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Maybe they just really love the game. This is a form of tribute.

I too have a beloved video game from my childhood: Mega Man Battle Network 2. That game changed my life. I learned English and became a programmer because of it. I have two physical copies of it in my collection, one of them factory sealed.

Sometimes I open the game in IDA and try to reverse engineer bits and pieces of it. I just want to understand the game. I don't have the time, the dedication or even the low level programming knowledge that these badass folks in the ROM hacking community have, but I still try it.





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