Something I don’t see people talking about is the ethics of emulating a game you own for convenience. Sorry I don’t want to dig out my GameCube and copy of pokemon colosseum and squeeze it into my already tiny dorm room just to play that one game
Funny, as I prefer to play on actual hardware and actually bought my first gamecube and colosseum at the start of this year, and love how convoluted and old school the set up is whenever I want to play it. Takes a bit more than 5 minutes to get everything ready but like 10 different steps lmao. But I guess for me it’s the nostalgia mixed with the feeling of missing out on the console back in the day that makes it so cool now
Emulation if you play with alevel of balance with it works to preserve the ability to play the game you weren't able to play before. You don't have to use the rewind or fast forward, but it makes the game easier to play and mess around with. That's my take. I just wish more companies did the game collections like they did before. But like good ones.
I’d say if it’s for games that aren’t available anymore or retro games that are thousands of pounds and you want to play them but not resell or have physical, I don’t see the harm in them making amendments to the law. I know it is illegal but game preservation is needed so it is a shame.
@@GramKraken Thank you for the reply. I never had a SNES, or a NES for that mater. In fact, I pretty much went right from the Atari 2600, to the Commodore 64, to the Amiga, and then to Windows 98.
@3:18 what an amazing collection, looks like that person has every single pokemon games ... except for pokemon box ruby&sapphire but still an impressive collection c:
It Is Good And I Think That Emulating Games That You Can’t Get In This Day In Any Legal Way is Legal Because You Can Only Get These Games Hardly From EBay At A Very High Price And Even Games That Are Getting Reselled Don’t Profit Nintendo At All
if a company will give me a way to legally buy retro games with a better (or at least as good) experience than emulating for a reasonable price, i gladly will!
Nintendo has discontinued the older Pokemon games and as such isnt making money from them so i dont see a problem in playing those classic Pokemon games
Without emulation keeping interest in older games alive, there would never have been a market for Nintendo's virtual console, or all the various plug & play systems. Imagine that emulation hadn't existed, do you really think some executive at Nintendo would have come up with the idea to charge people money to use their newest console to play games from their oldest console, from almost a quarter century before? That would be like a cell phone manufacturer releasing a "retro" cell phone the size of a brick, with a foot-long antenna. As for emulation preserving the current generation of games, people will HAVE to resort to piracy if they want to play most games.from this generation. Today's games all need patches and have bunches of DLC that is never available on physical media. And that's if the complete game is even on the disc. Or if there's even a disc to begin with. Right this minute, I would buy a PS3 copy of Burnout Paradise, if I could buy it on physical media, with all the latest patches and all the DLC, but I can't. And even when it comes to the systems of the 80s, there are games for the cartridge-based consoles that aren't "preserved". It is impossible to find digital copies of 99% of homebrew games for any of these systems, if the author sold the game on cartridge. You may find limited demo versions, or work in progress beta versions, but the unlimited final versions are forever locked in cartridges, never to be dumped into digital form. Even if the game hasn't been sold in a decade or more, nobody in the retro community will even consider dumping the ROM. Try and find a ROM of Haunted House II 3D for the Atari 5200. If there's a digital copy out there, I can't find it.
if nintendo really dont want us to emulate why dont they make their older previous gen games available for us to purchase on either pc or atleast Switch they dont want to sell it they dont want others to emulate it
I think it’s correct to pirate anything that’s currently being sold or modern enough. Anything on an old console is fair game. I mean if you want to pirate it go ahead but it’s definitely not morally correct as people like to say. Especially for stuff like textbooks but art it’s kind of different in my opinion
@@nthnglsn absolutely I agree aswell however some software that was just released should not be pirated imo. For example 1 million people pirated tears of the kingdom before it even released that’s incredibly sad for the people who worked on it for 6 years who won’t see any of that profit. And that’s for an already successful game, now think of all the minor titles or apps or programs that are released and immediately pirated. IMO if it’s new it should not be pirated and if it’s old or essential it should.
I'm holding a flash drive full of Roms as a backup for when the world goes through an apocalyptic event. Don't worry, I'll single handedly save the gaming world from extinction. If we use solar panels and find a cheap computer, we will play video games until the world turns to dust. Our high scores will be honored for generations.
