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Again, illegal.

Read my reply:
ILLEGAL

Not illegal if you actually own the game irl.

illegal beagle.

Looks like we got a thread-wide-post-rate-downer on our hands.

Who is the fukwad who thumbed down everyone?

@Jack
Oops, sorry.
Thought it was you because of what you said.

I hate Emulators, they contribute to stealing things that me and my wife work hard on as mocaps and voice actors/actress. So I say to hell with them! If you use emulators I will kill you in your sleep.

Emulators are legal for the purpose of home-brew games.

Well, people that use emulators should realize that they are lowering the company's profit, therefor precluding the possibility of making games in the future.

@Memedude7737
Not always.
A lot of people who emulate wouldn't have gone out and bought the games in the first place.
Piracy is always done because of money.
And with many cases of piracy, they wouldn't even buy the games in the first place.
Also, since when do GameCube, Xbox, Gameboy, and Dreamcast games get made anymore?
Same goes with the other old consoles. Nintendo has Virtual Console and Sony has PS1 classics, but still, games like EathBound get pirated because nobody can find a copy, let alone one under 70 dollars.
(This does not mean that I support piracy)

Not sure if it will help but I'll try and clear up a few things:
Emulators aren't illegal, however possessing a ROM image of a commercial game you didn't pay for is. Even if you own a physical copy of the game, you aren't legally allowed to make or download a ROM image of the game. Nor is it legal to rip the ROM image from that game you legally own to use it with a emulator. If you do rip the game from your own physical copy they won't really have lost any actual or potential money. It's legal to run a emulator to run a game off of the physical copy you legally own.

Though legality varies from country to country.

As previously stated, it's perfectly legal to run homebrew games released under free licenses under a emulator.

I sez, fuck 'em. If I want to enjoy Nes games, then the only physical way for me to play them is on a emulator. If they want to start releasing the old nes along with all of it's games, moar powwa to them. But until then, emulator it is.
Now, I play final fantasy 9 on an emulator, but only because I lack a working copy. My old one just doesn't want to work on either my PS2 OR my PC.

(lol, though. I'm OP, but I baleeted my original post after watcher said it was illegal. didn't expect ppl to start off on this.)

What's you guises' take on ROMs in different languages?

Say, hypothetically, someone loves Pokemon and is also learning Japanese. This person has all the English versions of all the Pokemon games, but downloaded Japanese Pokemon ROMs for an educational purpose. Evil? Illegal? Rage-worthy?

Why cant they just honestly buy the Japanese version?

English consoles are programmed to refuse to play Japanese games.

Have you guys heard if Virtualnes? Its a gaming site and most nes games are avalible to play and its legal. And i believe they creator is making a virtul gameboy as well…

Legal?

yeah. Its pretty cool actually check out the website for more info im not advertising or anything. Its pretty popular so it would be shut down if it was illegal…

Ebaums is also popular.
So, take that.

I was just wondering if you guys new about it. My bad.

Hey i got some facts idk if you care or not but, the guy who runs the website made his own emulator, however he uses hard copies of games. And you play it in your broswer no dowloads or anything. I hope that clears it up a bit. Sorry if i caused problems

Hey, just got back from playing Minish Cap on my computer, what'd I miss?

Then hell, buy a Japanese console, or a converter or somthing for your Wii, XBox, or PS3 lol.

i have n64 emulators.
i OWN every game that ive downloaded tho..

I love emu's! How else do I play old import games? No way I'm gonna find an old working Famicom + the games!

Lets take for example system shock 2, its one of the best games of all time, and yet its hard to find, matter of fact its 10 years old, and most cd's are starting to deteriate from old age, so basicly what I am saying is that the only way to play it is to torrent it.

Which is EA's fault, they should be selling it on steam atleast.

Yup, that's mah Point!

Mother 3: The main reason people emulate the GBA

EarthBound: The main reason people emulate the SNES.
That and this:

Any ways what You guys think of The Pirate Bay?

Take discussions like this to IRC.

I just could not resist.

I guess its just me. Ive always liked actually having a copy of games. I collect them in a sense and i would much rather be the person out there searching all over for that japanese famicom and the old MSX version of Metal Gear 2: Solid Snake.

I buy a lot of my games on steam, so I don't bother with all that crap.

Like I just bought fallout 3 on cd a few months back ,and some of the floor textures where missing, so some quest could not be completed, and dont blame my card, its a 9800 geforce.

downloading them can't really get anyone here in trouble, someone once told me, "you are a grain of sand on an island full of pirates"

K here's a bit about emulators and if they are illegalor not:
Using a emulator with non-commercial roms: Emulators and PD/homebrew roms are legal. Example: Using SNES9x to play PD roms.

Using a online emulator with commercial roms: Using a loophole in copyright laws, sites like vNES are legal since we have the physical cart.

Using a downloadable emulator with commercial roms AND having the original cart: Since copyright laws state that you can have one back-up copy of your game cart, you can play commercial roms legally provided you have the original media.

Using a downloadable emulator with commercial roms BUT missing the original cart: Illegal!
Cameo Yoshi
Hope that cleans things up. I do not support piracy!!!

Well since I got a -1 I am assuming not every one knows what steam is, heres a link to what steam is, completely legal.

heres a link.

http://store.steampowered.com/

I know what Steam is and I know its not legal, I upped ur coment. Isnt it owned and run by Valve?

Yes, it is.

Sorry for not replying, but yes it is, and I also think its owned by Ubisoft, but mainly by valve.