In a twitter thread posted Saturday, Near disclosed their first name, Dave, and explained that they had been bullied, ridiculed and humilated their entire life, but that the bullying site KiwiFarms had made it intolerable.Ī friend posted a eulogy: 'Near did not commit suicide. Near was a brilliant mind in a corner of the web all too often rife with toxicity and harassment. Despite this, they continued to pour their life into the one thing they loved: emulation and retro gaming. Near (AKA Byuu) has released Byuu, a new emulator that is meant to be his magnum opus, bringing together the precision of his Higan emulator with the ease.ĭeveloper of the bsnes, higan, and ares emulators, Near was a relentless force for accuracy in the formerly haphazard world of emulation. Classic video game modifications, fan translations, homebrew, utilities, and learning resources. According to, the author named Near, took his life after years of bullying and cyberbullying. Working out the most elusive hardware glitches and corner cases, they advanced the world of SNES emulation by leaps and bounds. Today is most likely the saddest day ever the emulation community is going through. As such, Im downloading this emulator in order. Near, who was known by creating the bsnes, higan and ares emulators. They also recently released their ultimate labor of love, a fan translation of Bahamut Lagoon that might well be the most exacting and meticulously crafted language adaptation of a video game of the era. Near was also an incredibly kind, funny, and welcoming person. I'd known them for several years, but after they moved to Tokyo a few years back we started talking more often. One of the most modest people I've ever known, they were unlikely to suggest hanging out in person, but never rejected an offer.

The creator of bsnes and higan is dead, the target of a years long. At first Near merely pointed out the issues that their and many other translation hacks had due to the inaccuracies of emulators. Near was a huge force in emulation programming and innovation in pursuit of video game preservation.

Re: Near, developer of BSNES, committed suicide. Higan/bsnes author & SNES emulation trailblazer Near has passed away. I am right in that cohort of people who found bsnes and was, in an odd way, found by it. Post by Gametrek » Mon 6:14 am Isabella Loretta Janke and Joshua Conner Moon committed what is called 'Premeditated-Murder', which is when you have the intent-to-kill.

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