Comments on: Editorial: Emulate Me

By: Ferchu

Ferchu — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:42:53 +0000

@Drachonus: I really dont understand what you are talking about .

By: Ferchu

Ferchu — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 03:41:02 +0000

My first experience with emulators was around 2003, being able to play snes roms was incredible since I never had a super nintendo. The reason is that I had to play genesis games because my parents could only afford that( the price of a snes game was 3 times the price of a genesis game) . That allowed me to know about a game I never knew it’s existence: Chrono Trigger and Final fantasy 6 ( 3 in usa I think was named)

By: James 'Gyme' Pagel

James 'Gyme' Pagel — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 23:13:36 +0000

@Drachonus: What the fuck are you talking about?

By: RabidKitten

RabidKitten — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 18:03:21 +0000

I think that you have every right to download a ROM of a game you don’t own as long as the game is no longer in print or was not localized to your region. For example, when I want to play Terranigma, I’m not going to import used copy from the UK so I can own the cartridge of a game that I’m just going to download and play on my PC anyways. If the game is no longer in print, the developers and publishers of the product won’t see a single cent of what you pay for it. So all you are doing, is propping up an antique market. On the flip note, I bought a copy of Xenoblade, never opened it and proceeded to play it on Dolphin. When that goes out of print, I will sell my copy for the ton of money it will be worth because the publisher and developer no longer want to profit from sales of that game (they no longer sell the product). They have made their money off my purchase, and I will hand the sale off to the “antique” market, who should be smart enough to just bootleg the abandoned product.

By: Drachonus

Drachonus — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:33:58 +0000

my first real run with emus was through a special GBA cart to play emus created exclusively for the gba. the most famous(which Nintendo supposedly used early versions was Pocket NES as well as others made by the same guy. hhis creations allowed the full experience of the games as well as hacks with the bonus of a save anywhere on any game function, so no more stupid passwords. currently the system that luxipurr does not wish named has right in their shop free emulators for everything up to ps1 including MAME.and Unlike X-Bone(head)1 some games are released weekly for free without paying for an account.

By: James 'Gyme' Pagel

James 'Gyme' Pagel — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 04:05:37 +0000

My first experience with emulators came way back in early 2000. It was just after the release of Pokemon Gold and Silver in Japan and 13 year old me could not wait until October for the English release. After I moved on from the (badly) translated Pokemon Gold ROM, I began to play the through tons of SNES games through an emulator on my computer. I still play quite a few games with emulators, but now it is usually on my PS Vita (using a PSP kernel exploit).

The emulation scene has exploded in popularity since the iPhone was released. Now, every douchebag with a decent phone can perfectly emulate Game Boy games, and more powerful phones can even emulate the PSX and DS.

It is difficult to say if emulation is a good thing to the industry though. Before the Virtual Console existed, the emulation of classic consoles didn’t cost the industry anything. But the very thing that made the PSP the best console for emulation also led to rampant piracy which led to Sony locking down the Vita to the point that games get removed from PSN when it is revealed that they have an exploit. Still, emulating classic SNES and N64 games is better than waiting months for Nintendo to release them for the VC.