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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 14 hours 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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[–] delticus@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours 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 3 points 11 hours ago

Dead skin mask.

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours 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 10 hours ago

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.