Please don't bother going to the site to look at it, don't give them the clicks. They didn't 'do' much, but I think knowing they were constantly watching his every move, and the fact he didn't have many real-life friends, meant that they boxed him into a corner on the internet which was the only real space he felt he could be himself.īefore he died he offered to give the Kiwifarms owner everything, all his money, his ID, his talents - if he just locked the thread, but instead he just gave him smarmy replies. He tried changing his name three or four times, but they basically have a thread where they would try to uncover who he was, what he was doing, what groups he was communicating with. Near, also known by his username Byuu, the creator of several groundbreaking video game emulators and a recently acclaimed translation by JRPG Bahamut. Near rose to prominence in 2004 with the creation of bsnes (later renamed higan). Because he was an easy target, he was sensitive, his work gave him a larger online profile than he had the mental tools to cope with. The Brilliant SNES Emulator Author Known As Near Has Died. ET: Hector Marcan Martin has confirmed with Japanese authorities that Near died yesterday, June 27.

Near bsnes has died