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Originally posted by Chris Morse
I've been following this discussion and cant think what the point of an emulator is. Obviously I know it's to emulate, but if there are "honest" developers out there why are'nt they developing for the system rather than the emulator it's going on?
I have a sneaky feeling that if there were no illegal Roms out there, there would'nt be many legitimate ones either.
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Sorry, but I fail to see the point you are trying to make......
The emulator is a piece of software that
emulates a specific piece of hardware. Its totally legal, since its totally irrelevant with the hardware, and cannot be sold as such, and is used for many purposes (some for testing, some for having fun, some for credits in the university, some for practise in a language etc etc.....).
The ROM is an image file of a cartridge, CD, or memory card, that can be used with the emulator. The ROM is copyrighted, and because its the actual image of the very same cartridge, it is considered to be the same thing. As such, the ROMs are illegal (except if you have dumped your own cartridge for backup purposes).
The one (emulators) has nothing to do with the other (ROMs), except from the fact that the ROMs can be used on the appropriate emulator. Other than that, their purpose of existance, their legal status etc etc are TOTALLY different ;)
I hope I didnt make it more complicated.....
