Nintendo Found Emulating Its Own Games

Nintendo Found Emulating Its Own Games

From Game Rant (Written by Dominik Bošnjak) on | OpenCritic

The Nintendo Museum is using emulators for at least one set of its interactive displays, according to some newly surfaced evidence. A vocal section of Nintendo fans found this revelation to be ironic, not least because of the company's long-standing opposition to emulation.

Following some delays, the Nintendo Museum opened its doors to the public on October 2. The Kyoto, Japan-based center allows visitors to tour the company's vast library of consoles and titles, in addition to experiencing many of its classic games firsthand.

A few weeks after its release, a fan made PC port of the classic Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening has been struck down by Nintendo.

But not all of these interactive displays are powered by vintage hardware. This was recently discovered by Twitter user ChrisMack32 after they decided to unplug one controller from a Nintendo Museum station running the 1990 SNES classic Super Mario World. Doing so prompted the machine to play the instantly recognizable "Device Disconnect" sound event, which Microsoft's operating systems have been using since the Windows XP days from the early 21st century.

Plugging the gamepad back in triggered the equally iconic "Device Connect" sound event, strongly suggesting that...

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