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= What? =
The Boktai Hacking Wiki is a project to collect all technical data about the Boktai video game series, as well as romhacking resources and tools, romhacks themselves, patches, translations, and more. It was created to serve as ''the'' central and searchable place for this information.

= Who? =
This site was founded and is currently hosted by [[User:Raphi]]. Anyone can create and edit pages here - just create a free account by clicking on the "Create account" button in the menu in the top right.

= Community =
In addition to this Wiki, we have a dedicated IRC channel for discussing Boktai hacking in [https://web.libera.chat/?channel=#boktaihacking #boktaihacking] on [https://libera.chat/ Libera Chat].

= Content guidelines =
Before creating a page, please make sure that the content you want to add falls into one of these broad categories.

* '''Technical documentation''' of Boktai ROMs. Examples include (but are not limited to):
** ROM layout (e.g. locations of functions, their signatures, behaviour, etc.)
** RAM layout (e.g. variables, structs, arrays, ...)
** File formats used by the games
** File descriptions (what file is used where/contains what)
** Scripts (and their signatures, behaviour, etc.)
** General information about game mechanics (e.g. enemy stats, how RNG works, movement mechanics and frame data ...)
** Other data dumps (lists of maps, treasures, etc.)
** ...and more
* '''Romhacking tools and resources'''. For example:
** Map editors
** Script editors
** Lua scripts for emulators
** ROM/RAM analysis tools/scripts
** Cartridge hardware documentation
** ...and more
* '''Romhacks''', patches, translations, and other game modifications.
** As long as it's a modification of a Boktai game, it's allowed.
** Only upload patches, not the final patched ROMs!
* Cartridge modifications

== Prohibited content ==
* Only upload a file if you have permission to do so from its author.
* '''Do not upload or link to ROMs''' (.gba files).
* Only upload content relevant for romhack creators and players. That means '''no game walkthroughs and no lore'''.

== Copyright ==
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