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- noun video games An unofficial translation of a computer game or
video game into a language that it was never marketed in (as opposed to a commercial translation), especially an English translation of a Japan-only video game and usually throughconsole emulation .
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Coined by the console emulation and reverse-engineering communities and the non-Japanese video game players involved.
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