Ryujinx emulator taken down after devs reach agreement with Nintendo
gbatemp.net
In what could possibly be the worst way to start October for emulation enthusiasts, as of just a few minutes ago the Ryujinx repository appears to be down, with the usual "404" message being given when trying to enter any of their related GitHub pages. Not even the main Ryujinx developer account...
  • mesamune@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    16·
    2 months ago

    “According to an official statement on Ryujinx’s Discord server, developer gdkchan was contacted by Nintendo and they were offered an agreement to stop working on the emulator project, and while the agreement wasn’t confirmed yet, the organization has been entirely removed.”

    See ya space cowboy.

    Now the only place to get things are on not github. Some kind of berg with code in it. Either way GL to anyone using emulators.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
    121·
    2 months ago

    It’s insane that Nintendo feels the need to go after the strugglers that play on emulator, despite their console being the most successful on the market, still selling like crazy after almost a decade, and with the successor being one of the most anticipated consoles ever. That line must go up, even if it’s just an inch more.

    Fuck Nintendo.

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        2 months ago

        It’s my understanding that the creator took a payout.

        AFAIK the only statement so far is “agreement” and that that can also mean a legally binding document to take down Ryujinx and never again develop Nintendo emulators or get sued to the moon and back, ie. “sign here or financial ruin”.

        • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          21·
          2 months ago

          Well it was my understanding it was a payout because the creator was from Brazil and Nintendo wouldn’t be able to go after him for like DMCA type route.

          Or something. I don’t exactly have my finger right on the pulse, I’m just repeating what I’ve read elsewhere.

          • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 months ago

            Nintendo wouldn’t be able to go after him for like DMCA type route.

            Old school suing about “aiding and abetting” piracy until the defendant has no money left to pay lawyers works pretty much all over the world.

            • iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              61·
              2 months ago

              I mean, not really. There are definitely countries that don’t care about IP very much, even if they have laws on the book. This is why some piracy sites survive for years and years and years.

  • mrfriki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 months ago

    So my Ryujinx setup won’t start, it post an error message, though it was an offline setup, seems that this is not the case.

    Edit: ok, so just disabling the Check for updates on startup in the settings fixes the problem