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submitted 2 months ago by ABCDE@lemmy.world to c/games@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/19757663

"retrogaming"

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[-] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

There are retro revival consoles that aren't deliberately made to looks like the original incarnations. I think the issue here was that the consoles being sold were deliberate counterfeits of otherwise valuable original retro machines.

For instance, litigious as they are Nintendo has either been unable or unwilling to snuff out things like the RetroN machines which play original Nintendo and SNES cartridges (and Genesis, and some others) but don't claim to be a Nintendo machine or look like one in any way.

That said, I personally would totally buy a fake OG JDM Super Famicom just to have on the shelf, or even a shell just that looks like one.

[-] SlothMama@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Nintendo doesn't have a legal right to go after NES clones in the States because the patent on the NES expired and anyone is legally allowed to make perfect duplicates of NES hardware.

The only legal ground Nintendo has is software copyright for games they published and / or licensed ( probably just published )

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