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Benevolance:
I am disappointed that my original Nintendo Entertainment System died this year. Talk about engineered to fail. I refuse to buy another NES system until they design them better.
hypernova:
--- Quote from: Benevolance on December 23, 2011, 01:20:39 pm ---I am disappointed that my original Nintendo Entertainment System died this year. Talk about engineered to fail. I refuse to buy another NES system until they design them better.
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I *almost* fell for that. Sarcasm meter peaked at the end of that post though.
--- Quote from: Malenko on December 22, 2011, 12:43:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: wizkid32 on December 21, 2011, 10:50:46 pm ---NO WAY TO PLAY THEIR CLASSIC GAMES with the exception of the "shop channel" for owners of Internet-connected Wii's.
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So I cant just turn on my NES and play anymore? mannnn FS: NES and like 100 games
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If you were smart like me, you'd have sold your stuff loooooooong ago!
SavannahLion:
Can someone just give me the Cliffs note? I got halfway through the second sentence and got bored.
wizkid32:
Oh darn! Once again you're all right and I'm all wrong. :banghead:
You guys are right, I totally overreacted. I didn't mean so much console ROMs, but arcade ROMs. I guess it's just another one of those issues where you (or at least I) have a fine line to walk. I want to respect arcade manufacturer's requests (as that is what they are) that emulation not be used. It seems that I can't oblige them at this time. :(
@Howard_Castro, What is D2K? I guess I can see their point, but I certainly don't agree with it.
@DaveMMR, Now why'd you have to go and confuse my furious with logic like that???!!! :) My biggest problem with the virtual console is that it is for Wii only, and so not much help for my arcade project. I suppose I had thought that all arcade manufacturers would have as much business sense as Atari and Capcom. I was mistaken. BTW, I only emulate something IF I own the ROM in other media, either the original or a PC package.
@Malenko, How much help is an NES in a cab?
@Shmokes, I had the same experience with Sony, minus the free games. They basically told me "Sorry, you're out of luck" and moved on. Sony is junk, IMO. Not boycotting them, just burned...
@Ark_Ader, Too far man!
"1. Be nice to each other. We're serious about this one. Disagree, debate, argue at will - but please be respectful. Messages that are flame-bait, hateful, racist, or otherwise pointlessly antagonistic will likely be sent to post-hell, and repeat offenders banned from posting."
Not trying to get you banned, but that was hurtful! No I'M not debating it. I was merely trying to point out that it is not a clean line, that there IS controversy. That's all I'll say on the subject.
As for the rest of your post, others had already said that I was overreacting. you didn't need to rude.
@Benevolence, Talk about it! Mine broke just under 30 years after I bought it! No one builds to last anymore! :cry:
@SavannahLion, The point is that I overreacted, and that you should pretty much ignore anything I say on the topic of ROMs/Emulation Legality. ;)
DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: wizkid32 on December 23, 2011, 04:02:17 pm ---BTW, I only emulate something IF I own the ROM in other media, either the original or a PC package.
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Ahhhh.... read the fine print (even though I told you not to). Owning media in one format doesn't legally give you a right to it in another (even if it's an original arcade PCB). Yeah, someone's going to be all like "but the law entitles you to a legal backup, yada yada yada" but at the end of the day, they can break your shoes for using "unauthorized backups". If they wanted to, that is - but they probably don't. They're more concerned with piracy of their latest titles.
But Wiz - sincerely - I applaud you for trying to do the right thing. It's not so easy when you're trying to play 30 year old games, of course. As long as you're supporting the game industry by buying new titles, you can sleep a bit easier at night if you have that occasional ROM.
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