Emulation - The Legalities, Ethics, Benefits and Drawbacks

[Jizz_Beard_thePirate]

So I am not gonna answer all of them cause it's 12AM and I need to get some sleep.

What I think of emulation is that it is a great way for people to play games at a higher rez with better performance and mod support. For example, with SMT x FE, you can replace all the censored stuff in the NA version with the uncensored stuff from the Japanese version and still keep the english subs.

Emulation can lead to piracy, I don't think there is much argument in that. However, imo, it's not the samething as piracy.

Ethically, imo, if you own the game, you are good but some people want you to own the platform as well.

What my issue with emulation and piracy on this site is not whether or not emulation can lead to piracy, its that every emulation thread shouldn't be about piracy.

Lets look at this thread:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=228119&page=1#

OP: Shows a video about the improvements that an API can make to an emulator.

The rest of the thread for the most part is about piracy... I am sorry but what does piracy have to do with API improvements? If the thread was showing "zomg, look at how much better the game runs compared to the console version" then I can understand where the piracy can come into play. But piracy vs API improvements? The game doesn't even run nearly as good as the console version does... I mean, come on...

Anyway, that's my main concern.

If people want to talk about emulation and piracy, go for it but when the thread isn't about emulation and piracy but instead, something like API improvements, talk of piracy should be considered to be off-topic. Cause what does Piracy have to do with API improvements?

I am not gonna reply to any of the posts for about 12+ hours since its Monday and I got stuff to do like fapping but I just wanted to post it.