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the main problem with emulator sites for consoles for example is they send you in circles. like LINK REMOVED are there any sites where they have legal downloads of roms that you pay for, like the new napster, etc, where they don't have the hide what they're doing? Thought of this when I saw the DOSbox emulator.

DO NOT link to emulation sites or sites that link to other ones - Phong

You really shouldn't link to emulation sites, but I guess it's partially okay since it's a dead link...

<i>are there any sites where they have legal downloads of roms that you pay for</i>

The only 'legal' ROMs are the ones either coded as demos by bedroom coders, or the ones released unfinished as curiosities because they switched system, or were canned. Everything else is copyright infringement.

You can find them at www.zophar.net, along with pretty much every emulator ever (and no infringing content)

I heard that games that weren't released in America, like most of the SNES, NES, Genisis DBZ roms are legal.

anarchistbunny wrote:I heard that games that weren't released in America, like most of the SNES, NES, Genisis DBZ roms are legal.

You heard wrong. Sites have taken down Japanese Sailor Moon SNES games because of Nintendo's typical excuses. Any copywrited ROM, no matter where it originated, will put you at risk if you host it.

The companies aren't making a dime off these games, and in many cases, havn't in over 12 years. Unless they start reproduction of the consoles and game catridges, they only have a nitpicky legal case, not a moral one.

Nintendo and Sony (and most software developers that hold the copyrights) should release more classic game set titles (not like those dumb Atari or Namco arcade sets, but more things like the Sonic Mega Collection for GameCube).

If so many people are willing to download ROMs for old games, I bet that most of them would be willing to buy rereleases of them...

http://www.the-underdogs.org/

All the old DOS games you want - legally!

MKSheppard wrote:http://www.the-underdogs.org/

All the old DOS games you want - legally!

If I can ever get that to work. seems like it should, I drag the thing on the dosbox icon, says the executable file name is too long.

Shrykull wrote:

MKSheppard wrote:http://www.the-underdogs.org/

All the old DOS games you want - legally!

If I can ever get that to work. seems like it should, I drag the thing on the dosbox icon, says the executable file name is too long.

So shorten the bloody thing. Jeez, did you already forget that DOS names are 8.3?

One can probably justify downloading emulated games for ones they already own on console. While it could be argued it prevents the company from releasing on a new system, there is also the fact that people who own the game should be able to have alternate copies for private use. I could see a court case on this issue going either way.

Alyeska wrote:One can probably justify downloading emulated games for ones they already own on console. While it could be argued it prevents the company from releasing on a new system, there is also the fact that people who own the game should be able to have alternate copies for private use. I could see a court case on this issue going either way.

The person downloading the emulated games is in the clear; however, actually distributing them is another issue entirely.