the main diffrence between roms and isos

[andrew24]

and i bet all the people downloading roms are doing it without owning the game
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[deediare]

What is the big discussion about?

Its simple:

ROMS older than GBA roms are NOT illegal owning even if you DON'T own the game, this is because of void in contract since the games are not sold in mass production any longer.

GBA games on the other hand are not illegal providing that you OWN the game catridge otherwise it IS stealing and then it makes it illegal.


PSP Iso's same thing as GBA but a little worse

[andrew24]

yea ok. so ill walk up to sony and say. " sony yea i have a 1.5 psp and i was wondering is it illegal to download roms from the internet and putting them in my emulater?" yea i dont think so. theyd probably hall my a** to jail.
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[deediare]

yea ok. so ill walk up to sony and say. " sony yea i have a 1.5 psp and i was wondering is it illegal to download roms from the internet and putting them in my emulater?" yea i dont think so. theyd probably hall my a** to jail.

Sigh... ...Yeah they would haul your A** to jail if you WERE SELLING THEM. We are talking own personal use here (i.e. back-up)

[Kaiser]

Its simple:

ROMS older than GBA roms are NOT illegal owning even if you DON'T own the game, this is because of void in contract since the games are not sold in mass production any longer.

Um..... no thats incorrect its still illegal unless the company decides to release it again as freeware. Copyrights and trademarks don't go away that easy.

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GBA games on the other hand are not illegal providing that you OWN the game catridge otherwise it IS stealing and then it makes it illegal.

Sort of.

I own Sonic the Hedgehog for the Genesis but if I went to a warez site and downloaded it I'd still be breaking the law. The back-up must be your own legitimate copy that you your self copied from your cart.

[deediare]

Um..... no thats incorrect its still illegal unless the company decides to release it again as freeware. Copyrights and trademarks don't go away that easy.



Sort of.

I own Sonic the Hedgehog for the Genesis but if I went to a warez site and downloaded it I'd still be breaking the law. The back-up must be your own legitimate copy that you your self copied from your cart.

Yeah well...you see if I had the technology to do that I happily would but I don't and I probably never will.

And as for copyrights and trademarks...uhhh no duh there not going away...I'm not gonna download Super Mario Bros. and SELL it as Super Milkman Bros. or anything of the like...

[M!ckeY]

who cares roms are need for your emulator anyways and i bet most of you guys download them like crazy, i know i do

[pibs]

Hey this site i believe is for developing purposes only.
If it were for pirate things they would have all those horrible pop ups and telling you to vote and such.
no where in this site does it tell you to go to a link for backup games.

I dont need backups because i have blockbuster ;D
just switch my broken game with theirs and complain to them hahaha "I am not a crook"

[ACID]

they are illegal. r u about to go to sony and say. "hey i have an iso". i think they would care

If you own the actually game and are not selling copies of it you can do what ever you want with them. You are telling me that i cant use mi MVS cartridge of metal slug as a ROM. If it gets mest up i loose 1000 usd. You heard right 1000 usd. Thats how much it is worth and I'm not going to risk loosing it and SNK & NEOGEO will not replace it right. Its mine so i can do what ever i want with it.

O by the way nice touch trying to make me look bad by opening this thread with quoting me. Be original next time.

[stotheamuel]

he didnt really make you look bad.. and he just showed how everyone hates isos.. and overlook roms... he even said he had nothing against you