From 37a738a1a48f82414ca4928ae38597135ada9d6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tim Allen Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 15:34:48 +1000 Subject: [PATCH] Discuss game patching. --- README.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8878dc66..ec10b50a 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1863,7 +1863,28 @@ playing an MSU-1 game is just like Importing and playing patched games ----------------------------------- -TODO +The console emulation community +has a long and vibrant history of game modding, +or [ROM hacking][rhdn], +including fan-translations, +new levels for existing games, +and more. +Since distributing the modified versions of existing games +would be copyright infringement, +the changes are typically distributed as "patches", +a file containing a list of modifications to make, +that can be automatically applied by a "patcher" tool +like [Flips][flips]. + +higan does not support soft-patching, +so if you want to play a patched game in higan, +you will need to use a patcher to apply it yourself, +creating a new, patched copy of the game. + +Then you can import and play the patched game just like +[a regular game](#importing-and-playing-regular-games). + +[rhdn]: http://www.romhacking.net/ Moving the game library -----------------------