Why do we Rom Hack? :3

[BlitŻ1]

As more of these "what" and "why" topical threads pop up, I thought I should post what came into my head ;D.
Essentially, I'm asking why do we Rom Hack as a rhetorical question, I'm not really wondering what the point of it, but what do each and every one of us get out of it. :3 More of a bring us closer together, all hail rom hacking question ;3

I rom hack because of nostalgia. I remember waking up every morning as a kid, popping in my sapphire version, and watching this magnificent 2-D landscape crawl across the screen (Yeah, I was REALLY young, who actually likes the maps Nintendo made? x3). I get a exhiliration from reliving the memories in my now adult mind. I get to use the tools people made here to disassemble those original landscapes and making my own is what I really like. Plus, the aspect of me being the storyteller ;)

Tell me why you rom hack ;D
I can already tell that:

Spoiler:

So don't hate! xD

 

[Darthatron]

I do it...

• To give me something to do.
• To give give me something to learn.
• To show off - mainly this.

Also, because I played Red and Blue when I was a wee-lad.

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

Because it is fun.

I also like the sense of power it gives me! I CAN CONTROL THE WORLD MUAHAHAH!

 

[altariaking]

Why do I hack?
Because I can.

 

[leachim_paloyz15]

Why do people hack???

well, actually I'm still working on my own hack right now, but its not posted here on PC... I don't know why?!!

I hack because I can freely control the events in the game... Make new Pokemon, Characters, and others...

It really makes me happy when I accomplish something in my hack, and I wonder how it feels to finish your own game/hack...

so, basically that's why I hack!!! :D

 

[colcolstyles]

Hm, that's a damn good question. I wish I could answer it.

 

[Full Metal]

aww, don't leave us colcolstyles! D:
hm...mainly because i enjoy it
that, and i don't feel like writing my own dang engine :P
bleh, that would take ages for one person to make >_<
but now that i have gtk...hm...:idea lightbulb: :D
plus, its a challenge.

 

[psychicboy]

I do it for the story I can create with the Firered Engine. Seriously, when I play a hack, Im not playing it for 'The most beautiful maps ever created', Im playing purely for the story. I wanna be able to dive into the game and feel apart of its unique world.

Which leads me to why I hack, to tell an amazing story that other people may enjoy in the world of pokemon.

 

[Luck]

It's nothing more than an easy way to kill time when I'm bored.

 

[Zeffy]

I don't know. I wish, I wish I really know. ;-;

 

[Scytha]

I hack because
1. It's awesome
2. Because the original games are boring
3. It's awesome

 

[Alice]

I do it because I've always been an artist at heart, but had no real skill. This (mapping) is as close to painting as I can get.

 

[icychill66]

Why do I love hacking you ask?

1. I love computers and programming!
2. It's challenging!
3. There are endless problems to solve!
4. You can be as creative as you want!
5. Pokemon is sweet!
6 There aren't many who DO hack!

 

[Vnalder]

I edit roms because I feel that the pokemon center, mart, and gym in fortree city are out of place XD

 

[chrunch]

That's a hard question. :/

Maybe because it's fun, and I just like
making my own hack.:3

 

[6ryan4]

I hack because it is insanely fun and it's as close as I can get to creating my own video game. :P

 

[Shiny Quagsire]

Because we feel like it, so deal with it!!!

 

[BlitŻ1]

Haha, thanks for all of your opinions guys ^w^
Some of them were inspiring, others just made sense like that.

Because we feel like it, so deal with it!!!

I didn't mean to attack you. T~T

 

[redsaber5859]

I hack cuz when I first got diamond, 4 years ago, I always wanted to make my own game, one with everything
And by hacking I can! XDXDXD

 

[destinedjagold]

>.>

Too difficult to answer but I'll try to answer anyway. :3
I try to hack/mod because...
...I think they're fun. :3
...it's kinda related to programming. =/
...I can finally make a PKMN game that I dreamed when I was young. :3
...I can share it with other people. :3
...it kills most of my spare time instead of boring myself to death. xD
...it gives me headaches when scripting. :3
...it's a form of art and I love art. :3
...I love POKéMON. :3
...I found this site and the tools and now got addicted to ROM Hacking and I can no longer escape this addiction... D:

And I guess that's all of it. ^^