Yes Nick. I believe you have a very good point. Of course you're right about what you are saying but you don't know the whole background.
I've been quite a faithful Nintendo customer(quite some time ago). I didn't buy the SNES or the N64 but I had both the NES and the GB, and I did buy many games. Copying nintendo games and playing on platform (and or handheld) hasn't been possible for very long.
And I don't deny that there where some really good games for the NES aswell.
When I said, copy all the GBC games and play it on handheld, I didn't say that I was going to do it. I only own a normal Gameboy but I am going to play copied games on it (remember that most GBC games are only compatible with the GBC). So, why am I going to steal games I like, thou asketh?
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Well, for one thing Gameboy games(G&W ones) are getting extremely hard to find in stores. You can probably only order it(and the cost for those games *gasp*). What Nintendo keep on doing is to shut down every page where you can download from. It doesn't seem to matter that noone wants to buy the games or that they are simple and at a 100kb size. I sure as hell wouldn't want to play those crappy oldies if it weren't for free.
It should be considered abandonware. I mean it's like Sierra would be on our @$$ all the time for playing with their interpreter. Luckily, Sierra seems to have nicer lawyers than Nintendo. If it where their product, we would've been shut down instantly.
I'm using a flashcard for Gameboy but I am sure that I belong to a minority. Most people just have some roms on the HD. I've seen sites that have been shut down for hosting NES roms. It's totally insane.
They are ruthless when it comes to protecting their interests. I remember when they claimed it was illegal to even buy a game second-hand (which is of course a LIE; they took it back later...reluctantly).
So Nick, I don't really care if I do the right thing or not and I don't care about justifying anything, but it serves them right. They have NEVER suffered from pirating in the true meaning( coz they haven't made computer games). Still, they go like mad dogs after their fans that play their ancient games on emulator. Also, I think they should have something for their sick Pok?mon invasion.
PS. Nick, I'm not mad at you. I'm mad at a nice plumber I used to know who succesively became a greedy fatass.
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