@totalwar: You're the one that came in here with a dismissive attitude about something he obviously enjoys. So don't act surprised and pretend he's being a dick. If you aren't serious about games(I could tell from your first post), why insult something that many serious gamers enjoy?
And emulators(like you are talking about) are not the only way to preserve classic games. I'm pretty sure Nintendo's Virtual Console doesn't exist just because people have been stealing games online for years. There are also plenty of classic games available on (legal)compilation discs at very cheap prices. Many of us here don't encourage or engage in stealing, even if it is done through a computer.
The whole "why the **** would you want to be serious at playing games" is just childish semantics. This may blow your mind, but people have been "serious" about leisure activities for thousands of years.
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