Re:Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy con...
by zurn on Thursday May 07, 2020 @04:29AM
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It's of course possible to acquire the N64 Verilog legally too.
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Re:Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy con...
by saagarjha on Thursday May 07, 2020 @01:08PM
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I'm not sure if you're being sarcastic, because I'm not aware of any ways to do this save for writing the Verilog from scratch.
Re:Nintendo has reportedly suffered a significant legacy con...
by zurn on Friday May 08, 2020 @01:56AM
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Legally speaking, you could have legit access to the verilog by working for one of the existing licensees - eg Nintendo, chip companies, fab companies. Or by buying or otherwise acquiring (eg patent trolling settlement) a license to it from Nintendo.
It's not really likely, but it's within the realm of possibility. Somewhat less likely than legally acquired game ROMs, sure, but only a matter of degree...