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[[Category:Hacking Information]]A ROM is the data inside a [[cartridge]]. This is the most important part of its cartridge, as it controls all of what the game does and contains all the art, [[mappings]], music, etc that is used by the game. ROM stands for "'''R'''ead '''O'''nly '''M'''emory".
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[[Category:Hacking Information]]ROM stands for "'''R'''ead '''O'''nly '''M'''emory". Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data. ROMs come in many forms, two of the most commonly used are Cartridges and Compact Disks. Most Sonic games have been released as a ROM. After ROM data has been dumped into a file, it can be modified.

Revision as of 00:37, 16 October 2004

ROM stands for "Read Only Memory". Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data. ROMs come in many forms, two of the most commonly used are Cartridges and Compact Disks. Most Sonic games have been released as a ROM. After ROM data has been dumped into a file, it can be modified.

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