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The official Nintendo Museum appears to be emulating SNES games on a Windows PC, which is slightly embarrassing (www.pcgamer.com)
submitted 2 months ago by Agent_Karyo to c/games
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[–] Ultraviolet 34 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In other words, emulators are crucial for game preservation? This shows that Nintendo knows that, and when they say it's not the case, they're not simply wrong, they're lying.

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

Have they said that's not the case?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

Not in so many words, but this is from their official website:

"While we recognize the passion that players have for classic games, supporting emulation also supports the illegal piracy of our products."

Source: https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/55888/~/intellectual-property-%26-piracy-faq#:~:text=Therefore%2C%20the%20copyrights%20of%20games,illegal%20piracy%20of%20our%20products.