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[-] JTskulk@lemmy.world 84 points 9 months ago

Eww extremely embarrassing that they used Windows.

[-] kworpy@lemm.ee 21 points 9 months ago
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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.org 82 points 9 months ago

I mean...

All of those mini consoles (NES mini, SNES mini) are already SOCs with an emulator.

[-] RangerJosie@lemmy.world 46 points 9 months ago

Corps are shameless. No amount of hypocrisy is enough to make them reconsider their evil.

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[-] doctortran@lemm.ee 80 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Just for the record, this is exactly what any museum would do, because they're not going to actually run anything on the original hardware. Those systems are part of the collection, and it behooves a museum to not put any wear on them.

Also because emulators can be managed remotely.

[-] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 65 points 9 months ago

Any other museum wouldn't be a hypocrite for doing so.

[-] Ultraviolet@lemmy.world 34 points 9 months ago

In other words, emulators are crucial for game preservation? This shows that Nintendo knows that, and when they say it's not the case, they're not simply wrong, they're lying.

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[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

This is a "Museum" run by Nintendo in Japan. Meaning they could have used or even created more original hardware to run the titles, but instead cut costs by using the same Emulators that they're hoping to take down.

[-] aesthelete@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Them being the original creator of the products doesn't necessarily imply that they still have running production processes for every product that they ever made.

[-] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If I obtain all the original schematics and software and make 1 Nintendo internals for commercial purposes wothout their permission it would be illegal.

If they do it, it costs them the price of a couple of family dinners at most.

This museum IS NINTENDO. They are the only people allowed to do this job correctly.

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[-] DarkMetatron@feddit.org 30 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That is highly depending on the type of Museum. Many Videogame and Computer Museums (at least in Germany) are showing the real Hardware running, some are even allowing the visitors to use and play at the old machines. And yes, they are often very used to repairing the hardware too.

I would expect from Nintendo that they would show and use real hardware in their museum, and not some emulators. Because I can see the games on an emulator at home (for example using my Switch Online or my SNES Classic), I don't need a museum for that experience.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 71 points 9 months ago

I would not be at all surprised if the Switch NES and SNES emulators are running an open source emulator that they've tried to shut down.

[-] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Throwback to the NES Classic ROM having a ripper/uploader’s signature in the game code. Because Nintendo didn’t ever bother archiving their own games, and just downloaded ROMs from the same sites they were trying to shut down.

[-] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 12 points 9 months ago

I would. They would have been found out already if it were the case, and they already proved they can develop their own emulators.

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 27 points 9 months ago

They've been caught using ROMs downloaded from some ROMs download website, so it wouldn't be that surprising.

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[-] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 44 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Nintendo: Emulation is illegal, criminal, and you should never ever do it. If you do, we will sue your ass, send the Pinks, and then shit fury on you!!!

Also Nintendo:


Needless to say, I will not be buying an alarm clock today.

[-] Jarix@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

That's not at all Nintendo's philosophy.

They literally included emulation starting with the wii

So it is more of a rules for thee but not for me situation. Not you should never ever do it but you should only do it on our hardware with our emulators

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[-] PunchingWood@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I was joking when in a previous post about the museum I said it better not run on any emulators..

So.. Why aren't they selling said emulators and roms? I ain't gonna travel half the world to play one in an overpriced museum.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 9 months ago

Um... they are, and have been for almost 20 years, since the Wii. Or the N64 depending on how you look at it.

What did you think Virtual Console was? How about the NES and SNES mini? What about the "Nintendo Game Pass" or whatever they're calling it?

Animal Crossing's original Japan release had NES games in it, and so did the GC rerelease/psuedosequel we got internationally too.


Even better: During the Wii era, the Wiis at the Nintendo Store in New York City ran official Nintendo made software to load games off a connected hard drive, so you could play multiple of their new releases without workers having to switch discs.


It has always been about attempts to prevent piracy and keep control over how people access their games for Nintendo, and they are roughly 10 years behind the curve on modern tech trends.

Either stop supporting them or get used to it.

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[-] halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

I'd bet the emulators in use are actually publicly available ones. Not anything Nintendo made. Adding to the hypocrisy.

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[-] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 9 months ago

I can see Nintendo shutting down his own museum for piratery.

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[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 24 points 9 months ago

So you admit that emulation is the best way to preserve old forms of interactive media?

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

if its under GPL couldn't they be forced to disclose the source code?

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[-] DudeImMacGyver@sh.itjust.works 20 points 9 months ago

Maybe the emulator maker should sue

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[-] Stovetop@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

ITT: people think emulators are only the ones you can download

[-] dustyData@lemmy.world 18 points 9 months ago

In this comment: Someone who is not familiar with the history of Nintendo selling pirated versions of their own games and ripping off pirate emulators then passing them as their own.

[-] TeoTwawki@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

or the history of nintendo falsely claiming that emulation itself was an illegal practice when trying to bully and scare people into submission...

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