What is an emulater?

muppetman2000 · 09-05-2005, 11:05 PM

is it legal and if so are they good?

computerhakk · 09-06-2005, 03:13 AM

depends what type of emulator you are talking about.. there are many many many different ones for different things.. game.. os.. etc..

creature_feature · 09-06-2005, 02:20 PM

No matter what type of emulator he's talking about, an emulator is perfectly legal to have. Now roms on the other hand, those can be illegal to posess.

diduknowthat · 09-06-2005, 02:30 PM

a bit of googling:

A device, computer program, or system that accepts the same inputs and produces the same outputs as a given system.

James Coster · 09-06-2005, 05:32 PM

The ROMs are legal if you own a copy of the game in question on the platform which you are emulating. And in my opinion, they aren't that good... They are a lot of hassel. It's easier to buy the console and game off of eBay and play it properly than mess about with these emulators...

flame1117 · 09-06-2005, 07:53 PM

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Originally Posted by James Coster

The ROMs are legal if you own a copy of the game in question on the platform which you are emulating. And in my opinion, they aren't that good... They are a lot of hassel. It's easier to buy the console and game off of eBay and play it properly than mess about with these emulators...

Its legel to have them if you have the game, but its ILEGAL to download them, so basicly making a rom yourself if the legal way to do it.

Xufar · 09-08-2005, 04:34 PM

Emulators can be handy when trying out games though, it is legal to have roms on your computer for 24 hours

creature_feature · 09-08-2005, 09:33 PM

I don't know who told you that, but no, it's not legal to own a backup copy in any form that you do not own an original copy to, not even for 24 hours. Not in any case law I've ever seen. Perhaps you're in some bizarre country that has copywrite law differing from 99.9% of the world.

skidude · 09-08-2005, 09:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Xufar

Emulators can be handy when trying out games though, it is legal to have roms on your computer for 24 hours

Where did you hear this?? I don't think that is right.

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09-06-2005, 02:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
creature_feature banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 33	No matter what type of emulator he's talking about, an emulator is perfectly legal to have. Now roms on the other hand, those can be illegal to posess.

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James Coster New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 9	The ROMs are legal if you own a copy of the game in question on the platform which you are emulating. And in my opinion, they aren't that good... They are a lot of hassel. It's easier to buy the console and game off of eBay and play it properly than mess about with these emulators...

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Xufar New Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 4	Emulators can be handy when trying out games though, it is legal to have roms on your computer for 24 hours

09-08-2005, 09:33 PM	#8 (permalink)
creature_feature banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 33	I don't know who told you that, but no, it's not legal to own a backup copy in any form that you do not own an original copy to, not even for 24 hours. Not in any case law I've ever seen. Perhaps you're in some bizarre country that has copywrite law differing from 99.9% of the world.