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

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  • C catloaf@lemm.ee
    17 days ago

    On what grounds?

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    baldingpudenda@lemmy.world
    wrote 17 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
      17 days ago

      Which is pretty fucked up logic.

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      mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      wrote 17 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
        17 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 17 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
          17 days ago

          On what grounds?

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          huquad@lemmy.ml
          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
          #25

          Its Nintendo, do they need grounds?

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          • C catloaf@lemm.ee
            17 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 17 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
              17 days ago

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

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              tronn4@lemmy.world
              wrote 17 days ago last edited by
              #27

              Nice try, diddy

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              • T tonytins@pawb.social
                17 days ago
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                altima_neo@lemmy.zip
                wrote 17 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
                  17 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 17 days ago last edited by
                  #29

                  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
                    17 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 17 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
                      17 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 17 days ago last edited by
                      #31

                      This is Nintendo manifest!

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                      • T tonytins@pawb.social
                        17 days ago
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                        deflated0ne@lemmy.world
                        wrote 17 days ago last edited by deflated0ne@lemmy.world
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                        • T tronn4@lemmy.world
                          17 days ago

                          Nice try, diddy

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                          deflated0ne@lemmy.world
                          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                          #33

                          HEY. Diddy Kong does not deserve that slander.

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                          • A altima_neo@lemmy.zip
                            17 days ago

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

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                            secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
                            wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                            #34

                            What is that?

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                            • A amillionmonkeys@lemmy.world
                              17 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 17 days ago last edited by
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                              I will honestly never understand why people link shit articles instead

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                              • H hddsx@lemmy.ca
                                17 days ago

                                And Nintendo has not yet sued because…?

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                                cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
                                wrote 17 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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                                • S secret300@lemmy.sdf.org
                                  17 days ago

                                  What is that?

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                                  zalgotext@sh.itjust.works
                                  wrote 17 days ago last edited by
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                                  In a nutshell, interpolated frames are basically just extra generated frames that go between the frames outputted by the video game itself. They're used to combat things like motion blur, and to make animations look smoother.

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                                  • T tonytins@pawb.social
                                    17 days ago
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                                    astro_plane@lemm.ee
                                    wrote 17 days ago last edited by
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                                    I played it on my modded Switch, had to overclock it just to keep a stable 30fps. I hope we get a vulkan renderer in the future.

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                                    • T tonytins@pawb.social
                                      17 days ago
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                                      slaacaa@lemmy.world
                                      wrote 17 days ago last edited by
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                                      POV: you ported an old Nintendo game

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                                      • D deflated0ne@lemmy.world
                                        17 days ago

                                        HEY. Diddy Kong does not deserve that slander.

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                                        mondomon@lemmy.world
                                        wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                                        #40

                                        You never heard of the banana oil freakoffs?

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                                        • C cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca
                                          17 days ago

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

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                                          hddsx@lemmy.ca
                                          wrote 17 days ago last edited by
                                          #41

                                          Does this differ from emulators with which you have to supply a rom? I thought they sued for that too

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