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Why downloads temporarily need a login
Sorry for the extra step. The turds hammering the site with automated requests are making it harder for real people to use it. Until we get that traffic under control, hosted ROM Hacking downloads require a signed-in account.
In a short diagnostic sample on November 15, 2026, we recorded:
- 1,300 dynamic requests in about 3 minutes, including 438 ROM Hacking file requests.
- Requests spread across many clients and unrelated pages.
- Hostinger refusing database connections during bursts above its 20-new-connections-per-second limit. One logged burst reached 86 new connections in a second.
- A median processing time of about 10 seconds in the sample.
Those are file requests, not proof that every download completed. We’re treating this mass automated scraping as an attack on the site’s availability. Software is hammering our pages and requesting project files, exhausting our limited hosting resources and making the site slow or unresponsive for real visitors. This is about the damage that traffic is causing, not a claim that someone broke into the site. I cannot afford to keep feeding these scrapers everything they ask for while our community is left waiting. Right now, requiring a free account and a login is the best practical way I have found to restrict those downloads. If you know a workable alternative, I’m listening.
If anyone has a better way to handle this, please let me know in the ROM Hacking community. Right now, my tiny site cannot comfortably handle 438 requests for ROM Hacking files in roughly 180 seconds alongside normal browsing. Requiring a login is how I’m pushing back against the automated traffic overwhelming it. Sorry... not sorry. I want the site usable for the people who actually come here to enjoy it.
You can still browse the library, read project pages, and view screenshots without signing in. Downloads here are creator project files, including patches, utilities, and documentation, not commercial game ROMs.
This restriction does not change our community posting rules. If you are already signed in and see this notice, reopen the project page and try its download button again.