mesamune@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agoSEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics get delisted in Decemberwww.gamingonlinux.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up117arrow-down10
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkSEGA Mega Drive and Genesis Classics & Dreamcast Classics get delisted in Decemberwww.gamingonlinux.commesamune@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 hours agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·18 hours agoPeople are buying them? . . why?
minus-squarePrunebutt@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-213 hours 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.
minus-squareraina@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·17 hours 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-up5·17 hours 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.
People are buying them?
. . why?
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.
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.