Category: romhack databases

  • Romhack Plaza Launches Major Website Upgrade

    Moving from WordPress to Laravel

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    Says site owner Benjamin in an announcement post here:

    The concept for this new version came from the realization that XenForo and WordPress didn’t really work well together. Plus, there were a lot of issues with WordPress. (Although it’s still a very good CMS, it just wasn’t right for this site.)

    So I decided to rebuild the site from scratch using two frameworks:

    • Laravel for the content section.
    • XenForo for the community section.

    The two work together perfectly and allow us to combine the strengths of both.

    This new version comes with many changes.

    • New Design
    • New User Management
    • New Submission Form
    • Addition of Clubs
    • New Home Page
    • Improvements to the ROM Patcher and ROM Hasher
    • Improved Filters
    • Addition of the “Play Online” Feature
    • Documentation Available
    • Switch to Open Source

    If you’d like to support their platform by contributing to the server operating costs, check out their Ko-Fi page here.

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  • RDHN User Posts Rants Even After Moderator Warns to Be Nice

    Posts Quickly Removed by Moderation

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    Original thread relates to an ongoing project for a Dragon Quest IV (SFC) translation addendum.

    The thread can be found here.

    A moderator steps in with a warning following an exchange between two users regarding writing style for the translation addendum.

    A third user decided to post the following rants.

    These were quickly removed. The site does not make clear on its user profiles whether a temporary or permanent ban has been handed out.

    For reference, RHDN’s forum rules state:

    So, what do you think? Was the user out of line? What moderation action was warranted here? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

    Related Post:

    Dragon Quest VI: Aflame Released

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  • New Romhack Database

    Decompiled Ports Also Covered

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    Has another alternative arrived for romhack databases?

    The new website is romhacks.net.

    Writes the site owner Natto in a Reddit post:

    I’ve been playing ROM hacks and ports for years, and I kept running into the same problems:

    • cluttered or outdated sites
    • having to dig around multiple places just to find basic information
    • excessive ads
    • setup tutorials hidden inside giant forum threads
    • confusing patching steps
    • and basically no proper place that clearly lists decompiled PC/Android ports or notes which ones support online play
    • non-structured databases with a lot of junk rom hacks

    It’s designed to be clean, beginner-friendly, and actually usable, with:

    • clear game pages and short overviews
    • setup & troubleshooting instructions that make sense
    • a dedicated section for decompiled ports
    • a web-based patcher that runs locally in your browser and can save your patched ROMs
    • no ads

    It’s still early and missing tons of titles, but the foundation is there – I’d really like feedback, brutal honesty, ideas, or bug reports.

    There’s also a submit form if you want to add your favourite hack/port and help shape it. (the site is super empty right now)

    I’m trying to figure out the best (and most respectful) approach for adding projects:

    Option 1:
    Anyone can submit their favourite ROM hack / port. Everything will clearly credit the original creator and the site will not host patches – just link back to the creator’s download page.

    Option 2:
    Only original creators can submit their projects, meaning no entry unless the dev themselves wants it listed.

    If you’ve made a ROM hack or decompiled port, how would you feel about your project appearing on a site like this (credited properly, linking to your page, no files hosted) without you personally submitting it?

    Would that annoy you, or would you see it as helpful exposure?

    Important note: it doesn’t host ROMs or patches – it only links to original creators / official sources and focuses on info and usability, not downloads.

    You can check out the website here!: romhacks.net

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  • Is Romhacking.net Low-Key Shaming Alternative Sites It Beefed With?

    Any Mention of Romhack Plaza is Automatically Hyperlinked to Old Reddit Drama Thread—and More

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    1. Intro

    A project thread of mine in the RHDN forums apparently contains some image hotlinks (which I should be fixing anyway) that became broken after a certain point in time, possibly in mid-2025.

    To be clear, these images worked fine for a period of time.

    But why did these end up being broken?

    This is what I saw today when attempting to fix the images.

    It looks like any link to (update: mention of) Romhack Plaza (RHP) is being auto-converted to instead point to a Reddit thread regarding some old drama between the two sites (which Romhack Plaza’s predecessor already addressed here).

    Could this be an accident?

    Or is RHDN refusing to squash its beef with one it deems as its competitor?

    Let’s check another project thread of mine here.

    Seems not.

    We get that beef happens. But is that not something that the hacking community can overcome?

    Is this the kind of culture that we want to see being set in our community?

    2. Analysis

    The original image (not hotlinked this time):

    The original forum shortcode with hotlinked image URL:

    [img width=256 height=224]https://romhackplaza.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FF5r-IC-Disc1-English-translation-v0.01-by-clymax_027.png[/img]

    The autoconverted result by RHDN:

    [img width=256 height=224]https://[url=https://www.reddit.com/r/romhacking/comments/18xgc3b/romhacksorg_admin_sabotaged_romhackingnet/][url=https://www.reddit.com/r/romhacking/comments/18xgc3b/romhacksorg_admin_sabotaged_romhackingnet/][url=https://www.reddit.com/r/romhacking/comments/18xgc3b/romhacksorg_admin_sabotaged_romhackingnet/][url=https://www.reddit.com/r/romhacking/comments/18xgc3b/romhacksorg_admin_sabotaged_romhackingnet/]romhackplaza[/url][/url][/url][/url].org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/FF5r-IC-Disc1-English-translation-v0.01-by-clymax_027.png[/img]

    Basically, RHDN’s automated script looks for:

    romhackplaza

    and auto-adds a hyperlink to the drama thread, like this:

    romhackplaza

    Based on further testing it was discovered that the URL shortcode is nested four deep in this case due to four edited submissions having been made.

    That is to say, each additional edited submission results in one further level of nesting of the URL shortcode.

    3. Validation

    Should we test our hypothesis? A different thread is used.

    “romhackplaza” was temporarily added at the end of the post.

    The result is now hyperlinked as explained in the previous section.

    The auto-added shortcode can be seen on re-editing the post.

    This shows that the auto-conversion is still active to this day.

    For what it’s worth, other variants were also tested but appear unaffected.

    4. Another Discovery

    It has since been reported to yours truly that you get a similar result if you try to mention Romhack.ing.

    Here is a test:

    And the result:

    where

    romhack.ing

    became

    Idiots that staged a hostile takeover.

    in reference to an incident we previously covered here.

    Crosspost on Twitter

    So, what do you think? Comment below, or come check us out on Discord.

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