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So, let's talk about Emulation!
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Console Emulation: Right or Wrong?
I've been asked to make it very clear that several things are not to happen in this thread:
1) No links to actual emulators.
2) No links to ROMs.
3) No links to sites dedicated to dispensing the previous.
4) No discussion of the forum rule regarding console emulation, as it was handed down from on high by our glorious masters who dwell in the towers of ivory and onyx.
To kick things off:
Personally, I think emulation is moral when you are downloading and playing software which isn't manufactured anymore. If I want to play Big Sky Troopers on my computer, I damn well should be allowed. And what if I own the original cart anyway? What then?
GO!
I've been asked to make it very clear that several things are not to happen in this thread:
1) No links to actual emulators.
2) No links to ROMs.
3) No links to sites dedicated to dispensing the previous.
4) No discussion of the forum rule regarding console emulation, as it was handed down from on high by our glorious masters who dwell in the towers of ivory and onyx.
To kick things off:
Personally, I think emulation is moral when you are downloading and playing software which isn't manufactured anymore. If I want to play Big Sky Troopers on my computer, I damn well should be allowed. And what if I own the original cart anyway? What then?
GO!
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