• The Octonaut@mander.xyz
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    3 months ago

    Just so we’re clear, are you under the impression that “ROMs acquired from the Internet” represent something other than Nintendo’s work?

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      3 months ago

      Yes, i would generally consider ripping roms as something requiring effort similar to cracking a game

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        3 months ago

        “Ripping” ROMs, or dumping them, takes almost no effort. If you have the cartridge reader its about as much work as taking photos off an SD card. Certainly nothing at all like cracking a game, which is pretty much software development.

        Please consider informing yourself before forming strong opinions.

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            3 months ago

            They were observed finding one ROM on the Internet, ever. They do have their own emulator(s).

            Nintendo is a bunch of humans. If my boss asks me to see if I can find the installer for an old version of our software, you can bet I’ll check anywhere before volunteering to go scrape old hard drives.

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          3 months ago

          This is the part where I focus for half a second and realize this is about SNES and everything makes a lot more sense. I would hope newer stuff would have some form of protection 😅