The CIC & 10NES Explained

A brief history and technical deep dive into the Nintendo CIC and 10NES Lockout System.
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References
Wikipedia: CIC (Nintendo) - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIC_(Ni...)
NesDev Wiki: CIC lockout chip - www.nesdev.org/wiki/CIC_locko...
NesDev Forums: Reverse Engineering the CIC - forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.p...
SHARP Microcomputers Data Book (1990) - bitsavers.org/components/sharp...
Patent Arcade - Case: Atari v. Nintendo (N.D. Cal. 1993) [C, P] - patentarcade.com/2005/08/case-...
Video Games and Reverse Engineering - www.jthtl.org/content/articles...
US Patent 4799635A (The Nintendo 10NES Patent) - patents.google.com/patent/US4...
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:08 Motivations
6:29 Technical Details
12:16 Circumvention
18:04 Conclusion
CC Attributions
E.T. Landfill Photo by Matt Lyons of GameGavel.com
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