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<blockquote data-quote="N7Kopper" data-source="post: 9884492" data-attributes="member: 353188"><p>Indeed. Preservation <em>is </em>piracy. <strong>By definition</strong>. To <em>preserve </em>software, you need to - for all practical purpose - revoke the copyright holder's ability to remove it from public access. Without <em>piracy</em>, most of us would have no choice but to accept revisionist history from woke pricks. (As an example. Song of the South, anyone? Or how Birth of a Nation was showered with awards from the woke pricks of its day, but nowadays they're embarrassed by that fact) Disney, the copyright holders of the former, have shoved it in the vault for political reasons; <em>piracy</em> allows you to watch it and <em>make your own decision on the matter</em>. It also provides a vital layer of cultural insulation against the Orwellian practice of censoring stuff in the rerelease, especially for much older stuff. Sociopolitical reasons for the defence of piracy aside, disc drives and discs don't last forever either, but raw data can be copied anywhere and everywhere. As technically impressive as Devolution's DRM was, it would have been better for tueiji to just make it a compatibility layer that runs discs. 1:1 dumps are big, you know; especially for the era that Devo released in. You know what program is perfectly capable of loading original discs? Nintendont. <u>The piracy one</u>. DIOS-MIOS Lite (the SD Card version) also supports disc loading, but that's a function of MIOS normally so...</p><p></p><p>What else does Nintendont have over Devolution? Much improved compatiblility. Cheat codes, although not perfect, most support codes like widescreen work. Inate widescreen patching (though sometimes codes are better), 480p patching for PAL60 games (sadly no 576p for PAL50 like Swiss, but <em>still</em>), BBA support for Phantasy Star (as opposed to slow-as-balls modem support), the ability to <em>trim the garbage data from your copies </em>(Do you know how wasteful most 1:1 GCN dumps are?) - Devolution now has that <em>thanks to this crack</em>.</p><p></p><p>What does Devolution have over Nintendont? Devo can run physical and virtual memory card ports at the same time. It can also support Bluetooth controllers while also linking GBAs. Honestly, if Devo supported original discs and widescreen/progressive patches, I'd use it for more stuff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="N7Kopper, post: 9884492, member: 353188"] Indeed. Preservation [I]is [/I]piracy. [B]By definition[/B]. To [I]preserve [/I]software, you need to - for all practical purpose - revoke the copyright holder's ability to remove it from public access. Without [I]piracy[/I], most of us would have no choice but to accept revisionist history from woke pricks. (As an example. Song of the South, anyone? Or how Birth of a Nation was showered with awards from the woke pricks of its day, but nowadays they're embarrassed by that fact) Disney, the copyright holders of the former, have shoved it in the vault for political reasons; [I]piracy[/I] allows you to watch it and [I]make your own decision on the matter[/I]. It also provides a vital layer of cultural insulation against the Orwellian practice of censoring stuff in the rerelease, especially for much older stuff. Sociopolitical reasons for the defence of piracy aside, disc drives and discs don't last forever either, but raw data can be copied anywhere and everywhere. As technically impressive as Devolution's DRM was, it would have been better for tueiji to just make it a compatibility layer that runs discs. 1:1 dumps are big, you know; especially for the era that Devo released in. You know what program is perfectly capable of loading original discs? Nintendont. [U]The piracy one[/U]. DIOS-MIOS Lite (the SD Card version) also supports disc loading, but that's a function of MIOS normally so... What else does Nintendont have over Devolution? Much improved compatiblility. Cheat codes, although not perfect, most support codes like widescreen work. Inate widescreen patching (though sometimes codes are better), 480p patching for PAL60 games (sadly no 576p for PAL50 like Swiss, but [I]still[/I]), BBA support for Phantasy Star (as opposed to slow-as-balls modem support), the ability to [I]trim the garbage data from your copies [/I](Do you know how wasteful most 1:1 GCN dumps are?) - Devolution now has that [I]thanks to this crack[/I]. What does Devolution have over Nintendont? Devo can run physical and virtual memory card ports at the same time. It can also support Bluetooth controllers while also linking GBAs. Honestly, if Devo supported original discs and widescreen/progressive patches, I'd use it for more stuff. [/QUOTE]
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