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Fan-made Mario Kart 64 PC port released, with track editor and ultrawide support (www.videogameschronicle.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 101 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

And Nintendo has not yet sued because…?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

On what grounds?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

Man, MK64 already had a pretty high FOV as it was, and now with ultra wide support lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

How else am I supposed to see the green shells behind me?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

360° monitor setup including rear view mirrors.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Nintendo cease and disist in 3...2....1....

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Nintendo hasn't really C&D any of the previous decomps. they can for people who upload the whole precompiled executable, but none of them that requires actually ripping the original assets yourself to create the required game.

Animal Crossing is next, as 6 days ago, the gamecube version of the game was decompiled to completion. It's a extremely big prime candidate for modding IMO.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Probably not, they don't provide copyrighted files and Nintendo reeeeeaaaally doesn't want to create precedent that decomp is fair use (which it probably is) which could make emulators 100% legal.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Decomps are legal because they're clean room reimplementations of the original code rather than exact copies.

It's the same approach IBM PC compatible manufacturers used back in the day to create their own BIOSes.

[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Emulators ARE 100% legal.

It's the roms that are illegal.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Which is pretty fucked up logic.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why do you say that?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

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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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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.