TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agoThe official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassingwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1350arrow-down18
arrow-up1342arrow-down1external-linkThe official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassingwww.pcgamer.comTheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square72fedilink
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·2 days agoImplying they have their own emulator and it’s not just running retroarch or something
minus-square𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚖𝚊𝚗 𝙼𝚎𝚘𝚠@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·21 hours agoNintendo has their own emulators for running these games on newer consoles.
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoIf they would do that it would be very useful in court.
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s not illegal for Nintendo to run retroarch.
minus-squareBonerMan@ani.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agoIts not illegal for anyone else either, but them running such software for profit might be a licensing issue depending on the exact version they use.
minus-squareSomething Burger 🍔@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-218 hours agoRetroArch and most of its cores are under the GPL or MIT, which allow commercial use.
Implying they have their own emulator and it’s not just running retroarch or something
Nintendo has their own emulators for running these games on newer consoles.
If they would do that it would be very useful in court.
It’s not illegal for Nintendo to run retroarch.
Its not illegal for anyone else either, but them running such software for profit might be a licensing issue depending on the exact version they use.
RetroArch and most of its cores are under the GPL or MIT, which allow commercial use.