Current Events > Is emulating old games wrong?

(+) Yeah! (+)

Assuming it's not an official release and you didn't upload the game yourself

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I say it's even legal. According to my vision.

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Nope. You're only holding yourself back from great experiences if you think it is.

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is it wrong? yes
do i care? no

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Fuck the companies. Most of those games aren't even available legit anymore. Emulation preserves video game history more than any official efforts

Like who the hell owns Terranigma or Illusion of Gaia? Or are they ever gonna rerelease Jurrassic Park 2? Fucking nobody is gonna rerelease any of those games. So sail the high seas with that shit! Literally a victimless crime >_>

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No. It's illegal, but in no way morally wrong if the only way to play is to buy it second hand. If they don't want to provide a legal way to play it, then there's no argument to be made other than weird moral grandstanding.

its either people trying to sell the original game for $100+ or companies remaking said game for full price.

screw that Ill just emulate it

If the developer is no longer selling it, it's fair game. Those who want it for collection purposes want the physical media (and associated items), ROMs don't hurt their resale value; the developer is no longer selling it, so they don't lose a sale. Piracy of current software is a more subjective matter, but there is objectively nothing wrong with abandonware; it's in the same category as things that offend (but don't actually harm) people.

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