With the recent downfall of **RHDN** & the unexpected outage of **Internet Archive**, i have been quietly recruiting for "Yet Another" **Software...
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The original was posted on /r/roms by /u/Europia79 on 2024-10-27 12:37:25+00:00.

With the recent downfall of RHDN & the unexpected outage of Internet Archive, i have been quietly recruiting for “Yet Another” Software Preservation group, specifically, with respect to Hacks & Translations. However, in light of the recent News, that on 2024-10-25 : the US Copyright Office " would not grant a new exemption in support of video game preservation ", I believe the situation might become more dire:

Therefore, I am announcing open recruitment for the IUPAG organization:

" By Gamers, For Gamers: Committed to the Organization, Preservation, & Development of Romhacks ".

If everyone chips in a little bit, then together, we can make massive strides on our projects & goals:

1st, is an alternative, more consistent, & verbose Naming Convention: Which has many added benefits, like:

  • the preservation of more information (basically a “walking, talking database”).
  • allows for easier transformations & customization by players according to individual preferences.
  • allows for alternative, faster “auto patching” algorithms.
  • allows for better searching & sorting.

“better searching”: To elaborate, the Younger generation might not be familiar with all these IPs that we grew up with (& take for granted), which makes it daunting to select just ONE game out of literally thousands just to try out, therefore, a better naming scheme can aid in this (as can “front-end” apps).

However, most of these apps only provide limited support (if any) for “auto patching” (mostly just “soft patching”).

Therefore, our 2nd major goal & project is AutoPatcher (something that we’re constantly inundated with help requests for, which is problems with “patching”): AutoPatcher solves these issues by automatically creating & automatically applying patches, alleviating any technical worries from the equation. But for those interested in the the technical side of things: The vision for AutoPatcher is to be a Library, which will power CLI tools that can power WebApps &/or GUIs, including emulators (or any other application wishing to add this feature).

I am personally overseeing development of these & other projects (like automated tools to actually DAT’ing Romhacks as well as other automation tools). So, if anyone is interested, hit me up.

No contribution is too small: Even just Peer-Review, Technical Advice, &/or Moral Support is welcome, TY !!!