Comment on The WipEout Game You Had to Buy a Movie to Play
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoHilariously, the video cartridges are blocked from working on GameCube Game Boy Player. We can’t have you watching videos you paid for, on the TV!
Comment on The WipEout Game You Had to Buy a Movie to Play
f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks agoHilariously, the video cartridges are blocked from working on GameCube Game Boy Player. We can’t have you watching videos you paid for, on the TV!
xtools@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
probably because the video resolution has been abysmal to begin with to fit it on the cartridge
Wispy2891@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m 100% sure that they placed the artificial block not because of the bad resolution but because the copyright holders gave a license for portable viewing and not for home video (probably cheaper at the time)
xtools@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
makes sense