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I think the CIC chip would be clean-room [1] designed in this case. It's been done with the Nintendo 64 chip as well via decamping-microscopes. [2]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_room_design [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwEdqAb2l50



[2] includes the explanation of why its legal, the atari vs nintendo lawsuit.




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