mesamune@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoSEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics get delisted in Decemberwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10cross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkSEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics get delisted in Decemberwww.gamingonlinux.commesamune@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: gaming@lemmy.zip
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 days agoPeople are buying them? . . why?
minus-squareraina@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoIt’s a nice, cheap, easy and legal way of obtaining the ROMs to play on flash carts, emulators and FPGA systems.
minus-squareblackbelt352@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoWhy not? There’s still people born who’ve never played those games and come across them. And besides preserving legacy media is actually a worthwhile cause.
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-27 days agoIt’s a solid business model: People pirate roms, because they can’t buy them. If Nintendo would sell their old ass games as roms, we wouldn’t have the problem of them suing emulators into oblivion.
People are buying them?
. . why?
It’s a nice, cheap, easy and legal way of obtaining the ROMs to play on flash carts, emulators and FPGA systems.
Why not? There’s still people born who’ve never played those games and come across them. And besides preserving legacy media is actually a worthwhile cause.
It’s a solid business model: People pirate roms, because they can’t buy them.
If Nintendo would sell their old ass games as roms, we wouldn’t have the problem of them suing emulators into oblivion.