Message-ID: <38433ED1.17B9CBDA@snetch.cpg.com.au> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 14:04:49 +1100 From: Michael Abbott aka frEk <20014670 AT snetch DOT cpg DOT com DOT au> Organization: Student of Computer Power Institute X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Subject: Re: fprintf() and using under graphic modes References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com > > And I do know for a fact that Nintendo managed to ban Bung > > Enterprises from importing the Doctor64 (an N64 game copying > > device) into the USA. There was nothing illegal about the product > > itself, but it was banned on the grounds that it was intended to be > > used for making illegal copies, and had no other legitimate purpose. > > Except as a development aid in creating amateur N64 platform > programs. They did the same with Bung's GB Xchanger (GameBoy cartridge copier) but it seems to be more Nintendo just pushing their power. There is no legal reason that you can't purchase a Doctor64 / XChanger but the "threat" hanging around from it makes a lot of companies very cautious about accepting the products (eg. the american postal service)... Apparently they also tried renaming a couple of their items to get it through the system :) And I have the same feeling... I work on a few GB "homebrew" games and without the Bung hardware there is no way I can test to see if it actually works on the real hardware (instead of an emulator)... Maybe the banning of these products will make emulator authors put a lot more time into their emulators... This could in effect make those people that would actually use those carts use the emulators instead and not even bother buying the hardware (eg. N64) causing more of a dilemna then they previously expected... It wouldn't happen but it's a nice thought :) Michael Michael