Gta, posible ?

[Guest thuun]

hi there.

I can see gta is now out for free downloading now.

could it then be posible to port it to a spv ?

[Guest beersoft]

ohh, thats a legal minefield there

the game may be free but its not opensource so a direct port can't be done, and a direct ripoff would be questionable as free doesn't equal public domain, so all the graphics sounds and missions are still owned by rockstar.

some of the developers where looking into a GTA style game but are playing there cards close to there chests , and something that big would take quite a while and a fair bit of cash to develop

later

Owen

[Guest gravity]

Isn't GTA Direct X based?

[Guest beersoft]

the first one was dos based iirc,

the language it was in shouldn't matter as you have to re code most of the graphics routines anyway but there being no sourcecode available kinda makes it a bit harder to port.

later

Owen

[Guest digsusdinner]

If you want GTA, there is a version for Gameboy color.

[Guest digsusdinner]

If you want GTA, there is a version for Gameboy color.

[Guest gravity]

Yea and you should only play it on gameboy color/advanced devices, since any other devices would make such a thing illegal.

[Guest machieru]

and there is a version for the advance coming 2! :)

[Guest drblow]

Yea and you should only play it on gameboy color/advanced devices, since any other devices would make such a thing illegal.

Point of order ... surely that's incorrect! :shock: I thought it was perfectly legal to download & play a ROM of a game on any type of emulator, as long as you own the original game?

[Guest afroahmed]

well although gta might not be possible, developers might be able to come up with simular games.

[Guest muff]

Point of order ... surely that's incorrect!  :shock: I thought it was perfectly legal to download & play a ROM of a game on any type of emulator, as long as you own the original game?

erm, no

it is illegal to both dump roms and to run a dumped rom on another platform - even if you own the original rom yourself

all the '24 hour testing purposes' and other alledged loopholes are not true

playing ROM's on anything but the original system in it's original cartridge form is illegal UNLESS the copyright owner has expressed given permission for it's distribution in another form

Nintendo have even gone so far as to make the actual emulation of their handheld systems illegal

[Guest machieru]

erm, no

it is illegal to both dump roms and to run a dumped rom on another platform - even if you own the original rom yourself

all the '24 hour testing purposes' and other alledged loopholes are not true

playing ROM's on anything but the original system in it's original cartridge form is illegal UNLESS the copyright owner has expressed given permission for it's distribution in another form

Nintendo have even gone so far as to make the actual emulation of their handheld systems illegal

and letting loads of sites being shut down because of the illegal roms!

[Guest gvr]

and there is a version for the advance coming 2! :lol:

Finally a game truly worthwhile me actually picking up my GBA!! :)

[Guest AvWijk]

Are there already plans for a GBA emulator for smartphone?

[Guest ultimasnake]

i don't think so purely because you need a far greater machine then a smartphone (120mhz) to run a gba emulator... i even had problems with a good gba emulator on my 500mhz machine back in the older days ;0