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It’s so insane if you think about it, who is (or was) sitting there coding the CFW in Notepad++.

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[–] OddDeer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This sounds like a really cool story. Where can I read more about the Pokemon dataming venture kicking off the whole Switch CFW scene?

[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago

To a degree that's the story of modern console hacking - one dedicated fan trying to learn the most about their favorite game whose discoveries end up becoming foundations for community projects as a whole.

(See PS4 emulation and Bloodbourne)