Is emulating acceptable?

[SvennoJ]

AsGryffynn said:

SvennoJ said:

Panzer Dragoon Orta for XBox includes a full port of the original game.
https://www.ebay.com/p/Panzer-Dragoon-Orta-Microsoft-Xbox-2003/9179
Probably even cheaper if you look around in second hand stores.
It's on the wishlist at GoG.com as well so it might end up there eventually.

Plus there's always the option of not playing it. There's plenty stuff that is affordable.

If the game is no longer sold by itself, emulating is fair game. No exceptions, especially when the alternative is also rare. 

By emulating, do you mean pirating in this case? You still need to get the game first to emulate it.
What game is so rare you have to pirate it?

Or do you mean if you have the game you should wait until it's no longer sold before running it in an emulator?