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	==Service Research and Development==		==Service Research and Development==
	External services involve the analysis of services that take place outside of normal game play. These include interaction between devices or interactions with a particular server that has a dedicated function, such as the [[GTS]].		External services involve the analysis of services that take place outside of normal game play. These include interaction between devices or interactions with a particular server that has a dedicated function, such as the [[GTS]].

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	==RAM Research and Development==		==RAM Research and Development==
	RAM Research and development involves the analysis or modification of a game's actively running state. Hardware such as the [[Action Replay]] allow users to give the games code to be executed at run time. Debuggers allow for memory to be viewed or modified as an [[emulator]] emulates a game.		RAM Research and development involves the analysis or modification of a game's actively running state. Hardware such as the [[Action Replay]] allow users to give the games code to be executed at run time. Debuggers allow for memory to be viewed or modified as an [[emulator]] emulates a game.

			[[RNG]] would fall under RAM R&D because it relies on the currently active state. Game play mechanics also fall into this category.

			==Service Research and Development==
			External services involve the analysis of services that take place outside of normal game play. These include interaction between devices or interactions with a particular server that has a dedicated function, such as the [[GTS]].

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Within Project Pokemon, there are a few main divisions which determine categorically where certain subjects fall. All of these are heavily related, but some borders between these divisions can be defined.

==ROM Research and Development==
ROM Research and Development involves the analysis or modification of a game's internal non-running state. This state is usually considered Read-Only, hence ROM (Read Only Memory), but software implementations and hardware modifications exist to make such editing possible.

===File Types===
The standard ROM extension for a Nintendo DS ROM is '''.nds'''. The ROM extension for a Nintendo 3DS ROM is '''.3ds''' (or '''.3dz''' in some instances). Each of these have an internal structure, similar to a directory tree or archive, that allows for various other file types.

==SAV Research and Development==
SAV Research and Development involves the analysis or modification of the game's saved non-running state. This state is initially created when a New Game is selected and updated after each Save during game play.

===File Types===
The standard SAV extension is '''.sav'''. Because saves between different games are fundamentally different, there are a variety of tools meant to operate on saves of a specific game. SAV files generally have complex structures which can be pulled out as individual files depending on their purpose, eg. a [[WCD File]] represents a saved wondercard.

==RAM Research and Development==
RAM Research and development involves the analysis or modification of a game's actively running state. Hardware such as the [[Action Replay]] allow users to give the games code to be executed at run time. Debuggers allow for memory to be viewed or modified as an [[emulator]] emulates a game.