Emulation is a lifesaver. Why drop a fortune on "rare" games just to fatten some reseller’s wallet? The developers don’t see a dime from it anyway, so why feed into that nonsense? Emulation lets me discover fan-translated gems that were never released in the West, and I get to enjoy them in way better resolutions than the originals. The whole shift to digital-only games is a joke. They can revoke licenses anytime, and I’ve already lost access to games I paid for, only to be told I have to buy them again at full price for the next generation. It’s a scam. At least with emulation, I keep my games in perfect condition without worrying about greedy corporations pulling the plug.
I agree, but honestly buying the same games from wii,to wii u and then paying for a subscription on switch is not good. If they bring it back once you buy a classic game it should be transferable seamlessly between future consoles without having to buy the same games over and over again. Otherwise I’m all for it.
I'm sorry, but you do not make a great argument for emulation & preservation when you act as if Nintendo or other companies taking the necessary steps to protect their IP is a bad thing. And you neglect to mention that even if official releases happen, people will STILL sail the high seas out of protest for what they believe they should be getting.
Yeah it is true that there are people who will just pirate anyway but rereleasing games probably does at least reduce the number of people that would have pirated that particular game. Though I don't recall a point in the video when the person making the video was arguing that companies protecting their IP is bad.
If Im a college student and I want to quote a game or write an essay on a game and its locked behind a 200 dollar price tag, im going to emulate
Something I don’t see people talking about is the ethics of emulating a game you own for convenience. Sorry I don’t want to dig out my GameCube and copy of pokemon colosseum and squeeze it into my already tiny dorm room just to play that one game
Especially when you went out of your way to dump your own copy of a game you paid for to play on an emulator.
100%
Funny, as I prefer to play on actual hardware and actually bought my first gamecube and colosseum at the start of this year, and love how convoluted and old school the set up is whenever I want to play it. Takes a bit more than 5 minutes to get everything ready but like 10 different steps lmao.
But I guess for me it’s the nostalgia mixed with the feeling of missing out on the console back in the day that makes it so cool now
Emulation if you play with alevel of balance with it works to preserve the ability to play the game you weren't able to play before. You don't have to use the rewind or fast forward, but it makes the game easier to play and mess around with. That's my take. I just wish more companies did the game collections like they did before. But like good ones.
Emulation is good. Just dont let the Nintendo ninjas find you🥷
Hide your hard drives!
Ayo?@@GramKraken
I’d say if it’s for games that aren’t available anymore or retro games that are thousands of pounds and you want to play them but not resell or have physical, I don’t see the harm in them making amendments to the law. I know it is illegal but game preservation is needed so it is a shame.
1:50 - Forgive my ignorance, but what is this space game?
Star Fox 2 on snes
@@GramKraken Thank you for the reply. I never had a SNES, or a NES for that mater. In fact, I pretty much went right from the Atari 2600, to the Commodore 64, to the Amiga, and then to Windows 98.
Pokémon 30 Year Anniversary Collection:
Blue/Silver/Sapphire version
Red/Gold/Ruby version
Yellow/Crystal/Emerald version
@3:18 what an amazing collection, looks like that person has every single pokemon games ... except for pokemon box ruby&sapphire but still an impressive collection c:
It Is Good And I Think That Emulating Games That You Can’t Get In This Day In Any Legal Way is Legal Because You Can Only Get These Games Hardly From EBay At A Very High Price And Even Games That Are Getting Reselled Don’t Profit Nintendo At All
if a company will give me a way to legally buy retro games with a better (or at least as good) experience than emulating for a reasonable price, i gladly will!
CD-rom. if people are willing to buy consoles, then buy a disk drive. I am unsure of it works but I’m gonna try it. (Wish me luck)
Just found your channel I will probably sub after binging some Pokemon and emulation videos
@@aryanpatil2186 binge away and then go binge some emulated pokemon games
piracy is good
What game where you playing in between scenes, looks intriguing and I want to give it a play (the game with the wizards and stuff)
Timestamp?
Nintendo has discontinued the older Pokemon games and as such isnt making money from them so i dont see a problem in playing those classic Pokemon games
Without emulation keeping interest in older games alive, there would never have been a market for Nintendo's virtual console, or all the various plug & play systems. Imagine that emulation hadn't existed, do you really think some executive at Nintendo would have come up with the idea to charge people money to use their newest console to play games from their oldest console, from almost a quarter century before? That would be like a cell phone manufacturer releasing a "retro" cell phone the size of a brick, with a foot-long antenna.
