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So even if the companies dont like these emulators for various of reasons (Nintendo even writes indirectly on their website that they really dont like emulators), i dont think that they can do much about it.
Chances are if you use an emulator to play retro games, you're running some of their code.
#NEAR CREATOR HIGAN BSNES EMULATORS HAS CODE#
Unless i'm mistaken, emulators are legal, as long as they dont include stuff like the official BIOS for the systems. 'Near' is the author behind the popular (and super notably cycle accurate) Bsnes/Higan/Ares emulators and contributed code to just about every modern emulator covering the 8-16 bit era. The same thing with other emulators in general as well, i havnt heard about any lawsuits there either. Projects like PCSX2 has been on going for like 18 years now, and i havnt heard any legal problems with that (didnt even some Sony employees help with PCXS2 by the way, or was that just a rumor? Probably unofficial help if that happened though, but still :)). And as a side note, these lawsuits probably helped setting a precedence around the legality for emulators. His contributions to the emulation scene and unrelenting dedication towards accuracy is something that he should always be remembered for. The same goes for the lawsuit Sony did against Connetix' PSX emulator, Sony lost that lawsuit as well, but these lawsuits happened about 20 years ago though. For those who are unaware, Near was formerly known as Byuu, who created the incredibly accurate (and AWESOME) bsnes emulator which eventually became Higan. I mean, Sony did indeed sue Bleem, that is true, but Sony also lost that lawsuit big time. I can also look at archive.md as well unless someone else already has.Click to shrink.What do you mean with Bleem and emulators that only emulated 3 games (which emulators are those, by the way?)? That this is an example that companies, or at least Sony, will go after emulators in today's market? If so, i dont think this is the case. I don't know if any of this will be helpful, just what I was able to find looking through one of his old sites. I have no idea of Derrick Sobodash is still alive or even still has an online presence, as I have only looked into stuff I could find from the archives, but he may be a potential person to contact in regards to finding Near's dox.Īlso a little side note to end this with just to show autistic Byuu is, he hates April Fool's jokes: D's page interestingly enough brings up a nice amount of contact info, although I would imagine the email and ICQ are out of date. D, someone who also had a domain, and who Near had linked on his webzone. ( Archive)īyuu was a member of the translation/emulation scene at the timeĪgain, common knowledge but we may have some leads of people to contact who knew Near at the time. Near being a neet, I would lean toward the former rather than the latter. living with someone that had their name listed as the resident of a Columbus address. I'm pretty sure this is also common knowledge, but an interesting tidbit to add to that is that Near claims that he was a neet at this time, and that he was unable to get an unemployment tugboat because he was not "technically a resident" of Columbus, which to me means that he either 1. In December of 2004, and it can be assumed the rest of 2004 prior, Near was living in Columbus, OH Near has prior to 2004 had gone under the online names byuu, setsuna, ayamaru, and lin xioaling.īyuu and Setsuna we know about obviously, but because troons keep hitting the site I don't know if anyone has found Ayamaru or Lin Xioaling. Dunno if it will bring any leads to his dox but it gives some insight into byuu and his early internet history: Chances are if you use an emulator to play retro games, youre running some of their code.
#NEAR CREATOR HIGAN BSNES EMULATORS HAS ARCHIVE#
I did a little bit of digging on the archive of sestuna. 'Near' is the author behind the popular (and super notably cycle accurate) Bsnes/Higan/Ares emulators and contributed code to just about every modern emulator covering the 8-16 bit era.