Why Emulating Nintendo Games Is Good, Probably (The Jimquisition)
Kotaku got itself told off by the gaming community for allegedly encouraging piracy. This is because it wrote about Metroid Dread being emulated in 4K, a news story that is news.
Meanwhile, Nintendo has made a great case for emulation by offering a premium subscription service that offers access to a selection of easily obtainable ROMs. The value just isn't there.
So, let's talk about emulation, Nintendo, and why companies need to better rather than expect us to pretend downloadable alternatives to their own storefronts don't exist.
Why Emulating Nintendo Games Is Good, Probably (The Jimquisition) (YouTube)
Comments (11)
I pay my subscription fees to the patreons-like setups of the various emulator teams so that hopefully the whole process will be simple enough for my lazy beehind to go through when my consoles finally give up the ghost. I’m one of those weird physical copies people. I just want the thing I bought & put in a drawer to work when I feel like playing it.
Just wondering which model Anbernic you have Steph?
Switch is poopoo sometimes :) ❤️
James, this is a video-length example of one of my bugbears. You kept using the words "emulation" and "piracy" as if they are synonymous, which they are not, and talking as if they are confuses people and clouds the issue. "Emulation" is a technical term, and it means a computer pretending to be a different computer. That's it. That's all it means. Emulation is, and has always been, perfectly legal. "Piracy" IN THIS CONTEXT is the act of obtaining copies of copyrighted material which were made without the permission of the copyright holders. It's a legal issue that has nothing to do with emulation. The NES, SNES, N64, and Mega Drive games on the Switch are all running in emulators, but this isn't piracy because it's done with the permission of the copyright holders. Downloading a ROM from the Internet and playing it on an emulator is piracy, because you're making a copy without the permission of the copyright holders. Downloading a ROM from the Internet and playing it on a flash cart is also piracy. This involves no emulation, but is exactly as illegal and exactly as moral as if that ROM was played on an emulator, for the exact same reasons. The controversy here is over *piracy*, not *emulation*. OK?
Kinda unrelated to the point of the video, innit?
Ahh real monsters bit got me screaming in joy. Its a game I played so many times as youth. The music made me smile to hear. Good episode.
When will people understand that corporations are not your friends and do not need you to defend them?
No, Steph. ZOOL is not bad. It's got ChupaChups in it. How dare you. (I played it over 25 years ago, can't remember much of it really)
Lol I'm reading this before watching the video but I want to play Zool again (I bet it's awful but I have good memories of it too)
Oh dear, I think I hear the rumblings of a tidal wave of boiled piss from angry gamers fast approaching.
It would be one thing if they at least offered you to 'purchase' said older games they refuse to re-release; instead we get the 'privilege' to play it on loan from them under a subscription. Freaking grotesque... I need to get back into emulation but I hope I can find the roms I want without to many issues.