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http://kotaku.com/pirates-leak-pokemon-prism-after-nintendo-shuts-it-down-1790598623
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Pokémon Prism is a fan-made ROM hack for Pokémon Crystal. Over the course of eight years, creator Koolboyman and his team crafted a new Pokémon experience, which they hoped to release this Christmas. Nintendo hit them with a cease and desist four days before release. Thanks to a group of pirates, the project still made it to the internet.
Following the cease and desist, Koolboyman shut down his website, which also hosted Pokémon Brown, a ROM hack for Pokémon Red, as well as Rijon Adventures, a hack for Pokémon FireRed. As a final build was never released to the wider public, Prism seemed doomed.
And yet, the next day, the files for Pokémon Prism surfaced on 4chan anyway. Attached with the files was a README file from pirates who claimed to be a group of people interested in seeing ROM hacks succeed. According to the document, these folks allegedly have no affiliation with the actual team behind Pokémon Prism and instead got the files because a dev got careless. Despite the looming threat of legal action, these individuals left an email address where anyone could reach them. So I did.
The Prism Distributors were understandable concerned with anonymity. Individuals found liable for ignoring a cease and desist can face thousands of dollars in fines. A perceived breach by Koolboyman or another member of the project could have dire ramifications. The group even denies knowing who first placed the files on 4chan. All that mattered was getting the game to the public.
Hack my ROM's if old.