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MaxSt wrote: Now let see, it's on 30th place right now - http://sourceforge.net/top/toplist.php? ... loads_week

How far up will it go? :roll:
Hehe :)
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Doesn't surprise me at all.
<pagefault> i'd break up with my wife if she said FF8 was awesome
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Evan wrote:Doesn't surprise me at all.
It shouldn't since I was the one who posted it on /. ;)
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Neat, I'm sure a lot of really meaningful discussion about ZSNES will occur there. Such as what people use ZSNES for in Soviet Russia, how to make a profit from ZSNES, and how Netcraft confirms: ZSNES is dying. I can't wait.

Congratulations on 1.40 by the way, it looks and feels a lot more solid than the last public release, IMO.
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This is hillarious: /. readers are morons too!
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Post by Gospel »

I've actually played that particular Mario Kart ROM.

Man, so annoying.
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Wow, what great news and what a great christmas gift!

The thing with the guy and mario kart was a pretty funny read.
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Gospel wrote:I've actually played that particular Mario Kart ROM.

Man, so annoying.
Me too... But I realized my ROM was wrong a couple of years before that one guy. :p
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Post by Dolphin »

Wouldn't zsnes be sued by now? Isn't it illigal?
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Dolphin wrote:Wouldn't zsnes be sued by now? Isn't it illigal?
No, Zsnes as it is, is not illegal.
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Post by Nach »

Also take a look here http://www.consoleclassix.com/
You can use ZSNES to legally play some of your favorite SNES games there.
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How is Zsnes legal? I thaught it's illigal.

And what about snes rom distribution, is that legal?
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Dolphin wrote:How is Zsnes legal? I thaught it's illigal.
What aspect of ZSNES is illegal?
Dolphin wrote: And what about snes rom distribution, is that legal?
Just copying a ROM from a friend, or for a friend is illegal.
However copying from your own cartridge, or using a system such as Console Classix is perfectly legal.
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Post by Dolphin »

I remember reading somewhere that to create an emulator you need permision from the creator of the hardware you're emulating.
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Where?
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Can Websites and/or Internet Content Providers be Held Liable for Violation of Intellectual Property Rights if they are Only Providing Links to Illegal Software and/or Other Illegal Devices?

Yes. Personal Websites and/or Internet Content Providers sites That link to Nintendo ROMs, Nintendo emulators and/or illegal copying devices can be held liable for copyright and trademark violations, regardless of whether the illegal software and/or devices are on their site or whether they are linking to the sites where the illegal items are found.
from here
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That's what Nintendo thinks.

Try using actual law.
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Dolphin wrote:
Can Websites and/or Internet Content Providers be Held Liable for Violation of Intellectual Property Rights if they are Only Providing Links to Illegal Software and/or Other Illegal Devices?

Yes. Personal Websites and/or Internet Content Providers sites That link to Nintendo ROMs, Nintendo emulators and/or illegal copying devices can be held liable for copyright and trademark violations, regardless of whether the illegal software and/or devices are on their site or whether they are linking to the sites where the illegal items are found.
from here
Nintendo is known to be a copywrite nazi.
Honestly, Zsnes has existed for a LONG time, and its pretty famous, if Nintendo planned to sue the zsnes team, they would had already.
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Nintendo's site there unforunetly doesn't portray the real legalties of the situation in the US or any other country. See the legal documents on Console Classix for more info.
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Post by Dolphin »

Just wondering, what about creating our own ROM images(like programming our own game for Snes or whatever) would that be legal or illigal. I emailed Nintendo if I could get some tools or info on programming a ROM image for snes. They replied back and said that it is illigal to do this. And gave me a link I already posted above.
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Post by Nach »

It is perfectly legal to write your own personal SNES compatible software to run in an emulator or flash cart or copier.

There are a lot of these ROMs labled as Public Domain going around online and are legal to download.
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Dolphin wrote:Just wondering, what about creating our own ROM images(like programming our own game for Snes or whatever) would that be legal or illigal. I emailed Nintendo if I could get some tools or info on programming a ROM image for snes. They replied back and said that it is illigal to do this. And gave me a link I already posted above.
Despite Nintendo's claims to the contrary, Nintendo isn't the law of the land.
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Dolphin wrote:Just wondering, what about creating our own ROM images(like programming our own game for Snes or whatever) would that be legal or illigal. I emailed Nintendo if I could get some tools or info on programming a ROM image for snes. They replied back and said that it is illigal to do this. And gave me a link I already posted above.
Nach said it better:
Nach wrote:It is perfectly legal to write your own personal SNES compatible software to run in an emulator or flash cart or copier.

There are a lot of these ROMs labled as Public Domain going around online and are legal to download.
But what I guess it's illegal is to go asking for tools and stuff to do it. Do your research.
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Nach wrote:Nintendo's site there unforunetly doesn't portray the real legalties of the situation in the US or any other country. See the legal documents on Console Classix for more info.
not really...
(b) Lease, Sale, or Other Transfer of Additional Copy or Adaptation.
- Any exact copies prepared in accordance with the provisions of this
section may be leased, sold, or otherwise transferred, along with the
copy from which such copies were prepared
, only as part of the lease,
sale, or other transfer of all rights in the program. Adaptations so
prepared may be transferred only with the authorization of the copyright owner.
unless CC offers you the chance to own the orginal cart, its really not that legal.
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