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SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:10 am

It's true but the iQue is set up to only play games on the cards it comes with, so you can't make a new one :/ They've got it set up so you can "store" what games you have on their machines and so you can always redownload those to the cards free... but that doesn't help all that much, since all of the games out for it can be downloaded to the included cards

Plus they've got crazy encryption on the cards, I hear.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:13 am

HACK IT

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:14 am

*o* wrote:that would be great BTW great avatar nos_silved

Tell peppers. And while you're at it, don't forget to tell him that "he's welcome".

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 02, 2005 2:15 am

lol where does he get them from ( i like bicostp's)

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:58 am

OK, except you have to realize that this thing is made for the Chinese market. Seeing as that is one of the most notorious pirate markets, it's probably crazy protected. 4096-bit encryption on the cards and the like

The fact that we haven't seen anyone do anything with the hardware yet is probably a good sign that it's not too hacker-friendly.

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:36 am

It's been out for a while and nothing much has really happened. The fact that Nintendo chose data transfer to a flash storage device as the method of distribution tells you how confident they are that it won't be hacked.

I'm surprised that nobody here has picked one up yet, I'm looking to grab one in the summer.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:40 am

aww that sucks if it was hackable n64p's would be half the size

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Mon May 02, 2005 7:01 am

I'd have picked one up but Lik-Sang has been out of stock for awhile

That and I already own all but one or two of the games as N64 carts, so playing them in Chinese is only of mild interest to me.

Alchemist · Post by **Alchemist** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:13 am

Yeah, it's the coolness factor that interests me. Sin and Punishment is one treasure game I have yet to own though, and it's supposed to be great.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:44 pm

I swear there was a usb "transfer your own games thing" cable, but I cant seem to find it on lik sang...

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Mon May 02, 2005 4:58 pm

There's a USB cable for it but it's only for connecting it to the internet through a PC so that it can download games from the iQue website directly.

HK-47 · Post by **HK-47** » Mon May 02, 2005 5:28 pm

Im sure theres some way you can exploit that...

SgtBowhack · Post by **SgtBowhack** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:00 pm

Yeah, but the iQue games also have their own format, which is probably encrypted like mad, and the iQue itself somehow connects directly to the net I think.

nos_slived · Post by **nos_slived** » Mon May 02, 2005 8:41 pm

The cable is probably like the USB plug for TI-83/plus calculators.

KJoshJ · Post by **KJoshJ** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:30 pm

i read somewhere that the reason they released it in china is that due to the encryption, even the toughest chinese crackers will have a hard time hacking it. They also said that China was almost always the first place the major hacks for systems came form, which i dont know is true or not. Josh.