UltraHLE (N64 emulator on PCs) came out in 1999 [1] Banjo-Tooie - came out in 20... | Hacker News

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		pandaman on Dec 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Banjo Tooie for N64 finally cracked UltraHLE (N64 emulator on PCs) came out in 1999 [1] Banjo-Tooie - came out in 2000 [2] And yes, there had already been Internet at that time too. N64 game cracks were desirable even without emulation though. There had been "universal" carts (e.g. Doctor V64) that would enable running a game image on a retail console. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraHLE [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Tooie

sliverstorm on Dec 9, 2012 [–]

It was a much smaller scene though, nothing like game carts for the GBA or DS.

pandaman on Dec 9, 2012 | [–]

It was. Yet not that much smaller to dismiss this is as a good counter example to the claims that every DRM will be cracked immediately and if something is not cracked then it just means there is zero interest in crack.

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