hello everyone!

[B4N5H33]

hello,

i´m a 27 year old handheld/console-gamer from germany. i own a DS Lite (black) with a G6 Lite & GBA SP with an EZ-III...i plan on buying a Wii in the next months. hopefully the modchips will not be illegal until then here in germany...anyways:

greetings to everyone

B4N5H33

 

[Deleted User]

Hello B4N5H33,

and welcome to GBAtemp. Please take a seat and wait a sec. till the dude at the reception is back and gives you the keys to your room.

Oh and modchips are already illegal over here, it's just that people still offer (to install) them regardless what the law says.

 

[TGBoy]

Heylo B4N5H33,
Welcome to GBATemp. Enjoy ur stay here.

 

[B4N5H33]

Oh and modchips are already illegal over here, it's just that people still offer (to install) them regardless what the law says.

are they? i didn´t know that...but there´s a whole shitload of shops which offer them. i hope they will have them in stock until i can afford my Wii

greets

 

[Deleted User]

Oh and modchips are already illegal over here, it's just that people still offer (to install) them regardless what the law says.

are they? i didn´t know that...but there´s a whole shitload of shops which offer them. i hope they will have them in stock until i can afford my Wii

greets

The chip itself is kind of legal (doubtful proof) but if the BIOS is flashed already and allows you to start other things than homebrew it's illegal. On the other hand, any technical modification that was developed to disable a copy protection is against § 95a Abs. 3 UrhG (a more comprehensive explanation can be found at wikipedia), this includes technical modifications that allow homebrew if the developer of the hardware disabled homebrew intentionally and said so (e.g. Sony), though.

But enough of that, I doubt that you'll have problems to find a shop which has got the chip you want.

 

[B4N5H33]

okay thanks, *now* i am informed about modchip policy in good ol´germany