10th September 2003, 6:52 PM
DJ... being against roms is just stupid. At least for old games, certainly. I mean... how in the world is 99.9999% of the population ever supposed to play any old games for any older systems except by emulation? The price to get it yourself is high and often those older systems break easily... and anyway its all used stuff so its not like a penny is going to the actual companies anyway. So I have no problem whatsoever with emulating anything not on the market anymore... exact same thing as abandonware. If no one can profit, there is no harm at all in getting the games. Otherwise I'd have no way of playing all the old, impossible to find, classics... which would be tragic.
Now for games currently available (new), its quite different... the arguements for emulation are a lot weaker, because you CAN get them yourself. For some people there's no reason... except money. Like me. I admit I have N64, PSX, and GBA roms... but I spend all my money on videogames already! I couldn't possibly afford to get anywhere near all of the games I wish I could! That is a decent reason, I'd say... especially when essentially all of my money goes into games as it is...
Now for games currently available (new), its quite different... the arguements for emulation are a lot weaker, because you CAN get them yourself. For some people there's no reason... except money. Like me. I admit I have N64, PSX, and GBA roms... but I spend all my money on videogames already! I couldn't possibly afford to get anywhere near all of the games I wish I could! That is a decent reason, I'd say... especially when essentially all of my money goes into games as it is...