A Great Little Program

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Music Head · #1 Post by **Music Head** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:01 am

I found a little program call Visual Boy Advance its great. You can play all the GameBoy/ Gameboy Advanced games on it.

Angelus3K · #2 Post by **Angelus3K** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:08 am

That program has been out for years, it is good though

Music Head · #3 Post by **Music Head** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:20 am

Angelus3K wrote:That program has been out for years, it is good though

And i thought i made a great discovery. I guess telling you about the super nintendo, nintendo and playstation game players would have no point.

#4 Post by **Erpy** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 10:26 am

Most people are aware of their existence. And since the abandonware-part of our forum rules also covers console games, please don't post links to your, ah, discoveries.

Jafar · #5 Post by **Jafar** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:33 pm

I don't use VBA. It doesn't seem right to me to download games from the GBA's time.

Blummer102 · #6 Post by **Blummer102** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 9:03 pm

Never used an emulator before? You've been missing out, my friend.

I don't use VBA. It doesn't seem right to me to download games from the GBA's time.

I've tended not to use VBA myself, though for another reason... Some of the GBA's biggest appeal lies in its handheld-ness...and it seems kinda silly to be playing these games on a computer when they were meant to be played on a handheld, in the car, on a bus, on the can, etc etc etc.

Although, one nice reason for using VBA is to test whether or not a certain game is really worth it... A lot of GBA games today are, well, crap, and VBA is a nice way to see which are good and which are blech.

Jafar · #7 Post by **Jafar** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 11:47 pm

Never used an emulator before? You've been missing out, my friend.

I didn't say that.

Blummer102 · #8 Post by **Blummer102** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 12:44 pm

Actually I was addressing the first poster of this thread, but s'all good.

Music Head · #9 Post by **Music Head** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:38 am

I just wish there was a X-BOX emulator

Steffi Evenstar · #10 Post by **Steffi Evenstar** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:04 am

sincere question - if i'm wrong, don't hestitate to tell me i'm a dumbass.

i thought emulators were legal if you owned the cartridge of the actual game.

right or wrong?

Charlemagne · #11 Post by **Charlemagne** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 5:38 am

Don't worry Steffi, you're not a dumbass.

The whole area of game emulation is something of a legal grey area. Certainly, emulator software is completely legal on its own. It's quite useful to be able to emulate a specific computer on a different and more common architecture. Often, it's the only way to access data from now-obsolete computers. (I don't know of many PDP-11s still in use despite it being one of the most popular computers of its day.

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The real controversy concerns binary images of cartridge -- and to a lesser extent CD-ROM -- game data, aka ROMS. Most jurisdictions allow you to make a backup copy of legally-purchased software. Game companies, however, contend that this excludes software stored in semiconductors. ROM aficionados claim that since the issue has never been resolved by any court, they should be able to make a backup like disc based software owners. To this end, people who distribute ROMs claim that they are simply providing a service to game owners who want a backup copy of their games, but lack the equipment to make one. The issue remains unresolved the last time I checked.

Jafar · #12 Post by **Jafar** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 6:24 am

Me, Myself and u wrote:I just wish there was a X-BOX emulator

X-box is too horrid to even consider emulating.

Blummer102 · #13 Post by **Blummer102** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 1:34 pm

Xbox, PS2, and GC emulators will probably all be out sometime in the next four or five years or so. Right now, there are folks working on developing them and getting all that code in place (same goes for the Dreamcast emulators) so it's probably only a matter of time. Hey, I mean, six years ago Playstation emulation was considered literally impossible, and now you can play Chrono Cross or whatever on your computer perfectly, with enhanced graphics, too.

Music Head · #14 Post by **Music Head** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:57 am

Jafar wrote: X-box is too horrid to even consider emulating.

Why do you say this, are you a PS, GC fan or something. I myself am not to obsessed with the consoles i'd perfer my computer for games anyday.

PS. How much do you think i could sell a 2nd hand Diablo game. It's been opened and only used twice the cd is in mint condition. And i got the box

Jafar · #15 Post by **Jafar** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 1:58 am

There aren't many Xbox fans here. I'm a GC fan, and I play a few PS2 games.

Swift · #16 Post by **Swift** » Sun Aug 29, 2004 2:00 am

Well, a new Diablo game would cost S$20 now, so I'm guessing that a second hand version would cost slightly lower than that.