Paprium is arguably the most ambitious homebrew ever created for the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. While its development was marred by controversy and delays, the game itself is a masterclass in pushing 16-bit hardware to its absolute limits.

In 2021, the group successfully cracked the game. They managed to dump the ROM image and, crucially, created a patch that allowed the game to run on emulator hardware (such as the Mega EverDrive) and accurate emulators.

In short: The cartridge is designed to suicide itself to prevent archiving.

The search for a "Paprium ROM Archive" forces archivist communities to confront a difficult question:

This is the file you actually run. It is approximately 8 MB (64 Megabits) though the physical cart uses compression to hit 16MB. The patched version removes the timer bomb that bricks the game after 20 minutes.