Next: 1100 Since: 09-15-24 From: Somewhere Last post: 14 hours Last view: 2 hours |
I have to remind that while there are many games with a thriving romhacking community, there's equally as many games that aren't so lucky. Which is why it is especially important that there's a main hub that can give attention to these less fortunate games, because they have their own dedicated fanbase, no matter how big or how small they are.
I hope to see this site thrive, and carry on the legacy inherited from RHDN. |
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Newcomer Level: 2 Posts: 3/3 EXP: 26 Next: 20 Since: 10-16-24 Last post: 22 days Last view: 5 days |
Centralization is dangerous, the web is at its best when there are multiple smaller sources of data/information. It's more convenient when things are centralized, but it isn't so inconvenient to have multiple sources that it's worth the downsides to centralize. There's never just one Italian restaurant in a city, right? There are multiple options, each doing things a bit differently, etc. |
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 Struttin' On In Level: 1 Posts: 1/1 EXP: 9 Next: 2 Since: 08-16-24 Last post: 21 days Last view: 7 days |
Posted by yharnam I strongly disagree. Galeforce sums up my thoughts on the matter perfectly. Without a centralized site, so many hacks and translations would get lost in the pasta sauce of the many "Italian restaurants". |
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 Unprofessional Level: 10 Posts: 40/56 EXP: 3749 Next: 665 Since: 08-24-24 From: Germany Last post: 3 days Last view: 4 hours |
I actually agree with both sides: centralized and decentralized. There are pros and cons to both sides. Centralized has the problem of being controlled by a single or few entities, which they can do whatever they want. On the other side a central place is easier to use and maintain for end users, as only one source needs to be checked and maintained. In example I don't have to look for 3 sources to know which version is the newest one of keep up where does what get uploaded.
Downsides are the opposite of those points off course. Each community has its own rules and members. The usability is different and so on. You have to check discussions in different forums, because maybe someone helps with a solution in one community that another one needs help with. Solutions and requests are scattered. Therefore I am conflicted with this question. |
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 Bronto Burt Level: 7 Posts: 27/28 EXP: 1407 Next: 41 Since: 08-14-24 Last post: 17 days Last view: 4 hours |
Well, when it was just one place I was more inclined to push out quick updates. But now even if I could update on RHDN again, so many people have my latest public version that I need a way to let them know there's an update. It's not like Super Nintendo games have an auto update feature, and I have no way of knowing how many people actually read my readme to know about the Discord for update discussion.
At this point I'll end up passively notifying people of updates by making the old version incompatible on RetroAchievements and putting a link to the current version in the game's comment section. It's a pain, but I have some other work to finish before getting to that point. So I've been putting off the debate on how many places to host updates. ____________________ If you need me, I'll be overanalyzing how games work. Y'know, instead of playing them. |
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Shyguy Level: 12 Posts: 71/83 EXP: 7091 Next: 830 Since: 08-16-24 From: MY MOM! Last post: 1 day Last view: 1 day |
Posted by yharnamI'll second agreeing that Galeforce said what I think already, but let me put it another way. 
A generalized resource greatly helps out the games and communities not big or popular enough for someone to step up and make a community dedicated to it, but it doesn't stop others from making such dedicated spaces, and with the RHDN fiasco as it has been, there are even more choices between generalized "one-stop-shop" replacements for RHDN than there ever has been. The good ones will prevail (hopefully), and the bad ones will eventually wither away or something, all in time, but for now there's more options than ever. I don't think it could be any more decentralized right now. ____________________ Build a man a fire, and he's warm for a night. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life. |
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