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Re:I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by ... by HeatrayEnjoyer on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @11:38AM (#45199298)
Why? An emulator isn't legally any different than a virtual machine.
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Re:I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by ... by bigyabai on Wednesday September 10, 2025 @12:55PM (#45200519)
Low-level emulators can be legally identical to a virtual machine, but often isn't. Most modern consoles can't be emulated that way, and most require you to dump a bootrom from your own console hardware, alongside game keys and other dubious digital paraphernalia.
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Re:I replaced Animal Crossing's dialogue with a live LLM by ... by lazide on Thursday September 11, 2025 @05:05PM (#45216101)
Just like a PC, bare hardware without firmware or a boot OS is pretty useless. Same with emulators.

Most distribute a pretty wide range of stuff along with them.

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