There are people who think emulators are bad? Why? Most games that are emulated are out of circulation by this point anyways. It's not hurting the industry in any way shape or form and people get to play classic games.
Poll: A Rant About Emulation!
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To me it's okay if it's there is no way to legally buy the game and support the creators. Old stuff from dead devs is fair game. Games unavailable to buy new anywhere is fine. But if you can buy it on a legal platform (i.e. PSN, XBLA, eShop, WiiWare, GOG, Steam, etc.), it's kind of iffy. Not wrong per se, but it's a darkish grey area.
i don't see any problem with emulation, it works in the same way as people pirating music going out to buy it if they really like it. there is a huge vintage games market now, and as much as i like being able to play any opld game i want at any time in any way with any controller is pretty cool, but i will always ALWAYS prefer the feel to a console than playing an old game on my computer. this was made a little better when i was able to hack emulators into my wii, but it still aint the same.
i have the entire library of NES, SNES, Genesis, Atari, and some N64 (even though i have most of them on physical copy) but i think it would be so much cooler to have it all physically, especially for bragging rights. i personally plan on starting a small old games collection when the Retron 5 console drops, because it still runs off emulation but requires you to have the physical ROM cartridge. so i can play an old cartridge game on my HDTV with no hassle.
again, it works the same with all piracy. if you download it and you really like it, you'll go out and buy it. besides, many of these ROM cartridges aren't in production anymore and therefor are not being sold new. so the content producers recieve little to squat of whatever is made from used retro game sales. the only people you're hurting by downloading emulators is your local retro games concern which, chances are, will do just fine.
i have the entire library of NES, SNES, Genesis, Atari, and some N64 (even though i have most of them on physical copy) but i think it would be so much cooler to have it all physically, especially for bragging rights. i personally plan on starting a small old games collection when the Retron 5 console drops, because it still runs off emulation but requires you to have the physical ROM cartridge. so i can play an old cartridge game on my HDTV with no hassle.
again, it works the same with all piracy. if you download it and you really like it, you'll go out and buy it. besides, many of these ROM cartridges aren't in production anymore and therefor are not being sold new. so the content producers recieve little to squat of whatever is made from used retro game sales. the only people you're hurting by downloading emulators is your local retro games concern which, chances are, will do just fine.
I see no problem with it. After all, it costs and arm and a leg to get some of the older things. Plus, the people who actually made the game and hardware wouldn't be profiting even if you did buy a used one.
In my opinion, it depends on the situation.
Like, if my copy of Pokemon Fire Red suddenly broke, I would probably go and emulate it, but if someone were to just, say, emulate the latest game without buying it, I don't think that it would be right.
Like, if my copy of Pokemon Fire Red suddenly broke, I would probably go and emulate it, but if someone were to just, say, emulate the latest game without buying it, I don't think that it would be right.
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