Just wanted to make a couple of points:
1. The minute the first cartridge arrived at the first persons home, the rom was technically "released".
2. And yes, any boards that were originally SNK boards, wether or not they were used for bootleg carts in the past, then repurposed and used as CS2 boards, are still nonetheless "sacrificed".
It's been stated over & over again here. If you want to play Crossed Swords 2. You can pay $300 or so for a nicely dressed shelf queen cart, or you can pay $100 or so for a loose gamers condition cart, or pay $0 and use the roms through your emulator.
Lots of options for lots of tastes here. If none of them make you happy, and you want to complain & insult those here who pick from the options, then YOU ARE A FUCKING IDIOT so kindly FUCK OFF.
Have a nice day!