An influential from hacking website has announced that it will be officially shutting down. Founded in 2004, From Romhacking.Net was a website known as a database for hosting fan translations, patches, hacks, tools, and an important site for many online fan communities for 20 years.

In shocking news, https://t.co/W08nY5SYT9 is ceasing operation as we know it. This website has been the nexus for fan-translation and romhacking for many years, and is a huge loss. pic.twitter.com/bi63B0mMz0

— Hilltop 🇵🇸 (@HilltopWorks) August 2, 2024

According to the websites’ administrator, Nightcrawler, he already had plans to end things in 2023 but an undisclosed group had stepped up with an offer to help continue the website. Unfortunately, the partnership broke down once Nightcrawler realized that the group had exposed his personal information and attempted to cut him out of the website. Nightcrawler also completely cut the site from social media and messaging apps like Discord.

“…I thank all of the many staff and community members whom kept the wheels turning and the lights on over the years. I am proud of our many accomplishments here together. I will carry forward remembering the good times, laughing about the bad times, and knowing she was right for the time, but time has a way of moving on,” wrote Nightcrawler.

This development lead to Nightcrawler making the decision to end the website completely. Thankfully, those interested will still be able to view the contents of the database thanks to Nightcrawler making steps to hand over the database to the Internet Archive.