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Gameboy Color Boot ROM Dumped After 10 Years

Posted by Soulskill on from the what's-a-decade-among-friends dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Costis was able to dump the elusive boot ROM from the Gameboy Color by using various voltage and clock glitching tricks. The boot ROM is what initializes the Gameboy hardware, displays the 'GAMEBOY' logo and animation, and makes the trademarked 'cling!' sound effect. Even decapping the CPU had failed previously, but now the boot image and specifics on how it was dumped (along with many photos) are available for download."

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  1. Re:Methinks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Why not?

  2. Re:Methinks by adrianwn · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Because he can.

  3. I smell double standards by netpixie · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Copyright 2009. Costis Sideris."

    So copyright law is good enough for you, but not for Nintendo?

    1. Re:I smell double standards by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      That means there's a good chance Nintento didn't (or soon won't) renew their copyrights on some of it and it is public domain.

      This is complete bullshit. Nintendo is one of the most enthusiastic defenders of their copyright properties. Watch these guys get a C&D letter as soon as Nintendo notices their existence. I'm guessing no later than the end of this week.

    2. Re:I smell double standards by BitZtream · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Ahhh common ignornace.

      Your location on the globe (what your countries laws are) and what type of material you are dealing with (print, versus audio, versus other artwork) play into the length of copyright.

      Just because Disney has fucked up your country doesn't mean those rules apply to anyone else.

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    3. Re:I smell double standards by daid303 · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Just FYI, the site is hosted in the US, and the domain register is from the US. Which makes US copyright law pretty relevant in this case.

      (And I'm from Europe)

  4. Re:Who even remembers the GBC? Who cares? by tpwch · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I care.

    There are many great games for gameboy color, I had a gbc and about 10 games, but I haven't been able to play them for a while becuase I lost my GBC. I want to re-play them again some day.

    Sure, this rom isn't needed for re-playing them, but its also a bit of preserved history. Thats one of the main reasons for dumping roms, its not all about piracy, its preserving a bit of history for future generations.

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  5. Re:Methinks by Razalhague · · Score: 3, Insightful

    And because nobody else could.