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The 10NES chip can be permanently disabled by performing a minor change to the hardware. While the original Famicom and its clones can play unlicensed games, the 10NES hardware lock-out mechanism of the NES complicates the production of physical cartridges. Several varieties of custom processors are used within NES cartridges to expand system capabilities most are difficult to replicate except by scavenging old cartridges. One impediment to NES homebrew development is the relative difficulty involved with producing physical cartridges, although third-party flash carts do exist, making homebrew possible on original NES hardware. Several compilers are available for the NintendoвЂ…EntertainmentвЂ…System, but like the Atari 2600, most development is done in 6502 assembly language. Some targets for homebrew games include the Wii, Dreamcast, GameвЂ…BoyвЂ…Advance, PlayStationвЂ…Portable, NintendoвЂ…EntertainmentвЂ…System, and AtariвЂ…2600.

HOMEBREW CHANNEL GAMES SOFTWARE

Homebrew development can include software made using unofficial, community maintained toolchains or games developed using official development kits such as NetвЂ…Yaroze, LinuxвЂ…forвЂ…PlayStationвЂ…2, or MicrosoftвЂ…XNA. A non-professional developer for a system intended to be user-programmable, like the CommodoreвЂ…64, is simply called a hobbyist (rather than a homebrew developer). Many consoles have hardwareвЂ…restrictions to prevent unauthorized development. Official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ROM cartridges or encrypted CD-ROMs. Homebrew, when applied to videoвЂ…games, refers to games produced by hobbyists for proprietary videoвЂ…gameвЂ…consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. For other uses, see HomebrewвЂ…(disambiguation).

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