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Super Game Boy Plus: Ultimate Super Game Boy Upgrade with Enhanced Features (www.retronews.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Kain1 to c/retrogaming

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The Super Game Boy has received a significant upgrade with the introduction of the Super Game Boy Plus, an unofficial enhancement developed by @BucketMouseBite. This new version addresses several limitations of the original Super Game Boy, which allowed Game Boy games to be played on the SNES but had a faster clock speed than the original Game Boy, affecting gameplay and compatibility with link cables.

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[–] Omegamanthethird 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is it illegal to rip a game that you own onto a device that you own? My understanding is that's 100% legal, not gray area at all. The only issue would be if you distributed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Your understanding is incorrect if copying involves circumventing encryption or other means of protecting the data. That said, it's not an issue for the Game Boy or Super NES.

[–] Omegamanthethird 3 points 2 months ago

17 U.S. Code § 1201 - Circumvention of copyright protection systems

Well that's interesting. It does say the law won't override fair use. But I assume it blocks it regardless.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

These games were not stored with encryption, don't you worry

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That’s what I’m getting at, Nintendo only needs the argument “this could be used to rip a game onto the cartridge, then distribute it” and US courts will bend over and grant them the DMCA strike

[–] v1605 5 points 2 months ago

This argument would outlaw a USB flash drive, "Your Honor, this device can store the contents of this 30 old game, it needs to be outlawed to protect all intellectual property"

[–] Omegamanthethird 2 points 2 months ago

So you're saying, because it would rip straight to another cartridge, it could be argued it's streamlining distribution?

I would hope that a court would see through that argument. There's a pretty good track record of allowing personal use of personal property. But I wouldn't be surprised either if they convinced a court that this was explicitly for distribution purposes.