Nintendo has sent a DMCA notice to Ryujinx forks
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GitHub link to Nintendo's claim - all the details you need are here
The emulator forks which are being taken down are as follows:
Despite this, the one fork that continues, and will continue without takedown is Ryubing - by Greemdev. This is created by an original member of the Ryujinx team. It's safe, the code is beyond reproach (and violates zero laws or Nintendo code) and actually brings helpful updates.
Still...shitty news. And more indication that the Switch 2's architecture will be damn similar to that of this current Switch. Them taking emulators down means the upcoming games have a solid chance of being emulatable on release. But...that's my own (and others') conjecture, so we'll see when the time comes.
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I have no issue with emulating games. But I also have no issue of a company trying to stop their games from being emulated.
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Fuck Nintendo
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Didn't Nintendo just come out and say emulators weren't illegal?
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Why are they hosting their code on Github? Switch to Codeberg or maybe self host. And yes I know Github has the most users but they're dealing with something radioactive.
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Just a reminder don't have emulators on GitHub. They work with big companies to make sure they are taken down. Forks do nothing to help since it's easy for them to find now.
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You have no issue with a company trying to illegally prevent people doing something legal?
Is it only for emulation? Stopping emulation is the illegal part.
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Why?
Genuinely asking. Why do you think companies should do this?
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If you’re going to sit on a fence, what’s the point in doing it on a public forum? What does that do?
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Why is Ryubing beyond reproach? I don't see them doing anything differently than Ryujinx.
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Self host, codeberg, make mirrors everywhere
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Anybody got a link to a codeberg fork that looks reliable ?
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Just a reminder don't have emulators on GitHub.
I don't like GitHub, but this is simply untrue. We host the PCSX2 project on GitHub, and GitHub even donated some amount at one point to the project. The following major, top-of-class video game console emulators (non-exhaustive) are officially hosted on GitHub:
PlayStation:
- DuckStation (PSX/PSOne)
- PCSX2 (PS2)
- RPCS3 (PS3)
- shadPS4 (PS4)
- PPSSPP (PSP)
- Vita3K (PS Vita)
Xbox:
- xemu (Xbox)
- Xenia (Xbox 360)
Nintendo:
- Mesen (NES etc.)
- bsnes-hd (SNES)
- Mupen64Plus-Next (N64)
- Dolphin (GC/Wii)
- Cemu (Wii U)
- SameBoy (GB/GBC)
- mGBA (GBA)
- melonDS (NDS)
Sega:
- Genesis Plus GX (libretro core for multiple)
- Flycast (Dreamcast)
Atari:
- Stella (Atari 2600)
- Atari800 (Atari 8-bit/Atari 5200)
- A7800 (Atari 7800)
Misc:
- BizHawk
- MAME
- ares
- higan
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Probably just a case of the corporate lawyers haven't noticed those ones yet.
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Simply untrue.
These are known, and you'd better believe Nintendo knows everything there is to know about each and every emulator that exists. They tried pressuring the team behind Cemu years ago, but it ended up being pointless.
Some of these are years and years and years old.
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how is pirating games legal?
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lets say you have spend 10 years making a game. and you put it on steam for $10. but wait. you are making $0 dollars because everyone is just pirating it, and then demanding you make a second one.
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Do you understand the difference between emulation and roms?
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yep. why? do you understand the only reason people get an emulator is to pirate roms?
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Bruh what?
I chose the highest-profile and arguably best emulators for each major system, let alone that almost every other modern one uses GitHub too. If all of these emulators are flying under the corporate radar, I will deliberately inject myself with rabies and die a slow, agonizing death. I couldn't come up with this shit if I got cross-faded on meth and fentanyl.
