- #Is mac on emulator ilelgal software
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A large number of sites do indeed discuss and offer them without the presence of ROMs for clear legal reasons.
a PlayStation BIOS, commercial ROMs included with the distribution, or potentially reverse-engineered code).
#Is mac on emulator ilelgal software
That can happen, if it contains copyrighted software code (e.g. The only realistic case where you could end up with an emulator that's illegal to use is the case where the emulator is also illegal to distribute. The use of emulators is legal in all cases regardless of whether you own the original system hardware or not. This post has been edited by Silverlance on 5th February 2005 05:07 And stay in school! And eat your veggies or no dessert! And stop picking on your little brother or you get the chair again!! The freeware alternatives are actually very easy to find and sometimes even better than the commercial ones.
#Is mac on emulator ilelgal Pc
I think it was called Connectix something-Station?īut really, why would you want to play a PSX game on a PC when you can have the real thing on a real TV with a kick-ass stereo, the whole chilling-in-the-living-room-with-a-game ambiance, and absolutely no problem running any game?Įdit: Ah, lol, sorry.
I didn't follow up too closely on the details though, but I wouldn't be surprised if there exists a PC version. I remember reading about that Mac emulator they went to court and won. įorgive me if I'm just not getting a friendly joke and taking it seriously, but on what accounts do you base that statement? You ARE aware that you're talking to someone who makes a living selling software? What? Can't I joke around a little?Ĭorrect on all accounts there Silverlance. Not to mention that Squaresoft, Sony, Bill Gates or somebody else will send lynches for you and your family. Its rips off softwear companies and is highly illegal. On a closing note, please don't pirate softwear. I guess you could always try though, I mean it couldn't hurt.
#Is mac on emulator ilelgal windows
Then again, it might not be Windows XP compatible.
Its not entirly impossible that if you look hard enough, that you can find a used copy of said softwear or something simmilar for Windows in a computer store. I remember reading, in Macworld magazine, a review for a comercial playstation emulator and some games during the late ninteen-nineties. Well there is one other option but it's probably worthless now. Sorry if that's not satisfactory but that's all I can reccomend. The only thing I can reccomend to you Zodiac is to try and find an alternative that works with your video card or to buy a new video card if ripped your own PSX'es BIOS file. There are substitutes that have been developed by others, they just don't generaly work as well at the actual BIOS file. I know the BIOS image isn't allowed distrabution but I think that's because it's copyrighted softwear. The use and distribution of BIOS images is explained in just about every emulator's readme as being illegal unless you ripped them yourself from a console you use.Ĭorrect on all accounts there Silverlance. It would have to be developed first and due to Sony's excellent software protection, nobody's been able to replicate their latest console, the PS2.
#Is mac on emulator ilelgal ps2
However, unfortuanatly for you Kilakandra_DiMenia there is no such thing as a PS2 emulator at the moment. If you're playing off of the CD, this obviously can't happen.) (This only applies if you have an extra copy of the game on your computer. The reason this is important is because that means you can't be playing the game on your computer and game console at the same time. The extra copy of the game that you have is considered a backup copy. Downloading them off he net or getting one from your friend somehow is illegal, even if you own the game.ģ. You must get a copy of your game onto the computer. In the case of the PSX, that's probably just a regular CD-ROM drive.Ģ. You must own a copy of the game and upload it, via the proper hardwear. The use of games with an emulator is only allowed under certain stipulations:ġ. Still To my knowlege, the gaming emulators themselves is legal but you need software to run them. In the world of gaming, emulators are often frowned upon because they can promote the distrabution of pirated games over the internet. Example: Virtual PC is a comercial program that allows Macintoshes to act as if they were running Windows so you could use windows applications on your Mac or in your case a PS2 game on your PC. An emulator is a piece of software that allows your computer to act differently, as if it were operating under different software specs.