I don't want to harm nintendo, but I don't want to miss out on old games I never got to play and can't find, so are roms legal?
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
QFT
lol, no.
Only the emulators are legal, not the the roms.
I heard of slim condtions that if you made a backup yourself from an actual cartridge, it could be legal but your warranty is intercourse ed. You can go ahead and download them, but do so at your own risk.
Quote from: Lotos on January 14, 2008, 05:53:23 PM
I heard of slim condtions that if you made a backup yourself from an actual cartridge, it could be legal but your warranty is intercourse ed.
Nintendo itself has stated that such rumors are absolutely false.
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on January 14, 2008, 09:56:52 PM
Quote from: Lotos on January 14, 2008, 05:53:23 PM
I heard of slim condtions that if you made a backup yourself from an actual cartridge, it could be legal but your warranty is intercourse ed.
Nintendo itself has stated that such rumors are absolutely false.
Oh. Thanks Kaz!
Since everyone has cleared the fog, let me say something...
The VC is your friend. Get it. :O
190% ILLEGAL. No matter how you look at it, ILLEGAL.
i thought that if you own the game they are legal but lets say if you downloaded sf2 that one would be illegal no matter what because it was never released
Quote from: linkrox on January 16, 2008, 05:45:26 PM
i thought that if you own the game they are legal
no
so is torrenting!
Quote from: zeldaguy6 on January 30, 2008, 05:46:14 PM
so is torrenting!
Torrenting in general isn't illegal. What's illegal is torrenting things that aren't supposed to be free.
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
Here's hoping it is. ::)
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on January 30, 2008, 06:03:57 PM
Quote from: zeldaguy6 on January 30, 2008, 05:46:14 PM
so is torrenting!
Torrenting in general isn't illegal. What's illegal is torrenting things that aren't supposed to be free.
meh, so very true... im talking about like itunes music and crap. but i suppose.
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
wow thats good.... what loopholes?
Quote from: Oren on February 01, 2008, 07:38:09 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
wow thats good.... what loopholes?
it would be illegal, but it's stored on the RAM, so once you close the page, it's as if you never played the game.
I would believe they are illegal if you do not have the original cartirige and if you attempt to sell the rom at any cost.
I wonder if roms are illegal, then why do all the sites that have them haven't been forced to close? I know they can't find all but, they are easily seen.
It's legal.....until you get caught. Asking and supplying is illegal, though.
homebrew only, thats all thats legal, everything else is owned by whatever company that made it.
games by companies that don't exist anymore should be cool.
ROMs are 100% illegal.
That is, unless YOU legally obtain one by getting it on your own without downloading it.
im going to say there illegal.
ROMS = illegal, PERIOD.
Always, no exceptions.Quote from: DSMASTER17 on February 19, 2008, 04:37:21 PM
ROMs are 100% illegal.
That is, unless YOU legally obtain one by getting it on your own without downloading it.
Pretty much.
Quote from: Jono2 on February 01, 2008, 10:49:44 PM
Quote from: Oren on February 01, 2008, 07:38:09 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
wow thats good.... what loopholes?
it would be illegal, but it's stored on the RAM, so once you close the page, it's as if you never played the game.
oh... ok.. that kinda makes sence
By law, technically yes, but I'd say it's in the same league as downloaded music and movies in terms of ethics.
Ok...So ROMs are ILLEGAL if you attemt to sell them. Basically if someone asks for it and someone gives it to them(even if it's free) it's still illegal. Now, in my school, people have ROMs but the school officer(he is real police) didn't say we can't have them(He's strict about this stuff). He said that if we give it away to someone else then we'd get in trouble but, other than that....I don't really know.
Quote from: Jono2 on February 01, 2008, 10:49:44 PM
Quote from: Oren on February 01, 2008, 07:38:09 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
wow thats good.... what loopholes?
it would be illegal, but it's stored on the RAM, so once you close the page, it's as if you never played the game.
