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Pirate gaming and downloading roms of website is rising all the time. Why shell out £30+ for a game when I can spend a £10 or even nothing what so ever.
Seems a reasonable argument does it not. I myself admit to using roms plentifully. But what happens when it goes too far, what happens when 50%+ gamers start doing this what happens when it ruins the game industry altogether.
Lets take a look into my crystal ball.
All the major game comopanies, Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft etc. go bust. They can no longer afford to bring out new and exciting games [except in the case of Sony who never could].
Gmaers all around the world will mourn at the fact there will be no more Zeldas, Final Fantasies, some might even mourn for Pokemon [ God have mercy on their souls].
Not a very pleasant thought is it. We'll probably never really appreciate it till it's gone. We all no it can happen. The down fall of the Amiga was due to eveyone copying each others games. The only happy people will be the people who sold all the pirate games with their pockets full of cash.
So I urge you, stop while we still have time, befor we take it too far.
P.S. gbxemu.com has great gba roms for all interested.
Seems a reasonable argument does it not. I myself admit to using roms plentifully. But what happens when it goes too far, what happens when 50%+ gamers start doing this what happens when it ruins the game industry altogether.
Lets take a look into my crystal ball.
All the major game comopanies, Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft etc. go bust. They can no longer afford to bring out new and exciting games [except in the case of Sony who never could].
Gmaers all around the world will mourn at the fact there will be no more Zeldas, Final Fantasies, some might even mourn for Pokemon [ God have mercy on their souls].
Not a very pleasant thought is it. We'll probably never really appreciate it till it's gone. We all no it can happen. The down fall of the Amiga was due to eveyone copying each others games. The only happy people will be the people who sold all the pirate games with their pockets full of cash.
So I urge you, stop while we still have time, befor we take it too far.
P.S. gbxemu.com has great gba roms for all interested.
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I don't think people should be proclaimed 'law breakers' if they are downloading roms for an 'old' consoles, such as the SNES or Mega Drive. Hell, I own about 100 SNES roms along with an emulator and I play them because I heard such good things about them and wasn't fortunate enough to own one as a little mite. I don't try to sell them or promote them, so what's wrong with domestic use? I see no harm in it and I'm ACREDITING film companies, not trying to screw them over. There is a dark side to this, as people can also download 'ISO' files, which can be burnt to a CD and passed off as Dreamcast games. Most people refrain from this as it takes about a day on the casual 56k modem, and even 4 or 5 hours on an ADSL line.
Citzen.
Citzen.
Pirate gaming and downloading roms of website is rising all the time. Why shell out £30+ for a game when I can spend a £10 or even nothing what so ever.
Seems a reasonable argument does it not. I myself admit to using roms plentifully. But what happens when it goes too far, what happens when 50%+ gamers start doing this what happens when it ruins the game industry altogether.
Lets take a look into my crystal ball.
All the major game comopanies, Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft etc. go bust. They can no longer afford to bring out new and exciting games [except in the case of Sony who never could].
Gmaers all around the world will mourn at the fact there will be no more Zeldas, Final Fantasies, some might even mourn for Pokemon [ God have mercy on their souls].
Not a very pleasant thought is it. We'll probably never really appreciate it till it's gone. We all no it can happen. The down fall of the Amiga was due to eveyone copying each others games. The only happy people will be the people who sold all the pirate games with their pockets full of cash.
So I urge you, stop while we still have time, befor we take it too far.
P.S. gbxemu.com has great gba roms for all interested.
Seems a reasonable argument does it not. I myself admit to using roms plentifully. But what happens when it goes too far, what happens when 50%+ gamers start doing this what happens when it ruins the game industry altogether.
Lets take a look into my crystal ball.
All the major game comopanies, Sony,Nintendo,Microsoft etc. go bust. They can no longer afford to bring out new and exciting games [except in the case of Sony who never could].
Gmaers all around the world will mourn at the fact there will be no more Zeldas, Final Fantasies, some might even mourn for Pokemon [ God have mercy on their souls].
Not a very pleasant thought is it. We'll probably never really appreciate it till it's gone. We all no it can happen. The down fall of the Amiga was due to eveyone copying each others games. The only happy people will be the people who sold all the pirate games with their pockets full of cash.
So I urge you, stop while we still have time, befor we take it too far.
P.S. gbxemu.com has great gba roms for all interested.
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