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3DS Browser Exploit Allows Users to Play Game Boy Color ROMs
A Nintendo 3DS loophole is allowing customers to play Game Boy Color ROMs on Nintendo's new hardware.
To activate the loophole, users need to purchase a legitimate Game Boy Color game via the eShop, and then suspend the software and open up the handheld's internet browser. At this point, if users then download a Game Boy Color ROM it can be played on the handheld. However, in most countries this action likely violates copyright law.
According to Nintendo Life, the workaround works right up to the current firmware version (9.0-9.4), but those who own a New Nintendo 3DS will not be able to create the same exploit.
In all likelihood the loophole will be closed with a future system software update.
A 3DS software update, released in December, managed to block a backdoor hack that allowed users to play unlicensed games on the handheld.
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To activate the loophole, users need to purchase a legitimate Game Boy Color game via the eShop, and then suspend the software and open up the handheld's internet browser. At this point, if users then download a Game Boy Color ROM it can be played on the handheld. However, in most countries this action likely violates copyright law.
According to Nintendo Life, the workaround works right up to the current firmware version (9.0-9.4), but those who own a New Nintendo 3DS will not be able to create the same exploit.
In all likelihood the loophole will be closed with a future system software update.
A 3DS software update, released in December, managed to block a backdoor hack that allowed users to play unlicensed games on the handheld.
Further Reading: Why You Should Buy a 3DS in 2015
More...