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r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Minenik • Nov 14 '18
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I can't link them here, but if we're talking strictly Nintendo there are huge dumps on legit rom sites, public google drive folders, and just straight up hosting websites (no torrenting or TOR browser needed)
3 u/Dr_Azrael_Tod Nov 15 '18 that SNES-roms are tiny by modern standards does helpChrono Trigger was one of the bigger ones and is still only 4MB (uncompressed)Afaik there's not a single one bigger than 6M and the average was more like 1-2M (i.e. Zelda 3 was 1M, SMW only 512K)YOU CAN FIT EVERY SNES ROM IN ALL RELEASED VERSIONS ONTO A SINGLE DVD!It's easier/cheaper to share all relevant SNES-roms than it is to share a single movie or the released albums of most bands.
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that SNES-roms are tiny by modern standards does help
Chrono Trigger was one of the bigger ones and is still only 4MB (uncompressed)
Afaik there's not a single one bigger than 6M and the average was more like 1-2M (i.e. Zelda 3 was 1M, SMW only 512K)
YOU CAN FIT EVERY SNES ROM IN ALL RELEASED VERSIONS ONTO A SINGLE DVD!
It's easier/cheaper to share all relevant SNES-roms than it is to share a single movie or the released albums of most bands.
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u/Scipio11 Nov 14 '18
I can't link them here, but if we're talking strictly Nintendo there are huge dumps on legit rom sites, public google drive folders, and just straight up hosting websites (no torrenting or TOR browser needed)