Posted: 12/31/2004 4:11 AM
Post subject: Are emulators considered warez?
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krieg747
Former player
Joined: 6/28/2004
Posts: 219
Location: Raccoon City
im just curious. could anyone clarify if these emulators are freeware or not... 1) Zsnes 2) Jnes 3) MAME 4) Project64 5) Gens
Posted: 12/31/2004 4:21 AM
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TNSe
Emulator Coder
Joined: 10/9/2004
Posts: 453
Location: Norway
All those are freeware (ie, you don't need to pay) AFAIK only 3 emulators exist you have to pay for, and thats some NES emulator thats far outdated, some GB emulator, and a playstation emulator.
Posted: 12/31/2004 4:22 AM
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Phil
Active player (410)
Joined: 3/16/2004
Posts: 2623
Location: America, Québec
Yes and some are open.
Posted: 12/31/2004 4:22 AM
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Quietust
He/Him
Emulator Coder, Former player
Joined: 7/14/2004
Posts: 250
No, emulators are not warez*, but ROM images are. * unless it's an illegal copy of an emulator you would otherwise have to pay money to obtain
* Quietust, QMT Productions P.S. If you don't get this note, let me know and I'll write you another
Posted: 12/31/2004 4:23 AM
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krieg747
Former player
Joined: 6/28/2004
Posts: 219
Location: Raccoon City
gotcha. thank you for clearing that up for me.
Posted: 12/31/2004 5:47 AM
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Josh_the_FunkDOC
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Joined: 3/13/2004
Posts: 706
Location: Elyria/Oberlin, OH
As for the NES one, isn't that iNES? One of the early ones, as I recall. Also, doesn't Magic Engine require you to pay? That's some great stuff, too... -Josh
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Posted: 12/31/2004 6:32 AM
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Emptyeye
Joined: 12/5/2004
Posts: 60
Magic Engine (A TurboGrafx emulator for the uninformed) does indeed require you to pay to get it out of demo mode. It's an excellent emu, though. So that makes the total four, I guess.
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Posted: 12/31/2004 7:10 AM
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Blublu
Player (67)
Joined: 3/11/2004
Posts: 1058
Location: Reykjaví­k, Ísland
Game cartridge ROM images aren't illegal by definition. There are quite a few freeware NES games out there. Of course, most of them suck. :) (then again, that's also true about commercial games)
Posted: 1/18/2005 7:55 PM
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shad0wzer0
Joined: 1/18/2005
Posts: 16
Most of the emulators for pocketpc/palm are not freeware, or tell you to register forever, but there are some that dont require it.
.... wow.