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  2. Regional lockout - Wikipedia

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    Region locks could be bypassed using special unlicensed cartridge adapters such as Game Genie. The swapping of cartridge shells also bypasses the physical regional lockout. The Nintendo 64 features similar lockout methods as the Super NES. The GameCube and Wii are both region-locked, as well as the Wii Shop Channel. On the Wii, channels from ...

  3. CIC (Nintendo) - Wikipedia

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    The Checking Integrated Circuit (CIC) is a lockout chip designed by Nintendo for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game console in 1985; the chip is part of a system known as 10NES, in which a key (which is stored in the game) is used by the lock (stored in the console) to both check if the game is authentic, and if the game is the ...

  4. Star Fox 64 - Wikipedia

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    Rail shooter, shoot 'em up. Mode (s) Single-player, multiplayer. Star Fox 64, [a] known as Lylat Wars in the PAL regions, is a 1997 rail shooter game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second installment in the Star Fox series and a reboot of the original Star Fox for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

  5. Parallel importing in video games - Wikipedia

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    The majority of disk-based home consoles released in more than one region feature regional lockout, the main exceptions being the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and the Sony PlayStation 3. Modchips are a popular choice for many of these consoles as they are generally the easiest to use; however a poorly installed chip could permanently break the ...

  6. Nintendo 64 accessories - Wikipedia

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    Nintendo 64 accessories are first-party Nintendo hardware—and third-party hardware, licensed and unlicensed. Nintendo's first-party accessories are mainly transformative system expansions: the 64DD Internet multimedia platform, with a floppy drive, video capture and editor, game building setup, web browser, and online service; the controller plus its own expansions for storage and rumble ...

  7. Nintendo 64 - Wikipedia

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    The Nintendo 64[a] (N64) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released in Japan on June 23, 1996, in North America on September 29, 1996, and in Europe and Australia on March 1, 1997. The successor to the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, it was the last major home console to use cartridges as its primary ...

  8. Homebrew (video games) - Wikipedia

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    Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to software produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs.

  9. List of Nintendo 64 games - Wikipedia

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    The Nintendo 64 Nintendo 64 Game Paks. Super Mario 64, the reverse of a North American, a PAL region, and a Japanese region game with identical tabs near its bottom edge. The Nintendo 64 home video game console's library of games were primarily released in a plastic ROM cartridge called the Game Pak.