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Nintendo resurrecting NES games on GBA

Posted by Tim Dorr on 16 June 2002 - 03:59 · 19 comments & 1782 views

At the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, Nintendo is showcasing several innovative games that further expand connectivity, starting with the revolutionary Animal Crossing™, a community building adventure. This new game extends game fun from NINTENDO GAMECUBE to Game Boy Advance, opening new worlds, and also links it to trading cards with the introduction of the e-Reader. Players can download full classic NES games to the Game Boy Advance for hand-held fun on the go, and swipe trading cards through the e-Reader, which attaches to the Game Boy Advance to transport messages from the characters, game items and even music.

Connectivity features for other games can include, depending on the software design, exchanging various forms of data, unlocking new game levels or using Game Boy Advance as a supplemental game screen, controller or input device. Currently more than 20 video games in development integrate connectivity.

News source: nintendo.com

This patch eliminates a newly discovered vulnerability affecting Internet Information Services. Although Microsoft typically delivers cumulative patches for IIS, in this case Microsoft have delivered a patch that eliminates only this new vulnerability, while completing a cumulative patch. When the cumulative patch is customer-ready, Microsoft will update this bulletin with information on its availability. The FAQ provides information on the circumstances surrounding the vulnerability, and why Microsoft believe releasing a singleton patch immediately is in customers' best interests. To ensure that servers are fully protected against past as well as current vulnerabilities, Microsoft strongly recommend installing the previous cumulative patch (discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS02-018) before installing this patch.

Title: Heap Overrun in HTR Chunked Encoding Could Enable Web Server Compromise (Q321599)
Date: 12 June 2002
Software: Internet Information Server
Impact: Run Code of Attacker's Choice
Max Risk: Moderate

View: Microsoft Security Bulletin ID MS02-028 for more information and patch availability

A flaw exists in the RAS phonebook implementation: a phonebook value is not properly checked, and is susceptible to a buffer overrun. The overrun could be exploited for either of two purposes: causing a system failure, or running code on the system with LocalSystem privileges. If an attacker were able to log onto an affected server and modify a phonebook entry using specially malformed data, then made a connection using the modified phonebook entry, the specially malformed data could be run as code by the system.

Title: Unchecked Buffer in Remote Access Service Phonebook Could Lead to Code Execution (Q318138)
Date: 12 June 2002
Software: Windows NT 4.0, NT 4.0 Terminal Server Edition, 2000, XP, Routing and Remote Access Server (RRAS)
Impact: Local Privilege Escalation
Max Risk: Critical

View: Microsoft Security Bulletin ID MS02-029 for more information and patch availability

An unchecked buffer vulnerability in an ISAPI extension that could, in the worst case, allow an attacker to run code of their choice on the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Server.

A vulnerability in a function specifying an XML tag that could allow an attacker to run script on the user's computer with higher privilege. For example, a script might be able to be run in the Intranet Zone instead of the Internet Zone.

Title: Unchecked Buffer in SQLXML Could Lead to Code Execution (Q321911)
Date: 12 June 2002
Software: Microsoft SQLXML
Impact: Two vulnerabilities, the most serious of which could run code of attacker's choice.
Max Risk: Moderate

View: Microsoft Security Bulletin ID MS02-030 for more information and patch availability

(Revised: 11 June 2002, version 2.0)
On May 8 2002, Microsoft released the original version of this bulletin. On June 11, 2002 the bulletin was updated to announce that while the fixes issued on May 8 2002 resolved the vulnerability, they did not protect in all cases against the reintroduction of the vulnerable control. As a result, a new set of fixes is being released to ensure that systems are fully protected against the reintroduction of the vulnerable control. A new MSN Chat control, updated patch, updated version of MSN Messenger and an updated version of Exchange Instant Messenger have been made available. Customers who have applied any of the fixes released on May 8, 2002 are encouraged to consider applying the updated fixes.

Title: Unchecked Buffer in MSN Chat Control Can Lead to Code Execution (Q321661)
Released: 08 May 2002
Software: MSN Chat, MSN Messenger, Exchange Instant Messenger
Impact: Run Code of Attacker's Choice
Max Risk: Critical
Bulletin: MS02-022

View: Microsoft Security Bulletin ID MS02-022 for more information and patch availability

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#1 Posted by DrOmango on 16 Jun 2002 - 04:43: hmm, i kinda like dat idea now i can download from any rom site that has nes games and maybe thier is a tool to transfre the files ?

#2 Posted by Rudy on 16 Jun 2002 - 05:08: wasn't there an util on the net that could transform a nes rom in a GBA rom?? maybe thats what they're using...

#3 Posted by SOOPRcow on 16 Jun 2002 - 05:41: You'll be able to get a Boy and His Blob!!!!!!!

#4 Posted by Treytor on 16 Jun 2002 - 07:23: LOL I REMEMBER THAT GAME!!! Man that was so fun. I could never get past this one part on the second "world" tho... pissed me off

(2 replies) #5 Posted by xStainDx on 16 Jun 2002 - 10:14: Finally Maybe now i can beat the ORIGINAL MARIO BROS!

#6 Posted by Osiris on 16 Jun 2002 - 17:18: lol go back and play all those old favs again hey.

#7 Posted by wireles316 on 16 Jun 2002 - 18:16: can't compare to playing the game on the good old grey controllers with the two red buttons. those controllers were a case study in ergonomics.

#8 Posted by SimonHi on 16 Jun 2002 - 18:34: the GBA is 32 bit, i am suprised that it isn't capable of SNES games.

(1 reply) #9 Posted by biggles on 16 Jun 2002 - 19:21: old games r just as good as new games, sometimes makers just hit the spot, tetris, sof, etgc etc. and sometimes they dont..... c+c renegade, worms......

#10 Posted by biggles on 16 Jun 2002 - 19:25: sof = soldier of fortune

#11 Posted by Marshalus on 16 Jun 2002 - 19:28: Hey, don't diss Renegade Besides, this is just a way for Nintendo to make money on games that have been around for 15 years. Pretty smart thinking if you ask me, they just hide it as "new innovations"

#12 Posted by baumsquad on 16 Jun 2002 - 20:51: I'm not sure if I have this correct, but it sounds to me the innovation is that the game itself is contained on the swipe card. So it's like transfering a game from a cheap trading card you buy in the store into a game you can play. And NES games are definitely small enough to be put on a card. I'm not sure if it's magnetic or optical (sort of like a very convoluted 2D bar code.) They have done this sort of encoding before, but it is a very unique way to distribute these small games that allows Nintendo to still release a controlled unit inexpensibly. This bypasses needing to connect the GBA to the net, which could pose a threat to nintendo by someone circumventing their distribution system. If this is in fact what this news suggests, it will be interesting what would happen if you were to print out the card on a computer. VERY interesting...

#13 Posted by Ice Blue on 16 Jun 2002 - 22:12: Kinda late post isn't it? The article is dated May 21.

#14 Posted by aaron901 on 17 Jun 2002 - 02:19: very innovative! i miss those NES games..

#15 Posted by Lun4 on 17 Jun 2002 - 16:29: genesis pwnz j00

#16 Posted by MaddogMDD on 18 Jun 2002 - 01:05: BUBBLE BOBBLE! Yes!

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