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oldgamerz:
First off i'll start by mentioning most gamers determine that ANY game you can download for free is illegal. But when I ran a deep search many years ago. It said the only free full version games that are illegal are games that are younger then 20 years age since of release. OR

any game that has an active copyright. In which case most games older than 20 years don't anymore. Mostly of
the SEGA DREAMCAST and other 5th generation and below that qualify as acceptable to play and have but not sell.

However, this does not qualify for most PS2. Xbox O
riginal, or GameCube games. But having Dreamcast games should be still ok because. Some have been renewed but i am not sure.

The first step to having some free ROM's is to buy a PC Or Mac or arcade or minicomputer. Then connect it to online. Run a search for ''free ROM downloads'' or you could type in ''download Abandonware'' if you are using a raw. Or ''Download MODS''

For consoles like Sega SATURN & Sega DREAMCAST, and PS1 you need to download BIOS files depending on what emulation software you are using.

The only 2 companies you might have an issue with when installing or giving away or using or even playing them to begin with is, Nintendo and maybe EA. But Nintendo ROMs are actually the most common. Distributed free of charge games they are found on the internet in groves and on 100's of websites including some in 1st party for temporary purchase and for temporarily to access and download. For Full price.

SONY is starting to get more like Nintendo every day I overheard. Atari & SEGA as far as I know are out of business of distribution of mainstream video game consoles but not completely. NEO GEO i think they run a tight ship on copying too.

Turbo Graphics 16 and 3DO, are also abandonware.

If a ROM game is not responding to you controller input or game is lagging or crashing try tweaking the emulator core options or the emulator itself, or download that ROM or DOS game from a different source.

Test your controller and emulators before you start getting seriously into them.

I've ran many searches and i only heard of one person going to prison, but I think it was because the person was actually selling the stuff for a mid to high price tag and he did not have the copyright.

I recommend running your PC as best performance and in game mode on both the screen and processor or mother chips.

telekill:
I dunno. I think the legal logic is sound for 20 years or older, but then I look at the politically motiviated authoritarian modern governments. They look for anything and everything to take down dissidents. Even here in America where our Constitution states clearly that we have a God given right to free speech, yet people are getting arrested for speech here. How about how the UK government decided to go after Brand? -- someone accused him of horrendous crimes but he hasn't even been charged. Regardless, they're demanding all tech companies remove his ability to generate income at all levels. This is completely inappropriate and tyrannical. If someone's accused, they should be charged, and there should be an investigation and trial before any steps are taken for punishment.

Do you really think that walking on the eggshells of something you heard about 20 years or older grace is going to stop them from using that against you if they're looking for anything they can to arrest you?

oldgamerz:

--- Quote from: telekill on October 01, 2023, 08:32:52 am ---
Do you really think that walking on the eggshells of something you heard about 20 years or older grace is going to stop them from using that against you if they're looking for anything they can to arrest you?

--- End quote ---

I am disabled and have a few legal rights. I did pay for a lot of them. Just to help avoid more deadly types of malwares. But I wrote many online articles, about most of the originally made copies of these games. Being held and bogged down or out of stock due to so many collectors out there.

holding onto them. And a majority of those 20 year or older games are broken and will never be re-manufactured new ever again. Not to mention that working hardware to run these game's is just as hard to find these days too.

I also believe eventually ROM sites will go down and I am trying to use my God given hardware that my grandfather gave me for storage to preserve these games and mods,

so they are not lost completely in the sands of time, and all these hard working talented professional, and semi-professional, programmers and art designer's work does not go to waste and lasts for as many years possible. I don't consider a ROM builder a hacker but a skilled professional development programmer.

My definition of a hacker is someone who jacks up games live performance to win against other people live or creates products or services and programs in order to destroy our electronics just to piss us off.

There are things about me that I'm I cannot tell you due to the forum rules, but I am a very important person.

telekill:
Well God speed then. At least there'll be backups somewhere in the world.

ferraroso:

--- Quote from: oldgamerz on October 01, 2023, 10:15:36 am ---There are things about me that I'm I cannot tell you due to the forum rules, but I am a very important person.

--- End quote ---

We are all important people ❤️

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