Meanwhile, Bleem, a software company based in San Diego, is busy working on a Sony PlayStation Emulator for Windows PCs.

The pending court case between Sony and Connectix will likely set a legal precedent. However, emulators like the Connectix Virtual Game Station and UltraHLE let gamers play popular contemporary titles like Super Mario 64 and The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. Though potentially illegal, developers generally haven't bothered to clamp down. To date, most emulators simulate old games or game systems that are no longer sold. The issue of software emulators is a legal gray area. A free and open-source application that emulates the original Microsoft Xbox game console, enabling people to play their original Xbox games on Windows, macOS.

This infringes on our intellectual property rights, and that's something we actively protect.' 'We are looking at all our options, which include legal action. 'Emulators are illegal, and they continue to support counterfeiting and piracy,' said Nintendo spokeswoman Beth Llewelyn. Nintendo says it is considering legal action against UltraHLE's original programmers, but was unaware that copies of the original source code had been posted to the Net. To play them on an emulator, the games must be illegally copied with special hardware and distributed via the Internet or on Zip disks. Unlike PlayStation games, which ship on standard CD-ROMs, Nintendo 64 titles are encoded on special ROM cartridges that must be plugged into a console to be played. Nintendo has a reputation for aggressively clamping down on pirates.

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