Guest Brendan Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I want to know how these are legal. I've been into emulators for years now, the eumlators themselves for the most part are legal. The game images (roms) are kinda a grey area. Legal to own if you have the original cd/cartridge, illegal otherwise. These game devices must be able to emulate the original game hardware. I guess they run their own proprietary emulation software, or a open source emulator. Now how do the companies making these get the licenses from the respective game developers to have their game on these? I just can't see a major developer like nintendo or capcom to allow these 3rd party companies to make these. I've never seen a nintendo "seal of approval" on the box. I've heard of a lot of emulator authors getting heat for their projects. Bleem got it from sony, I believe the first functional N64 emu got it from Nintendo. I know that they are legal as long as you dont incorporate or include the bios with the emulator, which is why they all require a seperate bios file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pondrew Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 I've always assumed the reason was that the software/hardware company in question (Sega/Nintendo) was receiving royalties... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Brendan Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 NOA taking legal action: look I had a feeling something was fishy about them. Ohh and on the topic of emulation, it was only a matter of time: DS emu in the works! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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