romhack

romhack noun: a modified version of a video game, created by editing its ROM data.

Noun

romhack (plural romhacks)

A modified version of a video game, created by editing its ROM data.
- It's an important game, and if you're into the progression of romhacks, it's cool to see the kinds of things that [The Last Promise] did, and how it improved over time.2020 October 13, Alex Custodio, quoting PompomRenaldo, Who Are You?: Nintendo's Game Boy Advance Platform, MIT Press, →ISBN, page 194

romhack (third-person singular simple present romhacks, present participle romhacking, simple past and past participle romhacked)

To modify a video game by editing its ROM data.
- When romhacking focuses exclusively on the linguistic aspects of the game, it can be referred to as “translation hacking” (O'Hagan 2009:94) in order to differentiate these earlier precursors from the widespread romhacking practices.2017 April 11, Miguel A. Jiménez-Crespo, Crowdsourcing and Online Collaborative Translations: Expanding the limits of Translation Studies, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 29

Noun
plural	romhacks
alternative form	ROM hack
alternative form	rom hack
Verb
third-person singular present	romhacks
present participle	romhacking
past participle	romhacked
past	romhacked

From ROM (“read-only memory”) + hack.

What does romhack mean?: Romhack means a modified version of a video game, created by editing its ROM data.
What part of speech is romhack?: Romhack can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of romhack?: The plural of romhack is romhacks.

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