Okay, please, can we actually? xD
crashdoom
I can unfortunately understand why Valve would tip off Nintendo, to avoid being directly liable because it’s not the standard DMCA provision.
But, at this point, emulation, where you legally have the game and console, shouldn’t be illegal and they shouldn’t be preventing it.
As for the decryption keys, rock and hard place. Either that needs to not be illegal, or it’s impossible to emulate a game legally. Since emulation isn’t illegal, the former shouldn’t be either.
This is an awesome write-up! I've run into the same issue trying to print QR and PDF417 barcodes on cards printed with the various Zebra ZXP printers I've got for testing with ConCat, but the same as you found, PDF417 appears to be far more reliable with the differing quality between each print.
Looks really, really well done! :D