Do you guys think this would be illegal, if I owed a PSX and the games since this is all free to download?
Poll: ePSXe Emulator
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I did own the psx and the games. The games I want to play again are digimon 1,2 and 3. These games are extremely hard to come by and I dont want to but anything off ebay. I dont have these games no more because they were either lost or broken
Actually, if it's abandonware or copyrights expired after so long (and weren't renewed), it's legal to download.Radeonx said:
But I'll say this - using emulators is fine, but only if you own the system and roms legally. For instance, I use R4 and emulate SNES on my DS, but only because I can't get my console to work on either of my TVs. It's been at least 10 years, so it's probably broken...
But since I own the console and bought (but lost xD) cartridges, I can play without breaking the law.
Then I guess the answer is obvious - emulator in your case isn't illegal. You own the console and bought the games already.Kyriptonite said:
Well yes and no. We have to accept that when a game is no longer freely available from any retailers due to how old it is (try and find a copy of Baldur's Gate 1 in stores) then it sort of becomes unofficial freeware anyway since the developers/publishers can't be making money off of it anymore. Is it really piracy if you're not taking money from anyone's pocket?Radeonx said:
That's more of a moral standpoint than a legal one though on my part.
As for emulating games- I see no reason why not assuming you own the actual games to begin with. It's no different than ripping your music to a computer to create a backup copy as long as you purchased the CD legitimately.
I don't think that it matters whether or not you are going to use an SNES emulator, or GBA emulator. It's hard enough to get some classics unless you are willing to ditch a good $100 bucks to play an 8-bit classic.
With the case of the PSX, which doesn't have any games being released on, and the games themselves not being commercially available in retail stores, I don't see the harm of using a PS1 emulator.
I don't even have my older generations consoles with me anymore, whether the Megadrive 2 or Dreamcast, and maybe one day I would want to re-play Code Veronica (RE) or Bluestinger on the Dreamcast, what do I do? Fly half way across the globe, find my old house and try to dig up my Dreamcast in a sea of other unused items of my childhood? I wish I could, but I can't afford to.
With the case of the PSX, which doesn't have any games being released on, and the games themselves not being commercially available in retail stores, I don't see the harm of using a PS1 emulator.
I don't even have my older generations consoles with me anymore, whether the Megadrive 2 or Dreamcast, and maybe one day I would want to re-play Code Veronica (RE) or Bluestinger on the Dreamcast, what do I do? Fly half way across the globe, find my old house and try to dig up my Dreamcast in a sea of other unused items of my childhood? I wish I could, but I can't afford to.
I downloaded it. Alot of sites have it but the BIOS file is harder to find. All the sites that i saw were allowing me to download it but they said that you need to find the BIOS file somewhere else because its illegal. Also its really complicated, way more then a gba emulator or something, you have to get all kind of plug-ins and configure them and its really frustrating.
http://www.gram.pl/gra_8Q3h4_Baldurs_Gate.htmlAmnestic said:
My country has it's good sides. And sites, like this one - they are selling classic games (a lot of them, even 10 year old ones) for about... $8?
But I agree - for instance, the only case of Fallout 1 I saw was in one shop in the last XX years, and it was for a buck. Yeah, $1, where gog.com sells for $5... But still, yeah.
Do you have reading problems?Kyriptonite said:
If you already own the console and the game, it's NOT illegal. You would've played it anyway on a TV or so, but outside factors (lost/broken cartridges that can no longer be purchased/repaired) prevent you from doing it.
Same as why I feel no remorse playing GBC games on my emulator. I like having DS, SNES and GBC on one portable console instead of carrying 2 of them around me and the 3rd one hogging up one of my TVs.
No,it's not. It's legal for you to use the emulator, however it's illegal for you to obtain the bios without extracting it from the console itself (the BIOS file is something you need for the emulator to run).Kyriptonite said:
So all in all, it's illegal if you play pirated games and a pirated BIOS, but legal if you use it with legal copies and a BIOS you obtained yourself.