• body_by_make
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      05 months ago

      Everyone has known about Vimm’s forever, it was the first result on Google for a very long time. It’s not that “normies” ruined it, Nintendo is just now deciding to take aim for whatever reason

      • TimLovesTech (AuDHD)(he/him)
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        5 months ago

        I saw an article earlier today speculating that the iOS emulator might have raised the awareness drawing the eye of Nintendo, Sega, and others.

        Edit - Ha! It was this article.

      • @[email protected]
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        05 months ago

        Established in 1997, Vimm’s Lair has been a popular place for folks to download classic video games that originated on a wide array of platforms, including N64, Sega Saturn, PlayStation 1, and Atari 260. Many of these games can’t be bought in stores or found in digital marketplaces, making Vimm’s Lair a useful place for those looking to check out pieces of video game history. However, Apple’s recent decision to allow emulators on the App Store has seen a massive influx of people looking for classic roms, and it seems all this attention has put Vimm’s Lair in lawyers’ spotlights.

        • body_by_make
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          05 months ago

          Is the speculation of this site, but also aligns well with Nintendo taking aim at emulators

  • @[email protected]
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    05 months ago

    Tbh, if I would be a millionaire, my hobbies would shift from playing videogames to getting every single one of them and digitalizing them into multiple drives, some of them EMP shielded

      • @[email protected]
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        05 months ago

        I’d need a house and enough storage room for this. Where I live a 320 square foot apartment costs about $500 - that’s 25% of a regular monthly income after tax, a regular house is around around $700.000

          • dch82
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            05 months ago

            Someone squashed every* game on the NDS into 256GB

            *One locale only

    • @[email protected]
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      05 months ago

      If I was a millionaire I would shift my priorities to flooding Nintendo with frivolous lawsuits. Hit em with a bit of their own tactics.

    • @[email protected]
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      05 months ago

      With how much effort they put into being most despicable company for game preservation, I’m wondering if there wasn’t already an assault on their employees.

  • @[email protected]
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    05 months ago

    they think by force deleting roms for old games they are gonna generate millions of revenue from these games? what is the end game? I really dont understand

  • @[email protected]
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    05 months ago

    This is so sad… I hope a new site just like it pops up in its place. Vimms was so reliable, I’m really gonna miss it.

  • dch82
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    05 months ago

    Argh mate, if you don’t want to find freeloaded goodies, please don’t find the no-intro collection on archive.com

    For avoiding purposes…