Exactly. ;o
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
I said they were
illegal, I never said you should not use them
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
On the virtual console one day.
it's as illegal as downloading music. you won't ever get caught, but you don't go running around saying you have them sort of thing.
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
Is $60 really that hard to come up with? Buy the cartridge.
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on March 20, 2008, 05:21:34 PM
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
Is $60 really that hard to come up with? Buy the cartridge.
from where?
Quote from: Jono2 on March 20, 2008, 09:11:03 PM
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on March 20, 2008, 05:21:34 PM
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
Is $60 really that hard to come up with? Buy the cartridge.
from where?
eBay, of course. The auctions usually end with the price anywhere between $55 and $75.
Quote from: CrazyGamer on January 16, 2008, 12:58:21 PM
Since everyone has cleared the fog, let me say something...
The VC is your friend. Get it. :O
why am i gonna pay 5 bucks for something that costs nintendo absolutley nothing... i mean all they need to do is have one copy of the rom and Bam! the get suckers into buying copies of it... nintendo has already cheated me out of enough money. i would say go ahead and download the rom. whats nintendo gonna do? track you down? they dont have the time and the money to deal with such nonsense.
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on March 24, 2008, 10:35:20 AM
Quote from: Jono2 on March 20, 2008, 09:11:03 PM
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on March 20, 2008, 05:21:34 PM
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
Is $60 really that hard to come up with? Buy the cartridge.
from where?
eBay, of course. The auctions usually end with the price anywhere between $55 and $75.
60-75$ is a total rip off!! face it unless you want to spend untold amounts of money trying to buy Nes cartridges "legally" than just download the game...
Quote from: Zelda_Masta on April 06, 2008, 10:14:49 AM
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on March 24, 2008, 10:35:20 AM
Quote from: Jono2 on March 20, 2008, 09:11:03 PM
Quote from: Kazooie-Banjo on March 20, 2008, 05:21:34 PM
Quote from: Rayquarian on March 18, 2008, 07:20:30 PM
Quote from: Commissar Torgo on January 12, 2008, 06:02:43 PM
they are 100% illegal period! it does not matter if you have the a legit copy they are illegal
True, but how else do you expect me to play Earthbound?
Is $60 really that hard to come up with? Buy the cartridge.
from where?
eBay, of course. The auctions usually end with the price anywhere between $55 and $75.
60-75$ is a total rip off!! face it unless you want to spend untold amounts of money trying to buy Nes cartridges "legally" than just download the game...
oh cool too bad Earthbound is an SNES game, not NES
do your research
New console games these days cost $50, and plenty of us shell out that much, so what's $15 or so more? Not much to complain about, especially for a game that's considered so awesome to own.
If we want to talk about rip-offs, we can talk about the starting price of OoT when it came out.
Yea but I use them anyway
Quote from: Miiman56 on April 10, 2008, 12:25:07 PM
Yea but I use them anyway
dude! acually if you make your own roms, no.
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
What NFES?
Quote from: Rayquarian on April 24, 2008, 05:47:21 PM
Quote from: Silverhawk79 on January 15, 2008, 06:00:57 AM
They're illegal any way you look at them.
However, our NFES is legal through a series of loopholes. :P
What NFES?
It
was a feature on NSF that could play a lot (Not all.) of Nintendo Entertainment System games. You played using the keys on your keyboard, and could buy an adapter online and use an NES controller to play games. But after the takeover from NS2, we lost NFES. But we'll get it back eventually. So you could go to VirtualNES.com and play the games there, which is the same thing, but is still being updated and has a few more games.
Nintendo
Forums
Entertainment
System. Hope this helped.
ROMs are indeed illegal. No, it is not legal if you rip the game yourself; that just means you have two copies of the same game, and one you did not pay for. No, if you own the original game this does not mean you are allowed to use the ROM.
However, it doesn't matter. They're on the internet, you can use them if you want. It's really NOT going to harm Nintendo, especially if you are playing old games. They aren't gaining any money from purchasing the real game anyways.
...how old is this thread? Don't bump, please.