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but I've frankly just accepted that emulation will be the best and perhaps only way to play a majority of these titles The problem is the roms can't be 'legall
by weare138 3y ago
but I've frankly just accepted that emulation will be the best and perhaps only way to play a majority of these titles
The problem is the roms can't be 'legally' redistributed and there's no viable way to even legally purchase a significant portion of them anymore.
- amadvance 3y agoThe Internet Archive has all the ROMs you may ever need.
- cubefox 3y agoUntil Nintendo sues them...
- lotsoweiners 3y agoTrue but they won’t be removed from torrent sites. You can download every NES, SNES, Genesis etc game ever created in like 5 minutes.
- scheeseman486 3y agoThey haven't, though. In spite of them distributing this stuff for about a decade with Nintendo's full knowledge. Not to say it couldn't happen, but IA seem to have wrapped themselves up in enough legal tape to discourage Nintendo from taking action so far.
- CobrastanJorji 3y agoExactly. Relying on emulation is totally fine. The problem is that it's also illegal. If classic media goes "out of print," there needs to be a practical way to access it that isn't a crime. Old books have libraries and used book stores, but old games that only work with emulators have no legal avenues at all.