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$250 Analogue 3D will play all your N64 cartridges in 4K early next year (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Has Nintendo sued Analogue before? I assume that Analogue makes sure they've got their legal bases covered.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nintendo:

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, just because they haven't, doesn't mean they can't.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I doen't think they have an angle, though. Reverse engineering is legal.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

If there is any type of authentication between the cartridge and console that gets bypassed, that would technically be a violation of the circumvention portion DMCA. They have used this exact tactic before and that kind of authentication has been used as long ago as the og NES.