NESbox web emulator

[quietquiet]

Does anyone have experience using NESbox(http://nesbox.github.io/emulator/) on their website. I want to integrate Zapper games for my website, but I have been having trouble with NESbox recognizing the mouse as the light gun. I've tried contacting them but they don't respond back. Everything else works great as far as web emulation goes. Thanks!

[zzo38]

Maybe they don't implement that input device?

[WedNESday]

Maybe they don't implement that input device?

This. How often is NESBox even updated etc.? They got a cease and desist letter a few months backs and that must have hurt the developers.

[tepples]

They got a cease and desist letter a few months backs

For distributing infringing copies of proprietary games or for something else?

[WedNESday]

They got a cease and desist letter a few months backs

For distributing infringing copies of proprietary games or for something else?

Dude that a real question? No offense, Sorry but I am lol'ing so hard right now.

[tepples]

Yes, real question, because I'm not familiar with its history. Don't cite me on this, but I seem to remember that at one time, console makers were cease-and-desisting even those emulator developers who weren't illegally distributing copies of games. In fact, Connectix got sued for Connectix Virtual Game Station.

[Sik]

Well, in the case of Connectix it was a commercial emulator developed at a time where the PS1 was still relevant (and which allowed you to make saves of games without having to buy a memory card, it wasn't limited to just not buying the console), it's not surprising they got sued for it.

Then again I recall reading that in the '90s Nintendo was threatening emulator developers on grounds of infringing the NES patents. Not sure how much truth is to that, but that was mentioned in an article back in 1999.

[WedNESday]

Said patents would have expires as of 2014 so we're safe in that regard. What I find even more surprising is that a court took Connectix's side (I mean in this day of big businesses controlling everything etc.).

[Sik]

Well, courts kept siding with Bleem every time they got sued for making Bleemcast too. What Sony did was keep suing until Bleem ran out of money and was forced to go bankrupt.

[WedNESday]

Well, courts kept siding with Bleem every time they got sued for making Bleemcast too. What Sony did was keep suing until Bleem ran out of money and was forced to go bankrupt.

Can you repeatedly sue somebody like that? Surely once the case is settled once it is settled for all.

[tepples]

You can keep bringing up issues in appeals court and the like.

[WedNESday]

You can keep bringing up issues in appeals court and the like.

I know of appeals and such but surely you can't just keep filing the same complaint(s) over and over again without it being either frivolous or harassing?

[rainwarrior]

I think there was literally just one lawsuit.

[tepples]

A single lawsuit can be kicked back and forth between a district court and a court of appeals: "appeal" sends it up and "remand" sends it back down.

But now that I've checked, the Connectix case decided the legality of emulation itself, and the part of the Bleem lawsuit that went to appeal was over whether use of emulator screenshots in comparative advertisements for an emulator is a fair use of the copyrighted games.