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The content on the cassettes is random recording noise and not a playable game. The content on the disks are cracked copies that contain missing or modified da
by ev1 4y ago
The content on the cassettes is random recording noise and not a playable game.
The content on the disks are cracked copies that contain missing or modified data and are not the original game.
- Victerius 4y agoAh okay then I can understand. If the product is intentionally broken then it's fraud.
- synu 4y agoIt’s fraud also if it’s a forgery, even if the game worked. It was represented as an original when it was sold, not a high quality modern copy.
- ev1 4y agoAlso yes, in the case of collecting, the point is "acquire bragging rights about an old object just because it's an original copy" If you wanted to just play it you'd just play it in an emulator. I will point out that the history of video games is not that old in itself, meaning a several decade old game is falling into the "one of the first games made" vintage tier.
- bombcar 4y agoYeah, the case of "this is something we knew existed but didn't have a copy of" makes a lot more sense than "I want to be one of 20 people who own a copy of this thing". Even the collectors openly admit to actually playing the games via emulators.