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Skadar:

--- Quote from: rugby1 on September 22, 2005, 10:26:06 pm ---I always liked when the rubber handle would fall off the joystick and you were left with just the hard white plastic that is underneath...  I think I still have callus's on my hands  ;)

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That is so hilarious and so absolutely true.  A few months after Christmas everyone was playing their 2600s with hard, white joysticks.

And if there was ever a console system that was best left as a fond memory, it is the 2600.  Actually enjoying a 2600 game in today's world is a difficult task.

stratjakt:
Why does the article say this (about MAME)

The legality of using MAME to play ROMs you don't actually own is up for debate.

The legality isn't up for debate, it's illegal.  Sorry, it just is.  In the US copyrights go on and on and on and on and on. 

Some companies have a lax attitude, some are more realistic and realize it's not worth their efforts to fight.  Some, like Nintendo, are dead set against roms..

Just because nobody is there to stop you from doing it doesn't make it OK.

Meh, not worth it..  It's just not legal, and I wish people wouldnt act like it's any more of a grey area than leeching the latest XBox or Gamecube title.

NoOne=NBA=:

--- Quote from: Skadar on September 22, 2005, 11:53:37 pm ---Actually enjoying a 2600 game in today's world is a difficult task.

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I still like some of the ones that weren't on any other platform, or in the arcade.

Adventure is still fun to play on occasion, as are Superman, Yar's Revenge, Indy 500, and alot of the Activision games.
Video Olympics is a great party game too.

brophog:

--- Quote ---Why does the article say this (about MAME)
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That's their way of saying they want nothing to do with the issue on either side of the coin.

But what about the flipside?

I own records that I've bought 10 times. Some are on several different formats (LP, cassette, 8 track, reel, CD.......). Some were stolen. Some were broken. Some are remastered or a similiar way to sell the same album a second time. If you want to break it down by song, it's even worse with compilations/reprints/concerts.

I've owned movies on multiple formats, similiar to the above.

Video games on several different platforms or multiple copies of the same game on the same platform.

On and on and on. Did I buy the right to listen/watch/play the copyrighted material? Or, did I buy a cheap piece of plastic (that will eventually break or become grossly outdated) that just happened to have the copyrighted material on it?

Setabs:

--- Quote from: brophog on September 23, 2005, 12:54:54 am ---
 Or, did I buy a cheap piece of plastic (that will eventually break or become grossly outdated) that just happened to have the copyrighted material on it?

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The record companies would like you to believe that.  Listen to the comments about the record industry by Roger McGuinn of the Byrds in [url http://www.revision3.com/twit] twit video 21[/url]

I am torn on this.   A game in the arcades that gets ported to a console is not the same game.  and a game that is released on all consoles and pc often times has different levels for a particular console.  But I think it should be legal for you to DL the original cd release of an album off the internet if you own an 8-track, LP, or cassette.


sorry to help drive this post off topic.

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