Nintendo left a message for people cracking into the NES classic/Famicom Mini
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[QUOTE]The Nintendo Classic Edition, the hard-to-come-by micro-console preloaded with 30 games from the 1980s and '90s NES catalog, has been a target for hackers ever since its November release. So has the Famicom Mini, the NES Classic for the Japanese market. The objective: get more software on there.
And now industrious retro-gaming enthusiasts have found way to add (up to, but no more than) another 30 games to the system's neat and tidy UI, as explained in this YouTube video. It's probably not the simplest way to get Batman: The Video Game running on your HD TV, but you know Some People: they do like to muck about inside machines.
Nintendo saw this type of actually totally illegal (but it's okay, we won't tell on you if you get a screwdriver out) tomfoolery coming, and—as reported on VG 24/7, Eurogamer and elsewhere, via an original Reddit post—left a hidden message within the Famicom Mini's (and presumably the NES Classic's) code, as pasted below.[/QUOTE]
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This is probably more of an injoke between the development team they didn't bother taking out than a message directed at reverse engineers.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;51677348]how is modifying a console you own "totally illegal" (roms are a whole different business)[/QUOTE]
Its a weird grey area. Its been ruled in the US at least that modifying your device is not illegal (example: jailbreaking). But technically it can be viewed as a violation of the DMCA, because it bypasses DRM, which is illegal.
But nobody's going to come after you for it unless you just buy tons of them and start reselling them pre-modded.
Oh man, it's like old games! Devs used to leave messages to crackers. I love reading about this shit :3
I wonder if this was just one engineer who did this as a laugh, and if this engineer is going to be fired for encouraging jailbreaking.
[QUOTE=Oicani Gonzales;51677348]Snip-O[/QUOTE]
While, Not really illegal it can be seen to damage the reputation of the product if this causes faults and problems.
[QUOTE=Demache;51677377]because it bypasses DRM, [/QUOTE]
Not really the case whenever it's a console that comes preloaded with 30 games and has no e-store.
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[quote]actually totally illegal[/quote]
eat a dick, Vice
[QUOTE=gk99;51677475]Not really the case whenever it's a console that comes preloaded with 30 games and has no e-store.[/QUOTE]
It turns out I'm slightly incorrect. Its actually still illegal to jailbreak video game consoles except for very narrow exceptions (museum archives and whatnot) due to the risk of high piracy rates. Consoles were not granted the exception in 2015 like phones, tablets, TVs and etc were. As a side note, neither were ebook readers which is mildly interesting.
[url]http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9622560/jailbreak-video-game-console-sony-microsoft-dmca[/url]
But like I said, your never going to get caught unless you start reselling them en masse.
[QUOTE=Demache;51677536]It turns out I'm slightly incorrect. Its actually still illegal to jailbreak video game consoles except for very narrow exceptions (museum archives and whatnot) due to the risk of high piracy rates. Consoles were not granted the exception in 2015 like phones, tablets, TVs and etc were. As a side note, neither were ebook readers which is mildly interesting.
[url]http://www.theverge.com/2015/10/27/9622560/jailbreak-video-game-console-sony-microsoft-dmca[/url]
But like I said, your never going to get caught unless you start reselling them en masse.[/QUOTE]
And that's a bullshit law that nobody should worry themselves about. A, it's unenforceable, B: [b]they bought the system with their hard earned money.[/b]
[QUOTE=TestECull;51677649]And that's a bullshit law that nobody should worry themselves about. A, it's unenforceable, B: [b]they bought the system with their hard earned money.[/b][/QUOTE]
I agree with that, however you said it yourself that its unenforceable despite company's best attempts with DRM bullshit.
The law is effectively a feel-good measure, so as long as you can just download/install cracks on your own time/money then I don't see the issue.
Exploits will always be found given enough time.
[QUOTE=LoneWolf_Recon;51678142]I agree with that, however you said it yourself that its unenforceable despite company's best attempts with DRM bullshit.
The law is effectively a feel-good measure, so as long as you can just download/install cracks on your own time/money then I don't see the issue.
Exploits will always be found given enough time.[/QUOTE]
I think the law is more so to stop domestic resale and import of consoles that are already cracked where it can really cause damage. Which is fine by me, its more fun doing it yourself.
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