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Bleem, the company that helped make emulation legal, is being resurrected and teases "the largest retro gaming project" (gbatemp.net)
submitted 1 day ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/emulation@lemmy.ml
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Over two decades ago, a small company by the name of Bleem! appeared and offered a unique product in the gaming market, the ability to play PlayStation games outside of the original hardware, in what would be popularly known as "emulation" worldwide, be it in Windows PCs at the time (Windows 95...

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[–] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago

Nintendo has entered the chat

[–] delticus@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

It just sounds like some random company (piko interactive?) is trying to use bleem's corpse in order to... Something lol. The page doesn't really say much but my gut instinct says grift for now

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago

Dead skin mask.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

Now, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time...

After getting hooked on Metal Gear: Solid, without owning a Playstation, Bleem helped me get by.

[–] Ferk@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The ".net" makes me think it would be some online service that runs on remote servers or ties you to some online platform without any real gain other than just to increase their level of control over the customer.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 2 points 9 hours ago

Phew, for a second there I was thinking of Microsoft .NET