As for emulation preserving the current generation of games, people will HAVE to resort to piracy if they want to play most games.from this generation. Today's games all need patches and have bunches of DLC that is never available on physical media. And that's if the complete game is even on the disc. Or if there's even a disc to begin with. Right this minute, I would buy a PS3 copy of Burnout Paradise, if I could buy it on physical media, with all the latest patches and all the DLC, but I can't.
And even when it comes to the systems of the 80s, there are games for the cartridge-based consoles that aren't "preserved". It is impossible to find digital copies of 99% of homebrew games for any of these systems, if the author sold the game on cartridge. You may find limited demo versions, or work in progress beta versions, but the unlimited final versions are forever locked in cartridges, never to be dumped into digital form. Even if the game hasn't been sold in a decade or more, nobody in the retro community will even consider dumping the ROM. Try and find a ROM of Haunted House II 3D for the Atari 5200. If there's a digital copy out there, I can't find it.
if nintendo really dont want us to emulate why dont they make their older previous gen games available for us to purchase on either pc or atleast Switch
they dont want to sell it they dont want others to emulate it
Nothing gives me more joy than playing Nintendo pirated roms
I think it’s correct to pirate anything that’s currently being sold or modern enough. Anything on an old console is fair game. I mean if you want to pirate it go ahead but it’s definitely not morally correct as people like to say. Especially for stuff like textbooks but art it’s kind of different in my opinion
I disagree. When it comes to digital assets I think at a certain point in time anything digital should be freely available.
@@nthnglsn absolutely I agree aswell however some software that was just released should not be pirated imo. For example 1 million people pirated tears of the kingdom before it even released that’s incredibly sad for the people who worked on it for 6 years who won’t see any of that profit. And that’s for an already successful game, now think of all the minor titles or apps or programs that are released and immediately pirated. IMO if it’s new it should not be pirated and if it’s old or essential it should.
I'm glad I caught the fact you're a furry early. Saved me some time.
I'm holding a flash drive full of Roms as a backup for when the world goes through an apocalyptic event. Don't worry, I'll single handedly save the gaming world from extinction. If we use solar panels and find a cheap computer, we will play video games until the world turns to dust. Our high scores will be honored for generations.
What about physical games?
7:40 DARKSTALKERS MENTIONED (even though it's just a sprite rip)
Emulation is a lifesaver. Why drop a fortune on "rare" games just to fatten some reseller’s wallet? The developers don’t see a dime from it anyway, so why feed into that nonsense? Emulation lets me discover fan-translated gems that were never released in the West, and I get to enjoy them in way better resolutions than the originals.
The whole shift to digital-only games is a joke. They can revoke licenses anytime, and I’ve already lost access to games I paid for, only to be told I have to buy them again at full price for the next generation. It’s a scam. At least with emulation, I keep my games in perfect condition without worrying about greedy corporations pulling the plug.
Good for games, bad for profits
you can preserve AND pirate the games?? it's literally a win-win scenario right there
its great
Emulation wouldn't be needed if Video game companies preserved their games better so it's on them
What if (here me out) you bought the older CD-ROM for the PC and just played it. I actually am going to try that.
Honestly I wish Nintendo did the virtual console thing again that's way better than switch online honestly
And this is coming from someone who pays $50 for a switch online
I agree, but honestly buying the same games from wii,to wii u and then paying for a subscription on switch is not good. If they bring it back once you buy a classic game it should be transferable seamlessly between future consoles without having to buy the same games over and over again. Otherwise I’m all for it.
I’ve seen many videos of this topic… *Yes* move on.
IT'S AMAZING NOW SHUT UP
yes
I'm sorry, but you do not make a great argument for emulation & preservation when you act as if Nintendo or other companies taking the necessary steps to protect their IP is a bad thing. And you neglect to mention that even if official releases happen, people will STILL sail the high seas out of protest for what they believe they should be getting.
Yeah it is true that there are people who will just pirate anyway but rereleasing games probably does at least reduce the number of people that would have pirated that particular game. Though I don't recall a point in the video when the person making the video was arguing that companies protecting their IP is bad.