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Fan-made Mario Kart 64 PC port released, with track editor and ultrawide support

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  • R ramblingpanda@lemmynsfw.com
    18 days ago

    If they're not complete idiots, they'd license this to release all their stuff. But they're Nintendo, so...

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    catloaf@lemm.ee
    wrote 18 days ago last edited by
    #17

    Stuff like this almost never happens due to the legal liability. They can't ensure that the authors aren't violating some other contract, like using some library unlicensed, or violating an employer's noncompete or something.

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    • T tonytins@pawb.social
      18 days ago

      Which is pretty fucked up logic.

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      catloaf@lemm.ee
      wrote 18 days ago last edited by
      #18

      Why do you say that?

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      • C catloaf@lemm.ee
        18 days ago

        Why do you say that?

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        tonytins@pawb.social
        wrote 18 days ago last edited by
        #19

        It's like being handed a MP3 player but being told you'll go to jail for playing music you ripped yourself.

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        • T tonytins@pawb.social
          18 days ago

          It's like being handed a MP3 player but being told you'll go to jail for playing music you ripped yourself.

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          catloaf@lemm.ee
          wrote 18 days ago last edited by
          #20

          Generally, ripping for personal use is not litigated, only distribution. It may technically be illegal in most places, but then, reproducing someone's work without compensation should be prohibited.

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          • T tonytins@pawb.social
            18 days ago
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            twintitans@lemmy.world
            wrote 18 days ago last edited by
            #21

            Let me know when Diddy Kong Racing's done. GOAT.

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            • C catloaf@lemm.ee
              18 days ago

              On what grounds?

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              baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
              wrote 18 days ago last edited by
              #22

              For making a port? A succulent Japanese port of a 30 year old game? Unhand me, sir!

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              • T tonytins@pawb.social
                18 days ago

                Which is pretty fucked up logic.

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                mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                #23

                Not really; The emulator doesn’t use any copyrighted code, but the ROM is copyrighted. That’s just basic IP law.

                What is fucked up logic is Nintendo encrypting their ROMs, then providing decryption keys on the console. So the emulator itself is legal, but actually booting a ROM requires decrypting it, which requires keys from a legitimate console. Nintendo has argued that those keys are illegal to use in an emulator, even if the user rips them directly from the console that they own. So you have the keys. You own the console they’re stored on. But it’s illegal to use those keys anywhere except on the console they came on, because Nintendo said so.

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                • G green_mouse@piefed.social
                  18 days ago

                  The fact that they are adding more features and modding for these fan ports is incredible, I just hope that Nintendo doesn't come in and shut down these fan ports like they like to do with fan games/projects/etc.

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                  mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                  wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                  #24

                  like they like to do with fan games/projects/etc.

                  Cries while staring at the defunct AM2R project

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                  • C catloaf@lemm.ee
                    18 days ago

                    On what grounds?

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                    huquad@lemmy.ml
                    wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                    #25

                    Its Nintendo, do they need grounds?

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                    • C catloaf@lemm.ee
                      18 days ago

                      Generally, ripping for personal use is not litigated, only distribution. It may technically be illegal in most places, but then, reproducing someone's work without compensation should be prohibited.

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                      lost_my_mind@lemmy.world
                      wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                      #26

                      There was a point in the 1980s where PC games fully allowed and encouraged you to copy your games for backup purposes. They even had some companies who gave detailed steps explaining how.

                      What ended up happening is you owned a PC, your buddy owned a PC. You made two backups of the game. One for you, and one for your buddy. Now between the two of you, you buy half the games, because you buy one, your buddy buys a different one. And now you both have two games.

                      Now multiply that by however many friends you knew who owned PCs. You might buy 1 game, but own 15 games.

                      By the 90s, PC game makers did a 180, and were now trying to prevent archiving of their games, but it was too late. Laws had been written to allow for backup of personal data. Yes, you WERE breaking the law by giving your buddy the backup, but they couldn't prevent you from creating the backup.

                      And in a pre-internet world, how would they ever even know you made a backup?

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                      • T twintitans@lemmy.world
                        18 days ago

                        Let me know when Diddy Kong Racing's done. GOAT.

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                        tronn4@lemmy.world
                        wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                        #27

                        Nice try, diddy

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                        • T tonytins@pawb.social
                          18 days ago
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                          altima_neo@lemmy.zip
                          wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                          #28

                          Not just ultrawide support, but also interpolated frames for super smooth frame rate.

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                          • B blue_morpho@lemmy.world
                            18 days ago

                            There's no precedent. Nintendo sues, the developer doesn't have money for lawyers to defend themselves so they remove it.

                            That's how it's been going for a long time.

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                            altima_neo@lemmy.zip
                            wrote 18 days ago last edited by
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                            Problem here is Nintendo doesnt have much to sue them on. They were even pretty careful about how they named the project. Naming it Spaghetti Kart and making no references to Nintendo or even Mario Kart.

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                            • M mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                              18 days ago

                              Not really; The emulator doesn’t use any copyrighted code, but the ROM is copyrighted. That’s just basic IP law.

                              What is fucked up logic is Nintendo encrypting their ROMs, then providing decryption keys on the console. So the emulator itself is legal, but actually booting a ROM requires decrypting it, which requires keys from a legitimate console. Nintendo has argued that those keys are illegal to use in an emulator, even if the user rips them directly from the console that they own. So you have the keys. You own the console they’re stored on. But it’s illegal to use those keys anywhere except on the console they came on, because Nintendo said so.

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                              yucandu@lemmy.world
                              wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                              #30

                              Because US DMCA law has provisions in it about copyright circumvention. Same thing led to the "you can't repair your own John Deere tractor" debacle.

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                              • B baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
                                18 days ago

                                For making a port? A succulent Japanese port of a 30 year old game? Unhand me, sir!

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                                the_q@lemmy.zip
                                wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                                #31

                                This is Nintendo manifest!

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                                  18 days ago
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                                  deflated0ne@lemmy.world
                                  wrote 18 days ago last edited by deflated0ne@lemmy.world
                                  #32

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                                  • T tronn4@lemmy.world
                                    18 days ago

                                    Nice try, diddy

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                                    deflated0ne@lemmy.world
                                    wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                                    #33

                                    HEY. Diddy Kong does not deserve that slander.

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                                    • A altima_neo@lemmy.zip
                                      18 days ago

                                      Not just ultrawide support, but also interpolated frames for super smooth frame rate.

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                                      secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
                                      wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                                      #34

                                      What is that?

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                                      • A amillionmonkeys@lemmy.world
                                        18 days ago

                                        Might as well link to it:
                                        https://github.com/HarbourMasters/SpaghettiKart
                                        You need to supply your own ROM of the correct version.

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                                        secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
                                        wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                                        #35

                                        I will honestly never understand why people link shit articles instead

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                                        • H hddsx@lemmy.ca
                                          18 days ago

                                          And Nintendo has not yet sued because…?

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                                          cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
                                          wrote 18 days ago last edited by
                                          #36

                                          Well I think for one, you need to supply your own rom so it doesn't contain any Nintendo stuff?

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