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33 votes
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Apple opens the App Store to retro game emulators
24 votes -
Suyu Switch emulator
26 votes -
MIG-Switch dumper review
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With Yuzu and Citra gone, why is Dolphin seemingly unaffected?
Given the fact that Yuzu (a Nintendo Switch emulator) and Citra (a Nintendo 3DS emulator) were recently taken down by Nintendo's legal team, is there a reason why Dolphin (an emulator for Gamecube...
Given the fact that Yuzu (a Nintendo Switch emulator) and Citra (a Nintendo 3DS emulator) were recently taken down by Nintendo's legal team, is there a reason why Dolphin (an emulator for Gamecube and Nintendo Wii) is still going strong? Did Dolphin take any extra steps to protect themselves from lawsuits, or it's just a case of Nintendo taking their time?
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On Bleem v. Sony and the legality of emulators
The Bleem v. Sony case is often brought up whenever legal action against emulators happens, and I got curious, so I dug a bit deeper. It's quite hard, as most of the actual source material is not...
The Bleem v. Sony case is often brought up whenever legal action against emulators happens, and I got curious, so I dug a bit deeper. It's quite hard, as most of the actual source material is not publicly available for free, only the appeal decision by the ninth court. But from what I've gathered from secondary sources, this is what actually happened.
- Sony sues Bleem on one count of unfair competition and one count of copyright violation for the use of Sony game screenshots in Bleem advertising.
- A judge dismisses the unfair competition claim. Sony wins the copyright violation.
- Bleem appeals, and the Ninth Court reverses the decision on copyright violation for advertisement material.
- Sony sues again, this time for unfair competition and also patent infringement for using their BIOS.
- Sony and Bleem settle for an undisclosed amount. Bleem declares bankruptcy.
As far as I can tell, the only precedent was on whether or not you can use a competitor's screenshots in your advertisement, and indeed that's all I've ever seen the case referred to in future cases. The first unfair competition claim was dismissed (so cannot be a precedent) and the second case was settled. I see a lot of people say that this case set a "precedent" that "emulation is legal", but I don't see how?
Is this just another case where through a game of telephone and rumors people just take it for assumed fact that somehow or another this case "set a precedent that emulation is legal"? For over 20 years?
On whether or not emulation is legal, generally things are legal unless they are made to be illegal; there is certainly no specific law that says that emulation is legal. The question, then, is whether or not emulation is inadvertently made illegal by an existing law.
In that respect, Bleem v. Sony is a useful indicator in that Sony's lawyers couldn't really find anything concrete to nail Bleem on. But not really more than that, unless you really care about whether or not an emulator can use screenshots in their advertisements.
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The Nintendo DS emulator Drastic is now free as Yuzu lawsuit fallout begins
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Yuzu, popular Nintendo Switch emulator, settles with Nintendo for $2.4m and halts development and distribution indefinitely
76 votes -
Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy
@Stephen Totilo: NEW: Nintendo is suing the creators of popular Switch emulator Yuzu, saying their tech illegally circumvents Nintendo's software encryption and facilitates piracy. Seeks damages for alleged violations and a shutdown of the emulator. pic.twitter.com/SGZVI6Cs0x
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CitraVR brings the Nintendo 3DS emulator to Quest next week
11 votes -
Magic SNES controller from Abe's Projects
16 votes -
Play Windows PC games on Android using Winlator 3
26 votes -
I made a 32-bit computer inside Terraria
9 votes -
Ryujinx October 2023 progress report
10 votes -
FPGA Nintendo 64 gaming is here (on MiSTer)
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Xenia Canary, a Xbox 360 emulator, will beep annoyingly and blames user of piracy if the user uses an ISO file
@MeovvCAT: even if windows audio is disabled, it will blast your eardrumsthis is borderline malicious pic.twitter.com/7lf9V68MnP
26 votes -
Ares (multi system emulator) v133 has been released
5 votes -
Ryujinx progress report June 2023
7 votes -
Citra progress report 2023 Q2
8 votes -
Why are emulators legal? Dolphin vs Nintendo, the fate of emulation.
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Developers restore “retail” Xbox emulators after Microsoft crackdown
15 votes -
The history of Soulless 6. How Guitar Hero players perfected an impossible April Fool's song.
7 votes -
RetroAchievements: Modern achievements/trophies for retro games
23 votes -
Mame 0.256
12 votes -
RetroDECK: A polished and beginner-friendly environment for playing your retro games on Steam Deck
44 votes -
Microsoft crackdown disables emulators downloaded to Xbox consoles
7 votes -
TouchHLE announcement
5 votes -
WebЯcade
11 votes -
Cemu 2.0 announcement. Linux builds, open-source and more
17 votes -
EmuDeck: Emulators on Steam Deck
7 votes -
What are some games that you recommend emulating today?
I should be getting a Steam Deck soon and plan to spend a lot of time diving into old console libraries. What are some games from previous generations that you recommend revisiting today? That is:...
I should be getting a Steam Deck soon and plan to spend a lot of time diving into old console libraries.
What are some games from previous generations that you recommend revisiting today? That is: games you feel have aged well and that aren’t readily available via a re-release or re-master elsewhere.
Any console and any recommendation is fair game, but I’m definitely interested in the kinds of recommendations that aren’t likely to show up in “The 25 Best Games for the [Console Name]”-type articles out there. I already know Final Fantasy VII and Metal Gear Solid are great for the PSOne, for example, but what about the thousands of other games for the system? Give me some deep cuts!
29 votes -
MiSTer Playstation core officially released
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Inside the fight to save video game history - Publishers and preservationists are fighting over how old video games can be saved from digital obsolescence
10 votes -
Nintendo is removing Switch emulation videos on Steam Deck
13 votes -
Building a retro-gaming super-console with $100 and a Raspberry Pi: 2022 edition
8 votes -
Cemu emulator plans to go open source and release Linux build in 2022
10 votes -
Ocarina of Time's source code has been reverse engineered
19 votes -
Microsoft gaming chief calls for industry-wide game preservation
11 votes -
Fightcade 2 - One of the best things to happen to the fighting game community
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Why emulating Nintendo games is good, probably
8 votes -
Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack Details ($50/year)
9 votes -
Running emulators in Xbox's Edge browser
2 votes -
Uh Oh - Nintendo 64 Online may be 50hz in Europe
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Near, the author of bsnes and higan, has died
33 votes -
Investigating the Frogger modding community
10 votes -
Dolphin on macOS M1
12 votes -
Digital secondhand: A personal history of emulation
5 votes -
You can now try the RetroArch Playtest on Steam for Linux
7 votes -
Xbox Series S dev mode breakdown
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Sega VR revived: emulating an unreleased Genesis accessory with the help of Nuclear Rush's source code
5 votes