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It feels like Nintendo doesn’t want us to play older games until they say we can... (lemmy.ml)
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[–] bufordt@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It seems legally that the only way to legitimately have a rom is to rip it yourself. For example, I own 1943: Battle of Midway and Flying Shark arcade machines, but I would likely have to dump the roms myself to legally be able to play then via emulation.

I have ps1 and ps2 games that I have ripped the isos for, but I have c64, Atari, and nes games that I can't dump without significant expense.