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Is Foley really the devil..?? (Previously: RetroBlast is a traitor..??)
KevSteele:
--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on June 16, 2005, 01:38:26 pm ---as a side note.. didn't
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JoyMonkey:
--- Quote from: KevSteele on June 16, 2005, 01:43:34 pm ---
--- Quote from: IntruderAlert on June 16, 2005, 01:38:26 pm ---as a side note.. didn't Ultracade have unlicensed Namco ROMS in their machines at one time?
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I believe they had some sort of agreement with Namco, but that agreement was pulled (for whatever reason) and Ultracade was forced to tell all of their customers to remove the Namco ROMs.
I don't think they were originally unlicensed, but I wonder what happened to led Namco to yank them...
Kevin
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I'd say Namco thought it would be best to keep their roms to themselves since I'm sure their own Reunion machines generate more revenue than selling rights to Ultracade.
Zakk:
Out of curiosity, why would mamedev want to add functionality for something that would only serve to make dave fooly money? Since their stated purpose is to archive the games for the ages, why would they care if he wants to make legit roms, that only he has the right to sell? Seems a bit far fetched. I think if fooley wants to sell games he should write his own 'commercial' emulator for his legal roms.
Tiger-Heli:
--- Quote from: Zakk on June 16, 2005, 02:58:57 pm ---Out of curiosity, why would mamedev want to add functionality for something that would only serve to make dave fooly money? Since their stated purpose is to archive the games for the ages, why would they care if he wants to make legit roms, that only he has the right to sell? Seems a bit far fetched. I think if fooley wants to sell games he should write his own 'commercial' emulator for his legal roms.
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My guess would be if NAMCO (et. al.) threatened to sue them under the "incitement to commit copyright infringement" clause if they continued to support unlicensed ROMs.
RayB:
--- Quote from: Zakk on June 16, 2005, 02:58:57 pm ---Out of curiosity, why would mamedev want to add functionality for something that would only serve to make dave fooly money?
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