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Most hacking groups offer web space for hosting hacks and screenshots (sometimes only hosting hacks by the group's members and hosting almost any hack), a message board, and often have an [[Internet Relay Chat|IRC]] channel. Several hacking groups have also created guides that aims to help others get into grips with ROM hacking for the first time, such as the legendary "Rom Hacking Bible" for the NES written in the mid-to-late 1990s,<ref>{{Cite web |title=NES - Rom Hacking Bible - NES - By SeRiAlKLR - GameFAQs |url=https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/nes/916386-nes/faqs/2948 |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=gamefaqs.gamespot.com}}</ref> as well as for learning how to add or change things from start to finish.

There are many sites on the internet dedicated to world of ROM hacking, with each site focusing on several hacks and translations of several different games across multiple series, franchises and platforms. One of the most popular sites dedicated to ROM hacking of video games was {{Anchor|Romhacking.net}}ROMhacking.net, which first went online in late 2005. From its inception up until 2024, it served as a hub related to all things ROM hacking, hosting a repository of hacks, translations, utilities, documents, and patches for many well-known and obscure video games from the [[Third generation of video game consoles|third generation]] up to the [[Seventh generation of video game consoles|seventh generation]]. ROMhacking.com was the immediate predecessor ROMhacking.net, which launched five years earlier in 2000 and was briefly renamed as ROMhacking.org between 2001 and 2002 before goingreturning to its original name afterwards and then went offline in late 2004.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Legacy - ROMhacking.com/ROMhacking.org |url=https://www.romhacking.net/about/#romhackcom |website=ROMhacking.net |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>

ROMhacking.net has since transitioned over into being a read-only news site for ROM hacking projects after nearly 20 years of hosting on August 1, 2024 due to various reasons beyond the site's control, with its former database and files being archived on the [[Internet Archive]]. New submissions on the site were also permanently closed on the same day of the announcement, and all downloads will remain available on the site for as long as the site maintainers can handle.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Joshua Wolens |date=2 August 2024 |title=Founder takes down the Nexus Mods of romhacking after 20 years because 'lines were crossed' by 'a most dishonest and hate filled group,' but others tell a different story |url=https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/founder-takes-down-the-nexus-mods-of-romhacking-after-20-years-because-lines-were-crossed-by-a-most-dishonest-and-hate-filled-group-but-others-tell-a-different-story/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=PC Gamer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Catherine Lewis |title=20-year-old romhack site that was a treasure trove of Pokemon fan games and JRPG translations winds down after achieving "almost everything it set out to do" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/games/20-year-old-romhack-site-that-was-a-treasure-trove-of-pokemon-fan-games-and-jrpg-translations-winds-down-after-achieving-almost-everything-it-set-out-to-do/ |access-date=2 August 2024 |work=gamesradar |date=2 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McWhertor |first1=Michael |title=The best ROM hack website is shutting down after nearly 20 years |url=https://www.polygon.com/24211944/romhacking-net-closure-internet-archive-downloads |website=Polygon |access-date=2 August 2024 |date=2 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="rhdn_readonly">{{cite web |title=Site: ROMhacking.net Moves to News Only, Database and File Archive Released to Internet Archive |url=https://www.romhacking.net/forum/index.php?topic=39405.0 |website=ROMhacking.net |access-date=27 August 2024}}</ref>