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This project was based on a discovery from a piece I wrote back in 2017, a backstory on the NESticle era of emulation. I essentially dug into a rumor about SNES

This project was based on a discovery from a piece I wrote back in 2017, a backstory on the NESticle era of emulation. I essentially dug into a rumor about SNESticle appearing in an EA boxing game for the GameCube, and once I did, there it was. I wrote something about this reverse-engineering effort, including an interview with the developer who created this page: https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvkyb/programmer-uses-nsa-tool-to-liberate-legendary-super-nintendo-emulator-from-ea https://www.vice.com/en/article/akvkyb/programmer-uses-nsa-t... For those curious about how it runs, this video does a good job highlighting how it works in a variety of games: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXQbWm2iMg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXQbWm2iMg

vmception 5y ago
The real question is whether EA has a big ole target on it over this, depending on how the emulator works, or did legal coordinate with Nintendo over this for proper license Possible that it doesn't matter, but it is interesting and we'll never know
- shortformblog 5y ago
  The Super Punch Out!! unlockable game was a promoted feature on the box of the GameCube version of Fight Night Round 2 and Little Mac was actually a character in the game, so that much isn’t a surprise. How the game was emulated, however, definitely was.
vb6sp6 5y ago
interesting info, thanks for posting. I spent a lot of time messing with NESticle back in the day.