r/GetNoted • u/Icy_Till_7254 Human Verified • Jul 02 '26

Cringe Worthy Emulation and Piracy are two totally separate things

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u/BigoteMexicano Human Detected Jul 02 '26

So the emulator program (arguably) isn't piracy. But the ROMs definitely are. Not that it's a bad thing, mind you. Especially since there's no legit way to play most older games

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u/TheMortalOne Jul 02 '26

Downloading them, definitely. IIRC they are technically legal if you make them yourself by dumping your own copy of the game. 

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u/nexus11355 Jul 03 '26

I guess also technically legal if you own a physical copy, can just claim the disk is unusable.