Cnn Does An Emulation Article.

[Jiggs]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/04/07/emulators/index.html

 

"Finding the games themselves requires a lot of searching. There is a lot of turnover on sites. They're mostly run by kids. The site you get a game from may not be up in a few weeks."

 

That's funny, because they don't even mention P2P, where ROMs are as common as water.

 

And is anyone else noticing the sudden interest in arcade emulation by the mainstream? There was a TechTV Dark Tip a few weeks ago about setting up an Xbox to play MAME games.

Edited April 13, 2004 by Jiggs

[Gryph]

Are they even playing emulators in that picture? Looks like Counter Strike.

 

But this is a very sloppy written and crappy article...

[Jiggs]

Yeah, it is, but what do you expect? It's journalism.

 

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think that this article was made to try to discourage kids from pirating stuff. Maybe it's just the paranoia kicking in.

[solidius23]

more mainstream really cuz of the loosingi up of copyrights on a lot of old games

[Wizard]

Are they even playing emulators in that picture? Looks like Counter Strike.

 

But this is a very sloppy written and crappy article...

LOL dude, they show CS in the photo.

 

"ROMs, or the game programs, are technically illegal unless you buy or download a licensed version. Otherwise the content creators aren't really being compensated. Nobody has successfully sued yet though."

Partly true. As of September 2002, All games that are not manufactured and not resold in any form of media is consider freeware unless the product is re-relased by the company holder.

 

It's shotty on how the law is told, but it means that most roms are legal because they are not being redistribute and resold by the/any LEGAL(Non bootlegging, offical distributer for the game) companies. Lets take Chrono Trigger. If the PS1 remake never came out, the SNES ROM would be consider free and legal. But since it was re-released for the PS1 (remanufactured for a new system, but still the same game, under new a media[CD rom]. Even if it did come with extra stuff, it is still considered the same game to the law, unless stated other wise. Since the law is hard to understand to begin with.). The article was misinformed to begin with. Although the reverse engineering thing goes either way.

[Gryph]

Yeah, it is, but what do you expect? It's journalism.

No, this is bad journalism. This is like the guy that graduated at the bottom of his journalism class. Some of the thoughts don't even connect.

 

I love the part when it says "If gaming is your hobby, look into emulation." Where thet hell did that come from? Its just so out of place.

 

They sent the good journalists to cover more important stories like Donald Trump's hair.

[Solas]

That was horribly written. No actual information in the article other than there's this thing called emulation... and it involves using a computer to play old games... and downloading things for free.

 

Nothing specific at all...

 

...other than we are sick, evil, twisted bastards for downloading stuff for free.

 

Is it still paranoia if they really are after you?

[Fatal Rose]

I wonder why CNN even botherd to do a artical about this. Anyways has emulation ever been talked about by companies like game pro or ign? just wondering, and if so what was said?

[random guy]

You gotta give him credit though - he even talked about making a MAME cabinet. I didn't find out about that end of emulation until I was well into emulation.

[Diso]

Does this mean the RIAA can't catch us?

[Jiggs]

No, this is bad journalism. This is like the guy that graduated at the bottom of his journalism class. Some of the thoughts don't even connect.

Well, Custer graduated at the bottom of his class at West Point, and look at what happened to him.

 

Thank you, WWN Trivia.

 

EDIT: Also, I remember reading an article not too long ago (It might have been posted here), where all these organizations are going to try to portray "file-sharers" as child porn distributors, and a bunch of other made-up crap.

Edited April 13, 2004 by Jiggs

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

I remember reading an article about the beggining and revival of snk at gamespot.com. there were 2 interviews one with a guy named Gamelord

and another with the CEO of SNK of America... both were asked about

what they think of emulation.......

http://www.gamespot.com/features/6089278/

Game Lord interview:

"GS: There's a big NeoGeo emulation scene these days. People dump new arcade games into ROM files just days after they're released, and thousands more people download them for free and play them illegally on their PCs. What are your thoughts on this phenomenon?

 

CO: It's an interesting dilemma. No one really wants to be the bad guy or spend a lot of money to stop this from happening. However, it is clear that software companies lose a lot of money this way and that many projects don't get funded because of this.

 

GS: Do you have any advice or suggestions for people who want to break into the game industry?

 

CO: I think it's a lot different now to break in compared to when I started. There are now a lot of schools carrying subjects such as game design and project management. Also, art schools and technical schools focus more on software development than they did when I grew up. So I guess what I'm saying is, stay in school.

 

GS: That should do it. Thanks so much for your time."

 

Ben Herman:

"GS: This next one is a touchy subject, but I couldn't think of a better point to ask about it. There are software emulators that allow people to play NeoGeo games on their PCs. Often, new NeoGeo releases are dumped and playable on these emulators just days after they come out in the arcade. On the Internet, you can't read too far on a message board before someone professes that they're playing SNK's latest arcade release on their computer. What is SNK's position on this phenomenon, and is the company doing anything to curb it?

 

BH: There are too many--we can't go after everyone--but we pursue legal action as best we can. Like the music and movie industries, we disapprove.

 

GS: Does SNK have a position on the use of ROM files to play older NeoGeo games, such as Magician Lord, Fatal Fury, and other games from the early 1990s?

 

BH: Again, we disapprove."

[Agozer]

Yeah axl, I read that same article. It was quite a long one too.

[Sybarite Paladin AxL]

yup.......

[Madi]

cnn should just stick to war this article sucked