| IcaroRibeiro said: Yes. All Game Cube games I've played were through emulation. Unlike SNES and N64 that were plentiful, I've never really saw anyone in Brazil with a Game Cube, it was a system I know it existed thanks to Magazines (although they were mainly focused on Playstation 2 at the time) I also emulated GBC and some GBA games as well. My first Nintendo handheld was a DS, and even though they could play GBA cartridges I was just much more convenient (and free) to download GBA roms as those cartridges weren't that easy to find at stores, I think the only GBA games I've legally played on DS were the ones my neighbor gave to me The point is, if a 7 to 8 years old kid had no problem emulating I don't think grown up men and women would have such problems either |
As an 8 year old I had no problem with piracy either. Then I grew up, got a job in software development, saw my own work get pirated and never pirated since. Sure you can legally use the emulators, and if you dump the roms yourself, from your own copy, on your own cracked hardware, it's technically legal as well. However, instead of going through all that, I rather just play the original software on the original hardware instead. (Since you got to have that anyway to 'legally' emulate)
So yes, nowadays I do have a problem with emulation. And even the defense of, well I bought the game, so I can download the ROM, does not hold up imo. You're promoting the download on an illegal rom. I deleted my MAME collection long ago as well as other stuff, not mine to use.
Sometimes it can be very inconvenient. I just ordered S4 of the Expanse from the USA, gave up waiting for a Canada release. It can probably be downloaded in plenty places. Waiting for games to arrive from Play Asia can take a long time, there's plenty to play locally anyway.
