tobier

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[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] tobier@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

If you bundle cryptographic keys, bios or other copyrighted content then yes obviously it's illegal.

It's not illegal to implement an emulator.

[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] tobier@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's required because a lot of the functionality of the PS2 is in the embedded software, the BIOS.

The problem is not the emulator itself, it's the BIOS which is copyrighted. The emulator is not illegal, but bundling the BIOS with it would be.

[HN] Study: 87% of classic video games are not legally available in c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
[–] tobier@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Emulators are not illegal, where did you get that from?

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What's your favourite colony sim on PC? (lemmy.world)
 

I'm looking for a new colony sim on PC. What I've played so far are:

  • Rimworld
  • Oxygen Not Included
  • Banished
  • Timberworld
  • Frostpunk
  • Anno 1800

I know some of these might not be strictly colony sims. What I'm really looking forward to is Manor Lords, but we don't have a definite release date on that.

What are your recommendations?

Look, I'm lazy, okay? in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
[–] tobier@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I switched to fish; it seems to be much smarter understanding what I want to type.