Nintendo Gigaleak (source code, betas artwork, ROMs etc.)

[Fant0men]

So, did any of you hear of the massive Nintendo leaks (source code, betas artwork, ROMs etc.) that's been going on over @ 4chan?

I did my best to compile a list of the threads thus far. There are probably more threads, but it's hard to keep track. New ones are created constantly.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/176d5...nandU/edit

Links:

https://archive.org/details/fuqganix
https://archive.org/details/moredolphins
https://archive.org/details/thortonisbestboy
https://archive.org/details/lisreal

0) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518359485
1) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518363794

Gigaleak 1) https://boards.4channel.org/vr/thread/6633692

2) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518380786
3) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518390767
4) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518399461
5) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518407851

PPG Leak 2) https://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/44311463

6) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518416232
7) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518424725
8) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518430805
9) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518439794
10) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518447238
11) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518448871

PPG Leak 3) https://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/44315186

12) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518474223
13) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518491846
14a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518510086
14b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518510102
15) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518526017
16) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518536491
17) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518542993

Ocarina PC prediction) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518545936
L is real prediction) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518546072

18) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518547024
19) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518549110

Gigaleak 2) https://boards.4channel.org/vr/thread/6638179

20a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518555184
20b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518555303
21a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518559343
21b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518559439
22) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518562819

Luigi revival 1) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518565603
Luigi revival 2) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518566189

23a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518566426

Luigi if he real) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518567820
Leak bunker) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518572031
Link request) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518573149

23b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518566995
24) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518584063

Mother64 hoping) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518592051
Dr Mario source) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518592245

25) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518584120
26a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518595763
26b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518601420
26c) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518605091
27a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518608262
27b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518608330

Leak source question) https://boards.4channel.org/vp/thread/44327019

28a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518617041
28b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518621120

AC hoping) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518621861

28c) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518625131
28d) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518628203
28e) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518632286
29a) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518638663
29b) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518645398
29c) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518648096
30) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518657701

L is finally real) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518660691

31) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518664071
32) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518669560

Gigaleak 3) https://boards.4channel.org/vr/thread/6641403
Dev larp) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518674243

33) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518674504
34) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518679998

Leak purpose) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518683065

35) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518685002
36) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518691409
37) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518696193
38) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518701014
52) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518706368
53) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518710984
54) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518715957
55) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518721159
56) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518727009
57) https://boards.4channel.org/v/thread/518732938

You're welcome.

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[RobertX]

Nobody can use these, unless you don't care about getting in trouble with the law.

[Fant0men]

Nobody can use these, unless you don't care about getting in trouble with the law.

The source code for BIOS / boot ROMs and OS source code for the various consoles can be used to improve emulators. Granted, the code can't be copied directly as is, but it can be looked at and learned from, and then new code can be written that looks different but does the same thing. It can improve accuracy and speed of emulators. I think there's even source code for some of Nintendo's own emulators included.

These leaks are also valuable for the preservation of video game history, and hackers / game programmers can look at the code and learn from it.

[RobertX]

No, you can't, or Nintendo will definitely sue you.

You can't just look at the code and even glean something from it. This is why the ReactOS project doesn't accept former Microsoft employees; they can fuck them royally.

Just remember this Nineteen Eighty-Four style quote:

"Corporate plagiarism does not entail death, corporate plagiarism is death."

You can look at the code as many times as you like, but you are generally killing yourself if you're looking for volunteering for something like ReactOS or Wine.

Forgive the Microsoft-esque example, but you understand.

[Fant0men]

No, you can't, or Nintendo will definitely sue you.

You can't just look at the code and glean something from it. This is why the ReactOS project doesn't accept former Microsoft employees; they can fuck them royally.

There's no way to prove in court that official Nintendo source code was used if the new code looks different, and especially if the code is in a different language. There are many ways to do the same thing in programming languages.

[RobertX]

OK, well, good luck with that, but I wouldn't use it.

EDIT: And don't expect the Dolphin project to use it either.

Case in point: Blizzard Entertainment shut down the Freecraft project because it bears a resemblance to the game Warcraft II, and it's not even about the source code either.

[Fant0men]

OK, well, good luck with that, but I wouldn't use it.

There are multiple ways to make use of the source code without getting into legal trouble, and it involves various degrees of obfuscation. You could reverse-engineer the code, by having one group of people that looks at the code directly, and then talks to a second group of people describing in general terms what the code does. It's highly unlikely that the resulting code is going to look exactly like the original code.

When speaking about legality, you need definite proof to defeat someone in court. If the code isn't exactly the same, and Nintendo's code isn't found on your computer, there's no proof.

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Forgot the initial leak thread.

Created an archive of PDFs (of all the threads up to #58).

This is the current thread on 4chan.

[ill88eagle]

Unauthorized and unjailed games and emulators will be made - legal or not - and that is a good thing. If nintendo has any sense, they'll say fuck it, smack an open source license on it all and move on to new tech advances they can wrap up in all the jailcode and secrecy they want.

[RobertX]

ill88eagle, no disrespect, but it will not even be 300 years until Nintendo, Microsoft, or Sony would do that.

If you put an open source licence, where do you start to profit?

By the way, having Dr. Mario's source code is not very helpful; you can just program a copy of Dr. Mario yourself and make a clone; there exists something like that with Tetris. There are a lot of Tetris clones.

[dueda]

Nobody can use these, unless you don't care about getting in trouble with the law.

Sound advice but in a pirates' forum it's reasonable to presume the "NinLeak" users don't (care).