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As awesome as this may be, I don't expect it to stick around. I highly doubt the right holders in question will look the other way. :(
by Rolpa 12y ago
As awesome as this may be, I don't expect it to stick around. I highly doubt the right holders in question will look the other way. :(
- anon4 12y agoActually I honestly doubt anyone would bother. We're talking games and properties that aren't just old, they're part of brands that don't exist any more. Plus, if it is such a problem, ROM sites would all be dead by now.
- joezydeco 12y agoNamco, Atari, Gottlieb/Mylstar, and Williams/Bally/Midway (now held by Warner, I think) actively enforce the rights on these old ROMs. Not as sure about Sega, Data East, Taito, and Konami.
- empressplay 12y agoI can confirm this; I've seen them shut down MAME arcades relatively recently (and with good reason... MAME arcade machines that actually collect money are dodgy.)
- voltagex_ 12y agoMake a backup - https://archive.org/download/MAME_0.151_ROMs/MAME_0.151_ROMs_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/MAME_0.151_ROMs/MAME_0.151_ROMs... https://archive.org/download/MESS-0.150.EXTRAs/MESS-0.150.EXTRAs_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/MESS-0.150.EXTRAs/MESS-0.150.EX... https://archive.org/download/MESS-0.151.BIOS.ROMs/MESS-0.151.BIOS.ROMs_archive.torrent https://archive.org/download/MESS-0.151.BIOS.ROMs/MESS-0.151... (50+ GB total)