#Kiwi farms bsnes software#
#Kiwi farms bsnes series#

They had made fan translations for Dragon Quest V and Der Langrisser, and had collaborated with other translators for their projects, including Clyde 'Tomato' Mandelin's translation of Mother 3. They were also active in music and writing internet communities. They were best known for creating the bsnes and higan video game emulators, and producing Japanese-to-English video game fan translations. Near was a C++ programmer with 23 years of experience whose specialty was reverse engineering hardware and software. вЂњWe have lost a genius in the emulation community.Being non-binary, near identified themselves as they/ them, with a INTJ-T personality, preferring to keep to their own spaces, generally not reaching out first to others, and mostly working on projects by themselves (although working at their best with friends around). Near had been working with us for a few months and we were helping them with their situation вЂ“ I feel so bad about all of this. WeвЂ™ve lost a brilliant mind in the emulation community. ItвЂ™s horrible to hear what theyвЂ™ve been through вЂ“ the folks at Kiwi Farms disgust me. вЂњNear / ByuuвЂ™s work has had an incredibly positive impact on my life вЂ“ and a positive impact on anyone who cares deeply about the preservation of games. Near / ByuuвЂ™s work had an incredibly positive impact on my life вЂ“ and a positive imapct on all those who care deeply about the preservarion of games.ДЄbsolute hell to hear what they went through вЂ“ people from this Kiwifarm site disgust me.

#Kiwi farms bsnes software#

NearвЂ™s work on software emulation and preservation is one of the most important ever, and to see this brilliant life taken by edgelords who stalk people through harassment is more than tragic. NearвЂ™s work on emulation and software preservation is some of the most vital there is, and to have this brilliant life taken by edgelords who hunt people through harassment is beyond tragic. вЂњI have just heard the terrible news of the death of the developer of BSNES Near and the exasperating circumstances surrounding it. Just read the heartbreaking news about BSNES developer NearвЂ™s passing and the infuriating circumstances thereof. Following this, many personalities, collaborators and friends of Near expressed their sadness and paid tribute to a вЂњ very nice and friendly personвЂќ: And we learned yesterday that he, as a result of these, had taken his own life, in a message shared by a friend via the hacker Hector Martin.

#Kiwi farms bsnes series#

Near, who identified himself as non-binary, suffered a cyberbullying campaign from 4chan and the Kiwi Farms forum, which notably attacked him for his autism and lashed out at his friends and family via doxxing or blackmail campaigns, which they denounced sure Twitter on June 27 in a series of disturbing messages. I finally chose to release this fifth try because I donвЂ™t think I can improve anything anymore. The reason I started over every time was because I had learned more, so I thought I could do better.