Translation site romhacking.net gone?

[elmer]

It's been down most of the day, and I just saw this ...

[SamIAm]

Man, that sucks.

For one thing, I bet there were a ton of patches on there that weren't hosted anywhere else. Our Zeroigar patch wasn't.

For another, in addition to translations, that community has given rise to a great deal of creativity and interest based in golden-age gaming. Losing it is a real blow.

[Michirin9801]

You know that saying that we only appreciate the things we take for granted when they get taken away from us? Yeah, I'm feeling it right now... And it's not a good feeling >~>';

[elmer]

Just for our PCE community ... there were a bunch of old translation patches there that I haven't seen anywhere else.

Then there's the disruption in all the ongoing projects, like Tom and his SNES Tengai Makyou team that looked nearly-finished.

Hopefully teams like that have personal email details, too ... but it's not always certain.

This is terrible news for those of us working on translations. 

[Gypsy]

Um shit. Hopefully everything is in the hands of people willing to share.

[cabbage]

Supposedly that is a fake twitter account, and the site has not really been shut down. Hopefully that's true and it will be back up soon.

[Punch]

It is a fake Twitter account, don't worry guys. But it's a good reminder to back up everything worth it.

[elmer]

It is a fake Twitter account, don't worry guys. But it's a good reminder to back up everything worth it.

I really hope so  ... It looks like assemblergames.com got hacked a couple of weeks ago and still isn't back online.

Antisocial-asshats is something I can understand (and deplore), but losing both of those sites (with all of their individual good-and-bad points) would be a real blow to us old-farts who love programming these ancient systems.

romhacking.net in particular serves a function that I've not seen replicated anywhere else.

[BigusSchmuck]

I was going to say, viva Zophar's domain!

[geise]

I was going to say, viva Zophar's domain!

Heh.  That site will never disappear.

[Necromancer]

Maybe it's just an early April Fool's joke and is really just a server move and site revamp.  I hope it's something benign anyway.

[Black Tiger]

This sucks.

The last update I saw in 2017 for Tengai Makyou Zero is that it's still pretty much in the same stalled position it was a decade ago. Nothing is going to happen until a programmer is found who is willing and able to insert the translation.

[Gentlegamer]

Good news, folks:

DoxPhile is still online!

On a more serious note, I am glad that I snagged most of the latest translation patches a few weeks back. I'll gladly share if anyone needs anything.

Now you can make LE Numbered Translated Bootlegs to sell at NA.

[elmer]

The last update I saw in 2017 for Tengai Makyou Zero is that it's still pretty much in the same stalled position it was a decade ago. Nothing is going to happen until a programmer is found who is willing and able to insert the translation.

There was a recruiting drive for the project on romhacking a few months ago, resulting in programmer(s) and an artist volunteering. There have been page-and-pages of updates and screenshots, and the translation is now supposedly close to finished.

[elmer]

It is a fake Twitter account, don't worry guys. But it's a good reminder to back up everything worth it.

Yeah, I finally found the romhacking.net IRC feed, and the site admins are saying that the site was hacked and that the Twitter account is a fake.

Looks like someone is having fun trying to stir up trouble. The Twitter account posted this ...