Count Galious
January 24th, 2006, 13:00
At most forums you're absolutely not allowed to ask for roms/iso's (let's say game downloads). Don't be afraid: I won't ask for it. I'm just curious of what you people think is illegal or not. To find out I’ve got two examples. Here we go.
1 - ROMs : I'm a retro game fanatic. I still got all my computers and games. (starting with pong :D ) I’ve got an arcade machine and a pinball machine. There are some games which I really like to add to my collection but which I can't find anywhere. I even can't find them at Ebay. So the only way to play the games is by using an emulator and download the specific gamerom. So this is illegal isn't it ? But I won't harm anyone with it. Not even anyone involved with the production of the games since the game is 20 years old and out of production for many years.
2 –ISO’s : I own a psp and an original GTA UMD disc. I played GTA for a while when a friend told me about firmware 1.5 and how to run emulators with it. I downgraded my psp and really enjoy the new possibilities. Maybe one day there will be an iso version of GTA which will run with fw 1.5 (don't discuss if this is possible or not - that’s not the question). Than it will be possible to play all my emulators AND GTA. But I need that iso to get it working. So, when I download that iso, will this be illegal ? I bought the original game in the store, but that won’t run with fw 1.5.
These are just two examples. I found this legal/illegal-discussing very interesting. Let's share thoughts here........
1 - ROMs : I'm a retro game fanatic. I still got all my computers and games. (starting with pong :D ) I’ve got an arcade machine and a pinball machine. There are some games which I really like to add to my collection but which I can't find anywhere. I even can't find them at Ebay. So the only way to play the games is by using an emulator and download the specific gamerom. So this is illegal isn't it ? But I won't harm anyone with it. Not even anyone involved with the production of the games since the game is 20 years old and out of production for many years.
2 –ISO’s : I own a psp and an original GTA UMD disc. I played GTA for a while when a friend told me about firmware 1.5 and how to run emulators with it. I downgraded my psp and really enjoy the new possibilities. Maybe one day there will be an iso version of GTA which will run with fw 1.5 (don't discuss if this is possible or not - that’s not the question). Than it will be possible to play all my emulators AND GTA. But I need that iso to get it working. So, when I download that iso, will this be illegal ? I bought the original game in the store, but that won’t run with fw 1.5.
These are just two examples. I found this legal/illegal-discussing very interesting. Let's share thoughts here........