Author Topic: Is gameboy emulation okay?  (Read 2145 times)

Well .. considering GBA games can't be played online using the GBA itself, (to my knowledge?) it would be implying piracy. This whole topic is really walking a fine line - if I were you I'd just talk about it to some friends, not take a chance with a new topic.
I would rather walk a fine line and confirm
Than make the post described and end up over the line not knowing what's happening.

However the sentence "but if I like them enough, I buy them." leads me to believe they are still being sold...
Conker's Bad Fur Day is one example.
Quote from: Wikipedia
Conker's Bad Fur Day is an action-platform video game developed and published by Rare, and distributed by Nintendo. It was exclusively released for the Nintendo 64 in 2001 and is Rare's last game published for the console.


There is such a thing as e-bay...

There is such a thing as e-bay...

I don't see your point. You bolded Nintendo 64 .. what does that have to do with anything? Unless the game is abandonware like I've already said, then emulating it is still piracy ..

I would rather walk a fine line and confirm
Than make the post described and end up over the line not knowing what's happening.

Well I'm not saying confirming things is bad - of course it seems like the better option.

I believe you have the wrong forum - the one you appear to belong to is that other block-based game's forum.
Oh, okay then
Pray tell how you came to such a conclusion.
Sorry wrong block-based game's forum

It's a gameboy.
Nobody really cares about gameboys anymore sadly.
I would just say go for it, not like nintendo can sue you for 10+ y/o games that can only be played through emulation.

Your copy, your use.
No distribution.

You are. All unauthorized distribution is copyright infringement, so unless Nintendo is running the site themselves (which they're not), it's not legal. It might also be DRM circumvention, which might break the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (with the exemptions in the act itself which I am not familiar with, and the exemptions the Library of Congress made within the last year or so).

Also Lugnut, allow me to direct you to this post which will address all of your questions. Short answer is post all you want on this forum about emulation, just don't talk about where you got your roms or make some kind of vague "arrrrrgh, i'm a pirate" comment.
You are allowed to circumvent DRM now.

lol@friends crying about piracy

I just realized I might have confused the whole topic.
I meant a gameboy advance

The gameboy advance is dead/collectors item now so I think its ok too.