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Dolphin is a GPLv2+ application, and the runtime is under a proprietary license. We currently rely on the "system libraries" exception in the GPL to allow linking with the runtime …

It's technically supposed to be a paid service on iPhones too, but Apple recently extended the free trial, so nobody is actually paying for it yet. [0] [0] https://www.apple.com/ne…

At the time those articles were published, the engineers were analyzing a memory dump received from the spacecraft. The update in this new article is that they have determined that…

Notably, Apple still does not allow non web browsing apps to use JIT recompilers. This precludes emulators for 6th generation and newer consoles (GameCube, etc) from running on the…

fwiw, I submitted a DMA interoperability request for JIT access on non-browser apps. Apple denied it on the grounds that it doesn't fall under Article 6(7) for "multiple reasons". …

> distributed roms behind a paywall via their patreon Not true. They were only distributing "early access" builds of the emulator there.

Judging by the photos they posted on Twitter, looks like some semi-recent iPhones (definitely not 14 Pros or 15s because of the notch). [1] [1] https://nitter.net/SpaceX/status/174…

NEX is still used by many games on the Nintendo Switch, so I don't think it's another GameSpy situation. That being said, Nintendo has started using an in-house replacement system …

Yes, the early 3D Grand Theft Auto games (III, Vice City, and San Andreas) ran on RenderWare. [0] [0] https://gtamods.com/wiki/RenderWare

> Sucking at something is the first step to being amazing at something, and it's a step everyone goes through, no exceptions. The thing that gets me about OP's remark is that panne…

A press notation is really only something used within the A Button Challenge, since the point of the challenge is to optimize for lowest A press count. Other categories don't do th…

Nintendo only bans for cheating in online games or installing pirated software. Nintendo has (so far) not issued any bans for just installing or using custom firmware. There is no …

The Nintendo 3DS was a handheld gaming console released in 2011. Like many other gaming consoles, you can only run software that is approved by the manufacturer on it. To run your …

For context, Bannerbomb3 is an exploit for the System Settings app. [0] It's used to launch a tool which installs some custom firmware on the device. [1] [0] https://github.com/zoo…

Judging by the branding and build string, this is actually an early version of Windows XP! "Whistler" was the codename for the Windows XP project.

I assume you mean Nintendo using the iNES file format to distribute NES ROM files? All evidence currently points to them simply using the format (possibly because they hired an iNE…

It should be noted that the pipes (loot boxes) have recently been replaced with a shop where you directly pay for things using rubies instead of gambling. [1] That being said, the …

CVE-2022-47949 A bunch of first-party Nintendo Switch, Wii U, and 3DS games had a buffer overflow bug in a shared netcode library ("enl") which can be exploited by a remote attacke…

With regards to 1, yes. yuzu is a fork of Citra, a 3DS emulator written in C++ that was initially released in 2014. This was done because the 3DS and the Switch are similar in some…