GiriGiri
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GiriGiri | |
Author: | Shinya "MegaDeath" Miyamoto |
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OS: | Windows 98, Windows XP |
Available language(s): | Japanese |
Use: | Emulator |
License: | originally freeware, later commercial |
Website: | homepage |
GiriGiri was a Japanese Sega Saturn emulator developed in 2001, which was able to run commercial software at a decent speed. Initially a freeware program that worked only with the Japanese version of Microsoft Windows 98, Sega hired the developer behind the project and bought the software to provide an online service for downloadable Sega Saturn titles. However, due to internal conflicts within Sega and fund cuts, the CYBER DISC service that used GiriGiri was short lived. In 2003, after the theft of the unlock code to the commercial release, Sega completely canned the project and did not renew the copyright since.
Nonetheless, cracked versions of GiriGiri still float around the Internet to this day.