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That was my thought upon reading that as well. I think Nintendo pioneered this strategy with the Gameboy - if the cartridge didn't start by showing the Nintendo
by anamexis 4y ago
That was my thought upon reading that as well. I think Nintendo pioneered this strategy with the Gameboy - if the cartridge didn't start by showing the Nintendo logo, the Gameboy would not boot. And if you used the Nintendo logo without licensing it, it was trademark infringement.
Clever way to prevent un-licensed third-party cartridges.
- deleted 4y ago[deleted]
- Drakim 4y agoFunny enough, it only checked about half the logo, meaning you could change the bottom half to something else.
- dividuum 4y agoThat was (of course?) eventually defeated: https://dhole.github.io/post/gameboy_custom_logo/ https://dhole.github.io/post/gameboy_custom_logo/
- goosedragons 4y agoAccording to legend at least this was defeated pretty early with Argonaut Software submitting a GB proof of concept that bypassed the boot screen (and was also 3D!). This ended up becoming the game "X".
- EMIRELADERO 4y agoThis didn't work though, as courts don't like it when you (ab)use copyright/trademark like that.
- bitwize 4y agoSega tried the same thing by having a check for the word SEGA at a certain ROM location on the cartridge for Genesis/Mega Drive games. They were smacked down in federal court in Sega v. Accolade.