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Re:Making a SNES game in 2020 using modern tools by danbolt on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:28AM (#23367183)
I think the CIC chip would be clean-room [1] designed in this case. It's been done with the Nintendo 64 chip as well via decamping-microscopes. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwEdqAb2l50

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Re:Making a SNES game in 2020 using modern tools by kalium-xyz on Sunday May 31, 2020 @12:47AM (#23367260)
[2] includes the explanation of why its legal, the atari vs nintendo lawsuit.
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