#(Behr) Emulator questions

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drifting spade
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Meowdy; Asking for a little bit of 'explain like i'm five' type responses here because i've been trying to do my own research and it seems like it's a whiter-than-gray line. My specific question is whether or not emulators are essentially pirating? eg, i can download an emulator and fully operate and run Super Mario 64 as if i were playing a Gameboy DS

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tardy mantle
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They've always been kind of a grey area, technically I believe they're legal it's just the acquisition of roms is the issue.

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https://store.steampowered.com/app/1941680/Dolphin_Emulator/ I mean dolphin is being put on steam of all things.

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Dolphin Emulator

This app does not come with games. You must own an original copy of any game you want to use with Dolphin.Welcome to the World of Modern EmulationDolphin Emulator is your one-way ticket to nostalgia if you're looking to relive classics from the big N's cube-shaped and motion controlled consoles. Return to an era of gaming before the advent of mi...

Release Date

Q2 2023

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Although I do kind of find it funny they called nintendo "The Big N"

astral anchor
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Emulators are (or should) be entirely original code, nothing ripped from the console itself, so they are fine to download. Obtaining game roms is piracy though, unless you physically own the game and rip the iso yourself and never distribute it afaik. Even then, game companies really don't like it.

drifting spade
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my goal was to hook up an emulator to some custom controllers im rigging up and mounting into an arcade box i'm crafting by hand, so that you could play gameboy games and such on an arcade box basically

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so maybe purchasing it and finding a way to uh, rip the iso myself is the solution to doing it as right as possible?

fresh venture
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It's probably morally permissible so long as you've paid for the game originally

astral anchor
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Morally I have no problem with that

real sapphire
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as a descriptive matter, a lot of people skip the "dump the iso yourself" step for obvious reasons - it is annoying, time-intensive, etc. but that is the legal way to do it

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I've built an arcade cabinet of the same kind before though and it's fuckin great

drifting spade
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i just placed an order for this and its gonna be a fun little project to try out

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thanks for the input y'all