In the PC world, this is often called a "repack," where high-quality textures or languages are removed or compressed to save gigabytes of space. Safety and Risks
The gold standard for disc-based systems like PS1, PS2, and Dreamcast, often reducing file sizes by 40-50% while maintaining 100% data integrity. saferoms highly compressed
: Legitimate ROMs are typically in formats like .iso , .bin , .cue , .7z , or .zip . Never run an .exe file downloaded from a ROM site; these are almost always installers for adware or malware. In the PC world, this is often called