Wipeout 2097 rom loveroms6/22/2023 ![]() I highly doubt that the original creators of the majority of these old games are getting some sort of royalty for their creations. In regards to Nintendo, they seem like they're once again gearing up to sell all their old catalog of games that are extremely difficult to find or can be found for pennies. I think it's perfectly within my right to obtain a copy of something I already owned and was never properly compensated for. Nearly all of the games I have I absolutely owned or still do. I will have to disagree a bit with whatever the "law" states about the IPs in general regarding the use of roms and if I'm completely wrong, so be it. In regards to some of the really old games that are emulated, they just simply are nearly impossible to find and the designers have long since stopped making any money off of them. I'm happy with being able to spend a reasonable amount of money on all of the games at my fingertips, which honestly is just all arcade versions emulated. ![]() This is a situation where I find that this newer version of the older games is more what I'm really looking for and not the old "port" of the arcade like the older systems. When the 30th Anniversary edition was released I pre-ordered it and played it for probably six straight hours. I've also had copies of the Alpha series and put a zillion quarters in the machines at the arcades. I had Fighting Street for TurboGrafx-16 and I had Street Fighter 2 for SNES twenty-some-odd years ago but they were all pinched while I was out of town and this is back way before the invention of such things as eBay and to pick up another copy, used or new. Street Fighter 30th Anniversary is a good example of this. Every once in a blue moon a re-release of an older game comes out and I'll get it because I know that it's specially tweaked to run on new consoles like Xbox One and PS4. I was absolutely devastated when my TurboDuo and Saturn got stolen on the same day. I've had over a thousand dollars worth of game equipment stolen from me and many are, not completely irreplacable, but extraordinarily expensive. Replacing stolen carts and CDs and stolen game systems is far beyond my wallet's capacity. ![]() Good games disappearing is really the main reason I use emulators. This may mean Nintendo is planning to sell more of the back library now, such as more emulated SNES games on the Switch, and wants no competition. Before, Nintendo was content with DMCA takedowns, but we all know how effective those are. This sets a big precedent for every ROM hosting site. Nintendo is seeking serious money as relief for alleged damages, with the biggest number coming from "$150,000 for the infringement of each Nintendo copyrighted work and up to $2,000,000 for the infringement of each Nintendo trademark." These sites combine ROM downloads and in-browser emulators to deliver one-stop gaming access, and the lawsuit includes screenshots and interface explanations to demonstrate exactly how the sites' users can gain access to "thousands of video games, related copyrighted works, and images." The Arizona suit, as reported by TorrentFreak, alleges "brazen and mass-scale infringement of Nintendo’s intellectual property rights" by the sites LoveROMs and LoveRetro. This week saw the company grow bolder with its legal action, as Nintendo of America filed a lawsuit (PDF) on Thursday seeking millions in damages over classic games' files being served via websites.
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