I can't help but be amazed every time someone manages to rip maps through programming alone. All that stuff about tiles, bit masks, address blocks, map compression makes my head spin
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I just find it a bit disappointing when the ripper stops after that instead of polishing the map by adding the more important sprites to get a better-looking finished product. You just can't get everything through coding alone most of the time.
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