Fuck Nintendo. The emulators are still out there, easily accessible alongside the leaked Nintendo games they wanted people not to pirate. I know I will be doing that even harder now, lol.
Ryujinx emulator GitHub repository currently down
Submitted 1 month ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to games@lemmy.world
https://gbatemp.net/threads/ryujinx-emulator-github-repository-currently-down.661497/
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Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
“According to an official statement on Ryujinx’s Discord server, developer gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and they were offered an agreement to stop working on the emulator project, and while the agreement wasn’t confirmed yet, the organization has been entirely removed.”
See ya space cowboy.
Now the only place to get things are on not github. Some kind of berg with code in it. Either way GL to anyone using emulators.
Aielman15@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s insane that Nintendo feels the need to go after the strugglers that play on emulator, despite their console being the most successful on the market, still selling like crazy after almost a decade, and with the successor being one of the most anticipated consoles ever. That line must go up, even if it’s just an inch more.
Fuck Nintendo.
iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s my understanding that the creator took a payout.
woelkchen@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s my understanding that the creator took a payout.
AFAIK the only statement so far is “agreement” and that that can also mean a legally binding document to take down Ryujinx and never again develop Nintendo emulators or get sued to the moon and back, ie. “sign here of financial ruin”.
mox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 month ago
Source code mirrors, since the code is legal: (This is not a case of copyright infringement.)
The commit hashes on both of those mirrors match the official ones at least until March 2024 (v1.1.1217). I can’t vouch for the more recent commits that extend through today (v1.1.1403), but the two mirrors do at least match each other.
Warning: A zip file in the ryujinx_202410 subdir of archive.org/download/ claims to have the full git history, but the hashes did not match mine. It’s possible that the mismatch is an artifact of some accident, rather than malice, but I would avoid it just in case.
TheChargedCreeper864@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Regarding the second link, I’ve personally git pulled Ryujinx about once a week (except this week lol) ever since Yuzu was taken down. I don’t know enough about got to know if commits earlier in the history can be manipulated whilst keeping later commit hashes identical, but I can confirm that the commits from last Tuesday match up with my local copy in terms of hash, author and message
simple@lemm.ee 1 month ago
This was said on the Discord:
“Yesterday, gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and offered an agreement to stop working on the project, remove the organization and all related assets he’s in control of. While awaiting confirmation on whether he would take this agreement, the organization has been removed, so I think it’s safe to say what the outcome is. Rather than leave you with only panic and speculation, I decided to write this short message to give some closure.
These words are my own. I don’t want to speak for anyone else here, so just remember that while reading.
Thank you to @everyone who has contributed code, documentation or issue reports to the project. Thank you all for following us throughout the development. I was able to learn a lot of really neat things about games that I love, enjoy them with renewed qualities and in unique circumstances, and I’m sure you all have experiences that are similarly special. I’m extending my own massive thanks to our moderation team, who have been here through some rough circumstances and always found ways to make light of it.”
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 1 month ago
mrfriki@lemmy.world 1 month ago
So my Ryujinx setup won’t start, it post an error message, though it was an offline setup, seems that this is not the case.
Varyag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
yeah I had the same thing when I thought I archived the installer for Citra and yuzu. guess we have to go find pre-compiled setups now.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Well long till they go after bsnes, project64, or dolphin?
Coelacanth@feddit.nu 1 month ago
They all must go. You wouldn’t even believe the loss of revenue Nintendo suffers from the mere existence of SNES emulators. Money is being stolen right out of their pockets. Experts say they might never financially recover. ^[citation needed]
grayhaze@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I’m in no way condoning Nintendo’s behaviour, but the idea that they don’t make any money from their back catlog is rather misleading given that they have re-released a large amount of their back catlog to either buy or rent on every console since the Wii. It’s not like they locked those games away never to be seen again.
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think dolphin is next. Followed by discords/websites that talk about emulation in general.
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Doug Bowser proving his name.
randomdeadguy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Fuck.
nekusoul@lemmy.nekusoul.de 1 month ago
Striking YT channels, expanding their Palworld lawsuit and now this? There’s no denying that they weren’t always litigious, but they’re picking up speed at an absurd pace. Did recently they hire some of Oracles lawyers or what?
mesamunefire@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Im loving the steam deck and the amount of options we have now-days. But yeah lots of litigation.
randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Can’t wait 'till they go to sue Valve for enabling people to perform piracy of their software on their platform.
Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
They realized that most people will just cave and not actually go through the hassle of Defending themselves in court, so therefore why not
ms_lane@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Won’t be buying the Switch2 any more, it’s just not right to support such a company.
timetraveller@lemmy.world 1 month ago
yeah… I have a sick feeling in my stomach about it right now, have no desire to play anything Nintendo at the moment. Uhg.