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"Nintendo downloading a rom is okay because they own it."
I own lots of Mario titles too.
Because they own the intellectual property.
"Nintendo downloading a rom is okay because they own it."
I own lots of Mario titles too.
The NES Classic was developed by NERD, an internal Nintendo studio.Is this on the Wii/Wii U or from the NES Classic?
If it's the latter, didn't they farm that development out?
I'm pretty sure they playtest the games before they are published to the console. Even VC games.
Pssst, guys. You've seen all those Arcade collection packages companies like Taito, Konami, Atari, etc. make?
All ROM dumps, and some even use MAME.
Because they own the intellectual property.
Going to need to see the documents. I'm guessing you probably just own a bunch of plastic shit.
I don't really care if they sold a ROM back to us. It's their IP and as long as it runs as good as a retail cartridge I am fine with that.
I don't really care if they sold a ROM back to us. It's their IP and as long as it runs as good as a retail cartridge I am fine with that.
That'd be something. I think that technically they'd be allowed to do so, but it's weird.
I just watched and woow, I mean is not ethical, but I guess its legal...
We're talking about the early 90s, and there's a good chance they didn't archive their stuff well back then. It's not just Nintendo, Sega infamously lost the Panzer Dragoon source code.
But clearly they're a bit better at it these days, with remasters of N64 and Gamecube games released in recent years.
Well, has Nintendo ever actually stopped you from downloading ROMs of those games from the internet? Sure they say it's bad, and they send the occasional ROM hack that gets too much visibility a cease and desist, but they don't really crack down on the tons of ROM sites out there. Not out of benevolence, but because it isn't worth it to do so."Nintendo downloading a rom is okay because they own it."
I own lots of Mario titles too.
Ha, that's amazing.They have an article also...
this is the sticking point
Nintendo's stance on emulation has always been a rigid one. As far as the company is concerned, if you're downloading and playing games from unofficial sources, you're a software pirate.
"It's that simple and not open to debate," says its corporate FAQ.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...o-download-a-mario-rom-and-sell-it-back-to-us
Can you be sure though? If they took one massive shortcut, why would they do all that other due diligence?
Of course, it's not a big deal. More funny than anything.
AgreedI don't really care if they sold a ROM back to us. It's their IP and as long as it runs as good as a retail cartridge I am fine with that.
I don't mind this, it's their IP after all.
Hell, wasn't there like an iOS or other mobile version of one of the Genesis Sonic games that Sega released that literally had the 'RIPPED BY [person]' text still on the title screen or something?
the difference is with the dumps being done by the company itself, with either using complied code lying around on a storage tape or dumped from hardware on site, vs just grabbing the rom off bigtittygames.lol and calling it a dayPssst, guys. You've seen all those Arcade collection packages companies like Taito, Konami, Atari, etc. make?
All ROM dumps, and some even use MAME.
I worked for a very well known game developer and once posed that question in the lunch room? "If I had a ROM of one of our games on my work PC that I downloaded, is it illegal? The game is already on our network somewhere, the PC is owned by the company and there's even some copies of the game around the office"
Was a very interesting conversation.
Didn't Nintendo try pretty hard to issue legal takedowns against ROM distributors back in the day? It's hypocritical to go after these people legally then turn around and use their service. Whether or not they own the IP is irrelevant when they were the ones pursuing the matter legally.
"Nintendo downloading a rom is okay because they own it."
I own lots of Mario titles too.
I don't really see the issue with this. VC games and PS1/2 classics have always just been iso/rom dumps anyway. Does it matter where they got the ROM from?
It's not this simple either.Pretty much. Jim Sterling and others seem to get really caught up about Nintendo "selling us ROM files" but it's not really that simple...they own the game, it's their property, they can do what they like with it.
They have an article also...
this is the sticking point
Nintendo's stance on emulation has always been a rigid one. As far as the company is concerned, if you're downloading and playing games from unofficial sources, you're a software pirate.
"It's that simple and not open to debate," says its corporate FAQ.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...o-download-a-mario-rom-and-sell-it-back-to-us
Yup, hypocritical at the very least.
I don't really care if they sold a ROM back to us. It's their IP and as long as it runs as good as a retail cartridge I am fine with that.
I don't really see the issue with this. VC games and PS1/2 classics have always just been iso/rom dumps anyway. Does it matter where they got the ROM from?
Hell, wasn't there like an iOS or other mobile version of one of the Genesis Sonic games that Sega released that literally had the 'RIPPED BY [person]' text still on the title screen or something?
You own copies of the games. They own the games."Nintendo downloading a rom is okay because they own it."
I own lots of Mario titles too.
You own copies of the games. They own the games.
Really? That's crazy. Could you post so.e examples?Not exactly uncommon for the industry.
It used to be pretty common for people to find pirate group messages hidden in steam games because publishers just downloaded the nocd key off the Internet and hit publish.
I don't really understand why so many of you are saying it's ok, they own the IP. Yeah, no shit; that wasn't the point of the article.
The point is that Nintendo is completely against 3rd-party emulators on the basis of them being used exclusively for piracy, disregarding their place in the preservation of old games.
Yet Nintendo couldn't source a ROM for Super Mario Bros. internally; instead, they had to download a ROM... because they couldn't preserve their games well. While saying that emulators are only good for piracy and hurt their bottom line, and no good for anything else.