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or parallel plug on the other end. Most linkers that connect to a link slot are capable of copying ROM information from commercial software cartridges. Some more recent flash cartridges use digital media cards (SD, MMC, CF, etc.) in which files are placed via a
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to write games to the cartridges. However, some people (especially people with older computers) use other software to write games to the cartridge. An example of this software is X-ROM Frontend by
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has faced legal troubles. A distributor of the R4 was fined over $ 600 thousand AUD, and was ordered to destroy any leftover stock they had, and an import of R4 cartridges have been seized by the
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